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Old 06-01-2021, 10:56 AM   #71
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George, made me laugh this last week, he pouched so much food he looked like a "Tribble" for those old enough to know what I am talking about.
I wish I had gotten a pic as he looked so daft.
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Old 06-01-2021, 11:09 AM   #72
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Tribble does vaguely ring a bell. Just googled it - those fluffy things from a star trek episode?
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Old 06-01-2021, 11:37 AM   #73
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Tribble does vaguely ring a bell. Just googled it - those fluffy things from a star trek episode?
Yep that's them the episode I think was called " The Trouble with Tribbles"
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Old 06-21-2021, 08:39 AM   #74
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George is a Hamster with an addiction...
His addiction is sweetcorn, he gives me the most foul look if there wasn't any in his fresh food bowl when I feed him...!
Second to sweetcorn he loves chicken..
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Old 07-18-2021, 03:14 PM   #75
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Dear Monty,

Have you instructed Big Nose to fetch you Blueberries yet? they don't need peeling btw.

Big Paw is still trying to tame me according to his ideas of taming, I am allowing me to be stroked by him, he tries to pick me up but that I will not allow, so I squirm and jump from his hands, he calls me silly sometimes I land awkwardly he calls it a face plant what ever that is..

Strangely I have had a new much larger sandbath, and like you I get to kick sand over even more places, it is much fun.

As for tunnelling I don't use the door for my nest box I go in under the side and tunnel under there.
I have a special watching spot too, I have tunnelled under my tubes into a corner of my living space and I can watch what goes on from there. Big Paw still calls me silly though.
Yes Monty we should be called the tunnel rats, maybe we can make team?

Must dash as I can hear him getting up, he sleeps during the day, do you think he has Hamster Genes?
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My dear friend and fellow Tunnel Rat George,

enormous apologies for my late reply but this House of Hamsters i live in should be more aptly named the Madhouse of Hamsters.

Various dubious characters of all shapes and sizes seem to be coming and going all the time. Big Nose says that they are refugees from a place called Gumtree and many have been made homeless by their humans, especially the Roborovskis. She says that some are half my size but then again, she said, that's easy because i make anybody look thin.

I had to think about this comment. Did Big Nose call me fat?
She did. I looked over my fence and saw her texting a friend saying that i am the biggest and fattest Robo she's ever seen and that she should have called me Obelix and not Monty after a skinny gardener. I am not fat!

Blueberries aren't my favourite, they are quite wet. How long does it take you to wash your face after eating one? I like the crunch of romaine lettuce best.

Funny how you were wondering if Big Paw has hamster genes. I don't think that he has but humans have this habit of copying us hamsters.
Big Nose's sidekick, old ratface Rodders escaped the other night. Pushed the top door open but then couldn't get back home when he wanted his nest and a bite to eat.
A few days later, Whiskers the other human escaped but came back when his hoard run low.

Big Nose got this idea into her head that Roborovskis need to be tamed. She read it somewhere. Must have been a misprint. She tricked me into a trap with a mealworm as a bait and then i was up in the air in this ball thing. For a moment i feared that i was in an UFO being abducted by aliens. I ended up downstairs in a playpen but had to endure Big Nose's hands first when she took some very unflattering photos of me. I hope that they don't circulate on the hamnet.

So i spent time sitting on a wheel in the playpen feeling grumpy because i wanted to sit on my wheel at home.

I wished that Maureen with the cardboard addiction would have stayed because she kept Big Nose so busy that she had no time for silly ideas.

If you have any ideas on how to rid humans of this taming obsession, please do let me know.


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Old 07-20-2021, 08:45 AM   #76
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My dear friend and fellow Tunnel Rat George,

enormous apologies for my late reply but this House of Hamsters i live in should be more aptly named the Madhouse of Hamsters.

Various dubious characters of all shapes and sizes seem to be coming and going all the time. Big Nose says that they are refugees from a place called Gumtree and many have been made homeless by their humans, especially the Roborovskis. She says that some are half my size but then again, she said, that's easy because i make anybody look thin.

I had to think about this comment. Did Big Nose call me fat?
She did. I looked over my fence and saw her texting a friend saying that i am the biggest and fattest Robo she's ever seen and that she should have called me Obelix and not Monty after a skinny gardener. I am not fat!

Blueberries aren't my favourite, they are quite wet. How long does it take you to wash your face after eating one? I like the crunch of romaine lettuce best.

