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Today Lucy lost one of her very first hamsters, Crumpet. He was originally bought in a pair with his brother, Muffin, although they quickly had to be separated when reaching the difficult teenage years (fighting, tsk) and have been happily living side by side in their own cages ever since.<br />
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He always was rather a chubby hamster so it was noticeable when a few months ago he had a dramatic weight loss, losing about half of his body weight in just a few weeks. Usually very into his food he became less so, preferring to sleep more although still keeping a relatively sunny disposition.<br />
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This afternoon, however, he was found curled up in his strawberry house, having passed away quietly and peacefully in his sleep at the ripe old age of about 2 years. Play well at the bridge little one.<br />
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Hi All! I came across some photos of my previous hamsters earlier that I thought you might be interested in. I had lots of furbabies when I was little, with a few years gap in-between the next lot, and it was really nice to remember little details about each one.<br />
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Having bought lots of my hamsters from Pets At Home, we often got told the wrong sex for our fluffballs, only to discover the error when we got home and had our first cuddles. Monty (above) was supposed to be a boy, as was Tammy (originally Teddy), below. Luckily, because they were all syrian hamsters (who live on their own) and we had no intention of breeding with them, it didn't really affect us, but it is something to look out for when buying hamsters from a shop.<br />
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I have had more hamsters over the years although seem to have lost most of the photos along the way. Hopefully they will be printed out on a hard copy somewhere as it would be a shame to lose the memories.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10782528316191238909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762299608425881032.post-2665094330089598682014-04-23T03:28:00.001-07:002014-04-23T03:28:35.214-07:00Saying Goodbye<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We travelled back to Leicester at the weekend, the hamsters and myself all strapped in in the back seat, bathing in the lovely sunshine. Well I don't know about bathing, more fast asleep and dead to the world (in their cases). <br />
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Patrick was sweet, he didn't know if he wanted to sleep under the bedding or not so kept alternating between the two. He's such a cutie. Sssh, if you are careful, I'll open the lid and we can go in closer....<br />
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Bless him. Can I hear little hammy snores??!Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10782528316191238909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762299608425881032.post-11285374747446691842013-04-07T02:30:00.001-07:002014-04-23T03:29:51.556-07:00Spinach Leaves<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Aaah, bless. I got the boys out for some individual cuddle and treat time last night which I think they enjoyed. They all had a spinach leaf each which some paid more attention to than others. Pip posed for a while with his.<br />
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And Milo wasn't interested at all, although I note that the leaf I gave him has now mysteriously disappeared from his cage.<br />
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Hmm, I have too much time on my hands I feel. The afternoon has been spent playing on Photoshop making photo montages of the hambabies. We have sooooo many photos of the little fluffballs! These are a few of my favs, hopefully some you haven't seen before. <br />
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Look at these cute photos of Lucy's hamsters!! All enjoying their Easter holidays and getting full up on treats by the looks of things!!<br />
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Hi All, the last few posts have featured some of myself and Lucy's other furry friends, so we thought we would introduce you to the whole family. <br />
The little chap above is my cat Ziggy. He is utterly gorgeous and originally belonged to a neighbour who rescued both him and his brother Zach as kittens from a family with a barely restrained Staffie. They went on holiday soon after getting the boys and I was asked to cat-sit for two weeks- who would say no to looking after two gorgeous white kittens??!! When old enough to be let out, Ziggy just kind of followed me home across the road and divided himself between the two houses, gradually moving more and more into my house. When the neighbours moved a few years ago, they asked us if we wanted to keep him as he had sort of adopted us and we agreed- not that we really had much of a choice, Ziggy had decided for us!!<br />
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<em>'Dottie & Lulu came <span style="font-size: small;">into our lives as tiny</span> <span style="font-size: small;">playf<span style="font-size: small;">ul</span></span> kittens. We were only <span style="font-size: small;">m<span style="font-size: small;">eant</span></span> to be having Dottie, <span style="font-size: small;">as Lulu was already<span style="font-size: small;"> sold</span> to another family</span>, but when they split them up to go to separate homes they pined for each other constantly, so we ended up with them both! Dottie has always been my <span style="font-size: small;">baby</span>, Lulu my sister's. Dottie is now living the life as a middle-aged-grumpy-woman who sleeps and eats all day<span style="font-size: small;">.</span> Lulu on the other hand is a <span style="font-size: small;">fuss<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>hussy</span>, a real lap cat who will obsessively<span style="font-size: small;"> stretch out </span>on you all the way up to your neck<span style="font-size: small;">.</span> Both have been known to drool when they are having a good fuss!'</em></div>
