Comments on: Happy birthday to the hamster!

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:18:04 +0000

Grilled cheese sammy … mmmmmmm.

By: Leslie k

Leslie k — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:35:39 +0000

Anyone else feel like a real soda fountain cherry or vanilla coke after reading all the Woolworth’s mentions ?

By: Marcy

Marcy — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:41:42 +0000

ahhhh…Woolworth’s!

That’s where I fell in love with aquarium fishkeeping.

I can remember one day in particular when I was a kid…

My mom and I went by taxi cab. I bought a Plecostomus, which has sharp, rigid fins. As we were waiting for the taxi to pick us up, the Plecostomus ripped a hole in the bag and water was spilling out!

My mom had to run in the store quickly to get another bag, before the taxi got there. It was an interesting ride home, trying to get him in the tank as quickly as possible, before there was no water left in his bag. I’m happy to report, we all made it.

slt, I don’t blame you for wanting a Guinea Pig…I think they are just adorable. If I didn’t have kitties, I might be tempted.

By: Nadine L.

Nadine L. — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:34:56 +0000

My two sons dearly loved and were very gentle with their tame, long-haired hamsters (one named Tshaikovsky and the other Einstein). We kept the hamsters in separate Habitrails in a busy area of our house where they got a great deal of attention. They were the cutest little guys and fascinating to watch. One day the kids were playing with them having them engaged in (pretend) human activities as they often did—-posed sitting inside toy airplanes, racing cars, school buses, dump trucks, police cars, fire engines, Lego towers, motorcycle sidecars and Playmobile castles. I got out my 35mm camera and took macro shots of all of these hamsters poses. Years later we’d get a giggle out of the expressions on our guests’ faces when they got to those pages in our family album showing what appeared to be people-sized hairy hamsters! Great memories!

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:35:02 +0000

I never wanted a hamster, but I always begged for a blue parakeet when we were at Woolworth’s. My grandmother had one, named Petey, and I wanted one just like him.

By: slt

slt — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:27:11 +0000

I can recall having a pet mouse but not a hamster (although I did bug my Mom endlessly for any animal that would even loosely fall under the category of PET). I went for years - into adulthood - to Woolworth’s or any such stores to look at the critters. But I find now that the only ones that really appeal to me are Guinea Pigs. They are on my pet wish list!

By: Marcy

Marcy — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:48:32 +0000

They are just the cutest!

I had one, years ago, that would escape from it’s cage at times (we didn’t have Habitrails in those days!).

My Persian cat would always find him. She would sit quietly by the sofa, peering towards the back of it.

She was a big help to us in finding our little “escape artist.”

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:11:12 +0000

I had no idea - voted blog post of the day :)

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:57:39 +0000

Thank you for sharing Gina! What a fun release.