Sadly, on September 6th, my little madam Luna passed away. Her age caught up with her within a couple of days and she passed away peacefully some time in the early morning. A lovely man, Ray, from Animals at Home collected her and took her to be cremated. He said he'd never seen such a big hamster! My partner and I miss her so much but take comfort in knowing she had a wonderful and full life. She was our happy little lunatic.
A couple of months after Luna passed I felt that we would both be ready for a new little Syrian in the near future and contacted Harry at Hammys World who had a few litters on the way. I was hoping for a relation of Luna but ended up falling in love with a Golden Banded female from a different line. Harry was exceptionally kind and brought her round for us when she was ready as I'm still housebound. He gave us loads of stuff as well which was amazing! He said that it was from Luna, made me bloody cry!
Well, this little Golden Banded has been named Evey and oh my she's a terror! Completely different personality to Luna but just as much of a madam!
This is Evey after I woke her up, poking her bum because she'd scared me going to sleep with her bum sticking out of the substrate -
She's really confident and has a love of burrowing. She's been awkward and made her nest under her Flying Saucer though which is a nightmare because she can't run on it anymore (it's half buried). I've temporarily put a medium Savic Rolly in her cage but will be replacing it with either a Trixie wheel or a Savic Orbital. Her Flying Saucer can go into her playpen then so she'll still get to have a run on it.
I'd like to upgrade her cage and get her an Alexander and a wooden wheel but it all depends on whether or not I can save up the cash in all honesty. I'm thinking if I can save up £100 I can get her a new cage, wheel and some new toys. Or save up £150 and get her a 100cm Falco ;) I think she'd love the burrowing it would allow!
Hobbes is doing great, he's now got both his Kios and Combi and I'm seeing if I can pick up a cheap Kora to attach to the set up as well. He's stopped burying his Flying Saucer since I got him his Silent Spinner. Typical! He's nice and confident now and will take treats from us, no luck on the handling front but in all honesty I don't hold any expectations. Would be nice to have him sit on my hand one day though, so far I've just had a paw on my finger!
I'll post some more updates regarding Evey's taming and potential new cage (which is looking more and more likely) as and when. If you'd like to read Luna's memorial it's posted on Hamster Central - Luna 9/12/2010 - 6/6/2012
No comments:
Post a Comment