Peanut butter enjoy their toys so much that they have inherited Cookie and creamy's wooden castle =) They run over it, hide under it, pose on top of it. Just worried they mis-use it and jump from it. It would be disastrous, especially if out of the box.
But anyway, glad for them! Glad they like the box and it's nice to see them exercising themselves =)
Herby and gerby did something really funny. When being transported, they pushed ALL the bedding out of their cool burrow and cowered in there with only the glass bottom and the wooden log sides for company. After they stabilized, though, they moved it all back and they are fine now! Just heard them shredding a piece of cardboard for their nest addition!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
cookie =)
Dedicating this post to cookie is one of the many small things I could do for such a great hamster.
Called "him" ever since 2 weeks old, cookie still deserves the endearing sayang of "cookie boy!" Both her and cream were small when we got them (like duh, right?) and they are now, 2months+, a healthy dwarf hamster size =)
At their age now, 3 months approximately, they are ready to raise a new litter. Bookings have already been made for like 3 or 4 of the pups, and we surely hope that this first litter is raised successfully!
Go cookie, the first mum.
Called "him" ever since 2 weeks old, cookie still deserves the endearing sayang of "cookie boy!" Both her and cream were small when we got them (like duh, right?) and they are now, 2months+, a healthy dwarf hamster size =)
At their age now, 3 months approximately, they are ready to raise a new litter. Bookings have already been made for like 3 or 4 of the pups, and we surely hope that this first litter is raised successfully!
Go cookie, the first mum.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
mating!
Long time since the last update.
Today deserves SPECIAL MENTION. Cookie and Cotton did something really really intimate today! They mated.
That's all? I can sense your shock. The horror.
Yah right, like they mate everyday...we have a video of the last bit of the mating. Last bit, mind you. And that last bit is about 3 minutes of scrambling all over cookie and thrusting.
Enough graphic details. The next 3 weeks will be growth and growth for her. This lump of 2 - 14 foetuses will be developing in her, and when she gives birth, cream will have to leave the cage to make way for the new litter! Also, we will not be able to wash the cage for 2 whole weeks. Please don't stink! And no handling of the babies before 3 weeks+ when they are still being weaned =)
Stressful huh. Can't compare to cookie!
Today deserves SPECIAL MENTION. Cookie and Cotton did something really really intimate today! They mated.
That's all? I can sense your shock. The horror.
Yah right, like they mate everyday...we have a video of the last bit of the mating. Last bit, mind you. And that last bit is about 3 minutes of scrambling all over cookie and thrusting.
Enough graphic details. The next 3 weeks will be growth and growth for her. This lump of 2 - 14 foetuses will be developing in her, and when she gives birth, cream will have to leave the cage to make way for the new litter! Also, we will not be able to wash the cage for 2 whole weeks. Please don't stink! And no handling of the babies before 3 weeks+ when they are still being weaned =)
Stressful huh. Can't compare to cookie!
Saturday, January 24, 2009
party of seven
Everyday now the routine is:
In the morning, mummy will take out all the older hammies and put them in their balls. The small nuts get maze time, while the gerbils are handled one by one.
At night, the bigger hammies get play pen time while the small nuts are put in their maze again. As for the gerbils, in the afternoon, they get to play in the play pen as they are rather restless in their tank.
Oh, did I mention they now have soil? It's way cool. We buried two secret compartments beneath the soil, and they dug both up to reveal the artificial burrows and spend most of the day lazing around inside!
The soil we use cannot really hold up. We added small bedding to the soil to firm it as well as to absorb odour, but it's starting to smell a lot like...soil. It didn't when we first started, and it has only been one day! We hope the smell doesn't take a turn for the worse =)
Cotton has also been neglecting his food. Put in quarter spoonful of organic every morning and night, and he always leaves some in his dish. Bad eating habits adopted at daddy's house? Perhaps =( Anyway, we plan to give him nut mix in the morning and organic at night. To make sure that he gains the weight he has to before we try introducing him to cookie and cream again! Only worry is that we give too much nut mix and he STILL neglects his organic food at night!
Cookie and cream are way cute, but they have been fighting with each other more often these days. Keep squeaking loudly at each other in their cage. But they still huddle and sleep together, so we're hoping they won't fight too much!
The only change is that cotton has been living around cooks and cream for 10 days etc. And the play pen we split to give the big hamsters a barrier through which they can see other. Quite a heartening sight when cotton tries to grab them through the bars, but they do squeak at each other across too! At least they can't tear each others' =)
In the morning, mummy will take out all the older hammies and put them in their balls. The small nuts get maze time, while the gerbils are handled one by one.
At night, the bigger hammies get play pen time while the small nuts are put in their maze again. As for the gerbils, in the afternoon, they get to play in the play pen as they are rather restless in their tank.
