last night on the 5th of march, 2013, exactly after 9 months, DUMPLING's demise, his daddy DINO finally joined him over the rainbow after suffering from 2 attacks of tumour around his mouth for the last 5 months. we took him to the vet to remove the 1st tumour which grew outside his mouth which was as big as a raisin but a second relapse occurred again and this time it was a growth inside his mouth. he was very skinny and most of his fur dropped off due to the tumour which made him harder to eat. he was a great survivor and lived on soft diet like hamster jello, soft fresh corn and tiny linseed and vitamin drink as he couldn't chew on his favourite sunflower seed anymore. we didn't expected him to outlived his wife, DUFFY which passed away 3 weeks ago as he was extremely fragile. he couldn't see properly when he was feeding as his eyesight was deteriorating due to old age as well. he should be over 80 hamster age and was a proud dad to 4 pups which 3 had crossed over the rainbow. we used to put him together with his older son DOUGHNUT and he was always submissive to him as the latter was bigger in size but once we tried to put him together with his younger son DUMPLING, he was so domineering he almost bit off half of his DUMPLING's cheek! now he shall not suffer anymore as he has joined his family playing over the rainbow forever.
i will always miss you...my dearest greatest survivor DINO.
DINO YAP
FEB 2011 ~ 5th MARCH 2013
May You Rest In Peace Eternally
