April 26th, 2009
inkdick: april 26 2009 life in a tube
Think of it this way, Moxie is living her life in a hamster-sized McDonald’s Playplace. Would YOU want to live your whole life in a McDonald’s Playplace?
Think of it this way, Moxie is living her life in a hamster-sized McDonald’s Playplace. Would YOU want to live your whole life in a McDonald’s Playplace?
May 25th, 2009 at 6:41 am
Actually, yes. Yes I would.
May 25th, 2009 at 7:55 am
You don’t miss what you don’t know. Her world is her ‘cage’ and knowing you and Amy are there for her. So, that is what excites her.
May 25th, 2009 at 7:56 am
PS. I am glad that Moxie is doing well, too. Tell her I say, hi.
May 25th, 2009 at 8:38 am
As we’ve all learned, cuteness equals happiness. Why do you think all those super models and porn stars are so happy?
May 25th, 2009 at 8:41 am
does she have a wheel? I would be infinitely happy if I had a wheel.
May 25th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Does she have a hamster ball? My mice loved their time in their mouse roll-around balls. They make one that is in the shape of the car. It was too big for my mice to drive it unless they did it together, but a hamster could probably do it. Also, I’m not sure about hamsters in particular, but I know most rodents are very habitual animals, but they do like puzzles to solve. So about once a month or so I’d change around the tubes in their cage so they’d have a new maze, bu I left their sleeping and eating areas in the same place so they wouldn’t get stressed out. Man, I think I am going to get some mice again after we move. Well, I guess it will probably be rats this time since that’s what Matthew wants.
May 25th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
She lives in a giant playhouse with magically appearing food and occasional cuddling? I think that sounds pretty sweet!
May 25th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Man, who DOESN’T want to live their whole life in a McDonald’s Playplace?
May 25th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
self-centered judgment can be misleading indeed. some beings require music, other not. some go crazy without cheese, other not. the more you cross the boundaries of species, the wider the variety is in what is acceptable, good, okay, painful, so forth.
if you want to speculate on the hamsters feeling, you can either guess his psyche with your small range of observation, or refer to a bunch of test data. how big of a room does a hamster like, or find sufficient to live stress free.
i wonder if they have such a data. where they make hamsters choose room size or house types. perhaps they just like any place with food or toy, and enough distance between the toiletting area and the sleeping area.
some humans may be overly needy in wanting countries or the whole world to explore. that said, many like to stay at home, just facing their screen, playing games, and fantasizing.
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i do wonder if a giant being ever really becomes a comfortable figure for the small beings. i may consider the cage a protection against the giants with unknown intentions, placing food one day, and maybe squashing you another.
May 25th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
one thing i noticed with some small animals is that more than their room area, they are influenced by light. having the sun during the day, and electricity during the night may stress them immensely. i don’t know to what extent though. still, i’d be mindful of that.
May 25th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Ah, this makes me miss Mikey the Hamster.
May 25th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
if I’m ever rich
i’m turning my apartment
into a playplace
May 26th, 2009 at 1:14 am
dude. that is the cutest drawing of a hamster ever.
May 26th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
This kind of got me thinking… Are you happy living here on earth? I mean, you can see the wast universe out there when you lift your eyes a little on your way home. But that doesn’t make you wish the earth was bigger. I always feel bad for all the rodents and bunnies in the pet shop, but now I kind of don’t know. I can believe that once you’ve been born to a cage, the world outside can be quite stressfull for some.
Of course this isn’t directly about the playplace, but I believe the question has it’s roots in here somewhere.
May 27th, 2009 at 12:12 am
If she chews on her cage bars like she does in the comic, yes. She is bored.