I am so effing athletic!

by Meg on March 8, 2007

Yeeeeeeeee! Check it, Baybees!

And you thought Anderson Cooper had 360!

Wheel... of... mayhem

OK, OK, that’s enough [turns into a blob]

Asleep at the wheel

Kathy C., way to be…

{ 97 comments }

1 ceejoe 03.08.07 at 5:48 pm

ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!
look at dee pouch!!!!

2 chicklet 03.08.07 at 5:48 pm

I couldn’t figure out what was wrong with blobby!hammy until I noticed the third ear.

Is today All Hammy Thursday?

3 one of the erins 03.08.07 at 5:50 pm

That’s so awesome, I used to have gerbils that would do that… on the gerbil wheel, one would runrunrunrunrunrunrunSTOP and go flinging around in a circle. Makes me want to invent a rollercoaster for rodents.

(Rodentcoaster?)

4 Karen in Toronto 03.08.07 at 5:50 pm

Pic 2, front: this is what I imagine dormice (dormouses?) look like, just before they are stuffed into teapots.

5 jayell 03.08.07 at 5:51 pm

round and round she goes where she stops nobody knows. Qte

6 bikerbabe 03.08.07 at 5:56 pm

The real question is did she stick the landing???

7 hester13 03.08.07 at 5:57 pm

zwergmaus

8 Kit 03.08.07 at 5:57 pm

I never understood how hammies could run all day (or night as the case may be) and then STILL look like they are blobs.

9 punkpie 03.08.07 at 6:01 pm

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

*love* the first pic.

10 Holly 03.08.07 at 6:02 pm

Love the live action shot. Is that Hammy Lou Retton?

11 jaypo 03.08.07 at 6:04 pm

You have done well, little grasshopper.

12 ask-god-a-question.com 03.08.07 at 6:12 pm

There hasn’t been such a great transformation in a living thing since Jesus.

13 Theo 03.08.07 at 6:14 pm

Looks a little more like Hamsiddhartha, to me.
(How is this even *possible*??)

14 Wisefool 03.08.07 at 6:19 pm

I love watching the mice in the pet store do this. It’s even better when one is running on top and one running inside. Have to make sure there’s enough bottom clearance, though.

15 DKN 03.08.07 at 6:19 pm

Cirque de Hammie!

OMG! I LOVE the eye slits in the second pic.

And again Theo, once you’ve seen the hedgies crawls all over some brit’s head and considering the vid i sent you the other day – isn’t anything possible??

16 Peg of Tilling 03.08.07 at 6:21 pm

It’s Tony Ham-Hawk!

17 ShelleyTambo 03.08.07 at 6:25 pm

The hammie posted back in November had the same wheel, and it STILL makes me crave a sunnyside up egg.

18 ThreeDogNight 03.08.07 at 6:31 pm

“God, I’m tired! All that running for a lousy piece of lettuce? I give up. Time to rest!” (the sound of adorable little hammie snores fills the air)

19 Numine 03.08.07 at 6:33 pm

EEEE! GUUUUU!

20 pistache268 03.08.07 at 6:34 pm

Hamsiddhartha!

21 Subhangi 03.08.07 at 6:36 pm

Awwwww. So squishy.

22 Cafe Alpha 03.08.07 at 6:47 pm

I want those pictures on a tee shirt.

23 Fish Eye no Miko 03.08.07 at 7:02 pm

Picture 1: WHEEEEEE!!
Picture 2: Zzzzzzzzzz…

24 Fuzzybutt 03.08.07 at 7:14 pm

O MA GAWD!!! My head just exploded from all the hammie cuteness!!!

25 Faekitty (Heather M.) 03.08.07 at 7:14 pm

Omg……OMG!….OMFGWTF!!!!!!!!

*S’plodes again*

*Teal Confetti*

26 Another Angela 03.08.07 at 7:14 pm

Hammie must be a yoga master to have such a flexible spine.

27 TAJ 03.08.07 at 7:26 pm

Don’t worry chicklet, i didn’t realize pic #2 was two hammies until further inspection.

