• Python@programming.dev
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    1 month ago

    My parents kept getting me hamsters when I was a kid, it’s crazy how high maintenance they are if you actually want to keep them in good conditions :(
    (not like they cared that I kept them well or were willing to provide me with the resources to do so tho)

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    1 month ago

    don’t remove all the poop, and don’t clean off all the pee

    rodents mark their territory with their smell, i’ve seen my rats sleep like cozy babies on a pissy blanket so many times. If you remove all their smell, that just makes them work harder to poo and pee on everything to get the smell of home back

  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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    1 month ago

    My birds a bit like this. Gets pissed as all hell for the cleaning process but once its all over he seems to look around and like it.