My inspiration for this post came from my dear, longtime blogging friend, Debbie @ Musings by an ND Domer's Mom, who is not only a gifted...
I know many people see hamsters as rodents; likening them to either a mouse or a rat, which technically they are, but I can’t help it….I love them!
To me hamsters are so damn cute, I just wanna pick them up, squeeze them, and then chew on them.
When I was a kid, I had an all-white hamster named, Snowball. And my mother (being a HUGE animal lover) had this thing about permitting our pets to periodically run free around the house because she didn't like to see them caged up all the time. Therefore, every once in a while we would let Snowball out of his confinement, allowing him to be BORN FREE.
*note: this was before they invented the hamster run-about ball
On this one particular day while playing with Snowball, he suddenly ran under a space between the floor and the lower kitchen cabinets and got behind the wall.
OMG…I freaked out!
I remember running upstairs like a panicked drag queen that had just lost an eyelash onstage, flailing my arms and screaming to mother, “HELP! HELP! SNOWBALL JUST RAN BEHIND THE KITCHEN CABINET AND I CAN’T FIND HIM. HELP!!!!! HELP ME FIND HIM, PLEEEEEASE!!!!”
My mother immediately followed me downstairs and began opening the kitchen cabinets, throwing all the pots and pans on the floor in the hopes of finding Snowball inside the cabinets. She then took a flashlight and searched within the space under the cabinets, but alas….Snowball was nowhere to be found.
She also had the idea of placing some of his hamster food along the perimeter of the kitchen cabinets in the hopes of LURING him out.
I sat there on the floor for the rest of the day and the next morning, just staring at the kitchen cabinets and waiting for Snowball to peek his little head out. But no….he never showed up.
I finally came to the horrible realization that Snowball was lost behind the walls of our home forever, and would eventually turn into a hamster carcass.
In honored of the late passing of my dear Snowball, I would like to share a few photos I found online of some of the most precious hamsters…
Okay, have you ever seen such a cute face in all your life? Admit it.
Say hello to, Mr. Jowls.
This hamster looks like a Tibetan monk master sitting in prayer position.
I’m wondering if this is what happens to your hair if you eat too much broccoli.
This hamster looks part hamster, part dog.
I just wanna kiss his little nose.
Ah…What’s up Doc?
This is the first professional hamster basketball player. Dribbling.
And now, a proper memorial for Snowball….
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