Could a hamster be that smart? (plus updates)

November 12th 2008:I just went to the pet shop yesterday, bringing along Xu Xu and Ching Ling with me. My friend was convinced Xu Xu needed to go on diet. So, I showed the pet store shop assistant my most beloved hamster. My friend went something like this "IS SHE pregnant?"

the answer is of course "NO!". "You can tell if she is pregnant, as her temper just goes over the roof and her 6 milk gate would be all popping out, it's so obvious that you won't be able to miss it!" oh and she added "Xu Xu is healthy and alright, not fat, she does not need a diet!" that was the assistant's comment upon my friend's opinion on putting Xu Xu on a diet. T_T thank God and Xu Xu seems to say "phew...... " too.

Yet, I realized something, I saw no 6 milk gates popping out on Guai Guai's belly which according to the assistant should be popping out on the 2nd week of pregnancy, as hamsters bear for a mere 14-days period. O, Lord. After the Halloween mating which kinda excites me as I was thinking I was going to have Halloween hamster babies -_-", Guai Guai was nice to everybody for 2 days where she starts going around and biting the others again. But I am kinda letting her go away with it coz I THOUGHT she WAS pregnant and yes, being pregnant is not an easy thing even for a hamster. She has been given a lot of love showers and princess-like treatment, or baby-like treatment that she craves for more everyday. You can tell from her face when she starts to grind her cage asking for attention.

Ok, Long story short, I came home last night  and check Guai Guai. It was the 11th which means she is 3 days due to giving birth (where I previously thought it was 1 month pregnancy-birth process), and I was re-assured... she was not pregnant coz I can't even locate the 6 milk gates. I am not upset just a little disappointed as I have been anticipating the babies so much... or baby (if she eats the rest), it just feel kinda wrong.... or outa place to find out that it was A FALSE baby alarm. Well... it's ok... that was what I thought to myself. Been sick the past few days from lack of sleep leading to sorethroat and flu. So, I stayed home all day today and took a nap. After nap, I took Guai Guai out of her cage as she just kept ga ga ga ga  ga ga ga ga ga GA GA GA GA GA GA on her cage...... which kinda like..... woke me up. I also took Ching Ling out.... guess what? It is as if Guai Guai understood what I said to her last night, she was trying to get Ching Ling to mate with her. She was all over him, rolling on her back and so on. Unfortunately, Ching Ling seems to not be in the mood of mating. He kissed her and that was it. Poor Guai Guai endeavored for over 10 minutes. I took Xu Xu out, as soon as Ching Ling got close to her, she pushed him away. Guai Guai looked at Xu Xu with the "why the thing on earth are you here?" look and you can almost literally smell smoke on the air. Yet, Xu Xu behaved herself and I kinda just brushed Guai Guai to remind her, that I AM THERE "watching" them. Xu Xu just went to the corner and start her self-cleaning work and giving Guai Guai "I don't need to be pregnant to get mum's love. I am her baby, was, am and always will be. I don't need to reproduce to get loved." kinda look.

Guai Guai was trying to see if Xu Xu was really ignoring her by sniffing her all over and Xu Xu just couldn't care less but continuing her cleaning work without even validating Guai Guai's presence. Guai Guai then left  Xu Xu with a smirk on her face and went back to bug Ching Ling, rolling on her back and stuff for another 15 minutes, even at some points got on top of Ching Ling's back. God, IS SHE NOT desperate? It's funny to see how she seems to know I blew off her fake pregnancy scam. hahahahhahaha.... But too bad... Ching Ling is not in the mood. Poor Guai Guai lied quietly beside Ching Ling from exhaustion. hahahahahahahaha.... You might think what on earth is Yung Yung doing? But hey, I can tell you, this is a good medicine for a sick lady, that is laughter. Some of my friends said I should have been a narrator. hahahahahahahahahhahahahaha....

I hope it was a good laugh

OH MY GOD, I just went out to grab some water when I heard chasing sounds in Ching Ling's cage. All 3 hamsters have their own separate cages. I put Guai Guai in there previously before I started to write this blog as she seemed to be so desperate.

 I took them both out and put them on my sofa... to my amazement.. CHING LING IS ALL over her and being all passionate and stuff... and they are mating AGAIN! Way to go Guai Guai, she's good!!!! Now Ching Ling is chasing her all over MY sofa. Ok.... I guess I gave Guai Guai the 2nd chance to get pregnant which she seemed to be very determined to be this time. I guess she can tell that I spoil her so much more after I "thought" she was pregnant. I can't believe my hamster, Guai Guai actually understands human language. OH MY GOD!

