Allergy season

by Meg on May 4, 2006

Is it just moi, or is it like, allergy season from hell? Even Sir HammyPants is sneezing obsessively. HAAAM-CHOO!

Zippy

Big crossed-paws-props to Tammy R. who is doing a phtoo book on hamsters. Tammy, you MUST let us know when your book comes out—great photo!

{ 68 comments }

1 Kris, in New England 05.04.06 at 1:50 am

SQUEEEEEEE. Prosh feet, tiny face – too too cute. This is a Rule of Cuteness all by itself.

2 E. Collison 05.04.06 at 1:51 am

*Definitely* allergy season from hell – and I’m on the Other Coast!

3 Laurie 05.04.06 at 1:57 am

Any paw-over-the-nose pose is always cute, whether it’s a hamster sneeze, or a kitty snooze.

4 lilie 05.04.06 at 1:57 am

That hammy is NOT sneezing. There is a full-on dalek behind her ex-ter-min-at-ing…. she’s taking cover!!! where’s dr who???

5 Stef 05.04.06 at 1:57 am

OHhhhh my goodness! This has got to be the cutest picture of a hampster everrr!!! Sooo polite, covering his nose!! Squee!!!

6 lilie 05.04.06 at 1:59 am

But soooooo cute. just like my old sweetie fatrascal…

7 A thinker 05.04.06 at 1:59 am

You know her paws are going about 50 miles a minute…

(Theo? Anybody? Animation?)

8 E. Collison 05.04.06 at 2:02 am

My personal take: he/she is meditating, lost in thought.

9 alcarwen 05.04.06 at 2:11 am

so i usually have a thing against hamsters after a tragic hammy- crawled -his -way- up- my-sweater accident in high school that caused a very embarassing moment that my poor 14 year old self never forgot. 10 years later, this little dude just won me over;-) too cute:)

10 Zana 05.04.06 at 2:14 am

Ahhh, I want to have a hamster again ! My lovely Zoe died last year after 3 beautiful years of our friendship together ! :(

11 Rafael 05.04.06 at 2:15 am

Poor hammy has the snifles?

Nooo!

12 Aubrey 05.04.06 at 2:17 am

This is the tiniest Buddha I’ve ever seen.

13 AuntieMame 05.04.06 at 2:20 am

“Dear Lord, for the kibble we are about to receive, we thank you…”

14 Laurie 05.04.06 at 2:33 am

“…98, 99, 100. Ready or not, here I come!”

(hammy hide’n’seek)

15 persimmontree 05.04.06 at 2:50 am

D’awwwwwwww! Whiskers pointing down!

16 michelle 05.04.06 at 2:54 am

omg – this web site has made me a hammie lover 4 ever!

17 Theo 05.04.06 at 3:26 am

AuntieM — I was going to say, “Now I lay me down to sleep…”

18 CuteOttersDotCom 05.04.06 at 3:33 am

Poor little hammie, let me get you a Claratin.

19 Siirenias 05.04.06 at 3:37 am

Isn’t sneezing animals an unwritten Rule of Cute?

20 ka9q's wife 05.04.06 at 3:37 am

Now I lay me down to sleep.
a hunk of tofu in my cheek
if i gulp before a wake
i may have a tummy ache.

If i knew how to link to another page in the text i would but i am lame so here is my inspiration other than Theo starting it.
http://www.baruchito.com/index.php?itemid=46

21 Jen 05.04.06 at 3:42 am

He’s giggling at the gratuitious ass jokes going on in the bear gun thread.

>^_^< hehehehehe

22 Aubrey 05.04.06 at 4:18 am

“Isn’t sneezing animals an unwritten Rule of Cute?”

Wouldn’t that be more painful than cute?

23 Tammy Rao 05.04.06 at 4:38 am

Aw, Meg. :) I’m wearing my Hamster t-shirt right now, pondering whether I’m cute enough to send a photo.

For full-on hamster cute frenzy, check out Zippy’s full photo gallery:
http://www.rubicat.com/projects/hamsters/zippy/index.html

24 Tammy Rao 05.04.06 at 4:39 am

Aw, Meg. :) I’m wearing my Hamster t-shirt right now, pondering whether I’m cute enough to send a photo.

