27thNovember2012

I am feeling terribly sick at the moment, I have just found one of my baby male hamsters, dead and headless. He was disposed of quickly once finding him, as my dad had only just came home and was able to sort it out for me. I'm literally speechless at the moment, I can't believe this has happened. I don't even want to imagine the pain that hamster went through before its death, all I can hope is that it was already dead before the others started eating it. I know that there's a chance that baby hamsters will be eaten, but I would have never thought at this age; they're over a month old now. I'm feeling rather sad at the moment, it hasn't been a good time with my animals lately.
Just yesterday I noticed my hamster Mash, has a finger missing. I can only assume that this is due to her and Barley fighting. They use to fight every few days, but I have not heard them doing so for over a month now. The missing finger looks recent, as it's inflamed, and I do not believe that this will cause her much difficulty in the future of her life. It didn't seem to be causing her much pain when I was inspecting it yesterday, or at least I hope this is the case. I wish that all of my hamsters could get along nicely.
Last night I kicked up about Webster, I missed him greatly and couldn't get to sleep because it was playing on my mind. I texted my friend for comfort, but sadly they were already asleep or too busy to be there for me at that time. It really hasn't sank in that much, I just want him back.
I am in a drinking mood because of all of this, and because I haven't touched any alcoholic beverage in a month now; where I got completely wrecked at my friends party. It will be Strongbow that I'll be drinking tonight, and nothing over four cans as I am serious lightweight, which is good at times as it means I don't have to spend much, but of course bad because I lose control of myself very easily. I hopefully won't drink that much tonight though, as I want to go into college tomorrow to get some coursework done, this however may not be the case when I wake up tomorrow. I have a piece of coursework coming up next week that's rather difficult, as it's about my own project that I have thought up. It's revolved around my hamsters; seeing the time it takes for different selection of hamsters to get through a maze and their intelligence level. The different selections of hamsters will include comparisons of males and females, age differences and hamsters from a home environment and those from a work environment (animal college). It is the research project proposal that is in for next week, the proper research project will be carried out from the start of January to the end of April.