On Monday night, my housemate in Melaka who was looking after her for me there said Hammy was lost and he couldn't find her anywhere. I didn't know how to react when I heard the news and for that I'm feeling somewhat guilty. Having being the owner, I haven't seen Hammy for almost 4 months ever since I left her at Melaka and now I may never get to see her again.
Apparently what happened was, Hammy always disliked being caged in. Since I would normally had her cage on top of my shelf, I would leave the cage door open so she would be free to roam out of the cage around the vicinity on the top of the shelf, just so that she wouldn't feel stressed out being caged in. Whenever I forgot to open the cage door, she would normally chew on the cage and signal me.
Before flying back to Kuching for my internship, I had planned to sneak Hammy through but then the risk (and the penalty fine) was too much if she was caught because I couldn't bring her on board and I couldn't bring her back to Melaka either. I did tried to call AirAsia to ask whether animals were allowed on board even if I got a health permit from the vet and they just responded that animals or pets are STRICTLY PROHIBITED. I had no choice but to leave Hammy in Melaka knowing what was at stake.
After I left for Kuching, my housemate was keeping an eye on her with the cage in the living room. When I called my housemate to check on her, he said she was always chewing on the cage bars, so I told her to let her out of the cage to roam and make sure every possible exit route was sealed. So my housemate did just that for quite some time and according to my housemate, she would normally end up at the same spot waiting for him to bring her up into her cage. It was usually safe since the living room of our rented house is practically empty with nothing.
But on that monday, she never came back.
I asked my housemate to search the fridge and the washing machine, probably she got curious and crawled into the holes and got stuck inside. According to him, the main entrance door was sealed shut and every possible hole was too small for Hammy to go through. I've asked him to set small traps by scattering sunflower seeds at corners and leave the cage on the floor of the living room with the door open and wait for her to return back. I really don't know wad to do right now. The last time I saw Hammy was through a webcam my housemate video called on msn. I can't help but feel so damn fucking helpless and the fact that I'm opposite across the South China Sea isn't really helping at all in any bit.
I hope she comes back safe and sound. I really miss her.
Sigh...
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10 Comments:
--------------------------------------------------Hammy... hammy... where r u?
By 
lkwah86, at
12:21 AM
Sorry to hear abotu your ham-ham, Dez. Hope she's found soon.
One of my hams got lost twice and came back. Twice! We keep them upstairs in a room and the following morning we found the prodigal daughter looking for food downstairs. Don't give up hope okay!
By mrronnieteo, at
12:00 PM
*sobs* sigh.. hopefully she comes back...
By Dezmond, at
12:09 PM
I'm sorry. Okay, I'll pray for her to return =)
By leo7_lion, at
10:50 PM
hey sorry to hear your loss, I do hope she will come back after roaming around for fun...
sigh..i hate the feeling of a loss pet... though I didnt experience it before...
anywayz, dont take it too hard if ...she decides not to return, perhaps she found a better place somewhere to live in :) ok?
By Lisa, at
10:47 AM
thanks guy, I'm fine I guess.. just hope she gets back to her cage soon before she starves to death~
By Dezmond, at
11:42 AM
damn i didnt know we owned the same species of hamster! i loved mine. she died last year. old age. dont worry. usually when we let her out to roam about the house she will cleverly crawl back to her own cage and sleep on her bed from exhaustion. we would just need to close back the cage door before going to bed. but once she did not comeback. she didnt turn up. there was no sign of her. even the sunflower seeds we laid out were untouched! we got so scared. for 2 days she was missing. then one day, she just turned up, as if nothing had happened. we still dont know where she went. but like people i guess, sometime hamsters need a little change of scenery. dont worry, im sure she is fine wherever she is
By 1n$aTiab13 Adventurer, at
3:18 AM
Read this post about the loss of your pet hamster a month ago. Visiting here again hoping to hear the good news that she has been found.
By 9PEK9BO, at
7:58 PM
so cuteee.. been long since the last time i taken care of one. being a bad owner =( lolll
but they did multiply too muchhh
By Unknown, at
8:23 PM
hello thr,
i got ur blogspot add from facebook, the sarawak kolok mee?!and i saw this post..damn..i feel so sad..did u find Hammy in the end?
