Coco the fat fat

We haven't properly introduced Coco on this blog.

He has been called the "Eric Cartman", "Fat Fat", "Smelly", "Dan Dan", and many more, due to the following reasons:

Initially he refused to be tamed;
He eats a lot;
His gland scent is horribly smelly;
He bites us sometimes;
He wants to eat when he knows we are eating.

Now we can handle him and he is super adorable. We have also changed the bedding to control his odor.

This is how happy he is when he's eating (he has various positions, this is standing up):
This is when we figured out how to pick him up when he is rounder and couldn't resist:

Lot's of fun with Coco ♥♥♥   

We will show more photos and videos of him here, meanwhile do check out our instagram (๑>ㅂ<)❤

Lulu our lovely lady

Lulu has left us for a better place.

Yesterday (27 Feb) we still saw her actively foraging around her cage and playing with her favorite tissue. At night, she looked visibly weaker and tired. I took a photo of her and posted to instagram:

I never expect that would be her last photo T_T

We brought Mimi and Lulu back to our home on 17th March 2012. Lulu looked more aged and bigger so we guessed she was about 2 or 3 months old by then. She outlived Mimi and finally walked her path on 28th February 2014.

Thank you for the two years with us. Mimi and Lulu are my first pair of hamsters and they are so sweet.

I felt enormous feeling overpowering me even though I had prepared for her passing. I cried for every pet that passed on, including pet that is not my own.

It was not easy to take care a critically ill hamster. We have seen three different vets for Lulu's chronic flu from September until November 2013. She was finally stabilised in December with occasional small recurrence. We were trying so much to put her back on weight after the vet's recommendation while she's recovering well from flu. Many hamster owners on Instagram have been very helpful, generously giving many tips and advice in the way that I can never imagine. Thank you all.

We love you Lulu, so so much. We will miss kissing your forehead, telling you we love you, every day.
This is the amount of time you spent with us:

We love you for 23 months, 1 week, and 4 days, your whole life time.

We buried her at the beautiful park, the same place as we buried Mimi 9 months ago, a nice place that faces the fountain of the park. We played Medicine Buddha and Avalokitesvara Boddhisattva's prayer songs accompany her burial. We are also glad that this time we managed to tell Lulu at her last moment that she's a good girl, and we will meet again in another life.

Be close to Buddha's path and be enlightened.
Om Mani Padme Hum
Tadyanta Om Bedkanze Bedkanze Maha Bedkanze Randza Samung Gate Soha