#meanwhile the main colony has few toys bc none of them ever last more than a week or two.

[swagging-back-to]

realized when i was doing a scaled 'floorplan' for the 40 gallon mouse tank that i MOST CERTAINLY do not have enough clutter for that tank and it will be very bare bones.

luckily i found a place that has pretty cheap mouse and rodent toys/hides so i got like 10 different things for them there---almost all of it being hay-made (bc i put in a little triangle hay tunnel in with them and they destroyed it literally overnight. was so disappointed bc i wanted it for a semi-permanent structure. soooo to make sure they don't destroy the next one i got a bunch of hay stuff they CAN chew.)

got two little hay wreaths, two hay tunnels, a large 8in hay hut, a small 5in hay hut, another 8 in hay TIPEE. two 6in cholla logs, and THREE hanging hay wigwams (they were actually sold as outdoor bird houses in a three pack compared to the *one* sold for mice which was the same price--major deal.)

oh and then another wooden bridge, 2 little metal skewers to hang produce on, two more triangle tunnels as well as a smaller little hay ball they can crawl in, a hanging apple wood toy, a 5in terracotta honeypot jar (sold for aquariums), a 9in multichamber hide, and 2 seagrass chew balls (bc the main colony cannot get enough of that shit)

and then locally i got another terracotta pot (regular one) bc i saw on Pinterest a woman put te pot upside down and stuffed amaranth and millet sprays in the drainage hole. i thought that was a cute way to add clutter and also they could use the space underneath as a small burrow. and then a glass jar for sushi and mochi.

i pulled a hammock, l shaped platform (i don't think ima be using this one tbh), a little plant pot, a willow ball, and three little houses i pulled from storage and am planning to use, too.

all in all these girls are SPOILED and they're gonna be in for the time of their lives in a week.