tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825864059294090113.post5662425595078437557..comments2023-10-29T07:37:17.938-06:00Comments on Anniethology: "Hamsters, like goldfish, are not known for their longevity."Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575936726304867096noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825864059294090113.post-70622820588924389882007-09-07T12:02:00.000-06:002007-09-07T12:02:00.000-06:00We have a rule that is no animals with fur. Did SA...We have a rule that is no animals with fur. <BR/>Did SAM sing the Circle of Life song as he gave the lecture?Elizabeth-Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12215621448451413460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825864059294090113.post-21951098877916297362007-09-07T10:51:00.000-06:002007-09-07T10:51:00.000-06:00LOL, I now am giving second thoughts on the turtle...LOL, I now am giving second thoughts on the turtle we keep thinking we are going to get our son. We had hamsters, not thinking of how quick they can multiply we ended up with enough to sell back to the pet store. Some I believe were related to Melissa's Houdini, as they seem to get out of any cage we put them in. I haveing had enough decided to get rid of them all. Except a couple got out, never to be found before we moved out of the home. So now in this nice home in Sunny CA there are wild hamsters running around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825864059294090113.post-91883205870299264442007-09-07T09:59:00.000-06:002007-09-07T09:59:00.000-06:00If I didn't have a strict no-rodent pet policy thi...If I didn't have a strict no-rodent pet policy this would be very good information. However, I do.<BR/><BR/>I think you should just be grateful that Penny 1 and 2 are not escapees looking for a couch to live inside. Watching a scary movie becomes a whole lot scarier when something really bites you on the butt. Just trust me on that.Sketchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11517261316724789686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825864059294090113.post-83527386710978622572007-09-06T21:56:00.000-06:002007-09-06T21:56:00.000-06:00I love you even more now that I know you bought a ...I love you even more now that I know you bought a book and learned about hamster sleep patterns before you got a hamster. I don't think I read that much before I got a baby.<BR/><BR/>Thank you so much for the blogroll shout-out!<BR/><BR/>SheriBlog Ownerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15820744105674735895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825864059294090113.post-19761565432182838862007-09-06T21:28:00.000-06:002007-09-06T21:28:00.000-06:00After reading everyone's comments about hamsters b...After reading everyone's comments about hamsters being escape artists I am definitely never owning a hampster.<BR/><BR/>I neglected to mention our most recent pet. Jordan had an ant farm earlier this year. It was kind of neat to watch them, until I found them outside of the farm. Goodbye ants! Good thing I didn't let him keep them in his room!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13023817009212398947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825864059294090113.post-33825288946231440242007-09-06T20:51:00.000-06:002007-09-06T20:51:00.000-06:00Great job keeping Penny 2 alive. Penny one sounde...Great job keeping Penny 2 alive. Penny one sounded like she had acute hamster PMS! LOL! We've only ever had Beta fish and they last forever! :)Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551412295647029026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825864059294090113.post-14085623260402360592007-09-06T20:46:00.000-06:002007-09-06T20:46:00.000-06:00We had our first hamster for 11 months. Tinkerbell...We had our first hamster for 11 months. Tinkerbell was so smart. We had luggage locks on her cage and books on top. It was fun to watch her figure out how to get out. She got out one to many times. Then we go Smokey. She lasted 9 months. I talked about her in my February 2007 archives. (I tried to be fancy like EWBL, but I'm not bright enough:()<BR/><BR/>I am done with hamsters. I hate the mourning twice a year.Klinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16814431399124793880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825864059294090113.post-26134017533298449762007-09-06T20:36:00.000-06:002007-09-06T20:36:00.000-06:00I had two hamsters as a child. I remember having ...I had two hamsters as a child. I remember having to leave for camp without knowing where the darn thing was or even if it would be alive when I got home. It was crazy good at escaping it's cage thingy. <BR/><BR/>I think my mom was a bit sad to find the silly thing the next day lol. <BR/><BR/>Needless to say, we are yet to purchase a pet. The kids keep reminding me that I "promised" so I will have to cave at some point. I still have a couple of excuses up my sleeve though;-)shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17522348931524449221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825864059294090113.post-47208651984264782782007-09-06T16:51:00.000-06:002007-09-06T16:51:00.000-06:00Penny #1's red eyes were creepy. It looked like a ...Penny #1's red eyes were creepy. It looked like a little satan hamster. Penny #2 is much cuter and sweeter. I'm just sayin'.carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18213364745667222666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825864059294090113.post-33350558227098207452007-09-06T16:42:00.000-06:002007-09-06T16:42:00.000-06:00Are