Just as another update, we had an AWESOME day yesterday with them. My boyfriend made them a play run out of a massive cardboard box, then another smaller box inside with a hole cut in each side so they could go through it, then a old (cleaned) water bottle with its ends cut off pushed through one of these holes to make a see-saw. Add a couple of bell-balls and the fuzzies, and it led to HOURS of entertainment. They were besides themselves as to what to play with first!

Every now and then we'd put them back in their cage for water and toilet, which they always did very quickly. They've already learnt that we put them in at the bottom of the cage and take them out from the top (it's three levels), so as soon as they's done their business, they'd RACE back to the top to come out and play again. I started saying "play time" as I did that, so hopefully they'll begin to associate that with coming out.

We also had a rethink about their litter tray. We'd bought the one that was recommended by the pet shop, but we weren't having any luck. They'd just dig all the contents out. We weren't particularly bothered - in our list of priorities, getting them happy with us was #1, but when we popped out to the shop, we saw a much bigger corner tray. We bought this and some paper-derived litter, rather than the clear cat crystals we'd used before. We took the advice of some people and covered the base of the cage in tee shirts. The first of our girls that needed to go was very confused. She kept hopping in to the tray, having a smell of the bit of poo we left in there, then she'd pop out, look at all the other corners, which were now 'bed', then back in to the tray. It went on for about ten minutes before she eventually backed up into the corner of the tray! As soon as she had, I gave her a treat, which she was very pleased with. A couple of minutes later, our other fuzzy came down the ramp, popped straight into the tray and did her thang. More treats! Wooh! I'm fully expecting them to get the hang of this litter tray/treat thing and to start cheating, but I don't mind that

I'll be boring you all with more updates soon!