Yuki was brought home with us in early Aug-2009 when she's just 6 weeks old.
In that glass cage full of small little hamsters, she stood out as the most active little one, and instantly we knew she's the one we wanted.
I remember fondly when I bring her to my nose and she will push me away with her little hands... and also that day when she dips one leg into our birthday cake and got chocolate all over her!
I also remember how she likes to burrow herself in her bedding, or sleep belly-up in that yellow tube leading up to her mezzanine hideout.
Meow meow likes to hold Yuki up in 2 fingers and shake her around. Interestingly, I think Yuki enjoyed it!!
The very first time we went on holidays, we still thought, how can Yuki survive?? We left her with a bundle of nuts and grains, and a full water bottle... and boy is she a survivor!! Our longest trip away was when we went to USA in Oct/Nov-2010. During that 3 weeks, Yuki was home alone and she took real good care of herself.
Yuki is really fun to play with. She loves her cage so much that even if we leave the cage door open, she will just stand out to take a peek, go around the cage and circles it a few times, then she will climb back in again.
Meow meow can relate one night when Yuki climbed up from the top of the cage when we left it open, and the whole night Yuki was just trying frantically to get back in.
Just few days ago, we bought a new ball for her to play, and also a big new pack of food and bedding.... from a pet shop in JB! I still commented that it's gonna last more than her lifetime!! :(
On 28.03.2011 (Mon), meow meow notices that Yuki's right leg looks swollen. I thought she might have hurt herself while climbing up the sides of the cage. Taking no notice, we thought maybe she will just recover on her own.
On 30.03.2011 (Wed), I did some Google search and numerous sources suggests that maybe Yuki might be suffering from indigestion and constipation, and hence causes her adomen to be swollen.
That night, we feed Yuki some small pieces of carrots and banana, hoping that it will help her ease her condition. I was still thinking that if things don't look good, we should bring her to the vet the next day.
On 31.03.2011 (Thu), I went to Yuki's cage to see how she's doing...
Sadly, I found her motionless inside her favourite dino egg. My heart really drops when I saw her lying there and not answering when I call her name.
Yuki has brought much laughters to our house and bore witness to the many celebrations, dinners and home parties.
In her short Hammy life as a member of our family, she will always be remembered dearly as our Yuki.
