19 Aug 2007, 3:45 am
Some people compulsively gamble. Some people smoke crack. Some people shoot heroin. I take pictures of small cute fuzzy things. My latest binge:
This is Simon. Simon is female. Why is a female hamster named Simon? "I reattached a girl's leg once...."
Simon is a 5 month old banded Syrian. When she was about a month old she escaped her cage and got into my roommate's moron fiance's hair dye and ended up hot pink. It was really bright then but it's faded to a dull tint now.
She likes hanging out on my laptop when I want to type something. At least she's too light to push any keys.
This behavior confounds some of our roommates.
When I get the camera out she likes to either move around too much for me to get a shot off, or pose for me:
Here we are the day of the dye incident, after a thorough rinsing off to prevent the eating of debatably nutritious pink hair dye:
She makes effective use of the other residents of the house:
More posing:
I should remember to use "Close-up" mode on the camera next time.
Having pets is better than crack. Or WoW. Or whatever.
19 Aug 2007, 3:47 am
19 Aug 2007, 6:33 am
I really, really want a pet mouse but can't have one until I'm settled in one place for 2 years 
they don't do so well if put through the x-ray at airports ....
more pics please while I'm waiting
lelia
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19 Aug 2007, 8:56 am
Aaaaaaawww! 
19 Aug 2007, 10:16 am
I would like to have one of those adorable nutria I keep hearing about as a pet.
19 Aug 2007, 7:34 pm
19 Aug 2007, 8:01 pm
19 Aug 2007, 8:27 pm
You mean nutria isn't just the Spanish word for otter?
19 Aug 2007, 11:21 pm
Adorable? They hiss.
The only hamster I had (named Ham, of course)
was our Guinea Pig's pet (who was named pork).
It became undead, and was a terror to all who
dealt with it.
19 Aug 2007, 11:33 pm
You mean nutria isn't just the Spanish word for otter?
It's the name of the undercoat of the pictured animal - They use them to make fur coats and such. Forgot their real name.
20 Aug 2007, 12:04 am
You mean nutria isn't just the Spanish word for otter?
It's the name of the undercoat of the pictured animal - They use them to make fur coats and such. Forgot their real name.
Yes nutria is Spanish for otter. And nutria were used to make fur coats. But when it comes right down to it. They are very large river rats from South America.
Here's a better (for anyone who hasn't seen one before) photo showing the size of one.
20 Aug 2007, 1:15 am
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20 Aug 2007, 6:29 pm
She likes hanging out on my laptop when I want to type something. At least she's too light to push any keys.
Maybe she's doing web searchs for single young male hamsters
20 Aug 2007, 7:15 pm
