Feelin a little better...

Mommy & Daddy still miss Hammie a whole bunch... but we're getting better. We still wonder what could have happened if we did things different & the outcome of what happened after she passed. Daddy makes sure to tell her how his day went & Mommy... well, I still write her letters. I dont really know what to say except I miss her.... =(


Yesterday Flix finally learned how to climb up the stairs! I was proud of him hehe. He's been good since Hammie left. Breaking out of the ball less & less. Yesterday we also let him roll around in the ball & had MingMing [ my cat ] in here & surprisingly MingMing was scared of Flix! It was too cute. Hehe. Poor MingMing being scared of little Flixie.

He's building another big ass bed right now lol. He always looks so comfortable.

He also ate all his sunflower seeds! We just cleaned his cage & gave him new food. I know he loves sunflower seeds but DAMN! So I gave him more =).

Hammie's cage is still in my room... I'm not ready to move it yet. We're keeping her toys & putting it in our little thingie & we're gonna print out her pictures & put them in our scrapbook [ I havent updated our scrapbook since like 2004 LOL! I've got a lot to do! ]... and Hammie's vet sent us a card. How sweet of her =) she's officially my favorite vet!

I miss you so much sometimes Hammie baby. I know you're watching over us & I know you miss us too, but I just wanted you to know... Mommy & Daddy are thinkin of you always babygirl. I love you.

Til next time Hammie baby...

Today... we buried Hammie baby... we bought a box for her & wrote all over it & put stickers on it plus we put pictures of us [ with letters on the back of each of them from both of us ], her favorite treats, her favorite food, some bedding, toilet paper & "mommy and daddy are always with you, dont worry!" on the inside... we took pictures of everything so I'll post them probably tomorrow. We buried her in my favorite corner & had a cross for her & everything that says "RIP Crimson". We tried really hard not to cry cause I didnt want her last image of Mommy & Daddy to be crying.

We spent a lot of time talking to her before we buried her. It was hard to let her go for good.. it was hard to take her out of my room & to never see her again. Even now I wanna dig her up & put her back & just know she's safe and warm... even if she isnt here anymore. I just want her to physically be here in some sort of way. I miss her so very much already. And I know I cant cry forever, its just hard not to... she was the best little hammie ever...

Me & Daddy spent a lot of time talking about her, reminiscing about her... and just missing her. I'm glad that she has a nice little room now. I hope she's not scared there. I hope she's happy & healthy. We tried the best we could babygirl, and I know you tried your best for us too. I just wish we could have saved you in time... but you taught Daddy a good lesson, and you brought us so much happiness... I know I'm asking too much of you by saying I wish you were still here... but I am very thankful that you came home last night. I'm so very thankful that you fought another day to be with us. And that's all I could ask for, that you came home last night.

It feels so empty here with out you... me & Daddy both feel like we lost a part of ourselves... but you lived a good life... the best life a hamster could ever live huh babygirl? We took you places, bought you things, you had a lot of friends.. we tried to make you happy the best we could. We love you so very much princess. I just miss your beautiful red eyes... and all the things you did to make me laugh when I was mad at Daddy.

But you know what baby? I dont think you have to worry about Mommy & Daddy fighting any time soon, you brought us closer together baby. And I know you didnt like seeing us fight. You wanted us to be happy just like we wanted you to be happy right? So we could be a happy family. Daddy misses you babygirl. And Mommy does too. Flix does also... did you read all the letters we wrote you? We love you princess... we wont forget about you either k? Dont worry, you'll always be our baby.

No goodbyes, this isnt goodbye... its til next time babygirl. Good Night.



Flixie was being weird today... I think he misses her too... it just seems so incomplete seeing him & not her....

She's gone...

RIP
Crimson
July 2005 - March 22, 2006

Mommy & Daddy love you so very much babygirl... & we already miss you.


I tried so hard to keep her alive... she was fine when we came home from the vet today. She was up & walking... and moving & being silly... and it made me really happy... we took her home & put her in her cage & she was still walking around & trying to open her eyes... and everything was set, the heater, the towel... everything. I checked on her after my shower & I thought she was laying down because she tried herself out.... so I left her. At 10:30 I went to feed her, and I picked her up & she was moving her jaw open & close... like a fish out of water. I freaked out so I called the vet & they said not to feed her cause she might be having a hard time breathing... so I put her back in her cage after putting the food up to her mouth if she did want to eat.

