I was on duty one night it the Security Centre of a military base when one of the Corporals came in and told me there was a hamster outside in the corner by the door. By the way, it was minus 10 degrees Celsius with a high wind.
I went outside and sure enough there she was huddled in the corner obviously desperate to get out of the bitter cold and wind. Without thinking I picked her up and brought her inside - she was nearly dead and apart from her breathing there was no response at all. I held her in the palms of my hands to warm her up and in about half an hour she began to move. I found a small box and put a lot of toilet paper in it and put down a bottle cap of water and gave her some rye bread from my lunch.
To cut a long story short I brought her home, got a nice two story, ‘apartment,’ (cage) and a running wheel and a siphon drinking bottle. Inside a few days she was walking willingly onto my hand to be picked up and I have never come across a more gentle animal in all my life.
My wife fell in love with her and now, “Michelle Holly,” is very much a part of our family. She’s bright, intelligent and very, very affectionate and not once has she ever tried to nip our fingers.
I didn’t know a thing about hamsters and it was a friend who told us what she is! But I seem to have made all the right moves as me, my wife and Michelle are a very happy family.
Isn’t life a wonderful thing?
"YES Aaron, life is a wonderful thing!" - Sharon
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