Oh, did I mention they now have soil? It's way cool. We buried two secret compartments beneath the soil, and they dug both up to reveal the artificial burrows and spend most of the day lazing around inside!
The soil we use cannot really hold up. We added small bedding to the soil to firm it as well as to absorb odour, but it's starting to smell a lot like...soil. It didn't when we first started, and it has only been one day! We hope the smell doesn't take a turn for the worse =)
Cotton has also been neglecting his food. Put in quarter spoonful of organic every morning and night, and he always leaves some in his dish. Bad eating habits adopted at daddy's house? Perhaps =( Anyway, we plan to give him nut mix in the morning and organic at night. To make sure that he gains the weight he has to before we try introducing him to cookie and cream again! Only worry is that we give too much nut mix and he STILL neglects his organic food at night!
Cookie and cream are way cute, but they have been fighting with each other more often these days. Keep squeaking loudly at each other in their cage. But they still huddle and sleep together, so we're hoping they won't fight too much!
The only change is that cotton has been living around cooks and cream for 10 days etc. And the play pen we split to give the big hamsters a barrier through which they can see other. Quite a heartening sight when cotton tries to grab them through the bars, but they do squeak at each other across too! At least they can't tear each others' =)
Friday, January 23, 2009
new habitats
Wash day was yesterday, and we changed the bedding of herby and gerby to SOIL. Which they took an almost-instant liking too! Herby enjoys burying his nose in the soil (and making it completely dirty) while gerby enjoys eating soil.
Well, they do dig! Promise photos when we get them and more updates =)
Well, they do dig! Promise photos when we get them and more updates =)
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
sleepy gerbils
It's the day time, and apart from digging their entire tank up such that their food bowl is buried and the entire right side of the tank is devoid of bedding, they have been sleeping. Right.
Now I just introduced another toilet roll. They have destroyed 2 in about...6 days? Not bad huh. And I introduced another piece of toilet paper to fluff their nest more. Perhaps we should transfer their nest in its entirety. The websites say that will calm them down. As for the bedding, the websites suggest transferring the top layer but it would look weird in the new found soil, so I doubt we will do that.
Logistics to be settled:
1) water bottle: I just thought of letting the nozzle of the bottle stick through a hole in the cover. Tried it and the nozzle fits nicely, but we will need a stand on the outside to balance the bottle.
2) soil flying out when they burrow?
3) dirty gerbils?
Gosh, they had better enjoy the soil for all it's worth =)
And now, after they have investigated the hand which woke them up, they are back to sleep.
Oh, and I just fed them all grapes =)
Now I just introduced another toilet roll. They have destroyed 2 in about...6 days? Not bad huh. And I introduced another piece of toilet paper to fluff their nest more. Perhaps we should transfer their nest in its entirety. The websites say that will calm them down. As for the bedding, the websites suggest transferring the top layer but it would look weird in the new found soil, so I doubt we will do that.
Logistics to be settled:
1) water bottle: I just thought of letting the nozzle of the bottle stick through a hole in the cover. Tried it and the nozzle fits nicely, but we will need a stand on the outside to balance the bottle.
2) soil flying out when they burrow?
3) dirty gerbils?
Gosh, they had better enjoy the soil for all it's worth =)
And now, after they have investigated the hand which woke them up, they are back to sleep.
Oh, and I just fed them all grapes =)
Monday, January 19, 2009
gerby pregnant?
Recently, herby and gerby have begun to nest. A common sign that babies are coming, because they don't really bother building a bed to make the babies.
But, gerby's tummy is still quite flat, and it's still above my palm when she's on. Besides, she is actually smaller than herby now, and she was larger than him about 3 weeks back.
Wait, so they are...11 weeks old now. That's mating age actually. I really don't know, except that we can only wait and see.
Oh yeah, recently they have been sleeping together a lot, sometimes even just resting together with their eyes closed. Sounds like a protective dad-to-be eh.
If their gestation is 28 days, and the likely maturity is 8 to 10 weeks, then in about 2 weeks gerby should be showing. Like, pear shaped and with a rippling tummy.
We shall see!
Meanwhile, peanut and butter are having their own fun, oblivious to the potential baby factory next to them (we hope!) =D they were very guai today, allowing me to hold them for more than a minute each, before I let them explore their new toy again, and let them play with my hand which they used as a tunnel and a slide and a climb-over all-in-one =D
What fantastic hamsters they are!
Yikes, but they peed in the box. I guess that could not have been helped. But I wiped it and hope it dries up =)
But, gerby's tummy is still quite flat, and it's still above my palm when she's on. Besides, she is actually smaller than herby now, and she was larger than him about 3 weeks back.
Wait, so they are...11 weeks old now. That's mating age actually. I really don't know, except that we can only wait and see.
Oh yeah, recently they have been sleeping together a lot, sometimes even just resting together with their eyes closed. Sounds like a protective dad-to-be eh.
