I reckon my hamster has had a stroke

[Inghouls2]

It's gone all lopsided and is slow and looks odd... well.. just like a human who's had a stroke really.
Is this possible or am I being completely barmy?

[Inghouls2]

Thanks for that link Milliways that's great...
now..how do I know it's not an ear infection?

[Frrrightattendant]

Oh and we FOUND him (nicholas Ridley - the book one) running across the road at midnight after a school concert. We thought he was a rat, took him home, no tail, bought a small cage...thus began the great hamster legend.

He used to have visions. He would suddenly stand up, arms (arms?) outstretched, as though experiencing an epiphany, then 'squeak!' suddenly and carry on with his activities.

[Inghouls2]

Hard hearted? moi?

[Inghouls2]

and
double
You picked up what you thought was a rat off the road!!!
Christ alive!

[Frrrightattendant]

Well you don't really expect it to be a hamster do you.
We were reckless teens. It looked kind of smallish and well, it didn't run like a rat.
It just seemed to be thinking it was a rat iyswim. But it wasn't.

[Inghouls2]

PMSL.....
What did your parents say?
Imagine rehoming an escapee hamster with delusions of Ratiness

[Frrrightattendant]

Don't get me started on my parents we were quite strange kids, they were even stranger!

I am glad the hamster story has made you laugh. It does make me a bit misty eyed, those were the days...

I hope yours is Ok. She sounds very loved.

[Inghouls2]

It did Fright... Thanks..
I'll get you on your parents another night

[bronze]

I had a hamster (campbell) thats eyes fell out too

[Frrrightattendant]

Aha see my theory is correct - name a hamster after a politician and its eyes will fall out! Told you it was common

[bronze]

He was a russiam campbell I think he was one of the pair called Boris and Ivan
They he may have been Omsk or Tomsk

[Inghouls2]

I had a restless night after this thread last night. I kept dreaming of exploding hamsters with eyes hanging out of their heads
Anyway got up to examine hammy and one of it's eyes is very bulgy!
quite unnerving... Not sure it's always been that bulgy or if my imagination has now completely run away with itself..
funnily enough these hamsters were actually for ds2, but after about a week he couldn't touch them anymore because of their eyes. He was too frightened their eyes would pop out if he squeezed them.
He's obviously psychic poor chap!

[LittleRedCar]

Is this like a Hallowe'en Hammy Thread, Inghouls?

Do I need to hide behind my sofa soon?

[Inghouls2]

God I hope not.....

[LittleRedCar]

[Frrrightattendant]

Oh gawd yes they might. Do be gentle

Bronze sorry I assumed you meant the name was Campbell as in Alistair.

[Frrrightattendant]

although utter admiration for names Omsk and Tomsk

[LittleRedCar]

IIRC, didn't one of your hammies try to kill the other when you first got them, Inghouls?

Cannibal Hamsters!

[Blondeshavemorefun]

hammys eyes popping out

ingles - glad your hammy seems to be eating/moving etc

so sounds as if should be ok

as for the rest of you

you should be ashamed of yourselves taking the piss out of dead/blind hamsters!!!!!

[LittleRedCar]

This reminds me of that awful dead Catfish thread a while back...

[Blondeshavemorefun]

blondes LOVED her colin and was devestated when died

[LittleRedCar]

Yeah, so much so that you chucked him in the bin in a Somerfield bag, fgs!

[Blondeshavemorefun]

what should i have done?

flushed him down the toilet

he was HUGE

do you want to see a pic of him to remind you?

[Inghouls2]

You've got a bloody good memory LRC
yep, this is the victim... so still have 2 hammies in 2 cages atm
I remember your grim lovely catfish blondes.... Did you replace him?

[Blondeshavemorefun]

you remember colin ingles



i LOVED colin - i was HEARTBROKEN when he died

and yes have replaced brought a new one called

CLIVE

the only problem is that only seen clive twice since we brought him month ago and tank is getting grimy

so either clive is lazy or dead [hcry]