A Tribute To My Beloved Yoshi

Yoshi was an extraordinary hamster. He bore the resemblance of his mother more than Chiko eventhough he was pearl white. He had his mother features that made him looked extremely feminine. Very well behaved and one of my cleanest hammie whom I called an 'otomen'.

He was a very active hamster who loved running. When we had the playpen set up, he was the one always running around non-stop (although in circles) and it was up all round the whole night kind of affair. So most nights, there would be skitters sound made by him when he ran on the newspapers.

Weeks ago, I took the video of him running and as well as some photos which I did not jot down due to my absence. Guess it's too late now, Yoshi is in Sunflower Valley over the rainbow bridge. Wonder would he sees this.

Close up on cute Yoshi in the playpen taking a rest.

"Hey, stop snapping at me would you!!"

A very irritated Yoshi looking at me. Not happy with the camera snapping.

Yoshi would like to run non-stop for a long time before stopping to rest. He treated the playpen as his own cage, so we usually left him in the playpen overnight. Though he had ran throughout the whole night, he was always unreluctant to go home in the morning. Everytime after dinner, he would stood near the door waiting for a chance to go to the playpen.

How ironic can life be. Just when I finally finished the long delayed video and hit the publish button, I happily ran over wanting to tell Yoshi that I made a cute video of him. I found him curled up in his foodbowl. It was unusual to find him sleeping on his food cos' he was always particular about hygiene. I started poking him on the butt asking him why. He did not response and I knew he was up. :(

I picked up the bowl and used the cotton to keep him warm. For an hour, he kept his eyes closed albeit a little difficulties in breathing. Then he sat up and started eating his food!!! (O.O) "Yoshi, if you have strength, die another day would you?" He continued munching and then dropped back to his weak sleeping position. An hour passed, thinking it would be a matter of time now, I constantly covered him with the cotton which he twitched around. Suddenly Yoshi stood up!! (o.O)' He climbed out of the bowl onto the floor and headed to the playpen direction slowly. I placed him inside and he mastered all his strength and tried to run his rounds. At this time it was quite heartbreaking to see him does that. He was limping as he moved round the playpen. It was like he was fulfilling his death wishes before his time came.

Finally after a few rounds, he seemed to know that his time was up and he went into the tent. I stuff him lotsa cotton and kept talking to him. He looked disturb about my presence and I put up the tissue to seal the entrance and let him passed on in peace.

I'm not sure what time he eventually passed on, at 3am he was still breathing. When the morning came, we found him stiff. Which probably meant he died around 4-6am.

Rest in peace my boy. You have done what you wanted. Hope you'll find your brother Sharpie and DLLG over there. :..(