This sweet, fat, cream-colored hamster was quite shy at first and would swiftly disappear into a tunnel of her enclosure upon our entering into the room, but, alas, (after numerous offerings of hamster delicacies) she decided it would be acceptable to socialize with us on the third day of her stay, allowing us to let her out of the cage for some exploration and play time.
Once we let her out, she stole all of our hearts with her compulsions to taste and nibble every new item she encountered from train tracks to castle walls, her obsessively vain need to groom herself at every occasion, and the delightful way in which she examined every food offering before grasping it in her miniature-sized fingers much like one would hold a sandwich before stuffing it into one of her accommodating hoarders' cheek pockets.
The following is a sampling of Harriet's most endearing qualities and behaviors for those unfamiliar with hamster etiquette and characteristics:
-her glorious cream colored coat with a splash of white
-her marvelously rotund body
-her plump cheeks stuffed selfishly with as much food as will fit
-her inquisitive spirit as she sniffs and gnaws her way through the world
-her kind beady eyes
-her full rounded shape being stretched and elongated to fit into her habitat's tunnel system with only her pink hairless feet protruding from the opening
-her habit of camouflaging her food dish by covering it with bedding
-her fleshy-toned tissue-paper-thin veiny ears
-her insistence upon burying herself within her cozy nest box to slumber the day away
Sweet hamster dreams Harriet! We were honored to host you and will miss the way you unapologetically live your life as if everyday one might have the pleasure to go searching for earthworms...
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