Socks: Mouseworks Dynamic Cardboard Redesign and Basic Tunneling

If you travel down Ladbroke Grove on the upper deck of a bus in late summer, you often see a small flock of parrots flying along between the buildings in perfect formation. Then suddenly they will all swing at the same time and make a sharp turn into a side road!
 
Socks' cage is on the floor again, very convenient for late night interactions. He came out about an hour ago, peered into his bowl and glanced around with a slightly paranoid expression in his eyes. He looked at his bowl, looked at me with a sort of "I've forgotten my glasses, who are you again?" look, and gently turned around and went back indoors, despite my "Aw, Socks!" I was half hoping to weigh him and do a health check with the lights on for a change.
Anyway, I was so absorbed in the five letter sentence puzzle that I didn't see him come back out, quietly pouch his greens, including the more awkward coriander leaves, and vanish again. The watermelon bowl is completely empty now. Snug in his house, Socks is probably chewing thoughtfully on a piece of coriander and planning his nightly exercise routine for after lights off time.
 
Gosh it’s so funny how varying location can completely skew your perspective! I’m a born & raised London and had no idea wild parakeets weren’t common much outside of London - I thought it was a thing everywhere! 😅

Ahaha Socks with the quick Sneak & Steal - a classic!! So funny when they do that, sometimes it’s so stealthy you can’t even believe it!
 
Yes, cunning rodents, cuddly but crafty! He did come out and ran on his wheel for a while. Then he stood and meerkatted so I picked him up and we had a nice cuddle (for five seconds) before he was on the move again. I accidentally bumped his leg against the door and he flinched. Sorry Socks, clumsy mom 😟 When I put him back he ran round his cage and then went back into his house. I haven't seen him since, I hope he is OK. I peered into his MCH but he is in one of his extremely secret tunnels.

The parrots are wonderful. They are here due to people but have survived, amazing birds.
 
It is rather chilly as the central heating has stopped working. When it is warmer, Socks uses some extremely charming little nests in his MCH. I put some paper towels through a paper shredder (no oil on the blades) a few months ago and he has kept this bit of extra soft bedding and made it into a little hamster shaped nest, very cute.
 
It's interesting that he is on his own (if he is) they are usually in pairs at this time of year. Perhaps he has escaped or been released recently.
 
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Maz said:
I hope your central heating is going again soon!
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Thanks, I worry about Socks, but the sun was coming in when I left and I think with the doors and windows closed it stays at about 17C. Still, the flat needs airing with fish tanks and a shower/cooking and plants.
 
Socks Mum said:
Thanks, I worry about Socks, but the sun was coming in when I left and I think with the doors and windows closed it stays at about 17C. Still, the flat needs airing with fish tanks and a shower/cooking and plants.
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I've got a fan heater for when I'm there.
 
Well, I sat on ghe floor and willed Socks to come out. He didn't, so I went off to cook supper. I came back and after a few seconds, a cautious pair of whiskers appeared in his doorway. He looked all around carefully and then inched forward. He likes mature cheddar and reached over the rim of his slightly tippy at times watermelon bowl, raking hold of the cheese with both paws. He ate it with great enjoyment, squinting down at it and puckering his nose a bit to munch it, eyes half closed and all thought of circling raptors gone for moment. Then he threw away a piece of paper bedding that had got stuck to the cheese and climbed into the bowl. It tips up a little when he raises his paws to his mouth and leans back and settles again when he feels for the next item. He had to do a certain amount of shuffling around to use his fore paws to pull bits of coriander leaf that he was standing on out from underneath him. Cheese eaten and peas, sunflower seed sprout and herbs pouched, he paused to sniff at the roof before slipping through the doorway. "Super nice nummies!" I heard him say quite distinctly, despite the food in his cheeks.
 
Laundry day and the heating had come on just now. Settling down with Fishy Foo to put the fins up for a moment, (he sits on his Anubia leaf and I slouch on two chairs), I spied the form of a hamster imprinted into the greens in Sock's watermelon bowl. I had disturbed him. Within a short while, Socks appeared and started pouching the stuff eagerly. I was very pleased when he stayed for a pat and picked him up using the bowl (my resolution is to use his concertina tunnel to avoid any more bumps). He was a bit restless, so after a quick stroke, I put him back in the cage and he took the coriander leaves from me with a polite thank you, folded them up and put them in his pouches. It was really nice to stroke him again. His scent glands look a bit bare, but otherwise he seems OK. His coat seems to be turning a bit lighter in places. I didn't get to weigh him, but he looks OK and in good shape ❤️🐹
 
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