Hello there, our beloved Ivan has left us this morning as it was unbearable to let him suffer a painful slow death as his liver and kidneys seemed to have failed completely yesterday evening. I fought a hopeless battle for the last weeks, but I am content for having made his last days easier and for giving him a few days more on earth. If a hamster shows impaired moving and starts to eat less and less you have to make the decision ... an I did, as painful as it was. Ivan was the first hamster ever (and I had about 25 hamsters in the last years) I had to have euthanized. This was a line I never wanted to cross but I had to and I did. Now I

Hello there, today I could record my 2500th pageview. That marks a milestone! Someone might ask "Why so few?" - I think I can answer that. Comparing my work to most that's published by others here mine is simply poor quality, let's face it. The pics arme mostly cheered by hardcore hamster or rodent lovers which forgive general picture quality for the subject. For all the people who already thought that but never dared to speak up: feel invited to groan about the quality, make suggestions ;-) To make pictures of such small and agile animals is a very hard job, as many of you might already know, you have to deal with very small depth of fie

Sorry for being away such a long time, I had a hard time to recover, but keep getting better. After Perlita I gave three further little Hamsters a good home from which I will be posting photos shortly. Today have to celebrate my 150th deviation, woohooo! ;-) Just visit frequently for new rodent sensations. Daniele