If their gestation is 28 days, and the likely maturity is 8 to 10 weeks, then in about 2 weeks gerby should be showing. Like, pear shaped and with a rippling tummy.
We shall see!
Meanwhile, peanut and butter are having their own fun, oblivious to the potential baby factory next to them (we hope!) =D they were very guai today, allowing me to hold them for more than a minute each, before I let them explore their new toy again, and let them play with my hand which they used as a tunnel and a slide and a climb-over all-in-one =D
What fantastic hamsters they are!
Yikes, but they peed in the box. I guess that could not have been helped. But I wiped it and hope it dries up =)
Sunday, January 18, 2009
dear mummy...
We can go up and look down!
We can zoom in and through and out!
We can think deep thoughts up there...
And think of mummy out there!Love you lots mummy!
Can't wait to let you see how big we have grown =)
hey mummy, look!
We have a new toy! =)
Nice toy huh, mummy? We can climb up it and go through it. We can slide down it and chew on it. We absolutely adore it!!! But we hate our photos being taken with it =D
Peanut and butter were the absolute sweeties today. Kept really still (both of them!) for at least 2 minutes and managed to take more than 50 shots in succession but I'll upload only a couple =)
First up.....butter!
Oh no mummy, I swear there's something out to get me. I'll run as fast as I can if it tries!
Ah whatever, I need to adjust my fur! This body has so much fur now I must clean a million times each day!
Aww, ain't he cute? What a sweetie! Submissively lying on daddy's hand =)
And now, presenting the AL-MIGHTY....peanut!
1) Hmmph! Not facing the camera. See who wins =P
2) *Peeks* it's still there??? Cheh!
3) Argh....why won't it leave!
4) Ok la ok la. Cheese =D
Where's mummy? Is she in the camera?
Maybe I can sniff her out. She has been hiding from us!
Mummy kiss me!! *turns cheek*
Nice toy huh, mummy? We can climb up it and go through it. We can slide down it and chew on it. We absolutely adore it!!! But we hate our photos being taken with it =D
Peanut and butter were the absolute sweeties today. Kept really still (both of them!) for at least 2 minutes and managed to take more than 50 shots in succession but I'll upload only a couple =)
First up.....butter!
Oh no mummy, I swear there's something out to get me. I'll run as fast as I can if it tries!
Ah whatever, I need to adjust my fur! This body has so much fur now I must clean a million times each day!
Aww, ain't he cute? What a sweetie! Submissively lying on daddy's hand =)
And now, presenting the AL-MIGHTY....peanut!
1) Hmmph! Not facing the camera. See who wins =P
2) *Peeks* it's still there??? Cheh!
3) Argh....why won't it leave!
4) Ok la ok la. Cheese =D
Where's mummy? Is she in the camera?
Maybe I can sniff her out. She has been hiding from us!
Mummy kiss me!! *turns cheek*
great nest (the photos)
First and foremost, greetings from our miss gerby, winner of the biggest eater of the month award!
Mmm, nice carrot =)
Great, let's do a pose for the camera!
Yipee, I'm in the spotlight!!
(All three photos, still eating =P)
And after that, miss big eater dashes back into the house, cos there's no more food left.
Ok, basically, I am not such a great photo taker but I tried to capture the nest in a picture. Well, to be fair to me, I think they want their nest to be private =D
Here:
There, to the right of the wheel, a nice pile of cardboard and shavings and stuff, which herby was lying on peacefully in the evening. The actual contents of the nest include:
1) shavings from half a toilet roll
2) shavings from the bottom of their box
3) shavings from their house
4) shavings from cardboard pieces I put in
5) comfy bedding from their original comfy bedding
Right, how ingenious huh. I witnessed herby carrying shavings back and forth from the nest. Maybe gerby is pregnant and he's caring for her! =P I really don't know.
Right now their wheel is pressed against the right side of their tank and goes TIAK TIAK TIAK. And their food dish is buried beneath a lump of bedding. Gosh. I pulled it out twice and perhaps they prefer it that way. Oh, and I kwwp seeing them going over to the left corner and do some digging then suddenly start chewing. Maybe it's their food store! =)
Oh well, I shall leave their food for tonight on the bedding and see what they do with it =)
Mmm, nice carrot =)
Great, let's do a pose for the camera!
Yipee, I'm in the spotlight!!(All three photos, still eating =P)
And after that, miss big eater dashes back into the house, cos there's no more food left.
Ok, basically, I am not such a great photo taker but I tried to capture the nest in a picture. Well, to be fair to me, I think they want their nest to be private =D
Here:
There, to the right of the wheel, a nice pile of cardboard and shavings and stuff, which herby was lying on peacefully in the evening. The actual contents of the nest include:1) shavings from half a toilet roll
2) shavings from the bottom of their box
3) shavings from their house
4) shavings from cardboard pieces I put in
5) comfy bedding from their original comfy bedding
Right, how ingenious huh. I witnessed herby carrying shavings back and forth from the nest. Maybe gerby is pregnant and he's caring for her! =P I really don't know.