you sad he told them to handle her gently:> W...Are you sad he told them to handle her gently:> We had one hamster get loose and be gone 8 months and survive in my growing up home and then when we had one we wanted to keep had babies and chewed them all up and chewed her own feet off we were scarred for life---I think insanity runs deep in the hamster lineJoyismygoalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12116718255398278234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825864059294090113.post-52913502923230231212007-09-06T16:35:00.000-06:002007-09-06T16:35:00.000-06:00Great News About Penny! I'm Doing The Hamster Danc...Great News About Penny! I'm Doing The <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=76HcLEunsws" REL="nofollow">Hamster Dance</A> in celebracion!<BR/><BR/>Now I'm intensely curious as to how NCS's boyfriend passed a cold to the hamster...... I promised, long time ago, that I would never bring up Richard Gere and gerbils ever again. I promised!elasticwaistbandladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643871078268503643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825864059294090113.post-53422985420084965362007-09-06T11:51:00.000-06:002007-09-06T11:51:00.000-06:00How did the kids handle that news? At least Penny...How did the kids handle that news? At least Penny #2 has a chance at a longer life now!<BR/><BR/>Poor Penny #1!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05766864638832719372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825864059294090113.post-62867209765001251962007-09-06T11:46:00.000-06:002007-09-06T11:46:00.000-06:00I was afraid this post was going to go a different...I was afraid this post was going to go a different directions (as in Penny #2 was no more). I'm glad she's still hamstering and stuff.<BR/>I don't know why, but I still get sad about my very first hamster's demise, I had to put her down after she got a cold from my stupid idiot boyfriend. Oh that was tough :(<BR/>Hamsters are realy cool creatures.Super Happy Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669901597597136922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825864059294090113.post-9904739147897971192007-09-06T11:35:00.000-06:002007-09-06T11:35:00.000-06:00That's why we have a snake. She should live about ...That's why we have a snake. She should live about 20 years unless we don't take care of her. But considering she can go months without eating...<BR/>We had a goldfish that lived for 2 years. It was really weird.Tori :)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14963896000691417017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825864059294090113.post-2633058985259891102007-09-06T11:20:00.000-06:002007-09-06T11:20:00.000-06:00We currently have no pets. We haven't had much luc...We currently have no pets. We haven't had much luck with the ones we have had in the past.<BR/><BR/>2 cats - One disappered, the other got hit by a car<BR/>1 miniature frog - I somehow tortured it to death unknowingly. It died a slow, painful death. I thought it was molting, it wasn't.<BR/>1 beta fish - My killing streak continued, it was belly up one morning.<BR/><BR/>We've decided to stop and not take any more chances.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13023817009212398947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825864059294090113.post-442656469817534292007-09-06T10:58:00.000-06:002007-09-06T10:58:00.000-06:00We lost a hamster once when my little sisters left...We lost a hamster once when my little sisters left the top of the habitat open, and it fell into the adjoining fish tank and drowned. <BR/>I can still remember my sister's shriek or "Caaaaarrrroooottttts!" When she found it floating in the aquarium...and the memory of it still makes me laugh. (I know, I am horrible...you had to be at the hamster funeral complete with hymn singing and wailing to understand.Heffalumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166154112206680302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825864059294090113.post-71003804791053736262007-09-06T10:55:00.000-06:002007-09-06T10:55:00.000-06:00Sounds like our experience with our hamsters--firs...Sounds like our experience with our hamsters--first one lived about 3 months, second one lived 2 1/2 years. I was devastated when both of them died. The first one our son named Kolob--don't ask me why. I still think of him every time we sing "If You Could Hie to Kolob". When Bashful died I was more attached to him than my son was and happy I was home alone so I could have a good cry.Yvonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15699747294702088605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2825864059294090113.post-53512557901729438642007-09-06T10:44:00.000-06:002007-09-06T10:44:00.000-06:00Here's what you need to do to ensure long life of ...Here's what you need to do to ensure long life of a pet - want it to die. If you want the thing to live, it die as soon as possible. But, if you want it to die, it will live forever. <BR/>Case in point: when I was a kid we had a hamster that we nicknames "Houdini" because the darn thing could get out of ANY CAGE. Don't know how he did it. Anyway, my mom HATED that thing! She was always finding him in the storage room or the kitchen nibbling on our food. It lived for 3 YEARS! And I think it did it just to spite my mom... <BR/>:)Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14908930035466483151noreply@blogger.com