R.I.P.....

30 Apr 2008

......Rocky the Hamster sad

I got up this morning to find it dead.. its leg was tangled in its bedding and red... I think its had broken it...
Poor Rocky... died all alone..
R.I.P Rocky 30/4/08
:(

30 Apr 2008

Quote by Lilmiss
......Rocky the Hamster
I got up this morning to find it dead.. its leg was tangled in its bedding and red... I think its had broken it...
Poor Rocky... died all alone..
R.I.P Rocky 30/4/08
:(

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR poor old rocky he died
trying to play kinky bondage games R I P rocky we will be thinkin of you lol

30 Apr 2008

Quote by Two4fun2007
......Rocky the Hamster
I got up this morning to find it dead.. its leg was tangled in its bedding and red... I think its had broken it...
Poor Rocky... died all alone..
R.I.P Rocky 30/4/08
:(

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR poor old rocky he died
trying to play kinky bondage games R I P rocky we will be thinkin of you lol
smackbottom

30 Apr 2008

Quote by Two4fun2007
......Rocky the Hamster
I got up this morning to find it dead.. its leg was tangled in its bedding and red... I think its had broken it...
Poor Rocky... died all alone..
R.I.P Rocky 30/4/08
:(

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR poor old rocky he died
trying to play kinky bondage games R I P rocky we will be thinkin of you lol
smackbottom

30 Apr 2008

Did he (or "it", apparently...) have a wire wheel by any chance? Or even a plastic one with an open running track?

30 Apr 2008

awwwwwwww lil he kept me entertained on my visit and will be a sad loss to your family xxxxxx you know where i am if u need a sholder to cry on ....... just bring a ladder

30 Apr 2008

Quote by Sara_2006
awwwwwwww lil he kept me entertained on my visit and will be a sad loss to your family xxxxxx you know where i am if u need a sholder to cry on ....... just bring a ladder

:shock: I wont ask how!
bolt

30 Apr 2008

Quote by Theladyisaminx
awwwwwwww lil he kept me entertained on my visit and will be a sad loss to your family xxxxxx you know where i am if u need a sholder to cry on ....... just bring a ladder

:shock: I wont ask how!
bolt

by running around the cage and spinning on the dreaded wheel smackbottom

30 Apr 2008

Poor Rocky :cry:
I know I'm going to be devastated when our Harvey goes sad

30 Apr 2008

But will you still hear the wheel spinning around in the night?

30 Apr 2008

on a more serious note you shouldnt put that wool like stuff that the pet shops say is bedding in with hamsters etc for that very reason, use wood shavings and natural ones not treated ones or soft hay as they dont get tangled in your pets legs an stuff!!
On a less serous (errrrr but more sombre wink

) R.I.P Rocky the rodent!! long may he run the wheels of heaven.

30 Apr 2008

RIP Rocky :cry:
I'll be gutted too when our Paddy dies, he's about 2 1/2 now so probably not much longer left sad

It's so daft how much you get emotionally attached to the little buggers!!

30 Apr 2008

Poor rocky!
srne are right about the bedding though!
A few years ago my friends hamster had babies, and she very kindly decided to offload one of said babies in my direction! rolleyes

So said baby arrived, looking pretty massive for a baby, I thought she looked a bit deformed even.
Anyway, a few days passed, and any time 'poppy' was in the nest she was squeaking and squawking away, I thought the poor thing was having nightmares or something.(as you do!)
2 weeks later and I'm cleaning out the cage, open out her nest box and lots of little pink wriggley things come flying out!!!!
12 hamster babies for poppy and maz! :shock: :shock:
GRRRRRRRRRRRRR mad

to 'friend' for trying to get rid of her 'babies'!
Poppy was in fact a baby herself, hamsters will mate from 6 weeks old and have a gestation of 2 weeks, my friend just didn't realise you had to separate the babies!
Anyway, the nest had in it the wooly fluffy stuff, but once hamsters have given birth you're not supposed to touch the bedding or they eat the babies! :shock:
Unfortunately half of these wee beasties did have the legs all tangled up in the wool, looking very deformed and nasty sad

and in the process of cutting the circulation off...
I actually scooped them out with a teaspoon and spent hours with a fine needle and tweezers trying to untangle the tiny strands of wool- just like on animal rescue- Rolf would be proud!
They actually all lived to tell the tale and were shipped off to a pet shop, probably to become some snakes dinner!
So, don't use that bedding unless you want deformed creatures, and on the off chance your beastie might be preggers!!!
maz xx

30 Apr 2008

I remember my eldest lad (now 14) getting up early to get his birthday hamster out (before we were up) He was 4 at the time, and he must have dropped it and it died.
We woke up shortly after and i went down stairs where he sat and ate his breakfast in silence. The open cage caught my eye, and as i went over to the cage I saw the hamster....stiff as a board, but also FLAT AS A PANCAKE :shock: :shock:
When I quizzed lad about it, he finally broke down and cried...."oh mummy, i dropped Scooter and he wouldnt wake up, so i did 'press ups' on him like you showed me (I had been teaching him CPR the week before) to make him wake up, but i couldnt blow into his mouth cos it was too small!!
I laughed so much it hurt and didnt have the heart to scold him.......had visions of him trying to give mouth to mouth to a dead hamster.......the thing was, he had set the hamster on the coffe table to do his CPR attempt, right where he had just sat and eaten his brekky LOL lol

:lol:
We still tease him about it even now biggrin

30 Apr 2008

Look on the bright side Mrs Bone
I guess you didn't bury hammy in a shoe box but just stuck him inside an envelope then rolleyes

:lol:

1 May 2008

Quote by Srne
on a more serious note you shouldnt put that wool like stuff that the pet shops say is bedding in with hamsters etc for that very reason, use wood shavings and natural ones not treated ones or soft hay as they dont get tangled in your pets legs an stuff!!

