For Monti's science fair project she will see if it is possible to
train a hamster to use a litter box. We added the corner litter box to
the cage today. We can't wait to see if she will use it or not.
Category: annie
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Potty training for Annie
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Where’s Annie?
Will this hamster make it in for a year in our house? The girls love to play with her and they put her in all kinds of containers, tin boxes and doll cars. She sometimes just falls asleep in the little space they give her. Once Monti came downstairs and told me she saved Annie’s life. The hamster had jumped or fallen from Dahlia’s cupped hands into the toilet. Monti sounded genuinely impressed when she said “Annie was a pretty good swimmer.” I am trying to control the time they spend with her more because I know they would be devastated if something awful was to happen to Annie on their watch.
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Annie gets lost
We had to wait 4-5 days before we took the hamster out of her cage.
The kids have been counting down the days. On Wednesday we took her
out of her cage for the first time. She was petrified so we let her
simply explore the room for a while. We discovered she could smash
herself under the door to get out of the room. I told the kids to
watch her and sit by the door. They called me up 5 minutes later to
tell me they had lost her. How the heck was I going to find a hamster
in our house? Monti told me she was sure Annie had left the room even
though she had not seen her leave. After an hour of looking we found
her smashed behind Monti’s nightstand tangled on some electric cords.
I was scared to move the table because I was convinced she was dead.
Monti was brave and investigated the situation further. The hamster
was alive. We were all relieved. We learned some very valuable lessons
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Impulse buy
I am not sure what came over me at PetSmart but we ended up coming
home with a new pet hamster. The girls named her Annie. They are crazy
about her! She fits perfectly on Monti’s shelf in her bedroom. Monti’s
bedroom is essentially the staging area for bedtime where we read
books. All the sleeping is done in Dahlia’s room so there is no
worries about Annie’s nocturnal habits keeping any child awake at
night.
