109 Days Young Cherimoya

Standing at 130+g at 109 days young. She's soooo cute! And her colors are becoming brighter and more prominent as she grows. That is one late-bloomer.

i adore her face markings

''er... something's behind me, isn't it.''

Hit and Run Shih Tzu

Hit and run accident at 1600 hours on 29 June 2013 involving a possibly lost/abandoned female shih tzu.

Mom was driving and saw on the opposite side of the road some 4 or 5 ppl crowding around a dog on the ground. So she made a U-Turn to see if they needed any help to send the dog to the vet or something. They shifted the body to the grass patch and said no one owns this dog and they were just passer-bys who witnessed the accident. They claim it to be a large speeding lorry speeding along the road bend and it was too fast for them to catch a glimpse of the car plate. Mom then realized that she was just short of 10mins or she could have try to see the vehicle n car plate. Or chase after the lorry. Or if she was 15mins earlier, she could've picked up the dog trying to cross the road. Sigh... it is her fate...

 
Mom called SPCA and they instructed Mom to call NEA to dispose off the body. Had no time to bring to a vet for a microchip scan. Few more passer-bys came to see what happened and  felt so sorry for the poor dog...

 

Mom went to check on the area again at about 9+pm and realized the carcass was still there even though NEA said they would clear it within 1 to 3 hours. So she called NEA and they called TC to clear it. The dog was covered up nicely with a black trash bag... probably by a passer-by.

If u recognize this dog n know her family, just notify them of her untimely and unfortunate demise. Looks quite young probably about 5, 6 year old and quite well maintained except for a few matts on the legs area. So Mom's guess, judging from her fur condition and growth pattern... is she was possibly a shaved-down dog and got lost/abandoned for about a month or two.

 

RIP lil' one.

 

Mom took a few pictures to hopefully help in identifying her if she's a lost dog. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

93 Days Young Cherimoya (spotting a heart shape silhouette!)

3 months 1 day (93 days to be exact) young Cherimoya! Still weighing approx. 110g only. Some typical heavyweight syrians would be 150 to 180g at her age. But then at least we know it's not just her who's lightweight, but her entire litter.

Cherimoya always seems to be ''smiling'' in her pix hee hee. Mom and I are totally, like TOTALLY in loveeee with her. She's a very, very special ham to Mom, and ME.

smile! happy cherimoya!

her heart shape silhouette from this angle

smiley dancing queen! she was actually
struggling to get off Mom's grip haha

like a ball

Cherimoya, the Vegan Syrian Hamster

Cherimoya hates commercial hamster food... those that are just like dogs/cats' kibbles - full of colorings, additives, preservatives etc and are highly processed food.

She also doesn't fancy any meats or eggs at all. Mom gave her some of her home-made dehydrated treats like pork, pig/cow tendons, prawns etc and she just wouldn't gnaw them at all. Mom also doesn't wanna leave raw meats in her bungalow as hamsters hoard their food unlike us dogs and cats. Wouldn't want rotting stench and ants in her bungalow... even then, she doesn't even fancy boiled (quail) eggs.

She'd rather go for all the organic raw veg in her bowl. Some of her favorites are organic corn, organic broccoli, organic dou miao (aka pea shoots) and rolled oats! But she only eats the leaf and not the stem. So Mom gotta pluck out the leaves for her and the stems will be collected to be blended into our organic veg blend. Mom hates wasting food so unless the food is really spoilt, it's deem edible for her. I, take on Mom in this aspect =)

Cherimoya gets a huge variety of organic veg, seeds and supps in her diet. Things like flaxseeds, wolfberries, wheatgerm, ''healthy powder'' and green mush (our supplements actually), oats etc. The more variety, the better. The more colorful the veg, the better!

SO pretty

horse silhouette

eagle silhouette

34 days young and sweet innocent face VS 88 days young
bad-ass punk face (spotting a mohawk too lol).

Mom also gives Cherimoya some dried food that are more natural without colorings etc. But they only make up less than 10% of her diet. Mom will just sprinkle a lil' bit of the dried food (consisting of hay, dried food etc) on her cage floor. One standard small packet can probably last Cherimoya a year or more! Mom initially wanted to import eCOTRITION organic hamster food blend for her but it seems that it doesn't ship to SG directly and so we'll just make do with this since it makes up so lil' of her entire diet.

And check out this Vegan Hamster blog too! Mom didn't make Cherimoya vegan... Cherimoya just doesn't fancy any meats. Altho it's a fact that they are insectivores in the wild, and ppl feed live mealworms to their hams at home... but Mom is totally so afraid of ANY worms that one can just murder her by throwing a handful of (dead) worms at her, not to mention LIVE worms. So sadly, Cherimoya won't be trying out any worms... and yes it is Mom's fault.

But it is also a fact that protein in veg is actually way higher (more than double for certain veg) than animal protein. Google that and you'll realize it. That is why there's currently so many vegan bodybuilders out there and they're no different or even better than their meat-eating counterparts.

So yup, that is the power of (organic) greens.

Mom bought a syrian hamster leash a few months ago and hadn't used it on Cherimoya yet. She's still quite small at only 110g now. Her litter-mates are all around her weight or lighter... this batch of pups are not the big heavyweight syrians =( but nonetheless, as long as Cherimoya's healthy, Mom says.

Cherimoya's Mini Schanuzer/Horse Silhouette on her Back

A section of Cherimoya's patterning on her back forms ''silhouettes'' haha! She's so cute! It looks like a miniature schnauzer or a horse.