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Originally Posted by ambocken  We had a hamster prior to getting Gracie, when he died it was devastating for us. He was as much a part of the family as any other animal could have been.
That's when I started suggesting that we should get a dog. We searched online at all different kinds from shelters (I wanted to rescue a dog and not get one from a breeder). Any dog I found he didn't seem interested.
Then one day he was looking online and found Gracie. He said she "was smiling" and the rest is history! We drove almost 3 hours to pick her up and we had never met her or even knew much about her. It didn't matter because my husband had already fell in love with her!! |
Some people make think it's silly to cry over a hamster, but I've had 12 and cried when everyone of them died. My first one was most special to me. I was a very shy child and we moved to a competely different state with a completely different culture than what I was used to so I was having a hard time making friends. I was 9. I started begging for a hamster and the search was on. We went to 5 pet stores and were going to keep searching until I found the one I wanted. He lived for 3 years and was the most amazing little thing. He knew when I was upset, he knew when I wanted to play, and he knew when I just wanted loving.
I also had one of my hamsters put to sleep. He had a GIANT lump on his side... I mean it was probably half the size of him. The vet told us it was probably cancer and asked what I wanted to do. I told them that I didn't want him to suffer so to put him to sleep and they did.