Goodbye Ham
January 23, 2007
Our pet hamster, Ham (or That Guy as I liked to call her), died this morning. She was about two years old and had this giant growth in her right leg growing since last summer. She will be sorely missed but joining her sister, Clicky. We will bury her in the same place where we buried Clicky.
That Guy will be remembered for her super gentleness (aside from that one violent outburst that led to the demise of Clicky). From the first day we got her, she was not afraid to approach our hands and nab food right away. I fed her many things that I probably shouldn’t have but she seemed to love it – rice (cooked and uncooked), uncooked pasta, cheddar cheese, seaweed, green pepper (she didn’t like it though)…
She had this quirk as well. When we let her run around the apartment she would sometimes suddenly freeze up for about a minute. No amount of poking or prodding would make her move. She just became stuck!
Also in her early days she would run on the damn hamster wheel for long periods of time. Unfortunately the wheel was rather squeeky and I slept in the same room. I woke up many times to that damn wheel.
She had a very huge cage all to herself but I think she was quite lonely as she would always try to get our attention to escape. We will miss you a lot Hammy, you were our first pet and you will always be remembered.
