The Hamstervitory

I'm so stupidly proud of this, absolutely the best design I've done so far.

My Syrian hamster needed new digs next, and he's bigger than the mice or the dwarf hamster, so I needed something with more room inside.

I used to make a big tower out of cardboard boxes that was set up to be an elaborate playland for the rodents, which I called the Hamstervitory. They've had to have other ways to do their out of cage playtime since the move because I no longer have an area where I can just install a little table for tiny shenanigans and both they and I have missed the Hamstervitory. I wanted Sasquatch to have an official Hamstervitory, that looks like an actual observatory rather than just being tower-like. And yes, I spell it Hamstervitory rather than Hamstervatory, because I think the portmanteau just looks/sounds better that way.

So I made a wee observatory, labeled it, hollowed it, and put in a fake decorative "telescope" in a small slit in the top just like a real observatory. The other nice thing about this feature is that it makes it a wee bit easier to clean with another opening, keeps a bit more air flowing in it, and, I made the telescope hollow, so it becomes a fun feature you can poke treaties or strands of hay inside- they can pull out the hay or learn to wait for their peanut to fall through the tube.

It came out better than I could possibly imagine and I adore it (especially in this sapphire silk filament which is outstanding in all ways) but after it printed and I tore out all the support material, I went back in and made a few small tweaks to improve on it. The first was making sure the telescope was all the way hollow (I missed a spot, so Sasquatch will miss out on that part, but he's a hamster and doesn't care) and the second was to make the entrance hole just a touch bigger (Sasquatch will fit, but if he was a bit plumper he might have to squeeze, and I will presumably be using this for many hammies to come). Finally, I moved the base and top a wee bit closer together, as there are a few tiny gaps between them in a couple of spots on my print so they needed just a touch more adhesion.

So as far as I'm concerned the file is now perfect, this is a perfect object, this filmaent is perfect, hamsters are perfect, and Sasquatch now has a permanent Hamstervitory forevah for realz. <3 I'll probably print another one with the improved file, which I'm sure just means I need to get another hamster...

My pets are never, ever spoiled. Ever. >.>

I don't have a rodent problem. I can stop any time I want. <.<