Molly - Full Write-Up
Hello again, readers
We had noticed that our blog was consisting of mostly medical themes recently. Though we seem to be at the vets more often than we would obviously like, we do 90% of our work at home. Day to day we care for our animals - our work is never finished - there is always something that can be done. With that in mind, we thought we would do a write up about one of our previous resident Hybrid Dwarf Hamsters - Molly.
Molly was taken in as a pregnant dwarf hamster by Hamster Haven (rescue) many years ago. She had successfully birthed a healthy litter of pups and did a wonderful job raising them. We decided to adopt her along with her son, Tuc. All of her pups were snapped up, but Molly herself had no interest. We'd just about started dipping our toe in independent rescuing at this point, but we also still adopted animals as pets too.
When Molly arrived home, we quickly fell in love with her character. She was extremely energetic and social - you couldn't walk near her cage without getting her out to say hello. We often thought Molly moved like a bug - we would often call her 'lady-bug'. She was incredibly tiny and fit snug-as-a-bug in the palm of your hand.
Sadly, during later life, Molly developed an incurable brain tumour which caused severe neurological abnormalities such as jittery movements and disorientation. We decided it would be within Molly's best interest to be humanely euthanized.
Molly passed away on 2nd February 2017.
We had noticed that our blog was consisting of mostly medical themes recently. Though we seem to be at the vets more often than we would obviously like, we do 90% of our work at home. Day to day we care for our animals - our work is never finished - there is always something that can be done. With that in mind, we thought we would do a write up about one of our previous resident Hybrid Dwarf Hamsters - Molly.
Molly was taken in as a pregnant dwarf hamster by Hamster Haven (rescue) many years ago. She had successfully birthed a healthy litter of pups and did a wonderful job raising them. We decided to adopt her along with her son, Tuc. All of her pups were snapped up, but Molly herself had no interest. We'd just about started dipping our toe in independent rescuing at this point, but we also still adopted animals as pets too.
When Molly arrived home, we quickly fell in love with her character. She was extremely energetic and social - you couldn't walk near her cage without getting her out to say hello. We often thought Molly moved like a bug - we would often call her 'lady-bug'. She was incredibly tiny and fit snug-as-a-bug in the palm of your hand.
Sadly, during later life, Molly developed an incurable brain tumour which caused severe neurological abnormalities such as jittery movements and disorientation. We decided it would be within Molly's best interest to be humanely euthanized.
Molly passed away on 2nd February 2017.
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