Day 49

Good morning! It's time for an update. :) I think ProDiet is a pretty good cat food to give to Mandark because his stool gives both a healthy colour as well as the right firmness where you can pick them up with ease and without any mess. Apparently, the only place where I found it being sold is in Berakas. Have yet to find a nearer place. Also. This morning, I decided to cut his hind feet nails. He was well-behaved THANK GOODNESS!!! Done grooming him. Until next time.

Day ... uh... I forgot. 37.

Day 37

I introduced him to ProDiet, Royal Canin and Friskies to him recently. Just to mix it up.

Out of all the three, he likes ProDiet the best, which is amazing considering how cheap it is. Quality of the food is good. It's way better than unhealthy Friskies' Purina. Hurr... dunno why I bought that in the first place. Friskies' Purina made him poop green, which isn't so good.

Let's see how his poop looks like ProDiet-style tomorrow. ;D

Day 29 and 31

Day 29

Prior to this day, I was scouting for a huge plastic container in random general stores so that I could put Mandark inside a new home. I found a few which cost at least $20 for a decent one. But then, I was like, "I wonder if I could find anything inside my house."

I scavenged for boxes, containers, cages from under the stairs, outside the house, but none to fit my criteria. I was eyeing the toy boxes Ilyaas has for his Legos and toy cars, but my mom warned me not to touch them. So I was like, "OK. :("

I woke up one morning, sat up on my bed and rubbed my eyes and in front of me all along was a huge ass container filled with files of past school works.

"CONTAINER!" I shouted. Soon after, I cleared the stuff out from the plastic container which had Nickelodeon stickers and a name label where my sister's name was written across it. Well, it was in my room, so I'm guessing I can use it. LOL.

I began spreading out new bedding for the home and tore up newspaper articles for the base. I laid out his big wheel, which sat perfectly inside the container, his igloo and a pink ball where he can roll that shit around whenever he wants to. What was missing was a cover for it. I was afraid that those annoying house lizards might have a holiday inside the container whenever they feel like it, so I'm like, NO.

I asked my mom if we had any wire-mesh strewn around the house. Mom relayed it to dad and daddykins saved the day and made one for me. Bless. <3 Perfect. Now, the new humble abode is all nicely spruced up and Mandark can have a partay in it. OWH YEAH.

Here we are without the wire-mesh. Look at him all curiousss.

With wire-mesh. Dohohoho.

Day 31

Usual routine! Clean wheel, play time! Also, he's slightly getting bigger.

Early morning play-time!

Pooping on my books.

Dunno what he was trying to do under that mesh.

Inside the container! I hope yer happy lil one.

D'awwwww.

Day 22

It's been a long time since I updated, because it's been a routine. Clean wheel and feed and play. Pretty good progress, he's still as social as ever.

However, another problem persists as the aquarium is a tad too small for him now. Green wheel is definitely not gonna fit him anymore. So I'm using the big huge wheel and it cramps up his style.

So I'm gonna need to buy him a bigger cage. Can't do that this month because apparently I blew my money on a Nintendo 3DS L M A O.

I changed the bedding for the third time since I got him (I think) because it was becoming smelly and he smelled too... I'm thinking he literally did roll in his own piss. So I bathed him and gave him baby shampoo and he smells NICE. Refilled his water bottle and I'm gonna cut back on giving him mealworms, been giving Mandark those on alternate days. Not good. Hahaha. Needs more exercise.

Anyhow, please endure 3 weeks getting stuck in that aquarium, little one. Or I'll try to scrounge up some make-shift bigger place for you to stay. :D

Day 13

I got a little worried this morning. I switched out the big wheel for the smaller one, but I saw only 2 poopies. Also last night, I gave his dinner late because I was out with the TESL peeps.

So anyways, this morning, I made him run around in the big wheel and satisfactorily he did his business.

Yeah, I'm gonna get him a ball soon. Or not. LOL. Biar tia. Run around the house nekkid with no protection. (I just saw the forums whether or not hamster balls are good for them). I'll let him play in the playpen then.

I just got back from tuition, which I fed him before I left. Saw that he ate half of his dish and ran in his wheel, cuz of his big ass poop stuck on it (I'm guessing that's what's left of the mealworms HAHA, ew).

And now he's back to sleeping mode. Lazy ass.

Extra tidbits

Oh, Michielle visited lil Mandark on Saturday. He was huffing for a while, but his defenses were down afterwards. Even when there are people around, I am glad he's still as curious as a cat -- hedgehog. :p

Day 11 & 12

Day 11

I was supposed to write an entry yesterday, but I was a little tired and I forgot.

Yesterday, I purchased a container-ful of mealworms from an aquarium fish shop in Batu Besurat (they ran out in Petlink in Kiulap).

I went home and cleaned the wheel and woke the hedgehog up for some mealworm time. I didn't get to play with him in the morning because I had to leave for work at 7:30am.

I set loose 3 mealworms and he devoured them all. Hahaha. It was the first time I saw Mandark being so aggressive!!! It was amazing!

At night, I chose to switch out the smaller wheel for the bigger one. It cramped up the aquarium, but I wanted to see how he fared with it. I had to sacrifice on leaving out his igloo though.


Day 12


So in the morning, I saw that he did use the big wheel, though I'm not sure what happened to his poop, they were flat as shiet. I guess he kept stepping on them last night. In the end, he squeezed himself behind the wheel for his sleep time... was what I conjured that morning because he slept behind it.

I woke him up for the usual play time. And cleaned his bedding while I was at it.