BIG DADA YANGYANG cricetulus griseus Chinese hamster (click to see a picture of Yangyang's balls) and Baby Itchy phodopus roborovskii roborovski hamster finally had their formal introduction today. From separate hands. Except Baby Itchy kept leaning over to "kiss" Yangyang and eventually ended up clambering over, crawling right over Yangyang's face and poppy eyes and his back as he pulled a patient expression "Oh! The indignities of being a domesticated pet!" as Itchy took to openly sniffing his private parts... poor thing.
I was a bit reserved in my enthusiasm for all this as Yangyang is the same size and weight in proportion to Itchy as petrol tanker to human being. If he did turn to attack and Itchy didn't get away fast enough, Itchy wouldn't stand a chance. Thankfully, Yangyang is the most laid-back (for that, read: inactive) pet rodent I've ever owned though!
Oh and I am somewhat dissapointed to have to declare I shall never have hamster babies in this house. Not at the rate things are currently going. Because now Itchy's tame enough actually to stand still on an empty CD case I can depressingly confirm that SHE is a GIRL. The two "vents" as one book euphamistically put it are FAR too close together for her to be anything other than a GIRL. So she can't have been "mating" when she tried to get on Spherical's back all those times. It must just be one of those tunnel-dwelling animals' rites of introduction or passage. Or something like that ...
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Here, by the way are my videos of the day...
Was no-one particularly impressed by Leona Lewis? I thought she was rather excellent, considering she was performing as a complete amateur in the first two of yesterday's clips and as fresh competition-winner in the third... Come on! Certainly she is a superior British version of Mariah Carey if nothing else!
- Luciano Pavarotti - Una furtiva lagrima
- Leona Lewis - Summertime
- Paul Potts - Nessun dorma
Do you think Paul Potts's version of the aria is in the same league as Pavarotti's? (I don't!)
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I just wanted to stop by and tell you that my weekend was very nice and it was so sweet of you to ask.
ReplyDeleteSorry there won't be any little baby hampster feet on your floor but maybe that's best, what would you do with them all?
Take care of yourself and all your wonderful fur friends. :)
Goddamn what happened to your blog???, havent been here for a while... Sorry, promissed to keep in touch, and forget. Travelling keeps your mind from home.... How you´v been?
ReplyDeleteI am writing now a days more in dutch, sorry, but my plan is; going home in january and leave for tibet in febrauary.
Do you still go to the psych?
Hope your doing well, warm greetings from Central America!
Hi Gleds,Know little baby Hamsters running around yet.
ReplyDeleteI agree Nobody will ever match the great Pavarotti's Voice he was a joy to listen too.And I dont normally like opera
i have larger balls. pavarotti's clip was fantastico.
ReplyDeleteHi Gleds ~~ Sorry no babies on the horizon for your pets. I liked Leona Lewis especially "I will Always Love You" although I like Whitney too.
ReplyDeletePavarotti was a special person with
a wonderful voice, although I am not
an opera fan. Thanks for your comments. I smiled at the Pots garden (not Pot) and the name nutnut should be worth a post or two. You decide
what you want to do with the videos.
Take care, Kind regards, Merle.
Pee'd off Patricia: you are quite right... i was already seeking out adoptive homes for all the little beasts... only thing that begs the question was how on EARTH did the breeder sex these wriggly jumping gremlins? almost impossible to hold still. itchy jumped off my arm twice in five minutes yesterday as he was bored of "nowhere to go"...
ReplyDeleteClaire: what happened to my blog? You mean the video screens? Yes I started posting up videos of the day...
i'm not going regularly to the psych...
but you're going to TIBET !!?!? wow! I've always wanted to go there and to Burma/Myanmar. Woo
Jeanette: I'm not sure I normally like opera either... only when the absolute creme de la creme come on otherwise it can get pretty tiresome...
ReplyDeleteRaffi: ah, but in proportion?
Merle: how dreadful i know no free hamsters!! what would i do with them there would be utter chaos if they stayed in the same enclosure... the world is a poorer place without pav' though we do have andrea botchelli/however it is spelled i thought that he was all right
Hey Gled. Loved that Paul Potts clip. To hear such tremendous talent come out of such a humble, unassuming man was wonderful.
ReplyDeleteHi, after enjoying your video from Mika, I ordered the CD It's quite nice. The last time I bought a pop music CD was about a year ago after hearing Franz Ferdinand on BBC Radio One. I'm not often an impulse buyer...(ok, I am terrible!) But I am enjoying this. Thanx.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Paul Potts isn't Pavarotti (after all, who is...except Pavarotti himself), but for such an unassuming little guy, ill fitting suit and all...what a voice! I thought he did an wonderful job and he certainly made Simon Cowell sit up and take notice...lol!
ReplyDeleteSo...you're not going to be a daddy to some baby hamsters (seriously, I'm rather glad to hear that...smirk). Anyway if they're like mice and there are too many of them in a small space, cannabilism is the word of the day. Eeewww!
Whitenoise: I know and the look on the judges' faces!!
ReplyDeleteJim: did you get the CD yet? is it any good??
PussInBoots: yeah you are quite right, Andrea Botchelli isn't Pav either... I always thought Pav had the best voice bc the low notes are as good as the high ones and the high ones are all silvery-radiant and fantastic
Hi Gleds just checking in? How are you? I think you said you felt depressed? Any better hope so. I am not doing too bad. Spending more time crocheting than on line.
ReplyDeleteAll the best to you matey
cheerio
sad xxx
Dont' hamsters eat their young in an enclosed space? Evil Spock doesn't think Evil Spock can take the infanticide . . .
ReplyDelete70% Average American
You are average because you drink on occasion.
You are not average since you do make New Year's resolutions.
No I'm not that depressed and HOPE not to stay that way just been SLEEPING excessively!
ReplyDeleteThanxx for saying hi, hope you're FEELING BETTER? Yeah?!?
Take it easy!
Gleds
xx
The upside of the prolific hamster baby machines was watching them grow, however given sexing them is so difficult it can be a bit concerning.. breathe a sigh of relief Gleds. My hamster also suffered wet tail at one point..gosh they become like your babies..the worry that they are ok..lol
ReplyDeleteI prefer Pavaroti but thought Paul Potts was excellent and the expressions on the judges faces, the response of the audience was something else.
Hope your tums better :)
MOSTLY better thanks I still had an attack of the grips this morning!
ReplyDeleteWET TAIL!? Can dwarf hamsters get that? O no! That is the utter BANE of normal hamsters' lives... I know it can kill them v easily... I hope Roborovskis cannot get it it's a horrible disease.
How did you treat it? With antibiotics in the water?