So I was petting her & the heater was on cause Martin was telling me to keep her warm... I didnt want to hold her because I was scared... and at around 11PM she stopped breathing....

Babygirl, you put up a great fight. You lived one extra day & I know it was because you wanted to say goodbye to Daddy. We're not mad at you Hammie... we're happy that you were a part of our lives. You cheered us up when we were upset -- even at eachother. You were more then just some hamster, you were our baby. Thank you princess... I love you & so does Daddy & Flix. You WILL be missed but never forgotten...

Rest In Paradise babygirl....

Update.

I cant sleep, so yeah here's an update..

She made her bed & she's eating right now... I dont want to have too much hope she'll be okay, but she's a survivor... and whatever happens I hope she knows Mommy & Daddy love her & are happy to have had her in their lives...

We're taking her to the vet afterschool today... so hold on Hammmiiiiieeeee!! Mommy & Daddy are takin you to the doctor! Then you'll be okay & be the little ball of energy you always were =).


[ edit @ 5:16 PM ]

This morning she wouldnt let me hold her... she'd scream & jump out of my hands =( I fed her the peanut she was trying to eat & had a hard time getting her back in her cage so I scooped her up in her ball & placed it in the cage... she wouldnt come out [ her eyes were still closed too ], she'd just walk more into the ball like she wanted to play. Poor baby, I feel bad for not letting her out of her cage while she was still healthy enough to play... I thought she needed her rest since she gave birth... the communities I asked about it in said that they take a few days to rest. But it made me really happy when she'd look out looking for me...

I was a bit scared to leave her while I was at school & all I could think about was getting home to her. I set an appointment with a vet out here [ it cost $20 more then the one we took Flix to but I really needed to take her ] before I left for school. So we were about an hour early. We bought her this little carry cage & some disinfectent to clean the ball so we could put Flix in there...

It was a bit hard to get her in the carrier. Daddy struggled to get her to come out, but she wouldnt move much. She did start bathing & she fell over... I wish she would open her eyes. We finally got her in, and took her to the vet.

The person who took us to the room took her weight... 55 grams. She's so tiny... then we waited, I made sure she knew we were there with her since she was put in a new place without warning. She was crawling around the food bowl tryin to keep warm I guess, she was shivering in the waiting room & I think Klennex is bad for them so I couldnt keep her warm =(.

The doctor finally came in to see her & did a check up that I was pleased with. She checked her heart beat, examined her tail / butt, checked her fur & everything. She told us some information about her, what's wrong, how it could have happened & since eating her babies [ who were infected with whatever she had ] incresed her infection... I didnt think they could stack like that...

Anyway, we let them keep her for now to warm her up & give her medicine since I dont have anything that would keep her warm here & I'd rather have professional's deal with it since I wouldnt know exactly what I'm doing. We're gonna go back there tonight to check on her. And if she's doing okay but still needs some warming up, keep her there over night. The vet was telling us that she's really really sick & she has a 50/50 chance... which really is pretty obvious, it was just that since it was confirmed made me feel a little hopeless...

I really hope she pulls through & makes it. I miss her so much. I'll keep this updated on what happens.. not so much for telling who ever know's about this journal, but more because this journal is made to keep record of both Crimson & Flix for me & Martin's benifit...

Get better babygirl... me, Daddy & Flix are hoping for you to come back to us... we love you princess.

[ /edit ]

Hammie please be okay...

Hammie is acting strange today... she was fine earlier but up until an hour ago she started walking around in circles with her eyes still closed... I watched her, held her, tried to fix whatever was wrong but still she'd walk around in circles. It looks as if her poo is stuck inside of her and dried up. I could have taken better care of her. I should have brought her to the vet while I still had the chance... and now she's laying down, she's still breathing but she's not moving at all... just laying there... I told her I love her & she'll always be my princess... and that she's strong & all the stuff she got over to prove to Mommy & Daddy that she's a survivor. Deep down inside I knew this was gonna happen, I thought I was prepared for it... but I was wrong. I've been crying for the passed hour & I cant stop. I just want for her to be okay so bad... her eyes arent even open... they opened for a split second & she closed them again... her ears are half way up... I miss how alert she use to be...

