Socks: Mouseworks Dynamic Cardboard Redesign and Basic Tunneling

[Socks Mum]

Socks is doing his best with materials and equipment available using some instinctive know how and naive enthusiasm. He leans into cardboard chewing as avidly as a builder wielding a power drill. Every nest should have more than one entrance and entrances should be neither too wide nor narrow for diving into quickly and defensability. His wicker basket has a hole in the top that was chewed from the inside out in less than half an hour and is quite a snug fit to get through His platform already has some inviting holes in it, but they keep filling up with wood shavings. His mom tries to help, but the wood shavings just fall back down again. At least she is good at gathering up the bits of cardboard that fall through the bars and land on the carpet and handing Socks pumpkin seeds and peanuts!

 

[Maz]

She is being quite the busy little lady!

 

[elusive]

Sounds like Socks is having a lot of fun!

 

[Socks Mum]

Lots of fun! Sorry the video is a bit dark, but you can see a bit of his work here

 

[Socks Mum]

Hmm, where did it go?

 

[Socks Mum]

I'll try to change the file to jpeg. Anyway basically there are cardboard panels flying around I'm not sure I can find safety boots in his size!

 

[elusive]

If you want to share a video you need to upload it to youtube first then if you just post the link the video will show up here.

 

[Socks Mum]

I'll do that, super!

 

[Socks Mum]

Hamster at work

 

[Lovelyness]

Socks sounds just like my Blossom She's a big fan of a bit of egg box in particular!! Im forever clearing up bits of chewed egg box! Her first act on arrival in our home was to chew a sun roof in her snuggle pouch so she could exit through the roof lol

 

[RainbowBrite]

Aww, so lovely to see Socks so busy and having fun.

 

[Socks Mum]

She's a master cardboard crafts hamster. Nice, regular sized pieces, skillfully done!

 

[Socks Mum]

Yes, I've got a snuggle pouch on order. I'm expecting it to be redesigned a bit

 

[RainbowBrite]

Yes, I've got a snuggle pouch on order. I'm expecting it to be redesigned a bit

If the snuggle pouch is made of fabric then best not to put it in the cage because hamsters will chew the fabric. You can use it out of the cage with supervision though.

 

[Socks Mum]

Socks sounds just like my Blossom She's a big fan of a bit of egg box in particular!! Im forever clearing up bits of chewed egg box! Her first act on arrival in our home was to chew a sun roof in her snuggle pouch so she could exit through the roof lol View attachment 5381

Socks thought the sleeve of my fleece could do with an extra opening but I managed to get it out of his paws just in time!

 

[Socks Mum]

If the snuggle pouch is made of fabric then best not to put it in the cage because hamsters will chew the fabric. You can use it out of the cage with supervision though.

Thanks, I'll save it for the playpen but only while I'm watching. I'm so glad I'm on this forum, I learn lots here!

 

[Lovelyness]

Socks thought the sleeve of my fleece could do with an extra opening but I managed to get it out of his paws just in time!

Ha ha..yes, Blossom goes for my clothes too but I tell her no nibbling, and remove her swiftly

 

[Maz]

If you just paste the YouTube link into the message box as it is, then it embeds the video on the forum page and can be watched directly on here

Socks is really getting things organised!

 

[Maz]

Just pasted the YouTube link above so you see what I mean

If you don’t want a video to be public on YouTube you can set it to unlisted - then it only appears where you paste the link (eg on here).

 

[Socks Mum]

I tried the upside down shoebox house. Socks takes the more than one entrance seriously! In the end I thought there was too much glue on the cardboard and the house was condemned.