marrael: Squeak

Janet Chui (

marrael) wrote,
@ 2007-12-05 21:40:00

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fun, hamster

Squeak

Squeak Sleeping
Originally uploaded by marrael

Captured this morning on pixels was Squeak, our pearl/mottled dwarf hamster adopted from the SPCA. Honestly, after a few years of having pet hamsters, Squeak takes the cake for the weirdest behavior and sleeping positions. This position's actually pretty normal as hamsters go. (Squeak's weird sleeping positions are hard to photograph, being that they often happen in the plastic tubing...) He's horribly cute nonetheless. My kind cousin will be taking care of him when we're in Hong Kong from Friday (tomorrow) to next Tuesday.

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	vampyrichamster 2007-12-06 04:41 am UTC (link)
	Squeak is adorable! He's a tiny, tiny ball of floof. And looking at your photostream, are okras hard to grow? I've always wanted to try growing them. Do you have them in a pot? (Reply to this)(Thread)

marrael
2007-12-06 05:56 am UTC (link)

Okra is extremely easy, but some patience is required in the beginning waiting for the plant to mature. I've got all my plants in pots (a big one, for the okra) and the okra has been the most productive food plant so far. The okra flowers, er, do need some help getting fertilized so that they produce fruit (ie. willingness to have "sex" with flowers is required). ;) Oh, and okra plants can have prickly tiny spines, but they're easy to avoid and not that painful.

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vampyrichamster
2007-12-06 04:32 pm UTC (link)

I remember this willingness to have sex with flowers from the time we planted zucchinis. Sadly, while the zucchinis did produce after artificial insemination, the fruits were too small to be worth the trouble. Prickly tiny spines aren't too terrible to avoid, I think. Do you mean like pumpkins? Pumpkin vines can really sandpaper my hand when I go in to pluck shoots and flowers (when the flowers all come out as boys, they might as well be devoured).

Also! I really miss hamster fertilizer. It was awesome how well plants grew on them. First, I need to move to a country where hamsters are even allowed to be kept, though.

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	marrael 2007-12-14 05:15 am UTC (link)
	I've never handled pumpkin vines, but I don't think okra spines are quite the same. They're nearly microscopic, and what you have is a feeling that your skin's been pricked by sparse and tiny needles. On callused hands, you can just wash them off and forget them, but on fore arms, it can leave bumps like those gotten from ingrown hair. They go away after a week or so. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	fordarkness 2007-12-06 01:49 pm UTC (link)
	he's a very cute little hammy! congrats! (Reply to this)

	vivian2112 2007-12-06 02:01 pm UTC (link)
	I am dead from the cuteness. (Reply to this)

	viable_chimera 2007-12-06 02:28 pm UTC (link)
	A..aww... (Reply to this)

	cillygirl 2007-12-07 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	Aaaawwwwwwwwww! Sorry. I just had to. At least he's not like our cat. His preferred sleeping position is on top of our heads while we're asleep. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	All I can say is in this image... marrael 2007-12-14 05:12 am UTC (link)
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