|TheComfortCorner| v.3

[Karma.]

eek, I've had a bad day.
This morning I found an injured blackbird in my back garden. I had seen a cat go into my back garden only 5 minutes before and I had found a trail of feathers, but I couldn't see the bird anywhere. I just sat on the grass enjoying the sunshine and suddenly this bird hops out (well, it couldn't really walk. it was more a stumble) from behind the bird table.
It was strange, it kept making these odd clicking noises. So I decided to start making the same noise back at the bird.
The poor little thing was so confused, it just looked at me like 'are you mocking me?' However, as I continued to make the noise, something must have clicked in the birds brain that I wasn't actually going to hurt it and if anything, I would protect it, as our street has the most cats you will ever see in your life.
So I held my hand out, and this blackbird slowly stumbles towards me and just sits in my hand. It just sat there for about ten minutes, my hand resting on the ground. It felt so odd that a bird could trust someone like that, but I don't know what it was about it. It was like it didn't want to die alone. I could feel its tiny heart beat, it really hurt me to see how much pain it must be in. As the bird was so close, I could get a good look at it. Its wing was definitely broken, and you could see inside of the wing in one area. There was something wrong with its legs as well, but I wasn't 100% sure what. This bird was definitely in shock, as the cat had obviously only got it a few minutes ago. I could see it dying and there was nothing I could do, except sit there with the bird just sat in my hand. I was on the edge of crying. Why is nature so cruel? Why this bird? It's odd that there was so many birds in the world and yet I was practically bawling my eyes out at this particular one.

That bird died in my hand. I cried, and I have no idea why. I'm never going to forget that strange, trusting bird. It's mind blowing the things that animals do.

[Air and Time]

I am in a lot of pain right now.
It'll probably keep me up for most of the night.
Can I have a hug? It might make me feel a bit better.

[inaudible]

i am sick of this.

I get used for my kindness, my niceness. I am gullible in a way where I believe almost everything, even to a stranger. I have tried, who knows how many times. To stop, and not believe it. Then horrid guilt strikes me and I end up balling my eyes out. Why? Why can't I just realize I'm useless? Why can't I accept it?

[Hekomi]

Hyensa made a really wonderful revamp of the front page. :) Yay thank you! Pro-huggers are not updated... I'm sorry but I'm super slow. I'll make a folder in my inbox for them.

Could you guys keep my little hamster, Cora, in your thoughts? She's very underweight and we're doing everything we can to bring her weight up but it doesn't seem to be working, so we're worried she's not thriving. :( She's two months and a bit probably and she weighs the same as my 5 week old...

[monty]

Could you guys keep my little hamster, Cora, in your thoughts? She's very underweight and we're doing everything we can to bring her weight up but it doesn't seem to be working, so we're worried she's not thriving. She's two months and a bit probably and she weighs the same as my 5 week old...

Is Cora the adorable little hamster you told me about??
I'm sorry though; I wish I could help/had any idea of ways to help but I don't know a lot about hamsters. :'(
Send her love for me though. <3

[Azuri]

Hyensa made a really wonderful revamp of the front page. Yay thank you! Pro-huggers are not updated... I'm sorry but I'm super slow. I'll make a folder in my inbox for them.

Could you guys keep my little hamster, Cora, in your thoughts? She's very underweight and we're doing everything we can to bring her weight up but it doesn't seem to be working, so we're worried she's not thriving. She's two months and a bit probably and she weighs the same as my 5 week old...

I wish her the best here are a few things that may help her

there could be more then one thing going on with her, it could be a diet thing, behavior or an issue with her internally

A few things you can try to help with the diet

Try feeding her foods with a high oil/fat content, like sunflower seeds or chestnuts, up her diet in those.
for something soft you can do yogurt drops, or plain yogurt with limited sugar even things like popcorn
cottage Cheese and egg (Preferably scrambled with yolk) can be a good source of protein but don't over feed protein to rodents, they use more energy to break it to amino acids these are the easiest for her to digest.

Be careful with this one, Peanut butter, unsalted unsweetened, it is very high in fat and should only be used if she is a body score of 1 or very emaciated.

you can also try cooked pasta with no sauce, Mealworms, crickets.

While she is trying to gain weight try to limit high fiber foods, like alfalfa and timothy hay, do not remove it completely, that could mess with the microbes in her intestines.

as with any diet change do it slowly over time for the reason above

Make sure you are supplementing the proper Vitamins and minerals at all times

If that doesn't work it might be a behavior thing. If she lives with others she may not be getting first pick of the food or even getting what she needs by being out competed. hamsters/mice/rats can be bullies, she may just be too intimidated to eat.

If she is stressed or has dealt with a stressful change, like a death, change of feed, or a new hamster add a B-vitamin supplement to her water, at the very least they will make her feel better.

Do not remove the exercise wheel, the action of moving encourages them to eat later. it can also cause pent up anxiety.

Finally if none of those things work try a veterinarian, small animal vets are starting to include more exotic animals in their practice. she may have intestinal parasites, if she does fallow the vets instructions and make sure she finishes any medication they may give

[catra]

My inbox is always open to anybody.
Don't be afraid, I don't judge.