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'Poppet is the newest addition to the family. My mum and I volunteer part time at an animal<span style="font-size: small;"> rescue</span>. <span style="font-size: small;">At the start of the Christmas break</span>, Poppet came into the <span style="font-size: small;">rescue</span>. Her background is, as far as we know, that she was a stray who an old lady in a home used to feed.<em> However, this old lady had to be taken into hospital so she wanted Poppet to be looked after. Instantly, I felt a connection with her because she reminded me so much of a cross between Dottie and Lulu. She has very thick fur which was completely matted when she first came in, and despite that brushing her was obviously painful<span style="font-size: small;">,</span> she was very forgiving as she just loved the attention. When I came home for Easter, it turned out that my Mum had fallen in love with her too, so we decided to take her home. Ever since, she has done nothing but cuddle up to everyone, <span style="font-size: small;">alway<span style="font-size: small;">s mewing - <span style="font-size: small;">something apparently called 'tortitude'!'</span></span></span></em></div>
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<em>'Gertie & Mavis are our resident chickens, pets just like the rest. We got them as young chickens just before laying and they are very well bonded. Gertie lays blue/green eggs, <span style="font-size: small;">rarely double yo<span style="font-size: small;">lker<span style="font-size: small;">s, </span></span></span>which her breed apparentl<span style="font-size: small;">y shouldn't </span>- so we aren't sure what she really is! Mavis lays usual brown eggs. Gertie is particularly noisy, always wanting to announce to the world when she has laid! Both chase each other around if one has something particularly tasty, such as a cherry tomato or a slug! If one goes to lay, because they don't like to be alone, the other will wait in the entrance of their<span style="font-size: small;"> house!'</span></em><br />
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There have been quite a lot of snuggly moments here in Sussex. Milo made a new friend out of my brother and had a long snuggle on his chest, pausing computer game play for quite a while!<br />
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And earlier on in the day, the cat stopped me from doing any form of work (except photography) when he demanded a cuddle.<br />
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Lucy sent me some photos today of her hamster set up at home. Obviously with six separate cages, and unable to take her hamster apartment shelf, it was going to be interesting to fit everybody in. But she has done it! And the hamsters are making a new friend by the looks of things...<br />
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Hi All!! Myself and my fluffballs are now happily ensconced at home, having been rescued from Leicester before the snow properly hit and we were trapped. It was a perilous journey home, driving in the dead of night with poor visibility, snow flying into the windscreen and the water flying off the roads, buffeting our poor car when we overtook lorries. It was very dramatic, although I admit the hamsters slept through most of it. They are quite good when it comes to being in travel cages. <br />
We stayed the night at my Aunt and Uncle's. I had to set up minimalistic versions of their cages, and they were on their saucers for a good three hours. Obviously happy to be out of the slightly cramped carriers. Now though, as you can see, they are tucked behind the kitchen table being spoilt with hamster safe table scraps. The cages will also be rotated so poor Patrick (currently bottom) won't be on the bottom for the whole three weeks. <br />
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It will be interesting to see what Lucy does with her hamsters when she gets home. Does she take the whole shelving unit? Or try and fit them all in her room? Ahhh, the complications of having six hamsters. Still, wouldn't change them for the world.Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10782528316191238909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762299608425881032.post-75855346142980893642013-02-26T12:21:00.001-08:002014-04-23T03:32:59.461-07:00Sleepy Monkeys<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hammies are funny aren't they. This little munchkin is curled up next to me as I type- this post was supposed to be just about a new hammock I have made for Pip but I thought I would share this cute moment with you. He wasn't overly happy when I started snapping away at him but soon settled down again. <br />
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He was climbing all over it last night when I put it in and was sat in it quite happily when I walked into the hamster room earlier on this evening. Looks like it may be a success! Now on to make the other two!<br />
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Lucy's hamsters are so spoilt!! Look at their new snazzy apartment block! All dwarf hammys now have their own separate cage full to the brim of toys and treats, and they are now beautifully presented on the brand-spanking new shelving block! Lucky furbabies!<br />
