Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Enticing Delicacies

Sumptuous snack treats for my pet hamster this week!

A few days ago, I fed Elfie with a small piece of freshly peeled banana & it was so happily licking & nibbling away! I was so happy to see him getting all so engrossed over my little treat for him! Btw, that was my first time sharing a single piece of fruit with my pet hamster... =)

Today was even more overwhelming for Elfie, coz there were two luxurious treats for him!

The first was a small piece of my chocolate chip bread from my breakfast meal & I tried to feed it to him. Initially, Elfie didn't like it, so I came up with this really interesting idea! I took one of his favourite nuts, rubbed a little bit of chocolate from that small piece of chocolate chip bread & fed it to him.

Naturally, Elfie tasted & swallowed the delicious nut coated with a little bit of chocolate & when offered the small piece of chocolate chip bread, he started chewing on it too! Aha! That's one strategy on how to teach hamsters to eat other kinds of delicious food snacks!

Secondly, my aunty brought durians for us at night. After having a small durian feast with my family, I peeled small little shreds of durian flesh & offered it, shred by shred to Elfie. With all that durian smell enveloping its nostrils, Elfie grabbed it quickly from my finger & devoured it immediately!

I fed him the remaining few shreds of durian flesh & I could tell that Elfie was just so engrossed over it! He was even hyper-enthusiastic in licking off every bit of durian flesh that was sticking on my fingers! Oh boy... he was a happy & well pampered hamster!

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