I want the energy filled, happy, silly little baby girl I know... the one I'd go talk to & she'd listen & all the little things she did that made me smile. I wanna still give her kisses on the forehead & the cheeks... and on her tummy while she struggled to kick me off of her.. play the catching game with her ear... I know she can tell Mommy's sad, but how can Mommy be happy when she's about to lose her baby?

Its stilly right? A twenty year old crying over her dying hamster... but in my whole lifetime to raising hamsters, none of them [ okay maybe one ] have touched me the way she did.

She's not just a pet, she's not just a hamster... she's my baby, my princess... she's my friend....

I love you babygirl... please be okay... please...



[ edit @ 11:30 PM ]

She moved back to her bed on her own! I have hope she'll be okay...

She kept walking in circles earlier and falling over.... her eyes werent even open... I'm glad she made it to her bed!

[ /edit ]

Hammie's bath 2.

Hammie still isnt gaining any weight & isnt very active. We cleaned their cages today, both of them. So now they're all nice & fresh. Hammie decided to make a bed... under her wheel. Now this freaks me out because I cant see her & I'm tryin to keep an eye on her in hopes she gets better & in case she gets worse. We gave her a bath today to help get rid of the poo on her butt. I dont think she liked the second bath very much, but she needed it. After that she was a bit active but Daddy noticed she walked / ran funny. And she somewhat does. Her butt bone feels like its been shattered too, or pieces are missing... her tail is always up & bent in funny positions. I guess the risks of her giving birth too old are showing. But other than that, she seems fine. Of course we're still taking her to the vet soon just to make sure she's okay.

I moved her wheel because I couldnt see her at all & she scrambled everywhere in the cage like she didnt know what to do next. Sorry Hammie baby, but Mommy needs to see you.

Flix is seriously starting to be a pro at crackin the ball open & squeezing though. I catch him every time now. Daddy is also impressed by him because everytime he hands Flix food he either eats it or puts it back in his food bowl like a good boy. Which is really a big change from when we first got him -- and him digging all his food out of this bowl & flipping over the bowl too. Flix is doing good, getting smarter & smarter too! He's tryin to get out of his cage but I just saw him break out of the ball so he's grounded for the rest of the night lol.

I miss my princess...

Hammie still hasnt been gaining much weight... and she's due for another bath. I think she has wet tail, but its hard to determine since I dont exactly know what wet tail looks like... but she's got a bunch of crap stuck to her butt and its stressing me out... along with a number of other things. She hasnt been very active & hasnt even chewed on her new potty paper tube =( its making me rather depressed... I hope she cheer's up soon... I think I'll have to take her to the vet despite the lack of money to take her since Mommy has to pay it & Mommy has no money at the moment.... *sigh*.

Flix on the other hand is starting to become a pro at breaking out of his ball. It's really frustrating to have to watch him so he wont break out & try to get done with what I'm doing... he's pretty smart for a boy hamster which is impressing... but sometimes I think he's a little too smart for his own good.

Hamsters are so hard to take care of when they're your hamster. *sigh*.

Excuse the hopeless vibe coming from this blog, I'm a bit stressed & depressed. I just miss being able to play with / talk to & give kisses to Hammie without her looking like she's in too much pain & just wants to go back to sleep. I miss how good she smelled too, I still manage to give her kisses but her fur doesnt smell too good anymore & its not as soft as it use to be... I just miss my babygirl...

Bathing Hammie & Flix's escape!

Today the babie's Daddy cleaned up Hammie's stinky cage... FINALLY! She was starting to stink up my room, no wonder my rose died so fast lol. After that we gave her a bath. Yes! We gave Hammie a bath. I took a short video & a few pictures ( which I'm unable to post at the moment, I'm in a rush to update this because Mommy still has a lot of studying to do for her big Psych test tomorrow! ) which I'll post tomorrow, if I remember! The bath got her to start bathing again so that's a good thing! And I think she enjoyed her time out of her cage for once. She's beginning to act a bit more normal everyday, so that's great. I hope she's not still too depressed about her kids. She's still tiny & skinny... and a little weaker, but doing great so I guess I dont have too much to worry about. I'm still keeping track of her though until she seem's like her old self.

