Today we were at the pet store and there is this adorable Syrian. I so wanted to take him home. My husband has reminded me that we don't have the space and we had to think about it. We still occassionally get calls for rescues ( Read more... )

I bought a new camera! So like any good hamster mommy, my first act was one of HAMSTER PHOTOSPAM!! :P

( I really did do my best to cut it down, lol )

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Cee.Cee decided she was going to move her adorable baby boy Sirius Gary Oldman Black into the big 20 gallon tank she had, so she stopped by Evil Co. (aka PetCo. I hate them but they are right on my way home from work) to pick up some Carefresh. When she went into Evil Co. she saw this poor, abandoned hamster ( Read more... )

I once read that hamsters like playing with ping pong balls, so we tried giving one to Tom and Kitty when we first got them. No interest. Freddie wasn't interested either; nor was Ron. We tried it with Oliver and Benjamin, and Benji has developed an OBSESSION with it! He chases it around the cage, fights with it, and sometimes even puts it in the ( Read more... )

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Recently, I bought Mercury, my syrian, a toy car. It has a wheel in the middle for the hamster, so it's like the hamster is driving the car. So this morning I was woken up at 5am by the sound of something rolling past my bed. Then I heard it roll back towards my end of the bed. I thought, "that's the car! Oh Christ, I've left Mercury in the ( Read more... )

Wendy was just drinking for at least ten minutes so I got up to see what the issue was. I picked her up and in the process tilted her on an angle and about a quarter of a cup of water poured out of her cheeks and onto me. She was storing water, like a tiny camel.

My teddybear is insane.

I have a female hamster that has become quite the escape artist. The first two times were due to silly error on my husband's part... but last nights escape was pure intelligence, on her part ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas and Hannukah Eve to everyone and their beloved hamsters ( Read more... )