Aqua Aerobics

I cleaned up Elfie's cage this afternoon & gave him a few seconds bath to wash off any smell & dirt off his body. It's so interesting & cute to see him running in my basin inside a small water pool. He looked a bit scared & clung on very tightly to my palm when I carried him out of the basin, but I soothed his racing heartbeat by wiping him dry all over, while he laid down on my palm.

After wiping dry, I put him in his washed & clean cage & let him toss around in his small container of bathing sand... to dry off the remaining wetness on his fur. As usual, he would spend some time licking & cleaning himself, but he wasn't scared of me & even crawled out of the container & scamper towards his favourite ikan bilis which I held in my hand!

I guess some animals are afraid of water, since its their natural instinct to survive & not drown. But I wasn't going to let him drown, just let him move around in a small pool of water for a few seconds, then dry him off. It would be nice to give him a bit of a shower once every 2 weeks & wiping him dry, of course.... would be nice... & a new experience for him...