Jaydee Girl Adventures!

[pinky]

The play bin I have set up for Jayde is about 30 x 14 x 10 inches high. It's got a wheel, a McDonald's cup holder to climb on/in, some Carefresh, some shredded brown paper under which she sleeps, and one other thing. It's a little "hut" with no top, made from a commercial-size heavy-duty toilet paper roll with an opening cut in it. It's about 3.5 inches high. Well, Jayde finally "discovered" this thing and has been practicing pullups--she stands inside it and pulls herself up and over. (She has soooo much energy!) She has become quite good at this. . .

So anyway, on Tuesday night I was cooking some ratatouille on the stove, and I was playing with her. It was time to stir the pot, so I put her in a small plastic bin I have in the living room that has a somewhat broken top and that was her first play bin. I stirred the pot and then digressed to the computer and answered an email. All the time at the computer I had a weird feeling that maybe something was happening in the other room, but I didn't go check. However, when I did go back to the room, there was no Jayde in the bin!! Aack! I started to seal off the room (not easy since it has no doors, just door frames), and then I figured, "why don't you just look to see if she's obviously around?" And she was--behind the boom box among the wires for the DVD player and TV set. So she hadn't wandered far.

I put her back in the bin because I wanted to see what she did to escape. Well, she made use of two of her strongest skills: the jump and the pullup. She jumped up toward the broken, slightly lower edge of the bin (about 5.5 inches high), grabbed on, and pulled herself up and over! I had never seen her do that in that bin before, or even try it, even though she's been a jumper all along. Had she been practicing those pullups with the intention of a great escape?? :-)

So if I put her in that bin temporarily I will have to move her to the kitchen or wherever and keep an eye on her!

[Die Fledermaus]

>> I was cooking some ratatouille on the stove <<

I never knew anyone who cooks that. Never tasted it either.

>> there was no Jayde in the bin!! <<

That and a stove on would make me very nervous.

>> She jumped up toward the broken, slightly lower edge of the bin (about 5.5 inches high), grabbed on, and pulled herself up and over! I had never seen her do that in that bin before, or even try it, even though she's been a jumper all along. Had she been practicing those pullups with the intention of a great escape? <<

I posted photos some years ago of Theodora the Syrian (I think it was her) doing pullups in a cabinet.

Needless to say, photos would go along way to illustrating this.

After many escapes in years past, I think I am well aware of their tricks.

One time three dwarfs escaped (I think they gnawed a hole in a bin ?) in the dinette. I found them fifteen or more feet away all together behind a big old TV against the wall near the window.

Anyway, ever consider a tank with a mesh top?

[pinky]

Jun 19, 2009 23:20:34 GMT -4 Die Fledermaus said:

>> I was cooking some ratatouille on the stove <<

I never knew anyone who cooks that. Never tasted it either.

>> there was no Jayde in the bin!! <<

That and a stove on would make me very nervous.

>> She jumped up toward the broken, slightly lower edge of the bin (about 5.5 inches high), grabbed on, and pulled herself up and over! I had never seen her do that in that bin before, or even try it, even though she's been a jumper all along. Had she been practicing those pullups with the intention of a great escape? <<

I posted photos some years ago of Theodora the Syrian (I think it was her) doing pullups in a cabinet.

Needless to say, photos would go along way to illustrating this.

After many escapes in years past, I think I am well aware of their tricks.

One time three dwarfs escaped (I think they gnawed a hole in a bin ?) in the dinette. I found them fifteen or more feet away all together behind a big old TV against the wall near the window.

Anyway, ever consider a tank with a mesh top?

I make ratatouille often. Yum.

Yeah, I should borrow the camera again, perhaps.

She escaped out of an old broken plastic bin I keep in my living room just for the purpose of holding her for a few moments while I do whatever (answer the phone, stir a pot, use the bathroom, etc.) during our playtime. She had never tried to get out of it before. Her aquarium home and regular play bin are escape-proof. I do have an extra 10-gallon in the attic and could bring that down as a "holding tank" ;D, but the plastic bin is easy to move out of the way and hide.

In the end I will probably just put her in the play bin if I need to be free of her for a bit.

[Die Fledermaus]

I need to find some place that sells ratatouille.

Buy a used camera! What about cell phone photos? Maybe one of those courtroom artists? ;D

>> She escaped out of an old broken plastic bin <<

Why not use a new unbroken plastic bin? Problem solved!

I once had a big Sterilite bin that had a hole gnawed in it by a Syrian, Rainy herself may have done it. I sealed it with epoxe glue and a tin can top. Right now it is in the storeroom with stuff in it.

[Hamsters82]

See women can handle two things at once! Cooking and watching over a dwarfie! ;D

The great escape indeed! Next time listen to that voice of yours and I think Jaydee has to have some of her toys rearranged so she doesn't escape again.