Comments on: Hamster love (and an ode* to mine own escape artist)

By: nathan

nathan — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:54:26 +0000

What? First of all, Begorah was the one I was talking about and I don’t know about the Raoul thing but I certainly didn’t name him that…

Anyway, girls can’t be trusted with hamster naming.

By: Nykki

Nykki — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:15:51 +0000

Well I’m glad that you think that “Ryan” was the “only pet worth having, the apple of my youthic life icona” because his name was Rauol, and if I’m not mistaken you stole him from me and named him that ridiculous name. I probably had something picked out like “fluffy” or “kitty”.

By: nathan

nathan — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:17:32 +0000

Once I had a hamster get stuck in a little plastic Huggie drink barrel and had to surgically remove it using scissors. No, that happened twice.

And once I left my hamsters, Ryan and Begorah, visit Bob’s hamsters in their half assed, duct taped excuse for a cage that he had his in and mine set to work escaping the whole lot.

Ryan was an ill-tempered brute of a bully, and Begorah was the only pet I’ve ever had worth having, the apple of my youthic life icona, and together with Bob’s halfwitted bunch they would need to brave a yard with an active mower, a small creek, forest wildlife and a 2 lane highway if they wanted to see freedom…

By: Ms. Wakame

Ms. Wakame — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:19:11 +0000

Hahaha! Cait you sicko! Man thats just great. Seriously though, how preoccupied must you be with your lit in life to run straight into a blind cat.

Niq that last hamster of yours sounded VERY happy. Usually they dont live past 3, but to live several years is an amazing feat!

By: Cait

Cait — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:15:04 +0000

Our kids had several hamsters over the years. They were little escape artists. But they always went to the same exact place when they escaped, a corner of the entry hall closet. Fortunately, none of the cats every got one.

I know it was a childhood tragedy for you, but I have to confess when you got to the part about how it managed to run into your blind cat, I laughed. Not such good survival instincts, huh?