I put Flix in my mom's room earlier ( like I always do when I vaccume my room ) & I came back to grab him only to find out he broke out of the ball ( he managed to do this a few days ago but I caught him before he got too far )! All I could do was gasp, surprisingly my mom knew exactly what happened so we started searching for him & she was like "what's the hamsters name?" and I was like "Flix" and she was like "... hamster! Where did you go!" LOL! Nice one mom! But I found his fuzzy butt across the room looking around to see if Mommy caught him.

He was in a bunch of trouble when I got back from my shower. But he is back in the ball now lol. I'm not gonna be mean and leave him in his cage all night! The stand is broken so I'm guessing that makes it easier for him to break out. He actually breaks out a lot more then Hammie does, which is surprising since Hammie's a smart hamster!

I also bought a new hamster mix for Flix since he was running out of food & replaced Hammie's food since I accidently sprayed sanitizer in it... yes they both eat different kinds of food since Hammie is still apperently trying to get over wet poo she has a strict diet. I also bought them new chew toys to keep them from chewing on the cage & the potty paper cardboard roll that's meant to be a toy.

In other news, Flix needs a new cage & they both need toys because I'm startin to think they're getting a bit bored.... *sigh*.

Hammie's feelin better.

Yesterday Hammie let me hold her for a little bit, she felt really light & her fingernails were dirty and her eyes were a cloudy orange color instead of bright red like they usually are... so I put her back in her cage & let her rest some more. Although Syrin hamster's are solitary animals, they do have a sense of loss and do at times enjoy other hamster's company. Maybe not in the same area they're in, but close by. And according to Martin, Flix & Hammie are married ~_^.

Today Hammie has been a little more active. I went over to see if Flix wanted to play & Hammie was up gathering bedding, and she saw me there... so she started running in her wheel & stopping to look at me, then running, then stopping, like she normally did. And I went over to talk to her & she started climbing her cage so I picked her up.

She's still soo tiny. I guess I'm not use to her being that thin or that light, but I assume its since the babies took all her nutrients. She still seem's healthy, I couldnt tell if her eyes are back to normal since its dim in my room & its been cloudy & raining all day so that just makes it harder to see them. But I'm glad she's beginning to be active again, I was really worried about her.

Flixie's been having bad hair days.....

Okay I've been giving them to him on purpose! But I cant help it! He's so fluffy! =)

They're all gone.

When I woke up this morning, the last baby was there. Moving & wiggling trying to find its mommy who was sleeping on the other side of the cage. She woke up before I left & the baby got a hold of her & tried to get milk but she tried to shake it off. Then next thing I knew he was tangled up in her bedding. She paid no attention to him and gathered up the bedding he was in to make a bed. She didnt even notice that her baby was lost in the big pile of bedding looking for her.

When I came back from school it was gone. The last baby is gone. I wasnt upset she ate the runt I wanted. Or its other three brothers & sisters, and I'm trying very hard not to be disappointed in her, but I cant help it.

I try talking to her, but she doesnt want to talk to mommy, she doesnt care much for what goes on anymore. She only wakes up to pee, drink & get more food. She hasnt even bathe in the passed two days. She's just slept & ate all day. I know she hasnt been as active as she use to be for the passed few months, but I think her slowing down is making me more sad then her eating her babies. I just want the Hammie baby back. But like all things in our past, we cant have them back.

I'm thankful she's alive & well, but I just want her to play on her wheel or bite on her cage again. Mommy misses you Hammie...

A bit upsetting...

After picking up their Daddy, I still found the babies on the other side of the cage from Hammie. I looked it up because I was a bit worried & its completely normal, so that's good. She had two under her apperently & she'd switch off between the two groups. One managed to "swim" its way to mama and she pushed him away =( earlier two were feeding on her & she ran to her wheel and dropped one while the other was hanging from her nipple lol.

