10-26-2014, 04:23 PM
My last hamster, Eric, has died. He made it to 29 months and 3 weeks and one day.(I don't know how many hours) After eleven years of hamster breeding, hundreds, maybe thousands of babies and countless interesting experiences and a continuous line from Bunny and Mumsie, my first two hamsters, three years of caring for the last of the line, I am now without a hamster in the house.
It seems so odd. I have other pets and Eric lived a full life and happy life. I knew he was going soon, so I am not surprized. It just seems so strange to have no hamsters. I may rescue hamsters in the future. I will keep some cages set up in storage just in case. I still have my hedgehog stuff, because rescue hedgehogs sometimes happen.
But they won't be my hamsters, from my beloved Bunny and Mumsie. As long as I still had their offspring my girls were still with me somehow. I still have Bunny's wheel even though it hasn't worked in years. Some things you just have to keep.
It seems so odd. I have other pets and Eric lived a full life and happy life. I knew he was going soon, so I am not surprized. It just seems so strange to have no hamsters. I may rescue hamsters in the future. I will keep some cages set up in storage just in case. I still have my hedgehog stuff, because rescue hedgehogs sometimes happen.
But they won't be my hamsters, from my beloved Bunny and Mumsie. As long as I still had their offspring my girls were still with me somehow. I still have Bunny's wheel even though it hasn't worked in years. Some things you just have to keep.
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Catherine
