what's going on?
you just decide to flop over
you just you just flop over like that you can't even- you're not even seen!
wake up okay well
it's been like two months since I did my last pet vlog or pet updates sort of video and
you guys have been asking to see the rest of the pets so that is what I thought I would
do today
the first update I have is not a happy one and if you don't follow me on social media
or you don't see my community tab posts then you wouldn't know that on August 5th I had
to put Lenny to sleep
something that I hadn't told anybody was that Lenny had developed a fast-growing internal
stomach tumour
and because of his age, he was two years and three months and because of where it was it
was internally in his stomach this wasn't like something that was growing externally
off of him that could just be easily removed there was no other option other than to watch
and see when the right time to put him to sleep was
this was a very hard decision for me to make because it's not always obvious when the right
time to put your pet to sleep is
Lenny's stomach tumour was about 20 grams of his body weight and for a hamster that
is an extreme amount of weight to be carrying on that isn't your normal body weight
I didn't want the tumour to continue to grow to the point where it was making it hard for
him to do anything else
Lenny had also increased his drinking amounts and I was really concerned that the tumour
was pushing on other organs causing him some sort of pain or other issues inside of his
body and that is why I came to the decision to put him to sleep
I will forever be grateful for adopting Lenny because he made me understand that not every
single hamster has to interact with you to have some sort of connection and that we need
to respect our pets boundaries on what they prefer if they don't want human interaction
or not and I'm grateful for him because he helped other hamster owners recognize that
in their own hamsters as well
I know that update wasn't a happy one but I hope the rest of the pets can cheer you
guys up so let's go see what they're up to
JJ are you having a good time relaxing
are you the king of the castle
and then we have the peasant who lives on the ground
the troll
Sadie are you a troll
are you a troll
sir this is not a wendy's
don't eat it JJ
gosh
here you can play with this for a little
JJ
Sadie that's not sharing
Sadie give it
to me
you want to play with it?
Sadie
quit being a snatch, you little turd burglar
if we can't play nice we can't play at all
you want to tell them how you guys are doing
oh shoot no no no wait! wait!
good job! so the rabbits have been pretty decent um Cleo has been fine uh I don't know
if you can tell by their fur but they are molting again so Cleo is very molty and Lola
in my last update I talked about her GI stasis and getting her blood work so it finally got
done
can you spin, spin good job
it finally got done and essentially all of her levels were pretty good um i can't remember
the two that were slightly lower that could possibly indicate kidney disease i think it
was it was like a couple of months ago that this got done but my vet agreed with me Lola
stresses way too much to go to the vet
and like for them to do anything for them to get blood work out of her they had to sedate
her and that's obviously not a fun option or like the best option so we decided we weren't
gonna do any more tests because it's not worth it to bring her to the vet to cause so much
stress
she genuinely hates it so, for now, she is okay she does have her bouts of GI which is
just what she does she basically will not eat for hours and act like she's sick and
then she just decides she's fine which is completely weird
but I don't know we're dealing with it and if anything else gets worse then obviously
we'll go to the vet but and then she is a little bit thinner and I did notice that so
she has been getting extra critical care to help her gain more weight
you are shedding like crazy and you won't let me brush you
so before Waddles wakes up tonight I wanted to add in this grapevine wood piece and this
cork log for him because he really liked this one and I'm gonna clean up a bit of his enclosure
because he's a little bit made of mess around here and there and some of his sprays need
to be replaced so I'm gonna do that
look at all these seeds
I'm going to wipe this top with a
baby wipe
there has been some confusion as to how many hamsters I currently own and how many I plan
to own and I'm happy to clear that up
as of right now I only currently own Waddles my Chinese hamster
so that leaves this enclosure and this enclosure vacant but that does not mean they're going
to be vacant forever
this enclosure here actually is already planned for my female Syrian hamster that you guys
may already know about because I posted her on my Instagram as well as my community tab
she was supposed to be here in April but there just have been delays and unfortunately, there
is nothing more that I could do other than wait
and the NiteAngel cage will also be housing another hamster
so in total, I eventually will have three hamsters
so hopefully, that clears that up and nobody
is confused
Waddles
hi bud
I had to switch cameras so the quality is a little bit lower but waddles doesn't like
my ring light and my other camera only does good in good light so we have to suffer with
this one
what's this
oh boy big climbs
here
come here
you're gonna run on your wheel
or you're gonna eat your seed oh
look this is a piece of tofu
come here, no come
what's that oh no oh no run
take the tofu so that was a big hit
oh my goodness you're so speedy look at you hi
so as you guys can see Waddles is doing pretty good we're still doing our taming and everything
um he's not fully tame I would not consider him to be fully tamed but we're still working
on it he can be shy sometimes but
as you can see he is doing pretty good
he says no i got places to be mom i don't have time for your snacks
come!
Waddles
and as you guys can see Waddles can run perfectly fine in his very large wheel and he
thoroughly enjoys it I know a couple of people were worried about him not being able to push
it or not being able to run in it but as you can see he clearly can run perfectly fine
in it
hi buddy
come here
see you're so fast
I can't even see where you go
are you gonna climb that
no back in your wheel
go Waddles go!
oh you're just speedy look at you
what are you gonna do
did you cover up your hole
are you silly boy
very silly
do you not want it?
no he's like hmm should i go back in
are you going back in okay goodbye waddles have a good night
so since Waddles is leaving us I will end the video here i hope you guys have enjoyed
and i will see you in my next video bye