I just put Herman to bed to rest his eye which is really red/irritated right now - and performed the nightly ceremony.
My "tucking in" routine is to walk him into his play pen and fluff up his blankets. He has one inside his crate that I fluff for him and his sleeping bag on the floor of his pen - which I fold back in case he decides to use that LOL Then I reach inside to check the temperature with my hand. If it's too cold, I check his room thermometer to verify if the temp is an agreeable setting. Too cold? I close all the windows...too hot? I bump up the AC. Could go either way? I crack the window, but not the one directly in front - it must be the one that isn't in a direct path to his crate. Then I check the water bottle to make sure there is enough water. I leave EXACTLY 1 soft toy and his nylabone in there. If the papers under the bottle that catch the drips are dishevled, I either replace them or straighten them out. Don't ask how much time I spend shifting his "velvet crate cover" (my old blanket) to make sure no light or breeze gets in there from the sides or back.... Then I close the pen door...and usually give him a nite nite cookie. That's when all the "good night Hermies" start - at least 3. One at the pen door, one when I turn of the room light and one I yell across as I walk up the stairs.
For myself, I just jump in bed.
Does anyone else have special routines like this? Or am I a nutcase?
My "tucking in" routine is to walk him into his play pen and fluff up his blankets. He has one inside his crate that I fluff for him and his sleeping bag on the floor of his pen - which I fold back in case he decides to use that LOL Then I reach inside to check the temperature with my hand. If it's too cold, I check his room thermometer to verify if the temp is an agreeable setting. Too cold? I close all the windows...too hot? I bump up the AC. Could go either way? I crack the window, but not the one directly in front - it must be the one that isn't in a direct path to his crate. Then I check the water bottle to make sure there is enough water. I leave EXACTLY 1 soft toy and his nylabone in there. If the papers under the bottle that catch the drips are dishevled, I either replace them or straighten them out. Don't ask how much time I spend shifting his "velvet crate cover" (my old blanket) to make sure no light or breeze gets in there from the sides or back.... Then I close the pen door...and usually give him a nite nite cookie. That's when all the "good night Hermies" start - at least 3. One at the pen door, one when I turn of the room light and one I yell across as I walk up the stairs.
For myself, I just jump in bed.
Does anyone else have special routines like this? Or am I a nutcase?
Just kidding LOL
i just go to bed and sometimes sarah goes with me sometimes she is asleep in the livingroom and comes in later. she sleeps in bed with us so booty scratches and ear scratches are done then off to bed. she sleeps whereever she feels like it really but usually at the food of the bed.
