HammieandMerlin
09-08-2012, 11:08 PM
I started reading this forum when my first Syrian (well first since I was 4), Sheldon, got sick with an unidentified hormonal disease. He passed away before I began posting on here, and at the time I was too emotionally messed up to write about it, but it had now been 6 months to the day and I really feel he deserves a proper memorial (I know it's overdue but sometimes....stuff happens)
Sheldon was my longest standing roommate, and lived with me through two horrific housing situations (mine, not his haha). The days when I was too terrified to leave my room, he would share carrots or eggs with me, to get me through. He was the only hamster I've ever seen who would sit in one spot on my lap for the duration of Pride and Prejudice, and only sleep for a few minutes. He was also the only hamster I've seen who was somehow capable of shoving textbooks out of the way to get out of his tank.
He was with me for almost two years, but his last few months were slower. All I will say about those times were that no matter how tired, he always came out to see me before I went to bed, and on his last night, I somehow knew, and he came out and I held him and talked to him for the last 8 hours, where he just sort of slept until he felt certain that I'd be ok.
I didn't know how hard I would grieve and how gutted I would feel - and still do, sometimes - but there have been few things I have missed in my life as much as I miss him. As dumb as it sounds, he was always there for me, during what were some of the worst months of my life, he was my light, and I like to think he somehow understood that, because I always called him my main man.
So there you go baby, I told the best hamster community all about you, who would have thought half a year could go by and I would still be writing this crying. You're missed every single day, and my only regret was that we didn't have more time together, because you would have loved the place I'm in now, no more roommates <3
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh211/sweetlilrocknroll_1959/sheldon.jpg
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh211/sweetlilrocknroll_1959/IMG_0523.jpg
running with his mouth full, so typical
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh211/sweetlilrocknroll_1959/sheldon3.jpg
sat on his bum to drink, but later on slowly broke his water bottle so that the spout pointed towards his nest so he didn't need to move
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh211/sweetlilrocknroll_1959/sheldonprofile.jpg
my baby, then and always
Well there is the Sheldon I have mentioned so much, again I hope you don't mind that it was posted late instead of right after, it just felt right doing it today.
"I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you...long long live" <3
Sheldon was my longest standing roommate, and lived with me through two horrific housing situations (mine, not his haha). The days when I was too terrified to leave my room, he would share carrots or eggs with me, to get me through. He was the only hamster I've ever seen who would sit in one spot on my lap for the duration of Pride and Prejudice, and only sleep for a few minutes. He was also the only hamster I've seen who was somehow capable of shoving textbooks out of the way to get out of his tank.
He was with me for almost two years, but his last few months were slower. All I will say about those times were that no matter how tired, he always came out to see me before I went to bed, and on his last night, I somehow knew, and he came out and I held him and talked to him for the last 8 hours, where he just sort of slept until he felt certain that I'd be ok.
I didn't know how hard I would grieve and how gutted I would feel - and still do, sometimes - but there have been few things I have missed in my life as much as I miss him. As dumb as it sounds, he was always there for me, during what were some of the worst months of my life, he was my light, and I like to think he somehow understood that, because I always called him my main man.
So there you go baby, I told the best hamster community all about you, who would have thought half a year could go by and I would still be writing this crying. You're missed every single day, and my only regret was that we didn't have more time together, because you would have loved the place I'm in now, no more roommates <3
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh211/sweetlilrocknroll_1959/sheldon.jpg
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh211/sweetlilrocknroll_1959/IMG_0523.jpg
running with his mouth full, so typical
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh211/sweetlilrocknroll_1959/sheldon3.jpg
sat on his bum to drink, but later on slowly broke his water bottle so that the spout pointed towards his nest so he didn't need to move
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh211/sweetlilrocknroll_1959/sheldonprofile.jpg
my baby, then and always
Well there is the Sheldon I have mentioned so much, again I hope you don't mind that it was posted late instead of right after, it just felt right doing it today.
"I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you...long long live" <3