One really smart hamster

[Catherine]

You have heard about Robin the hamster before. He likes to play hamster hide and seek at 2am. It is winter now and he wants to sleep and he wants to do things on his own terms.

So, he has set up a nest on my microwave cart , in a tea box. I removed the tea. He can reach the spot from his bin/cage. He gets me to put him back when he wants to eat and drink. Now he has figured out how to get back to his bin from the shelf where his tea box is located.

So this morning he was sleeping in his tea box. Then later he was back in his bin. Five minutes later he was back in the tea box.

I put his treats in his bin and he was in the tea box. When I checked he was still in the tea box, but the treats were gone.
It seems that I am no longer needed. He can do everything by himself. Of course I am still the one that fills the food dish and water bottle.
You have to admire his independent spirit and his ability to plan out how he wants to do things.