The Scribblings of Kimberlina

She loved her maze unit, but Andy and I decided to take it away after she blocked herself in there a couple of times with bedding and we were worried that she wouldn't be able to get out for food and water!


Still, she coped without the maze and instead was able to sleep in the silliest of places, such as leaning her head over the tops of the tubes, with her face in a bowl of food, or buried so deep in the sawdust that she got sawdust head.


She was so tiny underneath all that fluff that she was able to sit in the food bowl while eating (and when the food bowl had been emptied, she would sit in there burrowing away at the bottom, as if there was more food hiding within/underneath the base).


She loved her food so much, especially honey sticks, which she was able to strip clean within 5 minutes! Cheese and lettuce were also favourites, and Sophie used to lick her lips after finishing these off. And monkey nuts - one time she got stuck as she didn't pouch the monkey nut and was trying to take it through the tube sideways on!


Exercise time was happily spent in her wheel, until this fell apart at 3am one morning and she escaped. Luckily, she found her way in Andy's and my bedroom (up 2 flights of stairs!), whereby Andy awoke to pattering noises followed by a *plop* as she was trying to climb up our duvet. We were able to put her into a carry case and then took her back to her house. The second exercise wheel she managed to crack within a week of getting it. We then tried to get one with a speedometer but with no success, so we gave up after that. Still, she enjoyed her hamster ball and Critter Cruiser very much.


She was a very lovable little thing - whenever she wanted a cuddle, she would go into her blue satellite and wait there patiently until we took her out.


And finally, she could be even squeakier than our guinea pigs!



We'll miss you, our silly fluffball.