A little later in the day I went to check on her & she seemed to have grabbed one that was yelling & screaming so I woke Daddy up and told him she was eating one ( I found one dead by the way & eaten when we had gotten home ) and he went to check & said she was cleaning it. Then a few more screams & she WAS eating him! I couldnt bear to watch, so I didnt but Daddy kept watching and got really upset with Hammie. Which made ME upset because I warned him that it could happen. Its hamster's natural insticts. And they have their reasons to why they eat their babies that we cant see. He told me that she ate the lower part of the baby & its top part of its body was still moving and alive... poor baby... I got really upset at their Daddy and left to talk to my mom.

I came back to talk to Hammie & Flix, and I witnessed Hammie eat the rest of the babie's head. It wasnt as bad as I thought it would be... at least there wasnt blood all over like I thought there would be... all I could think was damn they look kinda stringy when she'd bite into its head and pull. She turned around after a while, which is good cause I think I would have gotten sick.

I'm currently boiling her a egg so if she is eating them because of her lack of protein then the egg will provide her with enough to at least care of the remaining two. I'm not too upset that there's 2/5 babies left, I'm just really glad she's alive & okay. Her babies are adorable, they wiggle and squirm around... and look like their swimming in the bedding on their backs, but they really get far doing that! I'd love to see them grow up & see what they look like, but if they dont make it that far, I wont be mad at her or hate her. I understand her motives. She's still my little princess.

She doesnt seem to be paying much attention to her babies. They feed on her when she's near but when they try to GET near her, she pushes them away. I dont know if shes taking feeding breaks or if she completely rejected them.

I guess all of this is easier for me to take then for their Daddy cause my first hamsters had babies ( unexpected pregnancy, the pet store sexed them wrong I guess ) and out of the 20 that were born, five died everyday & the last two remaining ones that lived & were actually growing fur ( one looked like the mom the other like the dad ) she ate them. I was sad for a long long time. But now after all the research I did, I understand why she did it ( this was about ten years ago by the way ).

I took a picture of her "cleaning" the one she ate, but I dont know if I should post it since its more bad news then good...

They're squeeking...

From what I see, there's four little babies moving around. I think one is dead because its not moving & it looks all tore up. But Hammie isnt feeding or keeping them warm right now, in fact she's sleeping on the other side of the cage... which is a little odd... they're crying for their mommy =( maybe she's just tired. At least she made it through the delivery, and she's still with us. I'm very proud of her. I took a picture of the babies, I havent been taking load's of pictures since they've been born because the flash suddenly wakes her up now and I dont want her to be stressed out. Hopefully she tends back to them... I'm curious to know if there are more! But I'm not gonna shift through her bedding & end up accidently touching them...







Oh & here's the pictures from last night of the very first baby.

I zoomed in & it didnt come out as good as I hoped.



This is what it looked like not zoomed in.

I have a few pictures of her fighting with her bedding hours before she gave birth lol. I was watching them last night & Hammie was sleeping on top of them [ cutest thing ever ] and you could hear them squeeking & drinking milk from their mama. I wonder why she moved? I really hope they're not cold or hungry =(. I dont wanna wake her up either... well at least she didnt have 32 of them. That would have been bad. And hopefully she doesnt pop out with more!

[ edit @ 11:08AM ]

She's awake & eating, but she didnt bring food over to that side... at least I didnt see her. But one baby was tryin to get to here & one was leaning on her wiggling. They're so adorable! I took pictures, so yeah.

Awww.

I'm scared to check on her cause I dont wanna see her eat them. I dont know why she'd eat them at this point, but I just dont want to witness that...

[ /edit ]

Hammie's giving birth!!!

At around 9:41PM I got up to check on Hammie baby and she was licking herself & it looked like she was pulling on something... so I watched a bit longer, she continued to keep pulling and licking... so I thought maybe she's giving birth! But it took awefully long. So I left her for a bit to keep studying & came back. At around 9:59PM she left her bed to gather more bedding & there it was! A small little pink dot sitting in the bed with a blood sack next to it! I kept watching it, to see if it was alive.. and it was breathing! Aww my little girl had her first baby! I managed to take two pictures of it. And I'll post those later.

I havent peeked in since cause I'm scared I'll see her eating them or something really gross, but there's been a lot of squeeks coming from her cage. YAYYYY! She's also still currently giving birth, so at least she's doing okay so far. I'm very proud of her =). I hope she makes it through okay. I cant wait to see how many she has.

