More Murphy!

This is a picture of Murphy, posing in a little pine needle basket I made for Mom's birthday. I made it in time for her birthday, but not in time to send it to her!

I had to take about 15 pictures to get four that were really good. She was a wonderful model in that she stayed in the basket, but she kept looking around and washing her face!

Murphy's about 2 years old now. She's a perfect little hamster, loves to explore and eat treats. When she gets tired and wants to go to bed, she lets you know by nibbling on you.

Murphy

In my opinion, Chinese dwarf hamsters are the nicest hamsters of all. When I worked at Petsmart, among my other duties, I took out and showed the fuzzy things to the customers. The only breed that never bit me were the Chinese dwarfs. My sister used to have one, and so did another pet store I worked for. Murphy used to go with me to work, and shared lunch with me.

She gets lost so easily, though. The cats are still intent on finding out if she's tasty, so when we lose her, it's doubly terrifying. It'll be better when we get rats again. They don't get lost so easily, and Skeet learned that rats aren't as afraid of him as hamsters are. I remember when they first met... they walked right up to Skeet and started going through his fur. That freaked him out really fast.



These pictures were taken as she sat in my lap. She's quite photogenic if you can get her to hold still long enough!

Missing Hamster

Murphy, our little Chinese dwarf hamster, went missing last night. She was exploring on the computer desk, when all of a sudden I realized I couldn't see her anymore. After 10 frantic minutes of looking, I found her in this little squashy place (I have no idea what it's for) that I didn't think even she could fit into. As you can see from the picture, even she was moving around chin to the ground. I gave her some seeds, and she seemed content to spend the night in there, so we had to flush her out with a pen.

Murphy

This is Murphy, our newest addition to the family. She's a chinese dwarf hamster. I take her in a Kritter Keeper to work, and she eats lunch with me. She's discovered peanut butter, and I think we have a fan! She has the most adorable little star on her forehead, and when I pet her head, she closes her eyes and almost goes to sleep! She's named after Murphy from the Dresden files books.