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As a little treat for our hamsters, we try and vary their diet and give them a selection of treats: vegetables, nuts, fruit, mealworms (which they didn't like at all), pasta, and baby food (no chili, rice, citrus, garlic or onion)! Only a little bit and not all the time but Lucy wanted another little jar to turn into a hamster toilet so we treated the hammies to some Cow & Gate Grandpa's Sunday Lunch!<br />
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So then, all 10 of our hamsters are now safely ensconced in their respective cages and rooms. Lucy tried re-introducing The Noses and The Robos over Christmas (if you remember they had all fallen out with their partners) but to no avail, so eventually decided to give them each their own cage so they had more room. <br />
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Instead of buying the cages new she is buying them off ebay- and has bought two more than she actually needs so that she can chop and change and get the best parts of them all. The leftover bits she is planning to sell along with various other accumulated bits and bobs.<br />
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The two cages at the back there are the bin cages, the pink one has Poppy and the purple one temporarily has Nutmeg in (he is waiting for another of the smaller cages). The two grey bottomed ones are Ferplast Mini Dunas with Muffin in the left one and Crumpet on the right. The orange bottomed cage is also a Mini Duna and is little Daisy's home. The red bottomed cage is a Savic Rody cage and has little Pumpkin in.<br />
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So hopefully they will all be very happy in their new homes- even Pip has been moved out of his iMac fantasy and into a bin cage!Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10782528316191238909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762299608425881032.post-67751494982804859922013-01-01T13:22:00.002-08:002013-01-01T13:22:40.348-08:00Discarding The Igloo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For a while now I have been having problems with Milo's igloo bed (in the top right corner- I hasten to add this is NOT what his cage looks like now, he has many more toys and the wheel has been replaced with a flying saucer- this is just what it looked like when I first got him). <br />
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His bedding will also be absolutely soaked and I am having to change it almost daily. Obviously this could end up being quite an expensive exercise plus it's not that nice for him as he has to make his bed every day! So this evening I decided enough was enough...the igloo was going to have to go!!!<br />
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I don't really want him to have an open nest as I am worried about him getting cold, and then I remembered! A family member was taken into hospital last week (not for anything serious) and was given one of those cardboard bowls in case of emergencies. Luckily we still had it lying around because I'd had a brain wave!!<br />
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They are the perfect shape for a roomy hamster haven! All you have to do is cut off the handles, snip in a door and punch some holes in the roof! This is even bigger than the igloo too so technically it is an upgrade.<br />
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Milo seemed quite keen when I introduced him to his new bed. <br />
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Of course, once you start making custom furniture for your fluffballs, any cardboard box in your recycling could be a potential place for hide and seek. <br />
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Just cut off the lid and the spiky bits...<br />
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Turn over, and voila!!<br />
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I popped this new toy into Pip's iMac Fantasy cage, it only just fit!! But I think he will enjoy playing in it.<br />
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I suppose it is slightly ironic that one of the hamsters is living in the cat's food box....but the cat doesn't seem to be at all bothered!!<br />
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Oh by the way- the hamsters and I would like to wish you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Best wishes to you all for 2013. <br />
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I've been feeling a bit mean over Christmas as we have been out a lot for long days visiting various family members and when I finally get in there is barely enough time for a quick cuddle each before I need to go to bed. So today I had a bit of time where I could play individually with each of my boys, and what better place than the stairs!!<br />
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The thing I like about letting them play on the stairs is a) you can make little zones on each step with a variety of toys, b) you can be at eye level with your hamster and easily play with them, and c) they can't disappear easily- at least until they've learnt how to climb up and down the steps!</div>
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I hope you all had a lovely Christmas! I know I did and the hamsters inform me they did too- they certainly got quite a few presents!!</div>
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Thought I would show you Lucy's hamster set up, aptly named the hamster apartment complex. From the bottom up we have Nutmeg & Pumpkin, Crumpet & Muffin, Poppy (who looks like she is having a whale of a time on her flying saucer!) and finally Daisy in the penthouse suite. <br />
I will quote to you what Lucy has said about her hamster establishment on <a href="http://www.hamstercentral.com/">Hamster Central</a> (for those who don't know what HC is- it is a leading forum for hamster owners with thousands of members posting photo, issues and ideas all relating to their furbabies!)<br />
