I'm sorry Bertie
Wow. What a weekend. It started out horrible. When I’d made that post about being afraid that I wouldn’t be able to make it to Felicia’s wedding I had another post but I didn’t want to put it up because I didn’t want to take away from the severity of that problem. The night before, my hammies had been in their first serious fight. Botts came out with several wounds where as Bertie only had two, which I only found by searching for them. Botts spent the night in a box because I’ve always read that you are supposed to let the hamsters fight but once you see blood you need to separate them immediately.
Well, since then I’d been watching them closely and letting them hang out as long as they didn’t fight but at night when they woke me up with their incessant squeaking I’d put one of them in the box. I’d been doing this for two weeks and it seemed to help. They fought less because they had time alone.
Saturday, I went to put Bertie back in the main cage and found that her head was stuck in an opening near the top. Her eyes were open and I remember thinking that I better be gentle and not scare her. She was cold and stiff. I’ve no idea how she got up that high but she managed to get her head through and strangled herself. You’re allowed to have favorite pets and she was mine. She responded to my voice, she liked to just chill in my hand, and she actually liked me. Botts avoids me at all costs. I cried. A lot. I felt so guilty (I was also hormoning so it didn’t help). I just couldn’t get the image of her hanging like that out of my mind. It was my fault. A box is no place for a hamster. I couldn’t even stay home and mope, which is a good thing I suppose.
So we went non-stop that day looking for jewelry and make up and something to do with my hair. Mom got a mani-pedi and then we went over to Felicia’s where we made enough food for the whole wedding and mom altered Feda’s dress. Oh and I met Matt (the groom) for the first time. He looks a lot like my cousin. We didn’t get home until about midnight but we got a lot done.
A wrap up of Sunday should be coming soon.


