Peachesmum
05-23-2013, 03:13 PM
This morning I said goodbye to my beautiful hamster Peaches :-(
I picked her out from a cage full of baby Syrians almost 2 years ago, she made me laugh because she was the one standing up and 'crackling!' I had never seen that before! I had never had a Syrian before...
She was such a pretty little girl, a bit shy and nervous as she still crackled when she got home and hid under the shelf in her new cage. So I didn't try to touch her too much as I didn't want her getting stressed. But she was so beautiful - her golden fur was thin and silky and shiny, and I soon realised she was a Satin. :)
She soon discovered how to sit on the edge of her shelf and jump off! :-x
She was such a comical character :D She never really enjoyed being picked up, but she soon came to enjoy being stroked. Once I nearly stroked her to sleep, her eyes closing as she enjoyed it so much :)
She had many funny ways, like all hamsters. She would stuff a whole sheet of kitchen paper into her mouth and a whole monkey nut! :eek: She was like a little performer, always wanting to show us her next trick. Sometimes she chewed her bars, but not for too long. I put her in a tank style cage to protect her teeth :)
She loved chewing cardboard and rope - she would shred whole pieces of rope to bits! Her favourite treats were cheese block biscuits. She loved her Harry Hamster mix, and always ate her fresh veg like cucumber and red pepper which she got a couple of times a week. I was always careful to give her healthy treats. She got dried blackberry leaves, and locust beans. I liked to sprinkle food around the cage so she could forage for it.
When my cats were allowed in the room, they would get quite excited to see her - and amazingly, she was excited to see them too! I think she just loved seeing another animal, not even realising they were cats :-x
She enjoyed exploring her 'playpen' cage (the one with bars) whilst I changed her main cage :D Here she is in her playful youth......
I picked her out from a cage full of baby Syrians almost 2 years ago, she made me laugh because she was the one standing up and 'crackling!' I had never seen that before! I had never had a Syrian before...
She was such a pretty little girl, a bit shy and nervous as she still crackled when she got home and hid under the shelf in her new cage. So I didn't try to touch her too much as I didn't want her getting stressed. But she was so beautiful - her golden fur was thin and silky and shiny, and I soon realised she was a Satin. :)
She soon discovered how to sit on the edge of her shelf and jump off! :-x
She was such a comical character :D She never really enjoyed being picked up, but she soon came to enjoy being stroked. Once I nearly stroked her to sleep, her eyes closing as she enjoyed it so much :)
She had many funny ways, like all hamsters. She would stuff a whole sheet of kitchen paper into her mouth and a whole monkey nut! :eek: She was like a little performer, always wanting to show us her next trick. Sometimes she chewed her bars, but not for too long. I put her in a tank style cage to protect her teeth :)
She loved chewing cardboard and rope - she would shred whole pieces of rope to bits! Her favourite treats were cheese block biscuits. She loved her Harry Hamster mix, and always ate her fresh veg like cucumber and red pepper which she got a couple of times a week. I was always careful to give her healthy treats. She got dried blackberry leaves, and locust beans. I liked to sprinkle food around the cage so she could forage for it.
When my cats were allowed in the room, they would get quite excited to see her - and amazingly, she was excited to see them too! I think she just loved seeing another animal, not even realising they were cats :-x
She enjoyed exploring her 'playpen' cage (the one with bars) whilst I changed her main cage :D Here she is in her playful youth......