Garbo was being really nice and cute yesterday (until she escaped under the couch and decided that it was fun to play the you-chase-me-away-from-there-and-then-I-go-back-there-and-we-do-it-all-again game. it's becoming her favorite and I'm not a big fan of that game).
she hopped up on my shoulder all by herself and hung out there for a while.
she doesn't do that very often and I think this was only the second time she's ever done that.
she also seemed to enjoy hanging out in my cleavage. she was looking out from there. she looked so cute :D I wish I had gotten a picture of that.
Nixon is still as nice as usual. she really likes the large hoodie I've been wearing cause she can fit inside the sleeves and go on adventures inside of it. she's stretched out two of my cardigans by crawling inside the sleeves. it's her new favorite hobby I guess.
potty training has been successful although I think we need two litter boxes since they always use two corners to poop in. this of course means that they don't always poop/pee in the litter box. I'm actually surprised that not only do they poop in there but they also pee in it. I don't know how often you're supposed to change the litter (cause all me and robert really have to compare is a cat's litter box which we both thought is cleaned once a week) so I did it yesterday when I cleaned the cage and everything in it. when we got home last night I noticed that there weren't any droppings anywhere in the clean bedding - only in the litter box :)
(except now they've gone back to the two corner system that I was talking about before)
speaking of the cage and everything in it...
the rats really love having a lot of stuff in there. the more the better. they like having multiple hiding places and lots of things they can climb on and play with.
but what does that mean to rat mommy? well...it means A LOT of cleaning.
here's the list of things I scrubbed and disinfected yesterday:
+ the bottom of the cage
+ the top of the cage (which I don't clean that often but it had gotten really dirty)
+ food dish
+ litter box
+ tree house
+ igloo
+ upstairs platform
+ ladder
it doesn't really sound like that much but a good amount of time goes into rinsing and scrubbing and disinfecting all of these things. on top of that I usually wash the temporary cage that they were in during the cleaning.
the girls were both on their best behavior when I put them in the temp cage and didn't squirm or try to fight. as a reward they both good a couple of pieces of bread each :)
today they've been super active and crazy. I think they're excited for playtime!
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