Training with noises

 
Ronnie and Derek now associate a ‘clicking’ noise with food, as I’ve always made the noise when feeding them. Even if they’re dozy in their house and I click, they’ll now drag themselves out and over to the cage door as they know they’re going to get food (maybe a treat!). They also come over when I open the plastic boxes I store their food in, as they recognise the noise now.

They’re also now used to the noise of the front door being unlocked, so if they’re in their house when I come in, they’ll pop their heads out to see what’s going on. It’s a welcome sight to come back to!

This info about training and noises has been added to the Habits page.

Rabbit pie

 
Ronnie and Derek enjoyed investigating a ‘rabbit pie’ ornament. They probably think it’d be a tasty pie, but are having second thoughts now they’ve seen the rabbit popping out!

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Hickory Dickory Dock…

 
…Derek ran up the clock! See below some photos of Derek exploring a 1920s striking wall clock.

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Tomatoes and stockpiling

 
Ronnie recently stockpiled some rat nuggets by carefully placing them in the corner of their house and then covering them with some of their bedding cardboard! See photos below, along with photos of Ronnie enjoying some home-grown, juicy cherry tomatoes.

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‘Summerats’

 
At the start of meteorological summer, here are some recent photos of Ronnie and Derek.

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