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An animal filled post today! Firstly I wanted to show you a snap I took of a fox lounging in the Sunday afternoon sun. The mattress it is sat on has been dumped in the waste ground behind our flat but this fox was obviously grateful – it has been resting there for the last two hours or so. Unfortunately I disturbed the fox when I took the photo but it was back on the mattress about 5 minutes later.

Secondly, a picture and a video of Fidget. We clean her cage every Saturday and on our shopping trip we bought a treat for her. The treat was a ring composed of seeds, honey and various over bits. We thought it would last for a few days and we tied it to the top of the cage to make things a bit more of a challenge. Fidget had different ideas and demolished the treat in about two and a half hours. She was intent on breaking the ring down into chunks that could be stored in her house. After an hour or so I began to fear for her heart and blocked the tube which led to the treat. She seemed unimpressed with this and was desperate to unblock the tube. I gave up and reinstated treat access, happy that she had at least paused for a few minutes and had a drink.


Video: Hamster’s treat

Here is the first picture of Fidget that we have managed to get in focus (she can move very quickly and always does so when we want to photograph her). She is sat by the bars which is where she positions herself when she wants to come out for an evening run.

We also have a few video files which we will compile into an exciting montage (!) before publishing via youTube.

Fidget-Felt

Me and Jessica had a fantastic weekend up in Yorkshire at my parent’s house. We had a party with relatives to celebrate our engagement – my mum and sister were kind enough to organise it for us.

On our return we visited “Pets at home” and bought a hamster plus a Rotastak cage and other supplies. We’ve decided to call the Syrian hamster “Fidget” and now have to spend a bit of time reassuring her that we are friendly. I’ll put some pictures up when we can take some without scaring her.