~turtlesoup15

So...my parents came to stay for the weekend. Blah! It would be fine if they weren't so eager to insult and give constant unwanted advise. But anyway! My husband and I weren't the only ones irked by the uninvited guests. Vixi was especially uncomfortable. When these intruders were sleeping in her room that was too much and my little girl escaped.

In the morning I asked if she and Nala had been noisy. My dad said it was like Vixi wasn't there. Alarms went off in my mind because if it was like hyper lil Vixi wasn't there...then chances are, she was not there. I checked and yep...she was out. This was her first escape that didn't involve a mistake by me. The most recent was that I absentmindedly left the door open on her cage. hehe....

Anyway, I was freaking out and starting to get really emotional about her missing and my mom was laughing and kept saying "These things happen," which made me wonder if she'd had a hand in Vixi's escape since she generally has no desire to leave her home at all. For example, when I put her in her running ball she just bashes into her cage trying to find a way back in.
My mom kept commenting that we didn't need so many too...and that they make our apartment look bad. She's a particularly meddlesome person, but I have no proof. I don't have my little girls so they can be pretty pieces of furniture. I really love 'em! :/

Anyway, we had to go to church so I left the door of her house open should she try to find a way back in. When we got home she still wasn't in her house so I was really disappointed. I went in my bedroom to check more in there and my mom reported that yep, she wasn't in her cage and that she couldn't see "the other one" either. I said Nala was in there, just in her cave. I went to look anyway just for good measure. I saw her little curled up body down in her cave where it belonged. Then...DUN DUN DUN!

I felt another freakin' pair of eyes on me! And there was another hamster standing inside the cave watching me! Yep...it was VIXI! Crazy... I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it myself. She had climbed the fence into Nala's backyard to check things out. I took off the top of the cave because I didn't 100% believe my eyes. This woke Nala up, who was in a bit of a daze and very confused by the site of her sister. Then they kinda just avoided each other for a bit before approaching each other. They sniffed each other a little and I actually wondered if they were reconciling.

Then they both rose up on their hind legs sizing each other up and Nala opened her mouth in a very threatening way, and it was on. I slapped 'em apart and lowered Vixi's running ball. She was pretty eager to jump in to safety. Then I put Vixi back in her cage where she sat glaring and then took a very long nap. Nala seems completely unphased by the event. She's just happy to be alive. Vixi was pissy for a few hours but she seems fine now.

It was just crazy. I can't believe Vixi escaped to break into a different hammie cage. hehehe. We're just glad that she didn't break into Kiba's cage where she would have been murdered instantly and that Nala is such a deep sleeper. Once I petted her for a full 30 seconds before she woke up. Anyway, I'm glad all my hammie girls are okay!

THE END!