Hat-trick

May 1, 2008 - Quite a while back I saw pictures on a ratty forum of an ice hat hanging in a rat cage. I thought this was an excellent idea, so hung one in my cage, but the boys refused to use it in any way. I nevertheless kept hanging the ice hat in the cage every now and then. Sometimes I would put a treat inside it, with big chances it would still be in there when I cleaned out the cage a week later.

This morning when I got out of bed and check up on the rats, I couldn't find Lefty anywhere. I had personally put him in the cage the night before, so I knew he was hiding in there somewhere. So I tried the ice hat, and... yes! He was lying in there, ever so lazy. :-D A little later I saw Pancho climbing in with him. Why, after all these months, they have finally decided that the ice hat is "cool" after all I don't know. I mean, I gave them the hat when it was autumn, with winter coming up, and now that it's already spring again they start using it... They're playing me, with their "hat-trick", aren't they? *LOL*

This morning I found Lefty inside the ice hat