 As many of you guys know this week has not been an easy week for Julian and I He's not here right now, but when I'm having a really hard time I'd say one of my favorite outlets is to just love my animals Feel like I just need to take my love out on my son at as you can see behind me This is his cage was set up. It's a little bit overdue for a cleaning I not only wanted to clean his cage I wanted to just give it a little love a little makeover I know a lot of you have been wanting me to make one of those massive Popsicle stick houses like on vanilla ham ham. I think that would take me like a month. I'm interested in doing it I just have it sat down and done it yet. So this isn't gonna be a popsicle stick house I would still like to do that in the future But I want to do like all the cool stuff that you see on YouTube like a nice backdrop forum Maybe change the theme around a little bit if you're not here for this stuff I totally understand and I'll see you next week. So forgive me if it's not the most fun and amazing video in the whole world I know some of you are interested because you love hamsters as much as I do usually we never wake our hamster up And I can't shoot this at four in the morning when he's awake So I will eventually have to wake him up The fun thing about hamsters is if you just change around their cage a little bit They're like what the fuck is this like blows their mind. It's very exciting So step one in cleaning adds cage is give your dogs the dog toys you got for them the pet store because you can't help Yourself, but you also don't want them to get jealous Sorry, this is gonna be very weird the whole time pretty much basically the first thing I do is I take out all the big stuff And if any stuff needs to get washed I'll take it to the sink and wash it might take his tunnel out That's where I did so I'm gonna feel bad Somebody knows something's going on. What's stuck on you bud Is this You got stuff in all over you hi bud I'm gonna take you out in a second, but you can stay in there for now I don't even want to see what's in your tunnel because you hoard all your little belongings in there Okay, I'm gonna save some of your bedding for your next house, okay? This is why they don't clean your cage more than we need to bud because it's stressful, huh? Oh my god There's food in here I'm gonna get like a pan so I can All right Look out He's trying to dig himself a new little nest. He wants to go back to bed. I Think I'm gonna take little baby add out and put him in his other cage like his old cage me bud I know I'm sorry, honey. I know it's really stressful, huh? Be right back I let the dogs back out cuz karma was screaming try to do this as fast as I can so you can get back in here at least Oh my god, it's a big bag. So I use Aspen Like a lot of Aspen and then I put all the like soft care fresh Stuff on top of it. Just come out. We're trying to make a rain forest hurry up Right I'm gonna try and work around you. Wow is that fun? So I got a bunch of stuff and I'm trying to figure out what my plan is because I don't have one yet So that stuff that was in the right-hand side before is actually soft granule bedding which add really likes It looks like this. So part of the reason why I'm doing this makeover is because When the dogs see add they get very excited So part of my plan is to put on like a curtain type thing for the front So then when he wakes up and we're not gonna like take him out right away We can put the curtain on there so the dogs stop barking Hey, baby munchkin So usually one of the first things that I do is figure out where little baby's dad's tunnel is gonna go This is one of his favorite things in the whole world sort of up and down almost like this way like around that way But oh sorry honey, but I'm gonna fill in this stuff and see if I can get it to stay like that I'm by no means a hamster expert, but I learn a lot from people on YouTube the coconut fiber and that stuff I learned from a channel called hopping hammy who literally did like a rainforest design I thought it was so cute. He's like burying himself. He's so excited. I know Yeah, I've been waiting for my house So I was thinking of something like this where these can stick out, but we can still put some stuff in the corner Hi, but he really likes the the soft granule to dig in. It's really fun. Oh Yeah, honey, we'll see if you choose to make the tunnel your nest again Because sometimes you like to nest in your tunnel and sometimes you like your house We're gonna do some brown first Because I have the most of it. Oh, yeah, that's the soft stuff, huh, baby? Yeah, what that's brought you out. Is it soft things? Excuse me. Wow, you're so handsome So I actually got add a new water bottle at someone's suggestion because he did have a plastic one before I got him a glass water bottle, but I do need to get a new piece of velcro So I can stick it on the side there. There it is. That's new shiny little glass No There's this new water bottle some industrial strange velcro now I'm gonna add some more rainforest colors and to add speech so you can really just be Transported this is like it looks like a thing that you put water or food in like for a snake or reptile But I'm gonna fill it with some stuff for him to roll around in I got him a new log and also this you have water Out of your thirsty. Are you thirsty? Do you have the thirst so rain for a seat? Oh, he likes his new water bottle. That's fun Huh, oh, it's getting nice and soft in here, huh prefer soft things I'm aware that this is like so super overkill, but if you think this is extra just go look at the other channels on YouTube I promise you this is really not that bad. Oh camo. This looks very Rainforesty, huh? I'll be thick enough for you to dig. So if we gotta put your wheel in here so I can sit flat I forgot about that fuck. That's what my guy is waiting for. Okay, be careful. I'm still putting it in here Excuse you Be careful. Just wait a second. I know you're very excited. What's that? Oh There he goes I like running in a rainforest or what I've been like five minutes and you're covered in stuff ten out of ten excited So there's his beach and tunnel which he is thoroughly And then the rest it's not very rainforesty, but you know what which range so I'm gonna put some coconut substrate in there He's gonna that's his extra sand bath that he really likes and then that little rock I started like buried in here So it does have like a pop entrance and made him like a little hideaway Because he loves to sneak up against the wall and like get in there And then I love when we're sitting in the living room and you can see him hang out in there and like do little Ad stuff and then a log and then I did leave his house and that's just a bird letter But oh somebody likes that spot. You know what? It's not about you. He's having so much fun already It's like so rewarding. You just like