There should be a Cute-olympics, and wheel running would definately be an event, or two…

28 sydney 03.08.07 at 7:41 pm

Did this lil guy take the animal crackers from our dizzy hammie and he’s storing all of them for hisself.

29 Suzanne 03.08.07 at 8:01 pm

He’s so shooting the curl in pic 1. Hang ten little hammie!

30 Chun 03.08.07 at 8:07 pm

this entry makes me squeeee XD

31 Joey 03.08.07 at 8:11 pm

Chubby cheeks! Love it.

32 pookiepuff 03.08.07 at 8:16 pm

That totaaaally reminds me of my hamster! My hamster tries to run reeeeally fast, as fast as his little pink furry feet can go and then he all of a sudden stops running and lets himself go around and around the wheel. He’s so cute when he does that! I love tiny Russian dwarf hamsters! I love love love it when they turn into little sleeping blobs!!!!!

33 layla42 03.08.07 at 8:16 pm

He looks like he’s doing a hammy backflip and stuck the landing…right on his buddy.

I can hear the little honk-shu’s from here!

34 Lillith 03.08.07 at 8:25 pm

Hey Teho:
Hamaste.

35 hrh.squeak 03.08.07 at 8:31 pm

Ham-tastic! Mwahahahahaaaa.

36 lauowolf 03.08.07 at 8:33 pm

I thought this was hammie and eggs at first.
With extra side of hammie.

37 Missa 03.08.07 at 8:52 pm

First picture:
“Do de do ..”
“Goddammit, Bobby!! Get out of the way of the picture!! … Rude.”

38 JH 03.08.07 at 8:53 pm

My gerbils have work to do to catch up with that hammie!

39 Juniper Jupiter 03.08.07 at 9:14 pm

He’s a maniac MANIAC
On the Wheee-uhl

and he’s spinnin’ like he’s never spun beforeeeellll????

What?

WHAT?

:P

40 Sterling Hoyt 03.08.07 at 9:21 pm

I admit on the first shot I thought he was swimming in some sort of soapy liquid …. glad the second pic cleared it up. Whatta athelete!

41 Theo 03.08.07 at 9:37 pm

Lillith: om mani padme ham

42 Mills 03.08.07 at 9:38 pm

I need to Squiiiiiiiiish!

*Squishes blob of cuteness*

43 Shadyman 03.08.07 at 9:39 pm

Pic 1: “OMG WHEEEEEEEE!”

44 Shannon 03.08.07 at 9:51 pm

What a great shot!!

I thought of a sunny side egg at first too.

….hamaste, ROFL……

45 Ned 03.08.07 at 9:57 pm

I’m glad that when I exercise, I LOSE calories, unlike this poor hamster.

46 Chris B. 03.08.07 at 10:18 pm

Way to Cute…Someone has way too much time on their hands if they can get a picture like that. Hmmm sounds like me…

47 Jwlls 03.08.07 at 10:20 pm

OMG Sterling Hoyt! I thought he was swimming at first glance, too! I was thinking to myself, “wow, i didn’t realize that hammies could do the backstroke!”

48 Lillith 03.08.07 at 10:30 pm

Teho:

Ohm hama Shivaya

49 Theo 03.08.07 at 10:36 pm

Hammie Krishna!
(…and that’s all I’ve got)

50 EricaE 03.08.07 at 10:59 pm

Hammie in the second picture looks like a fluffy little bon bon. Eeeeeeeee!

51 Arvay 03.08.07 at 11:08 pm

Oh man I wanna kiss da belly! :)

52 Theo 03.08.07 at 11:08 pm

TWO fluffy little bon bons, EricaE.

53 Snorga 03.08.07 at 11:14 pm

I woke up this morning after a VERY long night at my new job, and burst into a major gigglefest at that amazing, anerable backflip. I’m so going to get myself some hammies!

I’ve had my eyes on two dalmation dwarf hamsters, brothers. Any suggestions for names?

