He has settled in ok  now ,and all is well ! 

As if the hamster saga wasn't enough,we also have a poorly cat!

Well not poorly sick,but Scooby had a bad eye at Christmas and I thought he had been sitting in a draught.

However it looked worse after new year so we took him to the vet.

As he is 17 or 18 years old(the cat not the vet!)he is not keen on being shut in the basket and howled in protest.

The vet diagnosed an ulcer in Scooby's left eye and gave him an injection and some eye drops and said if it did not clear up he would need an operation.(I  do look after my pets...honest!)

    So I put the drops in 3 times a day went back to the vets after a few days.

Thankfully the eye was much better and he doesn't need the op.but has to have more drops in 'til it is healed.

To  get the stuff in his eye I wrap him in a bath towel and lay him on my knee,then give him tuna or chicken as a treat.After a few days of this the clever cat started coming to me to be wrapped up and then on being released ran to his treats dish to see what he was getting!Those people who think cats are stupid should take note !

I think he will miss all the attention when his eye is better,

      I hope he doesn't turn into a hypocondriac cat just to get treats!!!!

 

Scooby (gray stripey one)

Shelley died last year(white one)

Scooby still looks for him & for Pebbles(also died) and misses them as they slept together .

Hello,I'm back!

Happy new year to everyone too.

I am not having a very happy time just now,

       I got a lovely hamster, and new cage and things,for Christmas but the poor thing died 6 days later!

I rang the shop and they said "it has a 7 day guarantee,pop it in the freezer and bring it back for a replacement"

I was shocked at their response as I was gutted that the poor little thing had died.

Anyway,I did as requested and took it back to another branch of pets at home for a replacement.

        I really wanted one that looked similar (pale syrian with a few white spots on it's bum)but alas they only had darker ones,so I got a brown one.The young man that sorted it out changed the receipt so that Lucy 2 had a 7 day guarantee.(bit morbid thinks I,but he was non- judgemental!)

         The change of colour meant I had  to tell the kids that Lucy hamster was no longer with us!  

I felt really awful about it,all I had to show that she ever existed was a photo taken the day before she died.(I must say she looked very well )

The first few days with Lucy 2 were spent checking she was alive.After 10 days i stopped worrying so much and started to enjoy my new pet.I even took some photos.

Then ...disaster she died!

Well I  was mortified......I was now a killer of 2  hamsters.

We have had hamsters before,when our sons were younger,and never had them die on us like this.

I was convinced that I was to blame for their demise,but at the back of my mind I was suspicious.

As my computer was broken (another sad story!)I asked Gavin to look on google   to see if there had been a problem with other hamsters.Well,guess what,an article on their said they had a problem with hamsters dying from "wet-tail".

           It did take some of my guilt away,but I now have to tell the kids that Lucy 2 is dead.

Will they think I have killed 2 hamsters and remember this Christmas as"the Christmas auntie Sandra/grandma let 2 hamsters die!"

             I hope not,but you never can tell with small children