For full-on hamster cute frenzy, check out Zippy’s full photo gallery:
http://www.rubicat.com/projects/hamsters/zippy/index.html

25 Shannon L 05.04.06 at 5:06 am

A new rule of cuteness! The Face-somehow-partially-obscured-by-paws-or-other-limbs rule!!!!

I move that this become a new rule. Do I have a second?

26 tara 05.04.06 at 5:20 am

Aaaaaa….choooooo
Absolutely 2 cute 4 wordz!!!!!!!!!11

27 RavishingRoberta 05.04.06 at 6:24 am

I Think She Is Saying Her Bed Time Prayers

28 RavishingRoberta 05.04.06 at 6:27 am

Wait A Minute; Maybe She Just Got Punnished And Doesn’t Wann Look At You…..At Any Rate; She Is Adorable

29 ElfOwl 05.04.06 at 6:32 am

Laughing at the ass jokes? I think not. :-P more like hiding her little eyes in exasperation. ;-)

Me, I thought it was tres amusant.

30 MazeMouse 05.04.06 at 7:34 am

Downward whiskers, this hamsters seems to be washing but still a picture-perfect pose :D

31 identity-crisis 05.04.06 at 7:48 am

it’s too cute. i need to kill it.

32 Svenster 05.04.06 at 7:54 am

Since his doctor told him that he probably had a fur allergy (fur is the medical/noncute term for jammies) Colin got rid of his dog. Much to his dissapointment the sneezings didn’t go away.

33 Anita 05.04.06 at 8:40 am

(a la Yosemite Sam) Say your prayers, varmint!

34 Anne 05.04.06 at 8:59 am

I guess you’d call that a “Paw-choo”?

35 StormCat 05.04.06 at 10:22 am

Anne: Paw-choo

I love it!!! That’s what I’ll say my Kittes are doing now…You know, when they rub their paws over their noses after they sneeze? Paw-choo, love it!

36 Wendy 05.04.06 at 10:37 am

I swore I would never do a hammie. Those pocket pets are so darn fragile and high maintenance. But the hammies on the site are so darn cute, I may not be able to resist. I know my kids would be pleased as punch!

Seems there are lots of different “kinds” of hammies. Which kind is recommended?

P.S. Tammy, why are you wearing a glove in the photos where you’re holding Zippy? That kind of scares me.

37 Diva112x 05.04.06 at 11:16 am

It looks like he’s praying!

38 Anne 05.04.06 at 12:47 pm

I’m glad you liked the phrase. I know Meg called it the Ham-Choo, but calling it a Paw-Choo just amused me for some reason. (This is what I get for reading the Teddy Bear thread. Puns are like viruses, people.)

My parent’s cat does this thing where she turns her head and presses her nose into one paw when she sneezes, as if she were afraid of getting germs on us. It’s so dainty & ladylike, I feel like offering her a tissue sometimes.

39 Tammy Rao 05.04.06 at 12:51 pm

Wendy,

Shhhh… I hate to spoil the illusion of cute, but her name is Zippy, and she is a psychotic dwarf hamster who would try to rip off your finger whenever you would try to pick her up or feed her through the cage bars. She was absolutely adorable, though… just had a thing for finger food! LOL.

40 Alexis 05.04.06 at 1:13 pm

Two comments:

1) I used to have a guinea pig named Zippy (I was told he was a girl as a baby, but he very soon proved to be otherwise, so his name was changed from Rosalind).

2) I just got my CO t-shirt today. Whoo-hoo! (Sorry for the complete lack of relevance to the picture – although there is a cute hammy involved…)

41 Becky 05.04.06 at 1:26 pm

Dear Lord, Please don’t let the cat move in next door. I promise to be good and stop putting my “poo” in with the chocolate sprinkles. I know it’s not nice of me, but I get such a giggle from it! Please? Please?

42 Beauregard 05.04.06 at 1:36 pm

Oh man. I just… I’m too tired this morning. I can’t even react, this is so cute. Ahhhhh, hammies. By the way, I am all over the hammy photo book when it comes out.

43 ariel 05.04.06 at 2:08 pm

why didn’t i order a tshirt?
WHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?
when do yin yang kitties come out?

44 Aelfwyn 05.04.06 at 2:13 pm

Ahh, the fluffiness! The little pawses! Shannon L, I’d second your motion for a new rule of cuteness (paws over the face).

