The beaver is a proud and noble animal
Notes from a bemused canuck
By hamster reckoning, Sophie was antediluvian. Hamsters have an average lifespan of less than 2 years. Sophie was a few months shy of her 3rd birthday. We got her around easter and she saw 3 Christmases. She lived off of benevolent neglect, aided by her emotional support cat. In the end, she was slowing down but we tried to let her life her best life.
Nutters has gone to rodent heaven. She passed very quickly – she was fine yesterday, running in her wheel, and went downhill in a flash :(
Another hamster went to the big wheel in the sky. Chewie-Chewbacca, we will miss how you gave no fucks about predator-prey relationships, has incredible upper body strength and a complete disregard for cranial trauma.
Our hamsters live longer on a diet of fortified breakfast cereal, veggie peelings and digestive biscuits.
We had to put the hamster to sleep today :( She was fine over the weekend, happily trying to pouch a brussel sprout and a grape, but went downhill very quickly yesterday. She will be buried with full pet honours under our apple tree.
The hamster likes to run on top of her wheel. If you pick her up and plop her on a cat, the dumbass animal will just look at you as if thinking “OK, now what do you want me to do with this thing?” while the hamster is running around in its fur…
Cuteness wins!
This new wireless keyboard and mouse set is a pain to use. The mouse has a mind of its own. Plus, it poops.
Peso the hamster is happily exploring Reenie’s backside. The cat is wholly unimpressed and unperturbed. This is, as Katy said, “Further proof of cats’ inability to actually cat”.