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Paint on my hamster!

Robinredbreast said:
OMG, just too cute, he is adorable, just like Dory and Dizzy. My grown up daughter used to have hamsters when she was a teenager, Nibbles, Fudge and Teddy Bear <3
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Lol. What FAB names for a hamster. Bumpy boy got his name because the first time I held him, he was a bit scitterish and ran up my arm, flew off my shoulder onto the floor and lay there with his paws in the air. I thought I'd killed him! Bent down to pick him up just as he raised himself from the dead, scampering off under my kitchen unit. Getting him back out & into his cage was like a James Bond plot. Lol. So, "Monty" became Bumpy Boy after his shoulder dive. Seemed to suit him better. X
 
We've had gerbils (didn't get the Black Death from them ;)) guinea pigs and rats in the past, but never a hamster apart from one my daughter looked after in the school holidays one time. I didn't realise until later that his space station playground didn't have a bottom in some places and the little bu$$er had left a neat circular hole in the carpet where one of the cylinders was. Fortunately I had an offcut somewhere and was able to cut and bed in a replacement piece.
 
Rub vegetable oil into the paint - this will loosen it, and is non toxic. It can then be washed off with soapy water. It also works on your hands and is much kinder than white spirit.
 
I am deeply ashamed to admit that both dogs now have wood varnish on their fur.

Admitting this on the forum is part of my penance. :sorry:
There is no excuse. But the little pests did everything they possibly could to achieve their goal (a slightly spiky brown tipped look).
 
Brunneria said:
I am deeply ashamed to admit that both dogs now have wood varnish on their fur.

Admitting this on the forum is part of my penance. :sorry:
There is no excuse. But the little pests did everything they possibly could to achieve their goal (a slightly spiky brown tipped look).
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They'll blend in better with the house now then.:D
 
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