Pets

This is the family pet - Hammy the dwarf hamster. He's either a Siberian or a Campbells hamster - I wonder if they're called Campbells because they're condensed?

We've had him for about 8 months. He used to belong to my sister in law, who was advised to buy two of them and then discovered that they fought. She kept the one that sort of asked her to buy him, and we got the active nutter hamster.

So far he's managed to escape from his cage and break his leg, so he's now a three legged hamster. Last night he managed to escape into the sofa, so now our sofa is a bit slashed and mashed. We'd make him pay for a new one out of his pocket money, but we don't give him any. So, in terms of vet bills and sofa costs he's been an expensive little fellow, especially since he was originally free to us with his cage.

He's a little sweetie though. He's only about 4 inches long, he's never bit anyone other than the occasional gentle nibble to see if we're food. But he's a mad little speed demon with no sense of personal safety. He's probably halfway through his lifespan, I do wonder what else he'll get up to.


So, anybody else got any cute/interesting/expensive/funny pets?

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Mallanox : "My mother was Irish and my father was an alien. I was an only child and I dress funny."

Ohhh! Very sweet Cep!

I've never had hamsters, just dogs or cats. Till last year I had a Great Dane, a huge golden dog called Nixon. He was perhaps not very intelligent, but he was very affectionate to me. I was so sad the day he passed away...

Anyway, now I have other two dogs, a Golden Retriever/Irish Setter mix and I've called them Lux and Pax
Pax it's dedicated to a lovely Canadian lady, who is also a Gatch fan.
Here it's the pix, with the human Lux between them.

Pax & Lux

We had an iguana when I was younger... along with a hamster that we fed cheese too at the top of his cage. Dad would also get him drunk so it was funny to see him try to get it. Other then that just the usual kittys and doggies.

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Awww! Lux...those puppies are precious! Makes me want another one...they look like my "Rosie" used to look as a pup...she's a Golden retriever...and she's 7 now...beginning to get white around the nose... ...and you do look beautiful in the pic...you don't look 33 at all...

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Are iguana would actually lay on the back of a chair and place his head on top of my grandpas mowhawk. That would have been a great pic... will have to see if my dad has one!

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I've allready told my other half when he laughs at people like that that I know without a doubt that I too shall become one. So I tend to take offense when he does it too much. Sometimes in life our pets are the only thing we can count on.

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I, your esteemed administrator am not so old neither

However I probably dont count considering I havent actually seen any BOTP

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Hey! I just noticed I'm not a Junior Member anymore...I'm finally a Member!!!!

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Quite true cricket... thats one reason why i think i have never had any... besides the fact that i'm way to much of a kid myself... even bought the dvd of mulligan stew off of e-bay.... now thats a strange buy but i'm happy

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Frogs don't have teeth

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