Right now their wheel is pressed against the right side of their tank and goes TIAK TIAK TIAK. And their food dish is buried beneath a lump of bedding. Gosh. I pulled it out twice and perhaps they prefer it that way. Oh, and I kwwp seeing them going over to the left corner and do some digging then suddenly start chewing. Maybe it's their food store! =)
Oh well, I shall leave their food for tonight on the bedding and see what they do with it =)
great nest
I think herby and gerby are about to do it. Neh. Joking. But they are certainly making a nest which I will feel wasted since we're going to give them a new habitat this week =)
I saw herby taking some shredded cardboard in his mouth and carrying them to this corner behind the wheel. And they have been digging up the entire tank and even buried their food bowl. Great huh? Now, one of them is trying to dig their wooden house from the inside out. I can hear a lot of scratching noises.
Fantastic huh. Also, I will take some photos of their tank when I return tonight. Their box, which has been buried for a long time. Now the hole in the bottom is so big that all the bedding has fallen through and doesn't pile up in the box. They must have spent a long time doing that without us even knowing! Great work guys.
The only thing now is that they pushed everything to the right side and the wheel goes tiak tiak tiak everytime it spins, but I'm not going to interrupt their terraforming process! =)
Peanut and butter are right now, sleeping on the porch. Probably the darkest area since they are against a wall. So have covered their cage (not routine) so they can sleep downstairs if they want to, cos that's where their nest is!
Watch out for the photo updates later =)
I saw herby taking some shredded cardboard in his mouth and carrying them to this corner behind the wheel. And they have been digging up the entire tank and even buried their food bowl. Great huh? Now, one of them is trying to dig their wooden house from the inside out. I can hear a lot of scratching noises.
Fantastic huh. Also, I will take some photos of their tank when I return tonight. Their box, which has been buried for a long time. Now the hole in the bottom is so big that all the bedding has fallen through and doesn't pile up in the box. They must have spent a long time doing that without us even knowing! Great work guys.
The only thing now is that they pushed everything to the right side and the wheel goes tiak tiak tiak everytime it spins, but I'm not going to interrupt their terraforming process! =)
Peanut and butter are right now, sleeping on the porch. Probably the darkest area since they are against a wall. So have covered their cage (not routine) so they can sleep downstairs if they want to, cos that's where their nest is!
Watch out for the photo updates later =)
Saturday, January 17, 2009
way too smart
Herby and Gerby spent the entire night (well, I don't know how long exactly) digging up the secret passage with the corn in it. Found their food bowl toppled and the passage overturned and the wheel pressing against the side of the tank such that it goes tiak tiak tiak when they run. And the corn have been eaten, not sure by who =)
Peanut Butter are not very guai today. Peanut keeps flying out of my hand so I had to cup him from the start and he stayed very still thereafter. Butter was more guai and stayed still for super long! Proud of them now, mummy? =D
Peanut Butter are not very guai today. Peanut keeps flying out of my hand so I had to cup him from the start and he stayed very still thereafter. Butter was more guai and stayed still for super long! Proud of them now, mummy? =D
naughty
Heard that cotton broke his leg! But considering that he climbs all over his cage, it's no wonder. I'm sure his insurance agent is complaining now!
Friday, January 16, 2009
cricket galore
Tried the hunting thing with herby and gerby again today and it did not work. They caught both, but only ate part of them. I left the crickets in for about fifteen minutes before deciding it was too disgusting for them. Perhaps they like the older ones, which jump about and are more fun to catch.
Right now I can hear the crickets singing in the bathroom. Can't wait for someone to try to find the source of the noise and open the cabinet below the sink =P tomorrow they will have no cricket hunting session, cos it's simply a waste of those crickets. The routine will be as follows:
1) clear dead crickets cos they stink
2) clear herby and gerby's tank of everything
3) catch the biggest crickets and throw them in
And sit back and watch the hunt!
Oh, for some strange reason peanut and butter are sleeping in the house upstairs. It seems they tried to throw some bedding down, so there's a mess of bedding, their original from last week, downstars and the new bedding upstairs. But regardless, just let them have their sleep! Hope it's not a territory issue, but I don't think it is cos they still run everywhere and are only startled by the smell of my hand!
Right now I can hear the crickets singing in the bathroom. Can't wait for someone to try to find the source of the noise and open the cabinet below the sink =P tomorrow they will have no cricket hunting session, cos it's simply a waste of those crickets. The routine will be as follows:
1) clear dead crickets cos they stink
2) clear herby and gerby's tank of everything
3) catch the biggest crickets and throw them in
And sit back and watch the hunt!
