get a hamster

I just added Sasha the Chinese dwarf hamster to the family.

this is amazing http://www.real-wishes.com

in the past i’ve had about 4 hamsters. The first one broke loose the day after i bought it. I was testing a play pen i made for it, but unfortunatly it’s teeth were victorious. the second hamster escaped committed suicide after jumping off the second storey balchony of my house. He later died of shock. my third hamster was smart. she planned her eascape. day by day she would knaw at the cage door until she eventually learned to open it. My fouth escaped also. Then i got 2 gerbil. in short, they turned out to be canicals.i think i will be easier for me to have a hamster now. i have less distraction and i can play with them all day. they’re so cute.

I love my hamster :)

he was back to his digging ways, but now in three corners. Quite late (he’s a late riser, even for a hamster, as it is) we offered the chance to go in the ball for a bit and he seemed keen this time. I had a quick check of the cage and covered the corners again, and put in a hanging stick thing for him to nibble/chew on.

If I’m at home tomorrow night, I might try my hand again.

Edit:
He was too noisy in the wheel last night, I put him in my sister’s room! lol

He’s tested me tonight. He’s recently cleared a corner of sawdust and been “digging” away at the plastic. I tried 3 times putting the ball by the door for him to go in, but no luck. I didn’t want to try picking him up or even putting my hand in today. I just wanted him in the ball so I could check the cage and sort a couple of things out. I really felt that he was trying to run away from me on the wheel. Sounds stupid probably. I’ve given up tonight. I’m feeling quite miserable now.

to post this link. If hamsters could talk. Funny stuff :)

I tried putting a peanut on my hand and laying it down in the cage. He sniffed my finger and the peanut briefly and bit my finger, but didn’t take the peanut. I took my hand out and tried again a few minutes later when it was in the wheel. He totally ignored me.

So.. we thought we’d try the ball. I put it at the door and waited, for what was a long time, but he eventually went in. He explored my room in the ball for 5-10 minutes and we put him back and put the peanut in the cage as a reward. He then looked out at us through the bars.

:)

settling in :)

He still froze twice after first coming out last night, but after that he seemed to get better. We put the wheel in and I watched him figure out how to use it. And I woke up at 5:55am for some reason and still heard him. I went to say a quick hello and he came to the side to see me!

He keeps freezing :(