Erin Loves Dwarf Hamsters
03-02-2013, 04:39 PM
Thistle had needed a new cage for some time and I decided that the mini duna would be decent for her needs. We headed off to the shops that day planning to make a simple pick up and be back in time for lunch - oh gosh what a surprise we had that day!
At the first p@h we arrived in they only had grey mini dunas and I just thought they were hideous! So we decided to drive across to England and see if Bristol P@h had any colourful ones. When we arrived we spent a fair while looking for where the cages were kept and found them at the back near the adoption centre. There was just one mini duna left, a blue one but it had no bars on it! Spotting the bars on a bottom shelf I leaned down to pick them up and as I stood up again I glanced just for a second at one of the adoption cages directly in front of me.
Like time had stopped I found myself locking eyes with a tiny white face pressed up against the glass, my heart froze for a second as though it couldn't cope with the sudden overwhelming feeling of love. Those eyes, that face. I couldn't stop myself.
I ran over to the cage for a closer look and there sat a tiny but beautiful Husky Roborovski, we stared at each other for a moment before he hurried off to hide in the only cover in his cage - a damp, chewed cardboard tube. I hurriedly looked over the adoption information on the walls to try and find his name and found his information scribbled on a small scruffy card. It quite simply read 'Trevor'
Perfect
Rushing around frantically I called a member of staff telling her I wanted to adopt little Trevor, I wouldn't leave his cage side for fear that someone else would have him. Eventually the woman returned with his paperwork and forms to sign, it turned out that he had been brought to the adoption centre over 5 months earlier because his owner had found homes for all of his litter mates but not him. To this day I'm baffled by how he could go so long without a home.
From the moment we got him home Trevor was everything I had ever wanted. He was very shy and had never been handled in his life so humans were terrifying to him, we thought he would never be tame but I was fine with that. He was still perfect to me.
Over the months that followed he became a little super star, posing for photos, winning HOTM causing people to PM me for updates on him weekly! He was loved so much by everyone.
As he put on weight and got used to his life of luxury his size increased dramatically and he was soon a whopping 45g! He is the biggest robo I have ever owned. Another hammie on the forum shared an incredible resemblance to Trevor, they were practically identical. Pompompoms hamster Dasher was his 'brother from another mother' and both boys were true stunners.
Shockingly as Trevor reached a year and a half he suddenly decided that he would become a tame hamster and was happy to be cuddled and handled! I had given up on taming him long before as he was happier left alone so it was so unexpected. Then old age began to kick in and just like with my other robos his fur began to thin, he lost weight, went blind and partially deaf. He was still beautiful though even in the very end.
I came home on Thursday 28th February and greeted the hams as usual, checking on the elderly Kiku first to make sure she was still with us and then Trevor. I found him curled up in the bottom of his hammock, scooping him out I knew exactly what was happening. He looked up at me with his huge beautiful Bright Eyes and snuggled into my chest. I had a lovely long 4 hours saying goodbye to him, singing to him and telling him how much I loved him before he eventually passed on. I held my hand on his heart while he went and could feel it still beating long after until it eventually faded and stopped.
I cried for my beautiful boy for so long.
He was around 2 years old and I wasn't expecting much more from him but I am so glad he waited for me before he left, he came into my life suddenly but made sure that his leaving wasn't such a shock he even stayed long enough to let me sing his favourite song to him. Bright Eyes from Watership Down, for some reason whenever I played this song he would sit and listen to it all the way through... it was a fitting song at the very end.
3ekOznhZkhU
Sleep tight my stunning man, the first boy I ever got and the one who has left a huge impact on my memory and heart. I'll never ever forget you Trev-a-doodle xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Photos To Follow xxx
At the first p@h we arrived in they only had grey mini dunas and I just thought they were hideous! So we decided to drive across to England and see if Bristol P@h had any colourful ones. When we arrived we spent a fair while looking for where the cages were kept and found them at the back near the adoption centre. There was just one mini duna left, a blue one but it had no bars on it! Spotting the bars on a bottom shelf I leaned down to pick them up and as I stood up again I glanced just for a second at one of the adoption cages directly in front of me.
Like time had stopped I found myself locking eyes with a tiny white face pressed up against the glass, my heart froze for a second as though it couldn't cope with the sudden overwhelming feeling of love. Those eyes, that face. I couldn't stop myself.
I ran over to the cage for a closer look and there sat a tiny but beautiful Husky Roborovski, we stared at each other for a moment before he hurried off to hide in the only cover in his cage - a damp, chewed cardboard tube. I hurriedly looked over the adoption information on the walls to try and find his name and found his information scribbled on a small scruffy card. It quite simply read 'Trevor'
Perfect
Rushing around frantically I called a member of staff telling her I wanted to adopt little Trevor, I wouldn't leave his cage side for fear that someone else would have him. Eventually the woman returned with his paperwork and forms to sign, it turned out that he had been brought to the adoption centre over 5 months earlier because his owner had found homes for all of his litter mates but not him. To this day I'm baffled by how he could go so long without a home.
From the moment we got him home Trevor was everything I had ever wanted. He was very shy and had never been handled in his life so humans were terrifying to him, we thought he would never be tame but I was fine with that. He was still perfect to me.
Over the months that followed he became a little super star, posing for photos, winning HOTM causing people to PM me for updates on him weekly! He was loved so much by everyone.
As he put on weight and got used to his life of luxury his size increased dramatically and he was soon a whopping 45g! He is the biggest robo I have ever owned. Another hammie on the forum shared an incredible resemblance to Trevor, they were practically identical. Pompompoms hamster Dasher was his 'brother from another mother' and both boys were true stunners.
Shockingly as Trevor reached a year and a half he suddenly decided that he would become a tame hamster and was happy to be cuddled and handled! I had given up on taming him long before as he was happier left alone so it was so unexpected. Then old age began to kick in and just like with my other robos his fur began to thin, he lost weight, went blind and partially deaf. He was still beautiful though even in the very end.
I came home on Thursday 28th February and greeted the hams as usual, checking on the elderly Kiku first to make sure she was still with us and then Trevor. I found him curled up in the bottom of his hammock, scooping him out I knew exactly what was happening. He looked up at me with his huge beautiful Bright Eyes and snuggled into my chest. I had a lovely long 4 hours saying goodbye to him, singing to him and telling him how much I loved him before he eventually passed on. I held my hand on his heart while he went and could feel it still beating long after until it eventually faded and stopped.
I cried for my beautiful boy for so long.
He was around 2 years old and I wasn't expecting much more from him but I am so glad he waited for me before he left, he came into my life suddenly but made sure that his leaving wasn't such a shock he even stayed long enough to let me sing his favourite song to him. Bright Eyes from Watership Down, for some reason whenever I played this song he would sit and listen to it all the way through... it was a fitting song at the very end.
3ekOznhZkhU
Sleep tight my stunning man, the first boy I ever got and the one who has left a huge impact on my memory and heart. I'll never ever forget you Trev-a-doodle xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Photos To Follow xxx