How to Keep Your Hamster Cool

First off, big apologies for my absence, I've been finishing my degree but its all done now (yay). Seen as summer is rapidly approaching I thought I would do a post on how to keep your hamsters cool in the hot weather!

Some of it is common sense, and some are cool little tricks I have picked up over my time as a hamster owner:

• Keep the window open in the room they are kept in
• Use a fan to circulate the air if it is getting stuffy
• Freeze baby food in ice cube trays and give them a cube of it every day
• Refill water every day no matter how much is gone
• Part freeze the water bottle (only part, keep an eye on them as they can burst if left too long)
• Place a cup or plate in the fridge and let it cool right down, then put it in the cage for them to lie on if they get too hot. I put the plate under the substrate to cool one area down

That is pretty much my tips and tricks for the coming summer, I also made a video on it here:

I should be back to posting more often now :D

Contest!

Ok, sorry I haven't been around, I've been finishing uni and taking a bit of a break after the A-Z challenge. I have a contest currently on my Youtube, so I will put the link here for anyone who would like to enter:

Enter here :)

New Youtube Intro

I'm so proud of my new intro! I finally managed to get round to making a proper one, and just wanted to share it with you all! I will be back to posting normally soon, after this degree is finished, so see you on the other side <3

Quick post!

Sorry for the radio silence, I've been doing uni work :(. Almost done now though. This is just a quick post to say Inky is doing another one of her amazing giveaways over at her blog.

Check it out and enter for the chance to win a great small animal bed!

Captain Teemo

I don't have time for a proper post at the moment (stupid uni work) but check out this video to see my new "well done for finishing uni" present. I got it early because it was the first time my local pets at home had a long haired hamster in!

The video is here, go look :D

Captain Teemo the hamster

Youtube

I have probably mentioned this before but I have a Youtube which is all about hamster care :D. Please check it out here and subscribe if you have time <3

I bought this on eBay a while ago, isn't it cute?

Well...

I've been putting this post off, but anyone who watches my Youtube will already know. The other morning I found both my mice had passed away. There was no reason for it, and it still upsets me. They were both curled up in their bed together, and they had passed away. I still don't understand why, nothing was different the night before, but I've decided there is no point dwelling on it any more. There was obviously a plan for them at the rainbow bridge.

R.I.P Girls, gone but never forgotten