My Pets.

This is a picture of my beautiful hamsters. Victor is at the back , with his face covered, and Jack is at the front, showing his large, bright eyes. This was taken not long after I got them both, at about 6/7 weeks old. They have a lovely Ferplast Duma Hamster Home, but this was upgraded just after Christmas.

They are lovely boys, very friendly, nippy occasionally, but gorgeous little boys nevertheless. They are the first hamsters I have ever had (at the age of 21!) but they have convinced me to continue rescuing and rehoming them for the rest of my life.

Unfortunately, my poor Jack died on the 22nd September, 2011, in the evening. My parents found him (I was away for the night) sleeping in a tube, where he just never woke up. When I came back, I gave him a cuddle and buried him next to one of my other pets. I feel sorry for poor Victor being on his own, but I try and give him as much fuss as possible, and get him out the cage into his pen, or hamster ball.

I think this one is Victor. I never knew how strong little dwarf hamsters are! They could scale up the sides of their cage, no problem. Even in their big black wire cage they would climb all the way up to the top, me being the one terrified in case they fell!

This one is Jack. No-one could ever tell them apart, but me. But that was only near the end I could tell them apart, haha. Jack was slightly lighter grey than Victor, and he had smaller eyes, as well as being a bit fatter.  Near the end he had lost quite a bit of weight, but it was still a shock when he died.

I miss him very much and so does his brother. I also have another little dwarf hamster, called Isa. (Notice the names from 'Still Game?') Check it out on Youtube.... amazing show!) She is a beautiful golden colour with a brown stripe down here back. I rescued her from a pet shop. She was on sale due to being there a long time, and I felt sorry for her. I immediatly bought her (knowing I had a cage free at home, and enough stuff and time to care for her). The bloke in the shop didn't ask me who I was, how old I was (I look very young for my age), where I lived, what size cage she would be in, etc. He opened her cage door, pushed her (poor thing was screeching, a hideous sound) terrified into a box, and handed her to me. Upsets me thinking about it. But I got a lovely hamster in Isa. She is maybe four months old, maybe a little older, and she is wonderful. She has never bitten anybody, and is so trusting. My boyfriend and I had to teach her that people were ok, and weren't going to hurt her. We had to keep picking her up when she was screeching, to show her that it was ok, and to check on her often. Hearing her screech was horrible, just a heartrending sound. Beware of what pet shops you go into, it's so unfair sometimes.

This is a picture of her.

 Oh, and her eyes really are that colour. Beautiful, bright, ruby red eyes. She adores her wheel, and whenever I wake up during the night she will be on it. When she was at the pet shop, she was in a tiny glass cage with only sawdust and a bowl of food. I dread to think how long she had been there. They sell gerbils at the pet shop too, and for a couple of times I visited there were three female gerbils together in a a glass cage. They were in there for at least a couple of months, so I made my boyfriend buy another gerbiliarium (he has four male gerbils) and I bought him the females. I will have pictures of them put up later.


Hope this successfully introduced you into my mad animal world :) Pets are everything to me, and I have many more to talk about, each one very special.

Have a nice night.

Empress27 xxx