Murmurs
One year and 3 months ago, I brought Hammie home with a pretty pink cage and a plethora of small pet supplies, bedding, food, treat, toy, supplement, cage accessories... you name it, I'd probably already had it, but I left out the most important tool -- the book "Hamster for Dummies".
With limited experience & knowledge, I ended up being a real bad second-time hamster parent, not knowing & understanding his needs & wants. And the worst part is I failed to interact with him at all, AT ALL. He doesn't let me touch him, don't even mention about cuddle. Although I've tried following some simple guidelines I found online and read in books, he is still very uneasy around me and when I try to tame her, he will aggressively runs away and hides. Guess what, he bites too, S.I.G.H...
I got bitten by Hammie again yesterday, for the 73476739389th time. Deep down, I think Hammie really hates me...
#1 The uncountable teeny bite marks on the cage bars.
#2 Many said he might be bored or trying to get my attention or he simply needs a chew sticks...
#3 But he has tons of treats & chewing toys... So why?
#4 He is just insecure and scared of me, I think T_____T
#5 He seems more relax and less anxious when I'm not trying to touch him.
#6
#7 See, super zen until almost fell asleep...
Ok, I better don't kacau him, anyhow, it's nearly impossible to get a still shot of Hammie cause he is constantly moving, running, chewing & hiding whenever I'm around =.=lll
Let me show you his stuffs instead...
#8 The pink habitat I created, makes me so elated just by looking at it. Ya, that's the Christmas stocking I sew for him last year :D
#9 One of his favorite treats of all time, take him forever to finish a bar though.
#10 The only time he interacts with me is when I feed him with these... Forever thankful to Petsmart!
#11 Not sure if he likes it but there's not much to buy for Hammie, really, so I buy this for the sake of buying it.
#12 And this one too, too cute to not put in the shopping cart.
#13 Used to decorate his cage with these colorful fluffy puffballs but slowly found the extra cleaning work a total mess. Hammie looked desperately missing his puffballs, maybe I'll put them back. Hmm...
#14 Ok, it's the box that he liked! Forget about the puffballs then :p
Dear Hammie,
Many have said to me that Roborovski hamster are very hard to tame, and some Robos will never be tamed. I know it but you are just too cute when we first met, so I thought if I work hard enough, I could really bond with you. Mummy failed eventually. It's completely fine if you want to have more privacy and solely enjoy the moment being with yourself, although it kills me to see you being lonely all the time. I'm sorry, I should have bought you a friend before bringing you home, my bad. Now that you are almost 2 years old (most hamsters have an average lifespan of about 2 to 3 years) and the staff at pet store told me it's a little too late and too risky to introduce you a new friend to live with. I don't want to make you stressed out, fight or attack your new buddy nor see anyone of you ending up injured or dead. Because I love you so much. Not sure if you know that but I wish you do...
From,
The worst mum ever
With limited experience & knowledge, I ended up being a real bad second-time hamster parent, not knowing & understanding his needs & wants. And the worst part is I failed to interact with him at all, AT ALL. He doesn't let me touch him, don't even mention about cuddle. Although I've tried following some simple guidelines I found online and read in books, he is still very uneasy around me and when I try to tame her, he will aggressively runs away and hides. Guess what, he bites too, S.I.G.H...
I got bitten by Hammie again yesterday, for the 73476739389th time. Deep down, I think Hammie really hates me...
#1 The uncountable teeny bite marks on the cage bars.
#2 Many said he might be bored or trying to get my attention or he simply needs a chew sticks...
#3 But he has tons of treats & chewing toys... So why?
#4 He is just insecure and scared of me, I think T_____T
#5 He seems more relax and less anxious when I'm not trying to touch him.
#6
#7 See, super zen until almost fell asleep...
Ok, I better don't kacau him, anyhow, it's nearly impossible to get a still shot of Hammie cause he is constantly moving, running, chewing & hiding whenever I'm around =.=lll
Let me show you his stuffs instead...
#8 The pink habitat I created, makes me so elated just by looking at it. Ya, that's the Christmas stocking I sew for him last year :D
#9 One of his favorite treats of all time, take him forever to finish a bar though.
#10 The only time he interacts with me is when I feed him with these... Forever thankful to Petsmart!
#11 Not sure if he likes it but there's not much to buy for Hammie, really, so I buy this for the sake of buying it.
#12 And this one too, too cute to not put in the shopping cart.
#13 Used to decorate his cage with these colorful fluffy puffballs but slowly found the extra cleaning work a total mess. Hammie looked desperately missing his puffballs, maybe I'll put them back. Hmm...
#14 Ok, it's the box that he liked! Forget about the puffballs then :p
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Dear Hammie,
Many have said to me that Roborovski hamster are very hard to tame, and some Robos will never be tamed. I know it but you are just too cute when we first met, so I thought if I work hard enough, I could really bond with you. Mummy failed eventually. It's completely fine if you want to have more privacy and solely enjoy the moment being with yourself, although it kills me to see you being lonely all the time. I'm sorry, I should have bought you a friend before bringing you home, my bad. Now that you are almost 2 years old (most hamsters have an average lifespan of about 2 to 3 years) and the staff at pet store told me it's a little too late and too risky to introduce you a new friend to live with. I don't want to make you stressed out, fight or attack your new buddy nor see anyone of you ending up injured or dead. Because I love you so much. Not sure if you know that but I wish you do...
From,
The worst mum ever