Well, I gotta get back to studying... I was just excited so I decided to post a quick entry =).

Hammie Video!

I took a few video's of Hammie baby today. I have a few of her from late last year / earlier this year but most of them came out dark! On my camera they're pretty bright. I still have them on my cam so maybe I can figure out how to change them from .mov to real player files... or have their Daddy figure it out. Anyway, if you'd like to still see the video its here. Its of her bathing then jumping up my stairs. I taught her well =). She kinda stumbles the first time she jumps cause she's pregnant ( I dont even know if her jumping that high is good for her but it didnt seem to bother her lol ), it was adorable. The second time she jumped up & climbed up the stair hehe. Good thing I grabbed her after cause my cat came running up the stairs. That was scary lol.

Daddy fixed up Hammie's cage. I bought some air bubbles so he took off the tube on the side of her cage & replaced it with an air bubble. She was a little confused when we put her back in there, but she made up for it by building a super big bed. I'll take a picture of it soon, she used up ALL her bedding. She even brought her cardboard peices & salt wheel over there. Weirdo. But hey, whatever makes her happy! I'm tempted to skip school tomorrow in case she does give birth, I wanna be home to make sure she's okay. =
Flix's mouth hangs open all the time lol. Daddy thinks its because hes a guy. This other girl's male hamster's mouth was open all the damn time. Maybe it is a guy thing, or maybe they're just stupid lol. Whatever. He's laying down in the ball about to fall asleep so I think I should take him out now. Geez. One minute he wants to play & makes Mommy feel bad for keeping him in his cage then next he wants back in his cage!

Photo album up!

I had orginally hosted the photo album on Flickr before realizing that Flickr is still in its Beta and I exceeded the bandwith before even finishing Hammie's album alone. So I had to start all over again last night & re hosted it on Yahoo Photo's. I completed two albums [ Hammie's & Hammie's pregnancy ] and went to bed at around 2AM. Then finished up Flix's & pics of both of them together this morning & finally!! I'm freakin done!!

Now I just have a problem, I dont know how to share them. I know before you could attach your photo albums to your Yahoo profiles, but now they switched / updated everything so I dont know where anything is anymore. Really frustrating.

But its under the Yahoo name of crimsonflix. The album is friends only so I'd have to add you in order for you to view the photos [ although two people are already added; Martin & Mary so you guys dont have to worry about being added ]. Once I figure out an easier way to do this, I'll update. ~_~

She's almost due!

Daddy saw yesterday how big Hammie got! She's got ass for days. I managed to take pictures but got too tired to post them, I've concluded that I havent been doing such a great job at recording Hammie's pregnancy. Its a bit hard with Hamsters since they get a litte chubby, then they blow up... like blimps. And espcially hard to take pictures of a hamster's belly that has white fur on her underside & a really annoying bright flash. So a few of these pictures were from a few days ago. I cant tell how many days ago but I'm gonna guess... maybe three? I tried to take a few pics when her belly started to show & I took a few today. I also managed to take a pic of Flix with his mouth wide open due to chewing his bars ( which he isnt suppose to be doing! ). Hammie's due anywhere from the 8th to the 10th. I hope she makes it out okay & doesnt get hurt... or worse. And I hope I'm here to see it happen. I just hope she's okay & doesnt eat her babies really. Hamsters naturally eat their babies if they feel that they had too many & arent able to care for them all, if they run out of protien to feed the babies or if they feel like their babies wont survive.. they'd rather eat them then make them suffer.

She's been active, even more active then when she wasnt pregnant. How weird is that?! She's still friendly =) although she bit me a few times today but I think its because I smelled like Flix. I'm so scare of handling her because when you hold her in your hand you can easily feel how huge her stomach has got! And when she's laying flat on your palm you can feel her nipples poking out already. I was like "what's wrong, do you have a scab?!" so I looked under & her nipples were poking out and READY. Whoops. She tries to wedge her fat ass down her tube and I feel like she's hurting herself or the babies, but she doesnt seem to mind lol.

She's also been grabbing a bunch of bedding from downstairs & taking it to her room ( I told her today that she cant use her room when she has babies. She stopped chewing on her cardboard & looked at me lol ). I feel bad she wont be able to use it, she put all this time & effort into building her nest. But she pee's & poo's in there & I dont want her or the babies to get sick from it. She's also been grabbing lots of food.

