Hamster-sitting

The government announced the Langkawi Travel Bubble to kick-off the reopening of the local tourism sector. The Tribe pounced on the chance to travel further. For several Sundays they had been going to points of interests within Selangor, e.g. Pantai Morib, and Hulu Langat. On Tuesday night, my BIL managed to secure a police permit to travel by land to Langkawi. It was a five-day trip, so it fell to mum and I to babysit the latest member of their family-- Henry, a pudgy Syrian hamster. My sister brought him over in a small cage, and Little Monster handed me his hamster food, and chew snacks. 

During the night, Henry is very active and would be running up and down. And he would even hang from the top of the cage like he was playing on monkey bars. One morning we woke to find that he had dismantled his hamster wheel. It had fallen down blocked his access to his water bottle. Once we moved it away, he went for a lonngggg drink. Not only that, he even managed to dislodge the water bottle one night. Mischievous fellow. He still wasn't very used to being manhandled, and would often squirm away, aiming for a jailbreak. Did some food experimentation with him-- peanuts, pistachios, etc. Discovered that Henry really likes water chestnut. Hope we didn't turn him into a picky eater!