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Hamsters passing down habits?

I thought hamsters were the only ones in my place who hoarded food. As it turns out, this morning I discovered that Cookie does it now. She's met two of my hamsters and spends a lot of time around the cages. She hides food under my bed in a little pile right at the center. I thought it was kind of funny and it was a nightmare trying to clean it out. Hopefully she stops doing it or we'll have ants in here.

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MARGARET
Posted by MARGARET (PINKEES1MOMMY)
1 year ago
cookie is just so adorable!! maybe she has learned something form her little friends? lol!!

Lilly
Posted by Lilly (Lilly1986)
1 year ago
Yeah I guess she did lol, I'm going to try to catch her in the act :D

Gina Z.
Posted by Gina Z. (gmz1621)
1 year ago
thats funny!

Lilly
Posted by Lilly (Lilly1986)
1 year ago
Cookie says, *thank you*.

sheri
Posted by sheri (moonstardance)
1 year ago
Too cute.My cat hides everything under the bed.Cookie wants to make sure she has something to snack on later:).

Lilly
Posted by Lilly (Lilly1986)
1 year ago
lol, we feed her plenty.
I guess she has a huge appetite.

sheri
Posted by sheri (moonstardance)
1 year ago
Our Kota never thinks we feed him enough:)

Lilly
Posted by Lilly (Lilly1986)
1 year ago
lol :D
Kota must get lots of attention and playtime

cherries33
Posted by cherries33
1 year ago
maybe a midnight snack.

daryl b.
Posted by daryl b. (darylob)
1 year ago
my border colie used to bury his food to. he didn't want it but he didn't want anyone else to have it. i love it when hamsters fill their cheeks with it and then look like they have the mumps

Lilly
Posted by Lilly (Lilly1986)
1 year ago
Yes, it's so cute!!!

MARGARET
Posted by MARGARET (PINKEES1MOMMY)
1 year ago
so true!! pinkee will even eat something that i know she doesn't like just so nobody else can have it.and i too have such memories of my pumpkin with the fat cheeks.

Michele
Posted by Michele (MicheleZ)
1 year ago
Pets must like to play under the bed when their humans aren't home! Even though I NEVER put anything under my bed, everytime I look under it and/or go to vacuum, I see numerous items from the room scattered. It could be pieces of newspaper, pens, chapstick, straws, paper clips, etc. I'd like to set up a camcorder to catch them in the act!

Lilly
Posted by Lilly (Lilly1986)
1 year ago
That's a great idea! Cookie would probably find it though and get rid of the evidence lol

Helen C.
Posted by Helen C. (wlandlady)
1 year ago
Not just when we're not home. My cats [and every cat I've ever known] 'runs upside down' under the bed, holding onto the box spring. I've had many shredded on the underside. There's nothing like the sound at 3 in the morning of the kitty Indy 500 taking place under the box spring.

Michele
Posted by Michele (MicheleZ)
1 year ago
Oh, I suppose I take it for granted that the undersides of the box springs will be in shreds--even though all of my cats are front-declawed (and were so when I adopted them).

Lilly
Posted by Lilly (Lilly1986)
1 year ago
lol

Helen C.
Posted by Helen C. (wlandlady)
1 year ago
I solved it [and the way they like to get up insde the spring] I got an ugly fitted sheet at the thrift shop, put in on the underside of the mattress, and fastened it with 'mattress garters' like you use to keep a mattress pad or sheet in place. Then I put the mattress back on top and it works great.
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Carol L.
Posted by Carol L. (langsford)
1 year ago
She is just trying to fit in like the hamsters, she sees them do it so why not Mom -

Lilly
Posted by Lilly (Lilly1986)
1 year ago
lol I sure hope she doesn't beg me for a silent spinner :P

Carol L.
Posted by Carol L. (langsford)
1 year ago
You never know, it will have to be a very big one ---

Lilly
Posted by Lilly (Lilly1986)
1 year ago
Yup, I just pictured it. She would look like a hamster, I should get her an igloo so that they could match :D

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