Eight-year-old Callum Chalkley with Pipsqueak the hamster. Picture by Keith Dobney. WHEN a cat broke into hamster Pipsqueak’s cage, his distraught owners presumed him dead. But the plucky rodent proved too much of a match for the moggy, and was found alive in a neighbour’s garage a day later.The Siberian hamster was missing and his cage completely broken last Thursday morning, leaving    .. more …

Throughout the week, Mike Tanier will be out and about and filing dispatches from the Super Bowl city. INDIANAPOLIS ” Fifteen minutes before the opening of the Super Bowl Village on Monday, blues rock music blared from loudspeakers, and a man who looked like Steve Buscemi after a swing shift in a coal mine hula-hooped with a group of Hooters waitresses.The man looked too grungy and stiff to    .. more …

Go ogle yourself and leave me out of it.(Paul McErlane – Bloomberg) I miss the old Google. I miss the old Internet. I don’t miss Hamster Dance (see it once, you’ll have it stuck in your head for the next 10 years) or AOL (skreeeeee-onk, skreeeeee-onk, kcck, kssssh, kllissssh, shhhhhhs) or the dial-up speeds that required a full day to download the minute-long trailer for ” The    .. more …

By Emma Reynolds Last When a family’s pet hamster went missing and they found his cage ripped open by a cat, they feared the worst. But adventurous Pipsqueak had escaped the clutches of the predatory puss and run down the street to find refuge. The Chalkleys were amazed when the brave furball turned up in the most unlikely of hideouts – a pest controller’s garage. Eight-year-old owner Callum    .. more …

Hamsters are able to open the doors on some hamster cages, so if in doubt add an additional quick release fastener to the door this will keep your pet hamster secure. They are too fond of toys and fond of wheel so don’t forget to have these two items inside their cage. Kids too enjoy hamster a lot. While choosing cockatiel cage you must consider its various types and the sizes available, you must    .. more …

What a year! We’ve tabulated the numbers and analyzed the results for 2011. On almost every measure, the Humane Society for Greater Savannah had its best year ever. We have shown significant improvement across the board, in many cases setting records. First and foremost, I am thrilled to announce the number of pets we have re-homed – that’s how we view our adoptions since our organization only    .. more …

A group of Norwegian lunatics – yes, that’s the only word for them – have invented an entirely new sport that has to be seen to be believed: bubble football.The game sees players run around the pitch    .. more …

How many cookies have you eaten in the past year? Do you have to take a long bath after Christmas because all those chimmeneys must be dirty. Are yoou ever afraid that you might get stuck in a chimmeney and have to make up for lost time by skipping a child? How many elves are there to help you? This year I would like a D.S.i. for Christmas and lots of things for needy kids like money, toys, and    .. more …

METHEUN, Mass., Jan. 18 (UPI) — A Massachusetts animal shelter took nearly 100 hamsters from the home of a man who said he could not control their breeding.The man, whose name was not reported, visited Methuen Animal Care and Adoption Center at Nevins Farm last week to ask for help with his burgeoning hamster population, The Boston Globe reported Tuesday.”He couldn’t afford them any longer,”    .. more …

L AWRENCE – A Lawrence man has turned over 94 hamsters to a local animal shelter, telling officials he was running out of room in his apartment.The director of the Methuen shelter, run by the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said the rodents were well cared for and will make nice pets.Shelter director Mike Keiley told the Eagle-Tribune that the hamsters’    .. more …