Oh, for some strange reason peanut and butter are sleeping in the house upstairs. It seems they tried to throw some bedding down, so there's a mess of bedding, their original from last week, downstars and the new bedding upstairs. But regardless, just let them have their sleep! Hope it's not a territory issue, but I don't think it is cos they still run everywhere and are only startled by the smell of my hand!
say hello!
PeanutButter Photo Shoot
Peanut (I think) says HELLO EVERYONE!
(To all readers, we apologise as our professional photographer is currently overseas. Kindly bear with the drop in quality of the photos!)
But don't you think he's kinda cute in that pose? =D
What's down there? Is it the FLOOR?! Should I jump? Neh...mummy taught me not to...if not I would hurt myself!
What's up there? Is that a camera? *distracted from the floor* =P
Maybe I should lie down and rest for a while. This hand-thing has been ruffling my fur and I'm tired of cleaning myself. Sigh!
What what? WHO SAID THAT?! *Looks around*
Meet Butter the zooming hamster! =)
Peanut (I think) says HELLO EVERYONE!(To all readers, we apologise as our professional photographer is currently overseas. Kindly bear with the drop in quality of the photos!)
But don't you think he's kinda cute in that pose? =D
What's down there? Is it the FLOOR?! Should I jump? Neh...mummy taught me not to...if not I would hurt myself!
What's up there? Is that a camera? *distracted from the floor* =P
Maybe I should lie down and rest for a while. This hand-thing has been ruffling my fur and I'm tired of cleaning myself. Sigh!
What what? WHO SAID THAT?! *Looks around*
Meet Butter the zooming hamster! =)
open skies
HerbyGerby photoshoot
Herby and gerby on the lookout, wondering what's attacking them with the bright light.
Herby staring at the food bowl (as usual!) and gerby peering curiously at me.
Gerby: LOOK HERBY what's up there?! Our tank top has been removed!! What happened?
Herby bounds along on the wheel happily, ignoring her.
Gerby: I'm serious! Look! She climbs to higher ground to take a look.
Herby stops and looks where gerby is looking.
Gerby climbs back down to show herby what happened, and herby stares in amazement at the open sky.
Gerby: Let's try to get up there!!
Herby agrees.
Watch out for the flying herby! Up and up and up!
Herby blushes. "Hee", he offers weakly. "Go down herby!" I gesture downwards. Obediently, he bounds back down.
Herby and gerby on the lookout, wondering what's attacking them with the bright light.
Herby staring at the food bowl (as usual!) and gerby peering curiously at me.
Gerby: LOOK HERBY what's up there?! Our tank top has been removed!! What happened?Herby bounds along on the wheel happily, ignoring her.
Gerby: I'm serious! Look! She climbs to higher ground to take a look.Herby stops and looks where gerby is looking.
Gerby climbs back down to show herby what happened, and herby stares in amazement at the open sky.
Gerby: Let's try to get up there!!Herby agrees.
Watch out for the flying herby! Up and up and up!
Herby blushes. "Hee", he offers weakly. "Go down herby!" I gesture downwards. Obediently, he bounds back down.THE END
Thursday, January 15, 2009
growing nuts
Peanut Butter are ever the sweeties. Still warming up to my hand but they let me pet them this time! I was like, "nut nut! this is a finger! it won't hurt u..." then pet pet! Right now they are happily back in their cage after a few minutes of special maze time in which they explored everything and determined their favourite colour to be white! =)
Hiding in the corner wondering what's that shadow over them. It's a monster it's a black box no it's a camera!!!
Can find the nutties? One of them is in the shadows! =)
Once again, they wonder where mummy is, but they are getting used to my hand too. Right now, one is ruinning the wheel and the other is running upstairs. They were running together a second ago =)
Oh, and one milestone, they are now officially too big to fit in the food dish together. They tried, I swear. But always one butt stuck out of the dish and they gave up and took turns.
Cheers to our young nuts!
Hiding in the corner wondering what's that shadow over them. It's a monster it's a black box no it's a camera!!!
Can find the nutties? One of them is in the shadows! =)
Once again, they wonder where mummy is, but they are getting used to my hand too. Right now, one is ruinning the wheel and the other is running upstairs. They were running together a second ago =)
Oh, and one milestone, they are now officially too big to fit in the food dish together. They tried, I swear. But always one butt stuck out of the dish and they gave up and took turns.
Cheers to our young nuts!
hunting time
Peanut butter stretch and yawn. Saw one of them yawn and it was really cool! I covered their cloth back so as not to disturb their rest. Herby and Gerby had a hey day today. First I took everything out of their tank, leaving only a vast expanse of bare bedding. Then I took two rather big crickets and dumped them in. Watched them jump and hunt and strangle those crickets to death and watched them devour them slowly. They really loved it, even as the crickets struggled while being eaten!
