March 17, 2007, 4:02 am : New Hamster
Filed Under: Cute, PetsDiscussion:
I know it hasn’t been long since i lost Scratch but i’ve been lonely without her and decided to get a new one today, well yesterday seeing as it’s 2am now. My sister and i went to the pet shop, my sister having been the day before and had chosen her favourite, when we got there they were all happily sleeping in a big pile at the back of the cage, with one occasionally waking up to walk over its sisters to sleep at the back of the pile. Soon enough though they started to wake up, hamster yawns are fantasticly cute by the way. There were two we liked the look of, the one my sister had picked out yesterday, which had white and cream fur and an all black one. We watched them for a while to see how they acted, if they looked friendly and so on, finally we decided on the black one, she seemed very sweet. The shop assistant fished her out of the tank and put her in a carrying box, which for some reason advertised bird food, she advised us on which wheel was best to buy, the one i had Scratch never liked, it didn’t look too comfortable.
We got her home, i’d already made up the cage so she was ready to go, i opened the box and put it in the cage, she wouldn’t leave it on her own so i tipped it up and she slid out. I didn’t pick her up as she had already been through a lot, she was obviously scared and the first thing she did was run and hide under the hay in a corner. She calmed a little after a while and i was able to stroke her a little but still didn’t pick her up. I left her to it and she explored her new home, she seems to like hiding behind her wheel, i was please to see her discover her food bowl and water bottle, i always worry a new hamster wont find them. She’s had a lot of fun running on the wheel, everytime i see her she runs and runs then a paw slips off the side so she stumbles, so she has to start over and then she just does the same over and over, it’s so funny and cute. Of course being me, i had to name her after a pork product, so this little girl is Honey Roast Ham(ster).