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<em>'In regards to any concerns there may be for airflow: The three bincages have
fully meshed lids. The base of each bincage is smaller than the lid, leaving a
gap around the edge of the lid when stacked. The base itself is not flat, it
consists of 4 small lower dipped 'feet', leaving the rest of the base lifted,
allowing for airflow.</em><br />
<em>The lids are very sturdy as they are made with strong wooden frames and strong
mesh which is stapled with an industrial staple gun, so it's very strong and the
mesh doesn't even bow. So I have no concerns over the collective weight.'</em><br />
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We were all very busy in the run up to the holidays and only got one evening in which to do the shoot and find all the props. We actually weren't going to use any of the following photos as our final ones because we couldn't agree on the set, and then the hammies started misbehaving- however as we didn't have time to do another one before we left, these are the only ones we have! (They are pre-Daisy too so our little snowball doesn't feature.) I hope you like them anyway!<br />
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Our tree is up!! Do excuse the mess, we hadn't tidied it up yet when I took the photo. The hamsters are getting into the Christmas spirit and have even had their first present!!</div>
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A seesaw!! Milo especially loves it and enjoys sitting in the middle with a snack. It's actually quite difficult to get him to come out of it!<br />
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Yesterday we had the difficult task of taking the hamsters home with us for the Christmas holidays. Lucy had the worst trouble as she has six hamsters!! Two pairs of which aren't currently on speaking terms- so there were some interesting makeshift dividers put into the hamster carriers, in the hope they wouldn't be able to get to each other. <br />
I have only heard good things about their journey so I imagine nothing untoward happened!!<br />
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My journey was a little squashed...<br />
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Milo and Patrick have carriers each but I haven't had time to get one for Pip so he had to stay in his cage. Although, when I looked at his cage (which is third or fourth hand), the extension was missing a level- this is what it looked like when I got him...<br />
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So he has the second yellow barred bit, but not the second orange level, and he's actually gained a little pod by getting rid of the second yellow bars. He now sleeps in there (the photo at the top of this post) and loves it!!<br />
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Anyway, he stayed in his cage and the other boys had carriers- which they were very good in. I really recommend these <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Small-Pet-Carrier-Options-Large/dp/B003UOADGY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1355656536&sr=8-1">small pet carriers</a>. Mine are the large size as I have syrians, although Lucy has the same size for her dwarfs. <br />
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They are now tucked up behind the table in my kitchen where I can keep an eye on them. Not an ideal place, and certainly not as posh as having their own room like before! But it is only for three weeks and with the rest of the family taking up all the space there is nowhere left to put them. <br />
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Hope your hammies are enjoying the run up to Christmas!! Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10782528316191238909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762299608425881032.post-76543537261293703042012-12-12T12:29:00.001-08:002012-12-22T06:48:33.641-08:00AnOtHeR oNe!!!!?????Oh dear. We have definitely caught some kind of incurable hamster disease in this house. Yet another fluffball has been adopted (by Lucy) from a family that have just had a baby and are moving house, and are unable to keep her on. So here we go then, introducing the newbie!!!<br />
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She is a 6 month old dwarf hybrid. Pure white with the BiGgEsT eyes I've ever seen on a hamster! She has really little feet as well so looks almost cartoonish- but in a cute way. She didn't really have a name when Lucy adopted her so she has been named Daisy, which I think suits her. <br />
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She is very funny to watch as she likes going up on her hind legs and doing a kind of Irish jig, complete with full circle turns. <br />
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Her cage is quite a decent size for a dwarf hamster, it is a Ferplast Mini Duna, so there is no need to make another bin cage- a bit of a relief as we have had to make 6 so far! <br />
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Cages are expensive, and often undersized. We have a cheaper solution!! Storage boxes!<br />
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Our bin cages are from <a href="http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/">Wilkinsons</a> and cost under £10, they are a decent length and you can fit in a good range of toys easily. All you have to do to make it hamster live-able is to drill holes into the lid all the way along. </div>
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Hellloooo!!! How's tricks? I have spent my evening with Lucy and various assorted hamsters, being the photographer for an Arabian Nights photo shoot. <br />
We were thinking, maybe a photo shoot every week with a different theme? Next week is sorted- we are doing a Christmas theme, but has anyone got any suggestions or ideas for other themes?<br />
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