Oh, and I planned to test herby and gerby. Hehheh who wants to be my gerbils? =P I placed a piece of cardboard under the food dish and piled bedding such that the cardboard carves out a burrow like hole visible from outside, and I plan to place two pieces of corn there and see if it goes missing (or if the food bowl is toppled). But perhaps tomorrow cos today they had their feast already.
Right now, they are digging and burrowing beneath the cardboard box in their tank. And their food bowl is being filled with the bedding being thrown out. Haha. But let them be happy =)
More updates on peanut butter to be expected!
Oh, and I planned to test herby and gerby. Hehheh who wants to be my gerbils? =P I placed a piece of cardboard under the food dish and piled bedding such that the cardboard carves out a burrow like hole visible from outside, and I plan to place two pieces of corn there and see if it goes missing (or if the food bowl is toppled). But perhaps tomorrow cos today they had their feast already.
Right now, they are digging and burrowing beneath the cardboard box in their tank. And their food bowl is being filled with the bedding being thrown out. Haha. But let them be happy =)
More updates on peanut butter to be expected!
maze time!
Talk about wacky. I made a maze for the nutters. The walls are high enough such that they cannot climb out, but it's too small for herbs and gerbs!
Wish I have a photo of the nutters but I had problems with the lighting. Just that they enjoyed it tremendously. Gave them about 3 minutes worth of maze time before handling them.
The nuts still don't let me take them out by coming to the door, and it's the hand chase nut routine still, but I think the good thing is that they calm down once out!
And herby gerby are the same usual naughty selfs. climbing all over and all under. No photos of them today =(
Attached: letter from peanut butter
Re: HI MUMMY! KEEP WARM!
Keep warm ok mummy? We're hoping you will cheer up. We don't have internet too, and daddy says we'll be addicted. So we hate him for that but we still love him because.......
he gives us food!
Loving you,
Peanut Butter
Wish I have a photo of the nutters but I had problems with the lighting. Just that they enjoyed it tremendously. Gave them about 3 minutes worth of maze time before handling them.
The nuts still don't let me take them out by coming to the door, and it's the hand chase nut routine still, but I think the good thing is that they calm down once out!
And herby gerby are the same usual naughty selfs. climbing all over and all under. No photos of them today =(
Attached: letter from peanut butter
Re: HI MUMMY! KEEP WARM!
Keep warm ok mummy? We're hoping you will cheer up. We don't have internet too, and daddy says we'll be addicted. So we hate him for that but we still love him because.......he gives us food!
Loving you,
Peanut Butter
Friday, January 9, 2009
zamster bam it's a hamster!
Cookie and creamy have interesting moods. Like...yesterday morning they refused to come out of their houses no matter how we called them and only came out when no one was looking to get at their food. Nearly freaked me out cos I thought they were dead in the house.
But thankfully they were not! Stuck their noses out in the late afternoon, but still had to tornado their house to get them out. Poor them,,.but they must move about at least! Which they were last night, running the wheel at turbo speeds to make the glunk glunk glunk noise =)
Peanut butter both have adopted the cute hammie look ever since two three days ago. They grew a butt with white fur and their body fur turned....molted? Still brown, but molted colour. They are still easily startled but they 1) don't shoot out of the hand, 2) stay super still for at least two minutes, both of which are remarkable milestones in their growth.
They are just so adorable =)
Both Herby and Gerby (or, herbygerbyherbygerbyherbygerby......ad infinitum =P) enjoy running about. Place them in the pen and zoom they go off on a cross country circuit in circles. The ball with the bell also proved to be a hit with herbs, he balances on his hind legs and runs after the ball! Gerbs is more frightened of it. And they absolutely enjoy the envelope, run in and out crinkle and flip it all over. Not to mention that they were picked up and sealed in the envelope but apparently they quickly forgot that experience.
And of course, cotton. He got the corn treat, same as cooks and cream, and he enjoys climbing all over his cage like a ninja. Or tarzan. =) I can be sitting there looking at him, then turn away for 10 seconds and he's on top of the cage. Is that good or what? I hope that what he has keeps him entertained, and I'm slightly worried cos he's starting to smell hamster (he has never had had a powder bath!).
But thankfully they were not! Stuck their noses out in the late afternoon, but still had to tornado their house to get them out. Poor them,,.but they must move about at least! Which they were last night, running the wheel at turbo speeds to make the glunk glunk glunk noise =)
Peanut butter both have adopted the cute hammie look ever since two three days ago. They grew a butt with white fur and their body fur turned....molted? Still brown, but molted colour. They are still easily startled but they 1) don't shoot out of the hand, 2) stay super still for at least two minutes, both of which are remarkable milestones in their growth.
