Wordless Wednesday #12

Have a great Wednesday everyone! :D

Wordless Wednesday #11

Here are some photos of Willow being adorable as usual ;)

'Hello?..'

'I see you!..'

Have a great Wednesday everyone!

Saturday PhotoHunt - 'Celebrate'

So today's Saturday PhotoHunt theme is 'Celebrate'!

So I thought I would edit a random picture of Willow and add in some fireworks (and 3D glasses, for reasons unknown to myself..)

I hope everyone is having a great start to 2013, and is CELEBRATING the start of the new year.

Sorry I haven't posted much this week - I have been so busy!

Will try to post more often this week!

Saturday PhotoHunt - 'Add'

Me ADD my hamster = a happy Hannah and a happy hamster!

(Don't worry - I didn't really kiss her!)

Visit the Saturday Photohunt Blog to see the upcoming themes and play along.

Wordless Wednesday #10

I can't believe I have already done 10 Wordless Wednesdays! That's 10 weeks! Wow.. time just flies by doesn't it? And it's the beginning of the new year too... Anyway - on with this week's Wordless Wednesday (with a few words beforehand ;) )

These photos are of Willow in her new play fort I was given for Christmas. She loves it! I will be doing a full post about the play fort soon, so watch this space!

Willow trying to escape, as usual! (but not succeeding in the end!)

View of the whole play fort with Willow exploring inside.

'Hello'

Wordless Wednesday #9

Hope you all head a great Christmas, and are enjoying boxing day!

Here are a few pictures of Willow in her bed - her hair has gone all spiky so she now looks like a punk hamster! ;) Bedhead or what?!

Have a great New Year and enjoy the rest of the holiday!

Wordless Wednesday #8

Haven't got round to taking any festive photos of Willow yet unfortunately - I've been too busy! :(

I will try my best to take some Christmas themed hamster photos before Christmas, but I am not sure wheter I will have time or not... We'll just have to wait and see...

On the plus side, I've found some adorable Christmas hamster photos I thought I'd share with you, even if I didn't take them and they aren't Willow.

Via here.

Via here.

Hope you have a great Christmasy Wednesday and are excited about Christmas!

Willow's Post - Sleeping...

I don't really have a lot to say today, except that it is nearly Christmas!

I have been happily munching away at food, running in my wheel, and sleeping my days away. And would you believe that it is now only 11 days till Christmas?

Hannah is popping to the pet shop this weekend to go and find me a present. I can't wait to see what it is! I hope it is something edible...

On another topic, I have been getting into some weird sleeping habits now.

I like to stuff my little house so full with sawdust and bedding so that the roof of my bed pops right off. Then I just carry on and go to sleep with the roof completely off - which Hannah says completely defeats the point of having a roof to the house...

I don't really get that cold, but I think Hannah worries that I will get cold if the roof comes off, so she is going to put slightly less bedding in so that when I add more sawdust my house doesn't explode...

Do your pets or hamsters have any weird sleeping or general habits?

Put them in the comments below!

- Willow x

Wordless Wednesday #7

Had a little fun messing about with editing stuff - and yes, I do realize that the pictures look pretty rubbish, but never mind. I had fun and I thought they were something different.

Have a great Wednesday!

(It is the 12/12/12 today, and we all celebrated at 12:12:12! This is the last time it will happen in 100 years though...)

Willow's Post - It's nearly Christmas!

I am so excited for Christmas! This will be my first ever Christmas, and I am really happy cause I might get presents! Yay! -and those presents may even be edible if I'm lucky!... yumm...

Last year Hannah bought Lolly (R.I.P) a special hamster stocking with loads of treats in in from Pets at Home, and I hope she buys me one too! It looks like the perfect Christmas treat, and Hannah says it's only £3.50!! What a bargain! :D

The stocking is by Rotastak, and contains fruity shapes, choc drops, chews and toys. It is suitable for all small pets, including mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters - you get the gist.


Hope you like this post, and are excited for Christmas too! :D

If you want to look at the stocking online at Pets at Home, click here.

Hamster stocking picture from here.

- Willow x

Willow's Post - View from my cage

Hi everyone! It's Willow here.

Today is going to be a bit of a random post, so sorry about that. I am going to be talking about the view from my cage.

My cage is on one side of the playroom, and I can see the whole room from my cage.

I like standing on my hind legs and having a good lock around to see what is there. My favourite thing in the playroom is the sofa. When I escaped once, I hid under the sofa and it took Hannah a long time to get me out from under there! (If you want to read the escape post, click here)

On the side of my cage is some boxes (I don't really know what's in them but I think it's art stuff), and on the other side is Risk. (the board game which Hannah always wins! ;) )

I like where my cage is. cause there aren't any drafts as I'm not on the floor, and I feel safe.

Where are your pet's cages?

- Willow x

Wordless Wednesday #5

Willow looking slightly evil and creepy there!

Have a great Wednesday!

Willow's Post - Hamster tubes!

Hi everyone!

Today I am going to talk about tubes - cause all hamsters love them! (Well, I assume most hamsters love them - I don't see how they can't!)

There are lots of different types of tubes you can get for your hamsters cage. Hannah often put's toilet roll tubes inside my cage, cause it's completely safe and really cheap, seeing as she needs the loo paper anyway!

