Sunday, August 13, 2006

The "Cowardly Lion Face" Captured!!

I got a picture of Sunny's famous "cowardly lion face!" Enjoy! (You can click on the picture for maximum detail of his squinty-ness.)

Saturday, August 05, 2006

Screechy screech stuff

So Salvador the hamster has been the source of lots of hamster screech-screech lately. He joined us last month, and Sandy used to be my only screecher. Sunny would try to squeeze through a small space while Sandy was there and Sandy would be like "EEEE! EEEE!" And Sunny would just get all squinty. He gets that squinty face the cowardly lion gets, and that really looks funny, I should try to get his picture sometime when he does that. When Salvador entered the hamster family, HE was the big mouth! He's also the only hamster who's NOT an albino, so his eyes are big and black instead of red, and he has gray, brown, and black in his fur. Believe it or not, I think this has something to do with what's going on in that cage. I think he called Sunny "whitey" or something, because all of a sudden SUNNY had things to say! He was just laying on his back all squinty with his mouth open screaming at Sal! I went to pick him up so he would relax and he screamed at me and stayed on his back. Sunny is a big drama queen. Yes, he's a boy, but he's a drama queen. Sal gets like an inch away from him in the cage and Sunny goes "EE! EE! EE! EE!..." with his cowardly lion-looking face. Sometimes Sandy runs up to them and yells "EEE! E!" as if to say "WILL YOU TWO SHUT UP AND LEMME EAT MY SEED?!" Matthew sometimes knocks their heads together and they say "E!" Forget the mice thumping around and squealing at each other in their 10 gallon tank. It's the hamsters with their little arguments that wake me during the night. It'll be 3:30am and I'll wake up to "EEEEEEEE!!!! EEEE!!" And it makes me so mad that I carry the cage into the kitchen so I can get back to sleep!