They are just so adorable =)
Both Herby and Gerby (or, herbygerbyherbygerbyherbygerby......ad infinitum =P) enjoy running about. Place them in the pen and zoom they go off on a cross country circuit in circles. The ball with the bell also proved to be a hit with herbs, he balances on his hind legs and runs after the ball! Gerbs is more frightened of it. And they absolutely enjoy the envelope, run in and out crinkle and flip it all over. Not to mention that they were picked up and sealed in the envelope but apparently they quickly forgot that experience.
And of course, cotton. He got the corn treat, same as cooks and cream, and he enjoys climbing all over his cage like a ninja. Or tarzan. =) I can be sitting there looking at him, then turn away for 10 seconds and he's on top of the cage. Is that good or what? I hope that what he has keeps him entertained, and I'm slightly worried cos he's starting to smell hamster (he has never had had a powder bath!).
Thursday, January 8, 2009
cleaning day!
Our wash day today...went well. Hammies got new clean cages and a corn treat for cooks and cream, while peanut butter had their second powder bath, which they detested. And our gerbils got a new clean box to kingdom come.
Kindly check back for more updates! =)
Kindly check back for more updates! =)
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Our Babies
Litter #6
Date of birth: 27 October 2009
Dad: Herby
Mom: Gerby
Number of pups: 7
Names: unconfirmed
Description: 6 golden agouti and 1 argente golden
Date of birth: 27 October 2009
Dad: Herby
Mom: Gerby
Number of pups: 7
Names: unconfirmed
Description: 6 golden agouti and 1 argente golden
Home(s): unconfirmed
Litter #5
Date of birth: 30 August 2009
Dad: Herby
Mom: Gerby
Number of pups: 4
Names: Chestnut, Ash, and others
Date of birth: 30 August 2009
Dad: Herby
Mom: Gerby
Number of pups: 4
Names: Chestnut, Ash, and others
Description: 2 golden agouti females, 1 golden agouti male and 1 argente golden male
Home(s): Chestnut (argente golden male) and Ash (golden agouti male) live with Alan, while the 2 girls live with Daniel.
Date of birth: 22 June 2009
Dad: Herby
Mom: Gerby
Number of pups: 5
Names: Riley, Kiley, Ziley, and others
Description: 2 golden agouti females, 2 golden agouti males and 1 argente golden male
Home(s): Riley (argente golden male), Kiley and Ziley (golden agouti males) live with Yang, while the other 2 still live with Jamal.
Updates: http://twyangzii.webs.com/gerbils.htm
Litter #3
Date of birth: 16 May 2009
Dad: Herby
Mom: Gerby
Number of pups: 5 (after 1 died)
Names: Hina, Vienna, and others
Description: 3 golden agouti females, 1 golden agouti male and 1 argente golden female
Home(s): Hina (golden agouti female) and Vienna (argente golden female) live with Xinyi, while the other 3 golden agouti gerbils went to Pets Village at Suntec City.
Litter #2
Date of birth: 6 May 2009
Dad: Cotton
Mom: Cookie
Number of pups: 3
Names: Ashoka, [unknown names for the other 2]
Description: Ashoka is a sapphire winter white female and the other 2 are pearl winter white males
Home(s): Ashoka the sapphire winter white lives with Ms Jo's sons, while the 2 pearl winter whites live with aunty Cora's friend
Litter #1
Date of birth: 30 March 2009
Dad: Cotton
Mom: Cream
Number of pups: 2 (after 1 died)
Names: Salt, Pepper
Description: Salt is a pearl winter white female, Pepper is a sapphire winter white male
Home(s): with us
Litter #3
Date of birth: 16 May 2009
Dad: Herby
Mom: Gerby
Number of pups: 5 (after 1 died)
Names: Hina, Vienna, and others
Description: 3 golden agouti females, 1 golden agouti male and 1 argente golden female
Home(s): Hina (golden agouti female) and Vienna (argente golden female) live with Xinyi, while the other 3 golden agouti gerbils went to Pets Village at Suntec City.
Litter #2
Date of birth: 6 May 2009
Dad: Cotton
Mom: Cookie
Number of pups: 3
Names: Ashoka, [unknown names for the other 2]
Description: Ashoka is a sapphire winter white female and the other 2 are pearl winter white males
Home(s): Ashoka the sapphire winter white lives with Ms Jo's sons, while the 2 pearl winter whites live with aunty Cora's friend
Litter #1
Date of birth: 30 March 2009
Dad: Cotton
Mom: Cream
Number of pups: 2 (after 1 died)
Names: Salt, Pepper
Description: Salt is a pearl winter white female, Pepper is a sapphire winter white male
Home(s): with us
Photos
The list of videos are at the bottom!
(These contain photos which have not been uploaded onto the blog. But they will be forever and forever.)
- Batch 0-II, now under album 'Hamsters & Gerbils'
- The secret photos, now under album 'Uncut! Hamsters & Gerbils'
- Edited on: 24 May 2011
Photo Posts
Group posts! (Has photos of most of our babies, even the big ones!)