[Hekomi]

Hyensa made a really wonderful revamp of the front page. :) Yay thank you! Pro-huggers are not updated... I'm sorry but I'm super slow. I'll make a folder in my inbox for them.

Could you guys keep my little hamster, Cora, in your thoughts? She's very underweight and we're doing everything we can to bring her weight up but it doesn't seem to be working, so we're worried she's not thriving. :( She's two months and a bit probably and she weighs the same as my 5 week old...

I wish her the best here are a few things that may help her

there could be more then one thing going on with her, it could be a diet thing, behavior or an issue with her internally

A few things you can try to help with the diet

Try feeding her foods with a high oil/fat content, like sunflower seeds or chestnuts, up her diet in those.
for something soft you can do yogurt drops, or plain yogurt with limited sugar even things like popcorn
cottage Cheese and egg (Preferably scrambled with yolk) can be a good source of protein but don't over feed protein to rodents, they use more energy to break it to amino acids these are the easiest for her to digest.

Be careful with this one, Peanut butter, unsalted unsweetened, it is very high in fat and should only be used if she is a body score of 1 or very emaciated.

you can also try cooked pasta with no sauce, Mealworms, crickets.

While she is trying to gain weight try to limit high fiber foods, like alfalfa and timothy hay, do not remove it completely, that could mess with the microbes in her intestines.

as with any diet change do it slowly over time for the reason above

Make sure you are supplementing the proper Vitamins and minerals at all times

If that doesn't work it might be a behavior thing. If she lives with others she may not be getting first pick of the food or even getting what she needs by being out competed. hamsters/mice/rats can be bullies, she may just be too intimidated to eat.

If she is stressed or has dealt with a stressful change, like a death, change of feed, or a new hamster add a B-vitamin supplement to her water, at the very least they will make her feel better.

Do not remove the exercise wheel, the action of moving encourages them to eat later. it can also cause pent up anxiety.

Finally if none of those things work try a veterinarian, small animal vets are starting to include more exotic animals in their practice. she may have intestinal parasites, if she does fallow the vets instructions and make sure she finishes any medication they may give

Haha oh gosh, you have no idea what we've done with/for this hamster.

She started with a bit of a cold, and went on sulfa and stayed at the store - then I got her home and her snuffling was a "peanut allergy"... so new food. She still wasn't better so I brought her to my vet, who said she sounded fine but she is LITTLE. She was in with her "sister" - she was 53g and her sister was 122g.

Right now she's on a mix with oxbow and Harlan tekland (18% protein) and gets morning and evening supplements of either: omelette (egg with carrot, red pepper and tofu) or Greek Yoghurt (with tofu, baby oatmeal cereal, and baby food that's chicken, veggies and rice). She's had a bit of cooked pasta but I'm keen on the yoghurt to get probiotics back in her system.

I have the wheel still in but I've placed flour on top of it to see if she runs - so far she hasn't, but if she does it'll spin off. Today her urine finally smelled normal which is good. I think the antibiotics caused some trouble with her tummy, and the snuffling was just her being annoyed.

She's by herself, but is likely the runt of her litter. She just isn't really gaining weight - has been between 48-54g - and she's about two months. My almost 7wk old is already 68g.

This is Cora, my sweet little girl:



But yeah, two vets have seen her. So I'm hoping now that her pee smells she's gotten most of the antibiotics out, and so she'll start to gain. Boyfriend is feeding her walnuts and sunflower seeds (unsalted) as well, and she has a cheese chew which is about 25% protein. She had meal worms, wasn't too interested.

[Wyverncult]

I didn't mean to do it.
I just wanted to fit in.
I didn't fit in with the females so I tried the males.

I'm sorry.
I just used to have friends and lost them all after "the incident."
I only have 7 now.
I tried to get more, but that didn't end up well at all.

I fell asleep uneasy, petrified and sad for two hours two days ago.
Then I cried for three hours afterwards.

Now my mother just made it thirty times worse.


I just don't want to talk about it.
I just want a friend I can hug and cry to, and one that'll understand what I'm feeling... ✪

[oumasai]

I didn't mean to do it.
I just wanted to fit in.
I didn't fit in with the females so I tried the males.

I'm sorry.
I just used to have friends and lost them all after "the incident."
I only have 7 now.
I tried to get more, but that didn't end up well at all.

I fell asleep uneasy, petrified and sad for two hours two days ago.
Then I cried for three hours afterwards.

Now my mother just made it thirty times worse.


I just don't want to talk about it.
I just want a friend I can hug and cry to, and one that'll understand what I'm feeling... ✪

I had 7 friends and now only 5.
I left 7 at my old school, made new ones here. It's not easy being different, the things people hate you for.
But, remember one thing.
There are others like you, some don't even have friends! You're lucky that the friends you have now stay beside you. They are loyal to you, the others are fake. No matter what happens, those loyal friends will always see you as an equal.
And talk about it with someone, whether they hate you or not, let it out. Let it go. You know, life isn't easy. Man, I have like a thousand imaginary friends, bro!