I love how if I try to feed her something she doesnt want she'll push my fingers away with her nose hehe. She's such a cutie! And a very smart cutie at that =).

I was a bit upset when I opened Flix's cage door a little bit to see if he could escape the way Hammie use to when I did it & sadly he didnt. He wasnt even close. See, boys in any shape or form and obviously stupid. LOL. But really, it did make me sad. I've only had one other hamster that was smart like Hammie, well she was smarter actually. You dont find hamsters like Hammie all the time. Which makes her even more special. And believe me I've had about 8 hamsters including Flix & Hammie! Well okay yeah here's the pictures lol.

Hammie a few days ago when her tummy started to show.


I dont know if you can really tell here, but I tried!


You can tell a bit better here. And see her cardboard tube?!?


Her "big booty"... it gets bigger.



See, flash on white fur = not good.
I was too lazy to photoshop it to make it better.


These are from yesterday.
See the other brownish bedding?
Thats her tube!



Told you it gets BIGGER!



This is from today, she was building her nest.



The things I catch Flix doing.... lol

I'm still working on their photo album, I'm tryin to be done by tonight. So I can post the link up here =).

I've been meaning to write this entry...

For the longest time! Blogger went down on me when I finally had the time to write it. So I was a bit discouraged after that. Now I dont remember what came first... crap!

Hammie's been doing okay, she's been biting on her cage a lot lately though so I'd put my hand there to stop her & she bit my hand! I had a long talk with her after that.... silly Hammie. She's been getting a lot of rest & frustrating Mommy cause she keeps peeing in her room! I've learned that most people who have Critter Trail 2 have the same problem & a lot of people dont recommend that type of cage. But if you think about it, a lot of people don't recommend a lot of things when it comes to hamsters *pffft*. So I'm thinking when I next clean her cage ( I'm debating on when since I'm going to clean Flix's today but if Hammie IS pregnant, she should be giving birth by next week & her cage doesnt stink, just her room... so maybe I could hold off her cleaning til Monday since it would be pointless to clean it now & clean it AGAIN on Monday. Not to mention I dont have the energy to clean them afterschool ) I'm going to block off her room completely. I dont want her to pee in there with the babies, then they'd all die from the stinkyness of her pee. And believe me, her pee is STINKY!! She's being a good girl despite all that though, I'm proud of her =).

Flix is doing good too, still very alert & a very light sleeper. He managed to keep a sunflower seed in his pouch a few days ago & ate it in the ball, with pee on the side... so when I checked up on him there were sunflower seeds on the floor & stuck to the side of the ball. I just washed it too! Flix drives me crazy sometimes! But he's too fluffy & cute not to love. Damn that. Teddy Bear hamsters get away with everything, with their pretty long hair & fluffy butts... grrrr. I hope his fur doesnt stop growing, he's not long haired enough for me yet!

I've been meaning to post these pictures, but like I said I dont remember which order they came in, so I guess I'll just have to try my best...

Flix was stuck in his tube toy for a while haha. See his furry butt?


I tried to put a paper towel in Hammie's room to help soak up the pee...
well, this is what happend...


She turned it into a blanket ~_~.


Me & Hammie sharing a lollipop stick because she loves me.
I like the way her eyes came out in this picture =)


Hammie trying to eat Daddy's Valentine's gift.



Yes I am biting her hand! Hehe. I love giving her paws or her ears
a quick bite. She doesnt seem to mind most times =).


I never really noticed how BIG Hammie got til I saw this pic!
I remember when she was really tiny & Daddy could catch her hehe.
I know, my face looks fat in this pic cause Daddy made me laugh ><.

I really need to start tagging my pics, but I'm too lazy! I realized I have a ton of pictures of Hammie AND Flix, I'm thinking of making a photo album ( that's public, I have a private one right now just to keep track of pics in case my PC crashes on me ) some time soon. If I decide to, I'll post up the link here soon. I still have to work on Hammie & Flix's webpage, which I havent gotten up yet... its not even close to up yet! My PC runs too slow when Photoshop is open for long periods of time, its really frustrating! But I'll try to get it up before the end of next week.