Hello everyone, I decided to start a blogger mainly because of one of my favorite Youtube channels, RoboHamsterify. Honestly, I am much better at writing than making vlogs so I don't have any videos on my Youtube channel at the time. I do write a lot on my free time so I thought, "Why not just make a blog?" I guess I just never really got to making the actual thing. Well, anyways, this blog is pretty much my intro and at the same time telling you about my Roborovski (Robo) hamster, Melon. I know, it's a weird name but I like it. She is one year, six months, and sixteen days old at the moment. She is actually my third (second?) hamster that I've ever had. The first hamster I met was a hamster (shorthaired I believe) that I found outside my church on a rainy day when I was five. We took it home because no one else could. I didn't know what it was at that time but we kept it in a cat carrier because my cat would kill it if we left it somewhere else. My mother eventually gave it to the pet store. My REAL first hamster as a pet was a shorthaired hamster named Nunnalie. She wasn't tame at all and since I was only eleven, I didn't really think of taming her. She bit me a few times but I loved her. She died at about two years old. I don't know what she had but it was a quick death.
My present day hamster, Melon, is a gentle little one. She is really active at night (of course) but she is actually really calm compared to other Robos. I've had her for almost a year now. I adopt all my hamsters at PETCO. About seven months after I lost Nunnalie I decided I was ready for another furry companion and I went to PETCO and as I was trying to decide my mother said "Look how small!" or something along those lines. Let me tell you, the way I choose pets is a bit weird. I first examine all of them to make sure they have no health issues. Then, to put it in a simple way, I pretty much look for "Love at first sight". I saw the smallest little hamster and I literally got a sudden urge to just hold it. To be perfectly honest, at first I only got her to bug my mother who thought a Robo was too small and could easily get hurt but not even a month after I had her I couldn't even think of replacing her.
I've taken some time off to tame her but with school I don't really have the energy. Though she's really accustomed to me by now. She let's me give her food and treats and she even lets me pet her.
A few days ago I went to PETCO to buy the usual bedding and food refill when I saw the most beautiful Teddy Bear Hamster I've ever seen. I spent about an hour just contemplating whether I should get her and calculating how much it would come out (the total $). There's a really long explanation to exactly what my thoughts and mental math was so I'll just sum it up as much as I can;
I found a HUMONGOUS package of Aspen bedding (plus it was the new Planet PETCO) and a package of food twice the size of the usual one I buy. The bedding package had to be at least ten times the regular size with the price of two of the smaller ones! I added the cost of a wheel (I had three extras but they are too small) and the cost of a new (and bigger) igloo sleeper and found that even though this one trip would cost a bit more than my monthly trip the trips from then on would cost less than the next trips. I know it's a bit confusing but the end result is if I adopt her (the Teddy Bear Hamster) then I would need to buy bigger amounts of food and bedding but the bigger packages end up costing less so by buying her I would also save money. The money isn't really a problem but it helps when convincing your parents.
My brother already said he would buy her for me so I just have to wait until I come back from my summer vacation. I really want to get her now but since my pets are staying with him (my brother) I don't want to give him more responsibilities, especially since Teddy Bear Hamsters need frequent grooming. Oh well, I'll adopt her in time, probably not the same one I saw that day but a lovely one nonetheless.
Bye Everyone!