- 1 September 2009: Some cute photos =)
- 2 June 2009: big move to new house
- 25 May 2009: Babies' new (smaller) tank
- 13 May 2009: broccoli!
Salt and Pepper
- 13 May 2009: mummy, i am hungry
- 22 April 2009: the babies
Fatty
- 20 April 2009: Sleepy post
- 2 April 2009: cutie!
- 4 May 2009: cookie is pregnant!
- 2 April 2009: cookie and cream
- 15 Feb 2009: cookie's new home
- 12 Feb 2009: photo album of yet another wash day
- 8 Feb 2009: the preggy ones
- 8 Feb 2009: the cute one
- 5 Feb 2009: cookie, cream and cotton
Part 1 | Part 2 - 1 Feb 2009: photos of cookie =)
- 22 Feb 2009: you can't separate the butter from peanut butter
- 12 Feb 2009: stop being so cute!
- 11 Feb 2009: an hour in the life of a nut
- 4 Feb 2009: hamster delight
- 31 Jan 2009: close ups
- 18 Jan 2009: dear mummy...
- 18 Jan 2009: hey mummy, look!
- 15 Jan 2009: say hello!
- 5 August 2009: Our gerbils
- 20 July 2009: gerbils, second litter
- 1 July 2009: gerbil babies are off to a new home
- 22 June 2009: A new litter, again
- 3 June 2009: gerbil babies, gerbies?
- 16 May 2009: PUSHHHHHHHHHHHH gerbs!
- 28 April 2009: give the gerbils a box
- 20 April 2009: Sleepy post
- 17 Mar 2009: a day in the life of a gerbil
- 19 Feb 2009: let's party!
- 5 Feb 2009: the tunnel below the food
- 31 Jan 2009: awesome burrow
- 18 Jan 2009: great nest (the photos)
- 15 Jan 2009: open skies
- 1 July 2009: Food time
- 12 June 2009: hey there fatty =)
- 11 June 2009: i thought the gerbils didn't run their wheel
- 10 June 2009: wheel runners
- 7 June 2009: splits and divides
- 25 May 2009: babies playing
- 15 Feb 2009: kablazam
- 3 Feb 2009: cookie and cotton mating
Our Gerbils
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Herby and Gerby
Our only two golden agouti gerbils, who gets their tank washed once every month. They don't stink though, and they are the best shredding machines ever. Herby and Gerby don't bite fingers, they only bite paper, chew soil, and gnaw away their tank top.
Herby and GerbyOur only two golden agouti gerbils, who gets their tank washed once every month. They don't stink though, and they are the best shredding machines ever. Herby and Gerby don't bite fingers, they only bite paper, chew soil, and gnaw away their tank top.
Our Hammies
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Salt and PepperThese two bundles of joy were born to Cotton and Cream on the 1st of April in 2009. They are both dwarf hamsters, of course, and as their name indicates, they are white and black respectively. Salt is female, and pepper is male.
FattyOur one and only Syrian hamster is one big female, and she cannot fit into one hand properly. She has a patched coat of gold and white, and is the cutest hamster of all, having an oh-so-cute! teddy bear face.
ButterButter is light brown, and he is our smallest hamster, being a Roborovski. He's also the fastest of them all, although his small legs do not bring him farther than the rest. But you should see him on his wheel.
CottonHe bites, he runs, he eats. Who's that? Cotton. He's white and lean, and is one of the few hamsters out there who climbs into his food dish and climbs out again, not taking a single nut. Sometimes he even leaves sunflower seeds, although they love it so much. Cotton!
Cookie and CreamThese are our first two hamsters. They are sapphire winter whites and they are currently separated as Cream is still not used to Cookie after her pregnancy. We have weaned Salt and Pepper from her, but they live and run individually now. They are friendly, don't bite, and Cookie is nice and round now. Bet you would want to hold her!
Requiescat in pace- Tac
Tac lived a short life of eleven days. She was born of Cotton and Cream together with Salt and Pepper (formerly Tic and Toe; Tic Tac Toe, get it?). We found her dead in the cage that morning.
- Peanut
Our other Roborovski hamster, formerly paired with Butter. He was smaller than Butter. In fact, both were smaller than the size of our thumb when we got them at a young age of 3 weeks.
Cream passed away on the 8th of January, 2010. She passed away from cancer, but even in her last few days, she was still very active, and ran the wheel a lot. It's sad that neither hammiemummy or myself were at home when she passed on. But, Cream will always be remembered. She was Cookie's good friend, but later on, after a period of separation, she lived alone. She was good friends with Cotton, and they can even be cuddled together in one hand. She was a good-tempered hamster who appeared fierce on the outside. Live on in our hearts, Cream.
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