Tanlging is a problem, but worse is pouching. Hamsters pouch their food - And anything else they chew on! Any fabric accessories can be a problem due to this, as can the fluffy bedding pet shops sell.
AFAIK hamsters are quite resilient to pine shavings, but I personally recommend against them as they can cause all manner of ailments in other small furries (due to the chemicals they release). Carefresh is probably a better idea for a small cage, although it's pretty pricey. Megazorb is a little softer and a lot cheaper, but only comes in large sacks so needs somewhere to put it! Ecobad/ Finacard and similar cardboard beddings are probably the best of all, with very low dust and aromatic content.
Wire wheels are a serious danger and frequent killer, as it's all too easy for a small leg to fall between the bars, causing the animal to be spun around by the momentum of the wheel. Far better are Wodent Wheels, Silent Spinners, and some very pricey but very well engineered solid metal ones.

1 May 2008

Deepest sympathy :upset:
When Goldie my goldfish died I was distraught for minutes!
Thinking of you in your hour of need!
Sam xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

1 May 2008

Quote by blonde
When Goldie my goldfish died I was distraught for minutes!

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

1 May 2008

Quote by blonde
Deepest sympathy :upset:
When Goldie my goldfish died I was distraught for minutes!
Thinking of you in your hour of need!
Sam xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I hope you gave Goldie a decent send off! confused

:lol: :lol:

1 May 2008

Quote by anais
Deepest sympathy :upset:
When Goldie my goldfish died I was distraught for minutes!
Thinking of you in your hour of need!
Sam xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I hope you gave Goldie a decent send off! confused

:lol: :lol:
I'll be honest .......... I flushed him down the loo!
Sam xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

2 May 2008

Quote by blonde
Deepest sympathy :upset:
When Goldie my goldfish died I was distraught for minutes!
Thinking of you in your hour of need!
Sam xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I hope you gave Goldie a decent send off! confused

:lol: :lol:
I'll be honest .......... I flushed him down the loo!
Sam xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Loo...:shock: Sam!! Have you not seen the Code of Practice for Disposal of Dead Goldfish???
Cremation is the preferred method... a service can be provided for a nominal charge with a choice of hymm, a small box or plastic bag to put him in come in a range of colours. He could even have his own little goldfish memoral stone... smile

:)

2 May 2008

Quote by anais
Deepest sympathy :upset:
When Goldie my goldfish died I was distraught for minutes!
Thinking of you in your hour of need!
Sam xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I hope you gave Goldie a decent send off! confused

:lol: :lol:
I'll be honest .......... I flushed him down the loo!
Sam xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Loo...:shock: Sam!! Have you not seen the Code of Practice for Disposal of Dead Goldfish???
Cremation is the preferred method... a service can be provided for a nominal charge with a choice of hymm, a small box or plastic bag to put him in come in a range of colours. He could even have his own little goldfish memoral stone... smile

:)
How does all that go down the loo? :?

2 May 2008

Quote by mattmoleman
Deepest sympathy :upset:
When Goldie my goldfish died I was distraught for minutes!
Thinking of you in your hour of need!
Sam xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I hope you gave Goldie a decent send off! confused

:lol: :lol:
I'll be honest .......... I flushed him down the loo!
Sam xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Loo...:shock: Sam!! Have you not seen the Code of Practice for Disposal of Dead Goldfish???
Cremation is the preferred method... a service can be provided for a nominal charge with a choice of hymm, a small box or plastic bag to put him in come in a range of colours. He could even have his own little goldfish memoral stone... smile

:)
How does all that go down the loo? :?
Tsk it doesnt all go down the loo! :? Ya plant ya goldfish in the garden of rest after a decent ceremony using the proper code of practice for goldfish :) :) :)

2 May 2008

Quote by anais
Cremation is the preferred method... a service can be provided for a nominal charge with a choice of hymm, a small box or plastic bag to put him in come in a range of colours. He could even have his own little goldfish memoral stone... :)

Thats a bit high tec, just give LP a call and he'll eat it :)

2 May 2008

our daughter has a wormery & she woke up this morning to all the worms a bit dried up :shock: She thought I was watering it & I thought she was redface

3 May 2008

Quote by st3v3

Cremation is the preferred method... a service can be provided for a nominal charge with a choice of hymm, a small box or plastic bag to put him in come in a range of colours. He could even have his own little goldfish memoral stone... :)

Thats a bit high tec, just give LP a call and he'll eat it :)
Eat Goldie....:shock: oh well, he/she has been in the loo now so I suppose thats ok lol

:lol: :lol:

3 May 2008

Quote by hisandhers
our daughter has a wormery & she woke up this morning to all the worms a bit dried up :shock: She thought I was watering it & I thought she was

Do they taste like poppadoms now then? :rascal:
Sam xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

4 May 2008

Quote by blonde
our daughter has a wormery & she woke up this morning to all the worms a bit dried up :shock: She thought I was watering it & I thought she was

Do they taste like poppadoms now then? :rascal:
Sam xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
more like twiglets i would assume :twisted: if u dipped em in marmite