Ok

PS: last update after 30 mins of the above blog entry, one sentence. I need to sanitize my sofa later on with some antibacterial agents!!!!! There are sparks of Guai Guai's blood AND lots of Ching Ling juniors everywhere. I can't believe they turn into jelly like substance so fast..... I checked Guai Guai too... now... she has a widely opened hole on top of her rectum with some rather hard jelly-like substance in it. I guess... this time she is certified as to losing her virginity for good. Should I be happy? I mean ... hey, at least she's trying to get pregnant... though maybe for her own sake but still.... she TRIED. So hard, that my sofa have lots mini mini mini jelly beans all over. it kinda tells me how many times they did it... -_-"

I guess Guai Guai really tries to nail it for good this time.

PSS: update the the morning after (Nov 13th). Tried putting Guai Guai with Ching Ling again (they live in individual cages), she almost ate him. hahahaha back to her bitchy self. T_T I can't believe Guai Guai turned her back on Ching Ling right after her motives reached. OMG.After some thought.... I have come to understand why Guai Guai wasn't pregnant on Halloween night's attempt. You see... ... .... ..... Hamster DOES reach climax too... Poor Ching Ling didn't get the chance to have it last time as Guai Guai was in so much pain already (remember she WAS a virgin), hence, no climax, no Ching Ling Juniors (am I putting it in a very objective and less offending way enough?).

 Anyway, I found out Ching Ling juniors turn solid within seconds in contact with air (i.e dead), so, Guai Guai can actually pull the whole thing out, if  they were not transfered deep enough into her, i.e. getting a hamster female pregnant isn't as easy as we used to think (the male hamster really has to make perfect his skills and it takes a lot of effort you know? especially to get the female pregnant at the first time, overcoming her pain during the first, second or even third attempt of mating with a lot of caress and sweet kisses---> I saw him doing it. She was still bleeding last night so I guess she was in much pain still. OW BTW, hamster CANNOT FORCE mating initiation or continuing the process of mating onto the opposite sex if the opposite sex objects. How humane compared to HUMAN?). As you have come to notice that SHE CAN STOP HERSELF FROM being pregnant. I dunno.... is that the natural built-in mechanism for birth control? I DOUBT she'll be pregnant THIS time neither... Guess, I'll have to wait and see and probably even ASK her if she was pregnant or not in 2 weeks time.... So that she'll go to Ching Ling again if she's not.. But... I think she really hurt his feelings this time by her attitude the morning after mating. Let's see if he'll forgive her next time if this attempt proves to be a failure... hahahahaha

You might wonder why I noticed these stuffs. Well, first I noticed of course the jellies then as I watched them.... I noticed also AT RARE times Ching Ling stopped and clung onto Guai Guai so tightly with his eyes just kind of WIDENED (his eyeballs were as if they were about to roll out of place) and his whole body stiffened so much that he fell on her side unable to move for few seconds. At first I was worried that he might have overdone it somehow, till I saw his juniors... which made me went kinda "ow.... OK!"

corrections from last night's blog:  mini mini mini jelly beans all over kinda tells me how many times they did it... -_-" (--> correction: kinda tell me how many times Ching Ling got to to GET to climax) On the side: Xu Xu is firm to keep her virgin status in tact. How cute. She keeps slapping Ching Ling hard on his face each time he tries to be funny with her (that includes this morning). hahahaha....

Last but not least, sorry for my very objective way to look at this whole thing. When I was a kid, I wanted to become a bio-chemist or a brain surgeon... so this things kinda intrigue me instead of disgusts me. :P My comment? This is the beauty of LIFE cycle. I felt like I was watching national geographic LIVE.

PSSS: YES, I ALREADY disinfected my sofa with anti bacterial agents.

PSSSS: Just to be clear, (as I had been asked weird questions before on the Halloween's night blog entry),. THE ANSWER IS NO, watching my hamster making out DOES NOT excite me! I look at it as knowledge nourishment, like watching National Geographic. I don't get excited watching National Geographic channel! Does that question kinda explain why the animal-animal intercourse, animal-human intercourse hard core VCD getting so popular back then amongst some? T_T Or is that a normal question asked and I am just a hopeless scientist wannabe?