54 fatal_fluffy 03.08.07 at 11:26 pm

Just moved to China. So happy that this is one of the sites that gets through the Great Firewall.

Snorga: I suggest Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Or name one the newest Chinese word I learned: kaoxiang — oven (I needed mine repaired yesterday).

55 Rosa 03.08.07 at 11:39 pm

Soo cute! I didn’t realize that the bottom picture had two hamsters until I read some of the comments. Another picture to show my boyfriend when I say I want a hamster (or 10). :)

56 Theo 03.08.07 at 11:39 pm

Fatal Fluffy — wow, that *is* interesting. And cool. Welcome home!

57 Theo 03.08.07 at 11:40 pm

I mean, not so much about the oven… but thanks for the vocab too. Heh.

58 Redzilla 03.08.07 at 11:44 pm

Hamsiddartha, huh, Theo? *snort

Teho: Oh, wise and compassionate Hammie Lama, what is the secret to a fulfilling life?

Hammie Lama: Whenever you get the chance, stuff as many cheese puffs in your cheek pouches as you can.

59 Noelegy 03.09.07 at 12:04 am

Oh, the anerability of the slanty little closed eyes in the last picture. Reminds me of the expressions on images of Buddha in a state of enlightenment.

60 Judy B 03.09.07 at 12:27 am

Eeeeee! More roborovski sweetness!
If I don’t get me some of my own soon I think I may explode.

61 fatal_fluffy 03.09.07 at 12:49 am

xie xie (thank-you) Theo. CO helps me get my ‘furry fix’ while I’m waiting for my cat to get out of quarantine (only a few more days!).

62 HeidStar 03.09.07 at 1:20 am

Hammie is catching some seriously BIG AIR in that first pic.

63 Snorga 03.09.07 at 1:26 am

Yay! I gotta hammie! He’s an absloutley adorable male honey hammie. I knew he was perfect when I saw him at petsmart–all his brothers were totally zonked, but he was runnin on his wheel like the cops were chasing him!!!

I got him a great cage and everything, and of course a wheel, and he’s lovin it. The only thing is he hasn’t climbed up his tubes yet to the second floor; I hope he figures out how.

Anyway, my boyfriend wants to name him Phadeus, although we don’t know what that means!

64 ask-god-a-question.com 03.09.07 at 1:45 am

Perhaps that’s where anime creatures get their zany behaviours from – the simple observance of normal animals at play.

65 Mimi 03.09.07 at 2:30 am

Glad I wasn’t the only one who thought the hammie was swimming!

66 Susan 03.09.07 at 2:40 am

He may be a blob, but he won hisself a lady with his athletic prowess. You go, Ratty-O!

67 steve 03.09.07 at 2:44 am

Of all the cuteness on this site if ever any photos cried out for a video.. this one does. Please supply one ASAP

I have sent the video of the hammy and the animal crackers to a gazillion people.. I suspect this one with a bit of music would be even more entertaining!

68 Kathy C. 03.09.07 at 3:15 am

Yay, thanks for posting us! Pitter and Patter are gonna get big hammy heads!

Steve, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXRH50fvHWA
They aren’t my hammies, but apparently all Robos do the wheel thing.

Chris B.: yes, I have way too much time on my hands. :)

Cafe Alpha: t-shirt, eh? That can be arranged…

69 lauowolf 03.09.07 at 3:16 am

Someone’s letting the air out of hammies, and leaving them all puddled up.
Who would do such a thing?

70 oaklandcat 03.09.07 at 3:48 am

check out his little tail in the first pic! That kills me…

71 Mills 03.09.07 at 4:18 am

um, can any see the most perfect teeny feets in the first pic.

The feets are too much!

*splode*

72 Aubrey 03.09.07 at 5:29 am

I’m getting a distinct Jabba The Ham vibe from the second picture.

73 twobeesequalonedog 03.09.07 at 6:33 am

hey chicklet, I have gerbils who do exactly the same thing as yours used to do! I didn’t know it was a gerbil-thing to runrunrun-STOP! and then flip over 3 or 4 times.

