I keep hamsters since I was a kindergarten child. I have had maybe 7 or 8 hamsters so far.
On entering Kyoto Gaidai, I started living by myself in Kyoto.
In the biginning, I felt tired and sad because I couldn't touch, play, feel or see any animals even nature! I grew in the very countryside, so I couldn't stand this situation. I was always living with some wild animals and my pets, I felt much stress because of this.
When I went back to my hometown in GW, I felt much value and blessing from my hometown. Then I thought, " If I went back to Kyoto without any pets, I would feel more stress than now..." I decided to have and keep a hamster in my Kyoto's room though my apartment building prohibits everybody from keeping any pets.
Before I went back to Kyoto, I went to homecenter with my parents to choice a hamster which I keep. There were two hamsters, but we had t o choice only one. After we were bothered, we choose a female Djungarian Hamster.
Then she was little fat and her touch was very tender, so I named her Puyo. Puyo is originally come from Japanese memetic word (gitaigo), PuyoPuyo. This memetic word is used when we want to express something's soft or tender touch.
Now, she became bigger than first. As time passed, she got used to touch by me. I touch her at least three times on a day. This is my daily routine. I sometimes feed piece of fresh vesitables which like cabbage or carrot. When she gets them from my hands, I feel happy and relaxing. She supports me a lot, and she is my oasis in Kyoto life :)
This is her hip. Japanese hamster lovers call this Ham-Ketsu. Ketu is Japanese slang word of hip.
Her Ham-Ketsu is sooooooooooooo cute, isn't she? ;)