Funny how you were wondering if Big Paw has hamster genes. I don't think that he has but humans have this habit of copying us hamsters.
Big Nose's sidekick, old ratface Rodders escaped the other night. Pushed the top door open but then couldn't get back home when he wanted his nest and a bite to eat.
A few days later, Whiskers the other human escaped but came back when his hoard run low.

Big Nose got this idea into her head that Roborovskis need to be tamed. She read it somewhere. Must have been a misprint. She tricked me into a trap with a mealworm as a bait and then i was up in the air in this ball thing. For a moment i feared that i was in an UFO being abducted by aliens. I ended up downstairs in a playpen but had to endure Big Nose's hands first when she took some very unflattering photos of me. I hope that they don't circulate on the hamnet.

So i spent time sitting on a wheel in the playpen feeling grumpy because i wanted to sit on my wheel at home.

I wished that Maureen with the cardboard addiction would have stayed because she kept Big Nose so busy that she had no time for silly ideas.

If you have any ideas on how to rid humans of this taming obsession, please do let me know.


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Dear Monty,

These Humans have the most stupid ideas at times, that is most of the time I fear.
MY Human also call me names too his current favourite is Fluffbutt, I ask you is that how you address a superior being?
I had to suffer the indignancy of a cage clean and re style he said, he threw out my tubes as apparently I wasn't supposed to chew holes in them, he gave me a bard board box instead as a home, that is now sitting proud on top of my diggings.
I am doing my best to destroy my new wheel by my hard running at night, that will teach him, though he has added a new thingy which gives me extra running space along the back of the cage it is like an elevated walkway.
Human fool is also trying the taming process, I allow him some leeway in picking me up, he takes me to this thing he calls a sofa and I am allowed to run about on it, but when I try to climb up and get on the back he takes me down, I can smell things that are of interest and want to explore but it seems I am not allowed as my predecessor was what he calls a pain who liked to chew the carpet in the room corners, I am not sure how I can overcome this, do you have any suggestions.?
I suggest you give your humans a tough a time as is Robovoski possible.

Looking forward to your reply
George tunnel rat and master digger.
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Old 12-27-2021, 10:06 AM   #77
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Happy Xmas everybody.

Not posted for ages my late summer had been occupied with rescuing baby hedgehogs, we had an abandoned nest by a young HH mum, managed to save 5 of the 6 babies who grew up with a lot of care and attention into good sized adults all in a good hibernation weight range.

Anyhoo,
George has been well George not much more to say on that matter, he had his 1st birthday on Xmas Eve so he is now officially middle aged.

One thing or two I have noticed in the last week or so he has gotten noticeably rather smelly, he is cleaned out on a reg basis and his loo sand is cleaned and sieved weekly .
The other thing is he has started to lose his coat from where his side glands are and further back so I am somewhat concerned about this, if any one has any ideas please let me know, I do know of the disease where they get an over active adrenal glands and that can cause fur to fall out....
On the whole there is no change to his habits he eats like a horse doesn't hoard much generally seems a happy go lucky chap with the most wonderful temperament...
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Old 10-31-2022, 10:44 PM   #78
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Hello Folks,
Not been on for ages probably the best part of a whole year...!

GEORGE is not doing well, he appears to have a chest infection of sorts, he went to the vets on Saturday after being wheezy and crackly and not himself at all on Friday night he is also making very small soft squeaky noises too, he is on Baytril twice daily which he is not impressed with.
The vet gave him a thorough check over and agreed he had a chest infection she was also very impressed with his condition as he is 22 months old, but he doesn't really seem to be responding to the Baytril at the moment, but he has a weeks worth of it so we will persist with it if no further change we will speak to the vet mid week, but if he doesn't improve I will not let him be in respiratory distress and we will make the hard decision for him to be PTS. Not the sort of post I like to post but that s Hamster life.
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Old 11-01-2022, 02:59 AM   #79
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Hiya Rads,

so sorry to hear that George is not well. As i'm sure you know, sometimes it can take a while for antibiotics to start working but whatever happens, it will be for the best.

Fingers crossed that George will start to feel better soon.
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Old 11-02-2022, 10:33 AM   #80
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Hiya Rads,

so sorry to hear that George is not well. As i'm sure you know, sometimes it can take a while for antibiotics to start working but whatever happens, it will be for the best.

Fingers crossed that George will start to feel better soon.
Ria,
Thank you, George is no better in some ways he is worse last as he was pouching some nibbles he seemed to be choking/gasping/hiccuping he often seems to be labouring for breath, his chest seems clear now from what I can hear via the stethoscope no crackling etc and his chest sounds clear. It looks more like a PTS secanrio at the weekend.
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