Some people worry that nibbling the cardboard is bad for hamsters, but it actually isn't. We rarely eat the cardboard, we are likely to store it in our cheeks and take it back to our house for storing or bedding.

It is also good for our teeth to chew the cardboard, as it wears down our teeth so that they don't get too long.

You can also get plastic tubes which you buy from the shops, but in my opinion these aren't as good as cardboard ones you can buy as plastic isn't very good for us if we chew it.

The best tubes I think are the natural hay tubes you can but in most pet shops.You can eat these and play in these and it's really healthy! 

They are called 'Natural Meadow HAY n HIDE Edible Play Tube' by Rosewood. (pic below) They are about £3.99, which I don't think is that bad considering how healthy and fun they are!

Hamster Tube

Set of 3 tubes picture from here.

Hope you like this post! - Willow x

Wordless Wednesday #4

Willow having what I call a 'silent moment' on my hand.

Willow fell asleep with her nose poking out her house. CUTE!

I know I said I would be putting watermarks on my photos now, but these ones aren't very good so I haven't bothered. (I haven't had time to take proper photos with a good camera recently - I've just been using my phone, which isn't very good quality, so I decided there wasn't much point in putting a watermark on them)

Anyway, hope you like the photos and have a great Wednesday!

Willow's Post - Water bottles?

Today I have decided to do a post on water bottles and how often you should change them etc.

I think it's important to change the water at least once every 3 days if possible. This will keeps me (and other hamsters) healthy, and - let's face it - no-one likes drinking stale water which has been there for days.

Hannah changes my water every 3 days usually, sometimes more often, or if she forgets sometimes 4 days after she last changed it.. though seeing as she picks me up every day and is quite obsessed with playing with me, it's very rare that she does forget!

It won't kill me, or any other hamster, if you change the water once a week. It just isn't that nice for us. However, with some hamsters when the water hasn't been changed for ages, (I mean for longer than a week e.g. 2 weeks), they might stop drinking water if it is often stale, and this does lead to illnesses... - so be careful.

Now I don't want you to stop reading this and think "Arrghhh! I only change the water once a week - my hamster will die!", cause that's simply not true. Just bare what I have said in mind for the future. That's all I ask of you. :)

Hope you enjoyed this post, and I hope you found this helpful!

- Willow x

Wordless Wednesday #3

Been taking some photos with Dad's camera (which is one of those big camera's which focus really well), so I have some cute photos of Willow which are actually good quality too!

I have added a watermark to them so people don't take my photos without my permission. What do you think? Is that a good idea or a bad idea? Feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Hope you like the photos and have a good Wednesday!

Willow's Post - Flash photography

Hannah really likes taking photos of me. Sometimes I don't feel like having my photo taken and I'm quite hyper, so Hannah doesn't bother with the photos, but sometimes I am in a really calm mood and Hannah takes some photos of me and she puts them on this blog.

I don't mind having my photos taken, because Hannah is still really gentle with me, and she doesn't use flash so it's fine. Some people do use flash, and that would bother me, cause flash really damages our eyes! Hamster eyes are really delicate- though some people ignore that and take photos with flash just so that their photos are better! Some people...

Lots of people don't realize how bad the camera flash is for hamsters. We're not like humans, the flash effects us long-term. We are nocturnal creatures, so our eyes are made for seeing in the dark. When there is a really bright flash then it goes back to normal light again, our eyes just can't cope. I don't think Hannah has ever used flash on me, but I can imagine that it would be painful.
Flash photography can cause pets to go blind, which is really sad because your owner is practically swapping your eyesight for some cute snaps by accident! :(

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Sorry about my little hamster-rant, but it needed to be said. DON'T USE FLASH PEOPLE!

- Willow x

Wordless Wednesday #2

Sorry for the bad image quality - it was taken on my sister's iPhone but when you upload the photos they go slightly blurry. Never mind... on with the post!

Here are just a few pictures of Willow I took earlier this week.

'Freeze!'

'Yummmm... Tasty!'

Have a great Wednesday and hope you like the pictures!

Willow's Post - Hannah's back!

Hi everyone! Just wanted to update you all on how everything is going now Hannah is back from holiday :)

When Hannah got back she was very excited and she woke me up from my snooze to say hello and give me a hug. I was tired at first, but once I had woken up I was excited too.

Hannah took a few photos of me, and she let me run around for a little bit while she watched, then she held me some more.

I missed her while she was away. Her sister fed me but she didn't hold me much .. not like Hannah anyway. Hannah holds me every day mostly, unless there is a reason why she can't.

I like that cause it lets me stretch my legs a bit and I can explore.

When she put me back in my cage I went and grabbed the food she left there for me, and snuck it into my secret stash. [*don't tell anyone, but it's my house.. shhh*]

I'll talk more next Friday about what's happening and keep you updated.

Willow x

Caption Contest

On the 1st of the month, every month, I will be doing a caption contest, where I will post a picture and people have to write a funny caption underneath the post in the comments.

If at all possible, I would be grateful to anyone who puts this on their blog, as because this caption contest is new not a lot of people know about it and I need people to enter!

If you win the caption contest you will get a badge for your blog, which I will post the HTML to so you can add it.

So, here is the first picture:

All you have to do is comment with a funny caption and you could win!

Hope you like this idea, and please enter!