74 R. Moore 03.09.07 at 7:47 am

I don’t know WHY I thought that was a kitten in the first picture.

Oh hey, a kitten wheel would be brilliant!

75 cheddarbunny 03.09.07 at 8:58 am

Oh my, an Anderson reference and hamsters? That is too much!

76 Kaity 03.09.07 at 10:43 am

Awww, this reminds me of the (12) gerbils we used to have! They would see us watching them, then run on their little wheels to show off, then sudenly, they’d stop and ride the wheel around a few times!

77 Tia 03.09.07 at 11:49 am

OMG. I home sick from work today…taking advantage catching up on everybodys blog….YOUR PIC MADE MY DAY…TOO CUTE!!

78 ceejoe 03.09.07 at 12:56 pm

Snorga – congratulations on the new hammie! This site is a great inspiration, isn’t it?

79 jaypo 03.09.07 at 2:22 pm

“what is the secret to a fulfilling life”

Red, don’t you mean a *fluffilling* life?

80 ask-god-a-question.com 03.09.07 at 3:47 pm

Now that I think of it, that hamster must have definitely taken the red pill.

81 Helene 03.09.07 at 4:28 pm

I want new peectures!!!!!1!!!!

82 jen 03.09.07 at 4:35 pm

thats it. i just died. cause of death: exposure to extreme cuteness. thanks, co. you’ll be hearing from my attorney!

83 Fable 03.09.07 at 7:21 pm

Good luck Steven!|

84 Snorga 03.09.07 at 7:21 pm

Thanks ceejoe. Yes, I totally love this site! I’ve been trying to get on it–I’m all following my cat Marmalade around with a camera, “do something cute! do something cute!” But no luck yet. ;-)

My little hammie Phadeus is anerable. He ran all day and all night on his new purple wheel, and now he’s zonked out UNDER IT. Now if he would just put his lil feets up…

85 Fable 03.09.07 at 7:24 pm

oh we will take care of his little feet in time…no worry we will…meow! hammie!meow!

86 Fable 03.09.07 at 7:25 pm

hammie,hammie…come over here…

87 Lauri 03.09.07 at 9:28 pm

Ohmygarsh, I just laughed SO hard at that video of the hammies on the wheel. How can they go SO fast????

And these pics are so great. The yin and yang of hamdom.

88 natalie q 03.10.07 at 12:48 am

Ham Petty: and I’m freee Free Fallin!

89 lauowolf 03.10.07 at 3:49 am

Oh Snorga-
That’s why I have all these photos of my cats sleeping.

90 Suda Nim 03.10.07 at 4:25 am

R. Moore: ask and ye shall receive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aVLdeIKZuM

(There are lots more cats-on-wheels on the web, but I like the multi-cat action here.)

91 Kathy C 03.10.07 at 8:15 am

Suda Nim, thanks for sharing that! I wish my cats would do that. They’re way too lazy.

92 Carlisa 03.10.07 at 2:59 pm

OMG!!! Hilarious! Looks like his tocks caught up with his face!

93 yvonne 03.10.07 at 5:39 pm

mmmm cheese :o oops i mean daaaang what isup with that hamster is it on crack or somthing GERSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

94 Montecore827 03.12.07 at 5:39 am

Dead at the wheel.

95 kim 03.12.07 at 7:00 pm

This post came SO close to making me buy a hammie this weekend :) I thought the kitty overlords might not approve though.

96 Jennifer 03.13.07 at 1:52 am

This is hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love the ham on the wheel on the 1st picture and he is saying…
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AWSO–ZZZZZZZZZZ

97 Snorga 03.13.07 at 10:35 pm

well kim, not only did it make me buy a hammie, C.O. has completely taken over my brain. I came home late last night and said to my hammie, “hewwow, lil mister hammiepants!” My boyfriend thought I was crazy. “Hammie-pants?”
“Yes, I can’t help it, he’s so CUUUUUTTTTEEEE!”

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