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Sometimes goodbye's the only way.. Saturday, January 12, 2008
We (Aaron and I) bought a pair of Syrian hamsters last December 22 from Petsburch in SM Dasmariñas for our Psychology project. We named them Rain (male) and Shine(female).Rain's colors were brown, dark brown and white on the underpart while Shine's were pure white. Rain's eyes were dark brown while Shine's were red.
I kept them for a week and made a mistake on taking care of them. As all hamster breeders know, Syrian hamsters shall not be put on the same cage for serious fights might occur including the death of the other. And since I housed them both on the same cage and forgot to give them enough food supply (I thought they would eat the seeds on their floor), Shine killed Rain on the morning of December 28th. It was the most concsiencing part of taking care of a hamster. It was my first time, I didn't know they were Syrians.
Aaron, my lab partner, dropped by at my house to fetch Shine. It was now his turn to keep Shine since I had a "trauma" with what had happened to Rain earlier that morning. And since I had regrets of not taking a photo of Rain while he's still alive, I took photos of Shine before she left my house. I thought that it was the last day I would see her.
Shine, on a shoe box, eating sunflower seeds.
Shine, on Aaron's arm, a bit movy.
Shine, sleeping on my hand.
Another one.
Morning of January 4th. I dreamed that Shine would die because it climbed on our bathroom wall. I went to Aaron's place and found out that she was gone. DUE TO BROKEN BONES.
I love Shine and I miss her. Aaron once mentioned that Shine was not tame to others except to me. It's like we had become best friends for a short span of time.
Aaron bought another hamster, this time a Siberian hamster. I named it Sky. He was a gray colored hamster with a thin trace of darker gray on his back and had red eyes. Iza, our other lab mate, kept it.
We brought Sky to the school dormitory and everybody enjoyed him. He was very jolly and playful. He loves to socialize with humans (especially with girls) and terribly hates white mice. He will try to kill them every time he sees them. We tried to put it once with Mays's white mice. :))
I keep Sky this weekend. He totally enjoys hanging out with my sister. But not with my parents since my mom absolutely shouts when Sky is near at her (even though a meter far) and Dad's allergic with hamsters and other furry animals, a reason why we don't have pets before.
On a windy Saturday afternoon, Sky enjoys his siesta.
On my arm, running endlessly like mad. :D
A close-up. (I'm gripping him tight, ain't I? :]] )
Not a very good shot. Sky on Ate Faye's hands.
I am expecting that Sky will live the longest period of time. And I promise that he will be the healthiest, cutest, jolliest, smartest hamster on the face of the planet. :D