45 ♥♥♥ l.d.c.h. ☺ ♥♥♥ 05.04.06 at 2:14 pm

i want dat hammie too! gimme! i geev heem tissues to wipey hees schnoot!

46 Aelfwyn 05.04.06 at 2:14 pm

Btw, did I mention the fluffiness?

47 ♥♥♥ l.d.c.h. ☺ ♥♥♥ 05.04.06 at 2:17 pm

“moooooooom, i told you i could wash my own face!”

“nonsense here *spits on kleenex*”

“no mooooooom! aww gross! *wipes face*”

48 The Guy Over There 05.04.06 at 3:32 pm

I am that hamster. I blame this on the trees. (#$&(* asthma-donating trees.

49 Renee 05.04.06 at 4:22 pm

need…that…book! Yes, please let us know when it comes out! Renee :)

50 Theo 05.04.06 at 4:57 pm

w00t — my World Peace Hammie Ts arrived this morning! The schmoop-lets will be surprised…

51 A thinker 05.04.06 at 5:32 pm

WHAT a good daddy, Theo. Gosh, your kids must love you.

52 mariser 05.04.06 at 6:07 pm

whhhhaaaaahhhh!!!

everyone’s got the WPH tee ‘cept me!

goes outside to wait on the mailman.

whhhhaaaaahhhh!!!

53 Theo 05.04.06 at 6:39 pm

Just occurred to me that the schmooplets *read* the CO comments… wups…
(so um hey, SURPRISE!)

54 sofa 05.04.06 at 8:32 pm

OMG!! That is the cutest thing ever!!! I want one. Several. i want to work on this website. *drools* its just soooo cute!

55 E. Collison 05.04.06 at 10:53 pm

“…and she is a psychotic dwarf hamster who would try to rip off your finger whenever you would try to pick her up or feed her through the cage bars.”

Truly psychotic, Tammy? Fascinating! [giggles.]

56 chacha 05.05.06 at 12:01 am

Gotta ask, only because these damn things ARE so cute, are they actually good pets? When they’re not psychotic, that is?

57 ♥♥♥ l.d.c.h. ☺ ♥♥♥ 05.05.06 at 12:41 am

mariser, you are not alone, i to don’t have a WPH tee, *goes out side to wait for mail man with mariser*

58 ♥♥♥ l.d.c.h. ☺ ♥♥♥ 05.05.06 at 12:46 am

alcarwen, why would you freak out about a hamster-in-sweater deal? i PURPOSELY et run in my shirt it tickles and makes me hapy!

59 ♥♥♥ l.d.c.h. ☺ ♥♥♥ 05.05.06 at 1:00 am

I feel like offering her a tissue sometimes.

try it! who knows she might use it! theres a cat that eats with a fork, whynot a cat that usses tissues!

60 Shannon L 05.05.06 at 4:21 am

w00t. After that motion and second, It’s time for a vote then. *nodnodsnicker*

I ‘officially’ vote for the “Face-somehow-partially-obscured-by-paws-or-other-limbs-is-cute” rule of cuteness!!

61 Erica E. 05.05.06 at 2:15 pm

Haaam Choo? LOL! That’s hilarious!

And the pic….

Eeeeeeee! *faints*

62 Pat 05.05.06 at 11:34 pm

He remind me of Yoda in that pose.

63 mariser 05.06.06 at 1:25 am

I got my WPH tee!!

wheeeeeee!

taking it tonight. we are going to hammie up this town!!

64 ♥♥♥ l.d.c.h. ☺ ♥♥♥ 05.06.06 at 1:27 am

ammy it up girl whoo! lol [ D

65 mariser 05.06.06 at 1:28 am

ldch,

will do, will do.

66 Megs 05.06.06 at 5:00 pm

“I ‘officially’ vote for the “Face-somehow-partially-obscured-by-paws-or-other-limbs-is-cute” rule of cuteness!!”

Got my vote. That hammy is just so gosh darn adorable. I wanna squeeze it.

67 ♥'s G.D. & animals ☺ 05.06.06 at 9:39 pm

sorry i meant hammy but what i typed could be british for hammy i guess :)

68 Diane 05.27.06 at 9:56 pm

This should be “let us pray”

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