Hi everyone! How are you? Sorry, I wasn't able to post lately.
Well, I'm just so excited to let you know what's keeping me "busy" these days! *wink
This is not actually my first time to have a hamster as a pet. Back in
2010, I had a pair of
Siberian hamsters.
Unfortunately, I had them for just four months. The male hamster only lived for two months, I was away for like 3 days but then I've requested my sister to take care of them. When I came home, he was okay. The following day, I just found him dead, that was October of 2010. :( The other one died after new year. I've found her dead one morning, with ants all over her. I've been so depressed for what happened to them, I felt that I didn't took care of them that much.
Just this
August, my boyfriend and I bought a pair of
Syrian hamsters as a present for his niece's birthday.
We are in-charge to take care of them since his niece is only a 8-year-old. This somehow awaken the
pet lover in me. We placed the 5 gallon talk on top of the cabinet, to prevent his toddler nephew to reach it. After 2 days, the female hamster was gone. It seems like she climbed on the water bottle to get out. We looked for her everywhere but she's nowhere to be found. :(
Because of that, my boyfriend and I decided to purchase a bigger tank for
Hamlet, the male hamster. We have the 15 gallon tank now and we also bought a seesaw tunnel for him. I started searching for DIY hamster toys online and I've tried making some of them. I've made the tissue roll cardboard to make a tunnel and also the nipa hut made of popsicle sticks. We also got him a friend,
Megan, a female Syrian hamster.
We have tried placing them in the 15 gallon tank, the first 5 minutes turned out okay but the next minute have been horrible. Megan, who is a little bit bigger than Hamlet is fond of chasing him and starting a fight. My boyfriend immediately decided to separate them. We put Megan in the 5 gallon tank. From what I've read,
older Syrian hamsters are territorial and could kill other hamsters. So, they are not meant to be placed in one tank.
The
artistic side of me worked for this. Purely made of popsicle sticks, wooden sticks for the stand, non-toxic glue and glue sticks. For the tunnel, my boyfriend used a recycled water bottle and electrical tape. My most favorite detail on this is the
hanging bridge... super cute, right? :)
I'll never stop until I am contented with how a certain project looks like. So, I've added some details on it like the roof on the nipa hut since I've noticed Hamlet is fond of climbing on top of that box and may be a way for escape so I came up with a roof plus a tower-like structure on his way to the tunnel.
We noticed that Hamlet is also fond of climbing on the tower, so I had to remodel the structure for safety purposes. :)
Here is Hamlet, enjoying his
mini-palace :)
Hamlet is so adorable, isn't he?
It's always fulfilling to have a pet. It's like having a child, I guess.I don't have a child yet, so that's just my opinion. LOL
I want to hold him, but I guess were not yet ready for that. He's getting used to my smell right now. In the next few days, I hope.Well, I'm so excited for that! *wink
How about you ladies? What kind of pets do you have? Share your stories on the comment box below. :)
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