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Showing posts with label hamster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hamster. Show all posts
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Pai Mei's Story
There are several types of dwarf hamsters, and I have Campbell dwarf hamsters. However... I have one special little Roborovski dwarf hamster at the hoozoo. Here is her story:
A lady bought her young son a Roborovski hamster. (robos, in general, are difficult to hand-tame and even then, they are still really skittish) One day, the boy tried to force the hamster to stay in his hand. The hamster bit him, and was dropped on the floor. In an effort to catch it, the little boy slammed a cup down on the hamster to trap him. In doing so, squished its leg.
She tried to return it to the pet store, but they wouldn't take back an injured hamster. Her next stop was at the humane society... who wouldn't take it either. I happen to be there that day and overheard their conversation She told the receptionist... "if you don't want it, I'm going to throw it away. Or if you want, you can feed it to a snake or something."
This is where I stepped in. I'm not a crazy rescue lady who is trying to save the world, but this was a special case. She said it's been limping for 3 days. My original thought was that she wasn't going to make it. Rather than let her die a slow, painful death in a garbage bin or by the clutches of a snake... I decided to take her home. I wanted to make her comfortable during her last days.
I did a lot of research and found out that a broken leg isn't a death sentence. So... for the next three weeks, I rinsed the wound with a q-tip and warm salt water, gave her a very nutritious diet of infant formula, baby food and pedialyte. And guess what??? After two months, she made a full recovery!! So... now I have a robo in my family.
At first glance... she reminded me of Pai Mei... the kungfu master from Kill Bill. It's the eyebrows that totally give it away. So the name stuck (even though she's a girl).
A lady bought her young son a Roborovski hamster. (robos, in general, are difficult to hand-tame and even then, they are still really skittish) One day, the boy tried to force the hamster to stay in his hand. The hamster bit him, and was dropped on the floor. In an effort to catch it, the little boy slammed a cup down on the hamster to trap him. In doing so, squished its leg.
She tried to return it to the pet store, but they wouldn't take back an injured hamster. Her next stop was at the humane society... who wouldn't take it either. I happen to be there that day and overheard their conversation She told the receptionist... "if you don't want it, I'm going to throw it away. Or if you want, you can feed it to a snake or something."
This is where I stepped in. I'm not a crazy rescue lady who is trying to save the world, but this was a special case. She said it's been limping for 3 days. My original thought was that she wasn't going to make it. Rather than let her die a slow, painful death in a garbage bin or by the clutches of a snake... I decided to take her home. I wanted to make her comfortable during her last days.
I did a lot of research and found out that a broken leg isn't a death sentence. So... for the next three weeks, I rinsed the wound with a q-tip and warm salt water, gave her a very nutritious diet of infant formula, baby food and pedialyte. And guess what??? After two months, she made a full recovery!! So... now I have a robo in my family.
At first glance... she reminded me of Pai Mei... the kungfu master from Kill Bill. It's the eyebrows that totally give it away. So the name stuck (even though she's a girl).
Pai Mei from Kill Bill. See the resemblance? It's the eyebrows!! =)
Friday, August 7, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Spying on the kids
Jason bought me a webcam to spy on the kiddies while I'm at work. I love this thing. I feel so devious spying on them.
Artie sleeps all day. I mean... ALL DAY. If I crank up the volume, I can actually hear him snore!
Ash... our African grey is a little more active. Here she is at the bottom of her cage, munching on a broccoli.
And of course... the hammies. I love this picture of one of the girls peeking out of her blue house. They run so fast on their wheel that all I see are little gray and brown blurs.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
New Hammies
Yogi and Super Dave are the proud parents of 9 wonderful babies. Final score... 5 girls and 4 boys. 2 boys and 2 girls went to great homes. However... I haven't been able to find homes for the remaining 5. That only means one thing... I get to keep them all!
Yay! I've named the 2 boys... Wally and Ozzy. Not permanent... still toying with the names. As for the girls... no names yet. I just know I'm gonna name the last one "Thirteen."
Yay! I've named the 2 boys... Wally and Ozzy. Not permanent... still toying with the names. As for the girls... no names yet. I just know I'm gonna name the last one "Thirteen."
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