Mr Shane (Hamster): May 2006 - October 2007

Mr Shane and Yongi

Mr Shane and Jen

Mr Shane and Randi

Mr Shane and Steve

Mr Shane and Marley
Mr Shane and Matt and Helen

Mr Shane and Nicola
Mr Shane and Mr. Shane (Nicola named him)

Update: He'd been doing poorly of late. I noticed him breathing rapidly from time to time, and it just worsened yesterday. He was laying on his side and looking at me, but when I reached in to pick him up, he reacted by running over to his food dish, then trying to escape out the cage door. I picked him up, and he did a half-assed face-wash, which as you all know is international hamster code for "Everything's just fine, thanks". Then, this morning, he was just laying there, eyes half-opened, and I just knew.

Burial services will be today, after school, most probably somewhere randomly on Yudal mountain where the dirt is soft enough to be dug up with a spoon. Ushering him to the afterlife will be his wooden barrel and a handful of his favourite foods. He's currently lying in state in the hamster morgue, aka my freezer.