March 7, 2007, 5:56 pm : Bad news

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This morning when i got up to give Scratch her antibiotic she wasn’t moving, i stroked her back to see if she would wake up, she didn’t move and was icy cold to the touch. I went to tell my sister Scratch was dead, we told our parents and found a box for her. I lifted her from her house, she seemed so much heavier than normal, i could see under her tail was bloody. I put her down and despite it being very slow, she startled both me and my sister but lifting her head and opening her eyes. We went straight to the vets, i knew there was little hope, i knew what he would say and i agreed to it. I didn’t want her to suffer any more and i definatly didn’t want to make the mistake i had when i got her up and burry her alive. I signed the form and he euthanised her while i waited outside. Once we got her home we went down to the bottom of the garden and dug a hole infront of the bamboo bush, next to where her big brothers, Dollar the rabbit and Streaky Bacon the hamster, are burried. I placed the box in the grave and covered her with some stones, my sister refilled the hole and put another stone on top.

Rest In Peace Pork Scratchings.

March 5, 2007, 11:56 pm : I’m a terrible bowler

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I think i must have hit the gutter 14 times, maybe more, i managed a score of 28 in our first game. I think i would have done better in the second game if we’d had the time to finish it but my friends had to get to the cinema to see Hot Fuzz, which i’ve been dying to see but i had to be home for 10pm so i could give a certain hamster her medication. The worst part of the game was that i got a strike, i know most people love getting strikes, i do too, but this one i got while playing someone elses go as she wasnt ready. This person went on to win the game, though i must point out, she still only got a 47.

After getting home i put some luke-warm water in a bowl and got some cotton wool so i could clean Scratches rear (she can’t do it herself due to the scar on her belly) and got the antibiotic ready in the syringe. I cleaned her as best i could and after my fifth or sixth attempt i got the syringe in her mouth and pushed the end of it. She didn’t seem to mind too much, i think she’s just a natural wriggler which is what makes things hard. Things are really looking up for her, i hope they keep going this well.

March 4, 2007, 2:35 am : Scratch Video

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This is the most recent video i took of Scratch, hopefully it wont be the last

March 4, 2007, 1:30 am : Scratch

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Today i had to take my hamster to the vet. I talked to the vet and she said Scratch had an infected womb and she would need surgery, there was a 50/50 chance she would make it through and then there was a risk of dying from complcations after the surgery or even from the infection if we hadnt caught it soon enough. I left her with the vet and went home to wait for the call.

I didn’t sleep at all last night and i finally crashed after i got back from the vets, i slept through the call but my dad took it and told me what he’d been told. When they’d opend Scratch up they didn’t find any pus in her womb so the infection was in a much earlier stage than had been thought and they decided that she should get better with fluids and antibiotics so the surgery wasnt needed, they said i could call anytime to check on her. After my dad told me this, i pretty much just fell right back to sleep.

When i woke up again i called to see how she was doing, they told me she was recovering well, she’d been very lively when she was awake and although she hadnt eaten by herself she was taking food well from the nurse. I’m meant to call tomorrow after 9.30am to see if i can pick her up.

I love my hamster to bits, i really hope i can take her home soon, my room seems so quiet without her running about her cage.