So long story short... I now have two hamsters.
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I was bored and I decided to look at the hamsters in my area on Petfinder.com ( Read more... )

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/22103/?a=f
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dude... today was a nightmare ( Read more... )

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So I made a frantic post a couple days ago about an injured hamster.

http://community.livejournal.com/hamsters/2272540.html?nc=14

here's what happened...

( Backstory )

We have been hamster-less since Matilda left us in April, and hadn't planned on getting another ham, but saw some gorgeous Syrians today in the local pet shop. I was sorely tempted to get one. That particular pet shop uses the same breeder and has done for 36 years, and all of the hamsters have been hand-tamed. They all looked so healthy and were ( Read more... )

So my lil poopfaces were a lil stinky today and I decided to do a mid-week cage cleaning. I put them in their balls and started taking apart the cage. I'm spraying cleaner and wiping everything down when I see Hootie walk past me. I'm like "Hi Hootie!" and keep scrubbing away. It's only a few seconds later that I realize that she just walked by me ( Read more... )

Hullo! I have a few questions ( Read more... )

At some point yesterday, my Syrian Spencer escaped from his cage. I spent a lot of the evening looking for him, and cried myself to sleep. This morning I was reading, and my cat Delphy came into the room with Spencer in her mouth. I completely freaked out, but she deposited him on my lap completely unharmed and looked at me as if to say "here, I ( Read more... )