So here are the nightcam clips
About 1.43 am Tino emerges from under the sofa and finds the treats on the cushion leading into his cage. He goes into his cage, but comes out again.
From then and for about the next 25 minutes until about 2.10 am he repeats going in and out of the cage, running in the wheel and exploring a bit further in the room each time.
Here he is in and out of the cage
Then goes exploring a bit further away from the cage, under the coffee table.
He then spends a long time, about 50 minutes, in his cage wheel running, until about 3am and then goes exploring again - and finds the book ladder leading to the bucket trap. It's interesting that he stops, at the top of the book ladder and looks across to his cage, as if wondering if he should just go home! But instead he decides to investigate further and either falls or jumps into the bucket. He didn't walk along the ruler so it didn't fall in - it almost looks like he decided to jump in. In the bottom was a bit of fresh strawberry and cucumber.
About an hour later, the ruler, which is still partially over the bucket, disappears into the bucket. It looks like Tino may have jumped up and knocked it from underneath maybe in an attempt to get out. This is a very short clip, just a few seconds, showing the ruler starting to tip into the bucket.
About 20 minutes later, Tino climbs out of the bucket! It's right at the start of the video and he climbs out of the far side - the opposite side to the books. Then goes back to his cage, where he does more wheel running and then leaves the cage again. And it's interesting that he goes back to suss out what happened - walks around and looks up at the bucket (maybe thinking "hey my sunflower seeds are still in there") Inspects the book ladder from the side a couple of times. He is not going to fall for that again I think - he has it sussed now.
This is the last one and is about 3 minutes long but it's interesting seeing what he does.
He then spends the rest of the night (another couple of hours in and out of the cage, wheel running and exploring even further afield - he ran along the far skirting behind a small cupboard. Then went back to his cage into his house and went to sleep. Which is where I found him at 7am.
And then found this. This is where the ruler was inside the bucket - it seems he must have walked up it to climb out. Which is quite amazing.
So he's had an adventure, and a scare, and learned some new skills. He's a clever boy. But I think we'll have some quieter times now!
He’s had the ultimate hamster playpen experience!! Anything smaller will just be dull now lol! What a cheeky monkey!!