you barely do anything and he's like having the best fucking time Just a little bit of his old bedding put some out so he can have it and sort of choose where to make his nest Smells like him. We haven't such a good time. Oh god. He's so cute. Why do I love him so much in this cabinet? We got some food treats and then this is the sand that I like to use It's called tiny friends farm. This boy loves his sand bath. Oh There he is This is a loose coconut substrate. Obviously you wouldn't like tell your hamster cage or this or anything But I have read since it's like a fun loose texture. It's like fun for them to have a little bath of it You know, oh, it smells like reptile. Oh, it's so soft. Oh, that's fun texture. Oh, we went in this house Trying to feel a little more comfortable, huh? You know, it's very stressful when you get a new house Oh, I don't think that's where the door is Hi What is this boy doing? He's doing it again. I told you I had a surprise for you So I put this that's also like a reptile log It's basically a rogue to know it but don't tell him that. Oh, yeah, that's a coconut substrate. You like that? Hmm. I think I like sand better boy. Loves his sand bath. Very fun, huh? Oh It's like so happy. Oh Someone is very excited Wow, get it all in there bud. Make sure you take it into bed with you Oh my god, why is he like this? He's just putting it all in his mouth Oh, I just love him. Why is he so wonderful? Oh, there he goes. All right, let's get going on the outside I bought this. I couldn't find any wrapping paper with anything other than just like pink and glitter I found this wood-looking. It's like it says bulletin board paper So what I'm gonna do is try and cut it and then just tape it to the back the outside so that it looks like wood in there We literally built this like entertainment center. They sell them at pet stores They're specifically for like fish tanks like this is a fish tank It was a saturday where it's like so nice out and we're just inside stressed over this piece of furniture that we're building for our hamster I hope I can do this without moving the whole thing because I don't think that I can do it without knocking the whole thing over So I'm just gonna like guess. I don't know how y'all do it I'm just gonna cut it here in a roll It's a piece of paper. Who cares? We gotta get it picked there without it looking like ass This takes a while, you know, like doing this whole thing Redoing his cage. It's just like so therapeutic. There's such a big payoff like you see him be like visibly excited It's just I don't know. I love doing this. It's fun. Here we go. Oh, you're gonna be so classy with this wood boy Oh my god, it's working I feel like I've found my calling and it's putting wrapping paper behind an aquarium because I just nailed out in the first try It looks like real wood. No one can even tell Are you fucking kidding me? That took like two seconds. I didn't even move the cage It's like so close to the wall and I nailed it. I'm good at stuff My idea for the curtain I literally bought these like dowels these wooden dowels And I was like trying to think of a way to fasten them on here like some tiny shower curtain And I was like that is ridiculous You know what we should do Jenna with your brain is just buy a piece of beautiful Look at this. It's like black and white galaxy fabric And I'm just gonna stick a big piece of velcro on here so we can like rip it on and rip it off I think it's gonna look classy and lovely and beautiful This is a way better idea than a tiny hamster shower curtain. I don't know what I was thinking Oh better do this straight. Look at that. That'll be two seconds I'm gonna have to cut off this ugly edge because it ugly. I don't want to measure it. I just want to cut Here that's the grab and pray method Really efficient. So I did stick on the velcro, but then I realized like I'm dumb This is gonna come off. This is like a standexy fabric So I just ran it through my sewing machine one time to keep it together from when we pull it on and off because I'm an idiot Look at that. Oh, it's beautiful I haven't really looked too much, but I have never seen someone make a curtain for their hamster cage This is the real diy hamster curtain. You know what I'm saying? I can't be the only person that has a hamster and dogs that like get excited about a hamster So if you're one of those people, I just created a solution for you I just have one thing left for my son. This man needs just a little bit of like, oh six batteries Oh, no I mean, we're in it this far. So let's just put it on there. This is a home makeover and ad deserves it Wow. All right, I'm gonna take off the tripod so you can cage tour So this is what it looks like with the curtain on can't see it, but you can't see can't hurt you guys We have beautiful lights and then Noisily take off our hamster curtain. Just sort of just let it hang. That's where the batteries are for the light Fucking batteries. We have a custom wood paneling that I slaved over for hours And a beautiful rainforest themed cage Rainforest, I mean, it's not as great as some of them on youtube, but it's pretty beautiful I really want like a popsicle house or like a second floor for him to like have more space to like move upwards You know, but this is sort of what we're working with till I make him a house. I think it's pretty enjoyable Oh, yeah, I need one more thing just a nice sprinkling of toilet paper because this is what ad likes to actually nest with So here's ad's cage makeover. I know it's not the craziest makeover ever, but it's a little bit and I'm very excited about it I think it looks beautiful and now we can help prevent Sam. It's from sameting themselves by closing ad's curtain Well, yeah, I hope you're not too too upset if ad doesn't come back out I don't think he's going to I think he called it a night once he got all that food in his pouch You know, he was like I'm ready to go to bed Pam He had a very stressful afternoon getting his house changed. So we'll let him sleep, but I'll keep you updated I'll keep you updated on the coconut how he likes that and how the curtain works in terms of the dogs Because I know there have to be people out there that also have dogs that bark when they see the hamster But I know this wasn't the most exciting video, but my soul feels much better I think it came out really nice and hopefully when julian comes home later today This will bring him a little bit of joy, you know Because everyone likes seeing a beautiful rain forest themed hamster cave But yeah, that's really it. I really appreciate sometimes I just seem to make regular videos that are just Decorating a hamster cage because I needed to do this anyways and it really served a lot of purposes for me I feel much better and make sure you subscribe to my channel I put it on a base of wednesday slash thursday, but yeah, I'll see you guys next week. Bye