RIP Peanut - a tribute to her life

Hello everyone,

Unfortunately i have some very sad news.
Peanut has died.

Peanut died peacefully in her sleep, in the part of her cage she loved
the most - The Big Orange pod (main pod on add-on). Her death was totally
unexpected, but I am comforted  by the fact she was a happy hamster and had  enjoyed being with me last night for the final time.

Peanut was the first hamster to appear on the blog  and has always played a huge part in
the blog posts -  there is hardly any posts on this blog which have not featured Peanut!

As a tribute to her life I shall display 
some of the best blog posts featuring Peanut below,(links)
and will also show some of the photos taken during her life.

1. the first post on the blog featuring Peanut! (also no.1 in my blogs top 5 posts)  http://lifeofhamsterblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/hello-viewers-as-this-is-very-first.html

http://lifeofhamsterblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/the-10-cage-escapes-of-peanut.html

http://lifeofhamsterblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/peanut-and-snowball-take-part-in.html

http://lifeofhamsterblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/hi-everyone-its-been-long-time-since-i.html

http://lifeofhamsterblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/happy-easter-from-lifeofhamsterblog.html

and now for a gallery of photos
to celebrate her life with captions alongside each photo:

 This is the very first photo I took of Peanut,
when I started taming her. At first, frightened
and jumping out of my hands, she eventually
became a very tame little hamster.
she was 6 months old when i started to tame her.

 This was taken when she about 8 months old.
It was also the very first photo of Peanut put
on this blog.

This was taken when she was 1 year old,
hence the writing.

This was taken when she about 1 year 1 month old.
She didn't always enjoy being cupped in my hand...

 ... preferring to walk on the palm of my hand
in her own time!

 Peanut always enjoyed being on the grass outside in
my garden...

 ... and stuffing her cheeks full of clover!
Lots and lots of clover...

 Peanut was an excellent escape artist,
escaping a total of 10 times!

















note: if you would like to see a post all about Peanuts 10 cage escapes, please see link below:
http://lifeofhamsterblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/the-10-cage-escapes-of-peanut.html

This photo was taken when Peanut was 1year 4 months old.

Finally, here are some photos of Peanut exploring the add-on to her cage.

Peanut's favourite part of the cage was the add-on, (she made her nest in the add-on) although she did make visits to the main tank, mainly to get her food and to carry more bedding to the nest.
















RIP Peanut - rest in peace my little friend.

Now comes a question i guess many of you will be thinking:
With no hamster what is going to happen to lifeofhamsterblog?
Answer: The blog will end for a while as there's no hamster but if I decide to get another hamster I might restart this blog.

bye for now and thank you all for visiting my blog,

Hamstergirl

HIFA world cup!

Hi everyone,

its been a long time since i last posted but now i have a bit more time
on my hands hopefully I'll be able to blog more frequently.

but anyway, it's the world cup
and I have organised a penalty shoot-out for Peanut and Snowbi*
They will do their Penalty-shoot outs separate from each other,
so they don't fight. Snowbi* is on first,

yes Snowbi*! good luck scoring!
shoot Snowbi!                                            

What? Snowbi! that's against the rules!
You R NOT allowed to eat the ball! red card!

Snowbi, that is not how you score a goal,
you have to steer the ball into the goal to score, not you!

ah! runaway hamster! Snowbi, you are disqualified!
you have automatically lost the match if Peanut scores a goal.
 How do you feel about you losing the match?

















Peanuts turn now!

she shoots....

















SHE SCORES!!!! AND WHAT A GOAL!

So Peanut, how does it feel to have won?

here are the official HIFA results :
( Hamster International Football Association )
Peanut : 1  Snowball : 0 ( disqualified )

thats all this week, i'll be back next week with a new post!

Hamstergirl

* Snowbi = one of Snowball's 8 nicknames.

Happy Easter from Lifeofhamsterblog!

hello everyone,

and Happy Easter from lifeofhamsterblog!
I have noticed that the pageviews of this blog have risen to 1500 hits,
Thanks for visiting!

Now, back to the blog, a traditional thing to do in Britain on Easter day is to have an easter egg hunt. Today in Scotland it was lovely and sunny, perfect weather for an easter egg hunt! So I organized an egg hunt for Peanut. Here's how she got on...

almost got it Peanut, but not quite.

how about you find your way back to the trail, Peanut...

there no more dead ends in this trail...

I hope you all have a great Easter!
Peanut and Snowball will be back next week,
with another post.

Hamstergirl

new camera and new post

hi everyone!

time for this week's post.
I recently got a new camera, so the photo quality will be better than ever.
so, heres how i got on taking photos of Peanut with the new camera!

i'm never going to use the flash feature on you,
Peanut! Its scares you!

im testing the new camera.
now if you please, come over to this trail of treats...

max capacity has been reached by the looks of it!
now, my siter is doing her homework, Peanut has come
to join her...

lets go see Snowball now, she's awake now.














oops, forgot to tell you, Snowball, i got a new camera
and am testing it.













thank you, Snowball.















before i sign off, i recorded a video of Peanut running around
a tabletop, unfortunately, blogger wont let me upload
as there was a ' an error while uploading your video'
i'll try to upload it next time.

another post next week.

Hamstergirl

The results are in! plus more....

hi everyone,

been a bit busy in the past week so i'll try
to keep up a regular blogging pattern from now on!
anyways, an announcement:
lifeofhamsterblog's poll has ended!
the results are in...
now peanut will reveal the hamster you readers like best...

yes peanut! these are the results...
voted by you  the readers of this blog:
the question was: which hamster is the best?
results...

Peanut: 5 votes!
Snowball: 0 votes!

well Peanut is certainly pleased about the results,
what about Snowball? does she mind?

of course we love you, Snowball.
meanwhile, i thought i'd show you this:
Peanut is sniffing for 'treats' which are not there

well i guess i was wrong!
there were treats in her hamster ball,
mysterious....
also Peanut here is drinking water

another post either tommorow or on the 6th march.

Hamstergirl

Peanuts new cage!

hi everyone,

tonights post is a long one,
with lots of pictures. Today whilst in Pets at Home,
i spotted this ' pick and mix ' large hamster cage for  £10.00 (no extras)

I had been noticing that Peanut was clearly bored of her old cage,
(she kept begging to come out even when she'd been out several times)
and it was smaller than Snowballs glass tank so no wonder Peanut was bored of it.
Anyway, i bought this new hamster cage and took it home.
below is a picture of the unassembled cage.

and here is a picture of the assembled cage
with a few of Peanut's toys and essentials in it.

whilst i was getting Peanut ready, Snowball
was moved into Peanut's old cage, just to
let her see if she likes it or not.
So Snowball, what's your first thoughts about your
new cage?

it isn't as big as your glass tank - but do you mind?

So Snowball, do you want to stay in your
new cage or move back to your glass tank?

moving over to Peanut now,
in the photo below, i am putting Peanut
in her new cage...

what do you think about your new cage Peanut?

glad to hear it, Peanut.

your welcome, Peanut.

another post on either Sunday or Monday.

Hamstergirl