Udon Soup

To my little dude

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miss you little man 

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This is Udon. He will always be my furball baby hamster. I miss him everyday.

People often ask me if I would adopt another hamster into my little family. I think about it time-to-time, and I don’t oppose to the idea… but I still… don’t know. Udon was a special hammy, and I’m sure if I were to adopt another, that hammy would be special in its own way too. But I guess…. I’m still struggling with Udon’s passing.

He came into my life during a difficult time, and essentially saved me from myself. Crazy huh? How someone so tiny could make such a huge impact on my life. But its not hard to imagine, especially with that cute face! Miss and love ya bud.

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Udon loves to sleep. He cuddles up to a warm place, usually a makeshift fort or my tummy, and flops over.

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Udon, mastering the dirty looks. Miss this kid

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Going through Udon’s old photos. This is him, late at night, what looks like hanging on for his dear life but slowly falling asleep. Silly hammy!

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And just like that, my birthday and his 6 months anniversary since he passed away came and went.  I miss him everyday, especially this year cause he spend the last 2 years cuddling with me while we waited for the countdown to my birthday, but I’m no longer sad by it.  It’s more like a celebration of life, and a reminder of the amazing time I had with him.  Love you, you big fat booger of a hella cute hamster child!

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I miss everything about this kid. Hope you're having fun at the Rainbow Bridge little man.

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Udon, the mama's boy.

I would classify Udon as a people hamster. He can interact and play with people, as long as they're not noisy and overwhelming (he gets skittish and agitated afterwards - then I have to remove the poor boy from the person). But after a couple of minutes, he would always make sure to sniff and look for me to hide and snuggles. Someone always laugh and say he's a mama's boy, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Look at him! Who wouldn't want this cutie to love you?

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Bread soaked in milk, one of Udon’s favourite food!

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Mum, thank you for the snack stick... But I only like to nibble at the corner of the stick and have you throw out the rest.

Udon, the picky eater.

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My hamster putty. Udon started off by sitting this way, all perked up, ready to play. Then slowly as the minutes passed by, he became a gooey putty and melted into my hands. Who made this kid? How can he be SO damn cute? Miss you, little man.

*Note: I did not have a strong grip on him. I would never push Udon to do anything that was uncomfortable for him.

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Hey there baby Udon!

It was bin cleaning day, and he was throwing a tantrum hahahahaha

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I think Udon was about 2-3 months old here. Can't believe how tiny he was! I loved how awkward he looked when he was a baby. His ears, hands, and feet were 3 sizes too big for his tiny body. But he grew up to be quite the handsome fella at the end!

I miss you so, so, so, much little man.

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Udon at about 6 months old. It was bin cleaning day, and this was my temporary solution - to place him in a box while I cleaned - before getting him a playpen.

Sometimes, when Udon was awake from his deep slumber and doing his daily activities, I would open the lid to his bin and just watch him. After a couple of minutes, I would puff my chest, put my hands on my hip, and take a deep breath and lovingly (and of course not so loudly) yell at him: "WHO MADE YOU? WHO MADE THIS CUTE AND FAT KID? HOW AM I SO BLESSED TO HAVE YOU AS MY FUR BABY!?!?!?!?" ... or ya know... somewhere along those lines. At times, Udon would respond by stopping what he's doing and looks up with a questioning look.  And sometimes... it almost looks like he's judging me, "Oh its you, mum. Please stop being crazy, you're embarrassing me."

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This was Udon, at about 5 months old.  The little bugger decided my hand was his bed for about 30 mins, then his body heat was making my hand sweat and I had to put him down :)

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I wanted to take the time to say thank you to everyone who have left kind words since my last post, I really really really wholeheartedly appreciate it.

I have thought long and hard on what I wanted to do with little man's tumblr. But as I was going through my SD card last night, I realized that there were many photos of him that I have not shared.  So, to keep the memories of his ridiculous cute self alive, I'll be updating from time to time!

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On November 2nd 2014, late in the afternoon, Udon passed away at the age of 2 years and 4 months old.

I'm glad that I was there during his passing, but it did not make it any more easier.  For a hammy that loves to move around in my hands, it was hard to see him laying so quietly and still.  

One of the fondest memories I have of him was when I went to go pick him up from a breeder.  I like to think Udon was the one who chose to come home with me.  I knew that I wanted a boy hamster, so the breeder took all the boy hamsters out into a play pen.  While Udon's brothers would all run away from me, that kid sat in the corner of where I was sitting and just stayed there.  So I scooped him up, he gave me his sleepy eyes look, and something in my heart just clicked.  Udon wasn't just a hamster, he was my family, my little man.  He nestle right into my heart, stayed there, slept there, made it into his home.  So when he left, he took a piece of my heart with him.

I'm still having a hard time coping and saying good bye. His bin cage and everything that was pulled out of it, as I was desperately trying to get to him, is still sitting there untouched.  I miss coming home to his noisy eating habits, and him fiddling around his igloo.  I miss picking him up, giving him tons of kisses and having him cuddle right next to my tummy.

So to my dear little Udon, I hope you felt all the love and happiness over the last 2 years that I was so lucky to share with you.  Hope you're having an grand ol' time at the Rainbow Bridge, eating all the sun flower seeds, broccoli, and carrots possible. I love and miss you lots, thanks for being my little man.

And thank you to everyone who stopped by his page, left messages, likes and reblogged his photos.

- D