Short version of it, my Hamster Buddy died today and I'm depressed about it so I'm taking some time off to recover.
Buddy was a 2 and a half year old Fancy Syrian Hamster, and it was beyond me that he lived a few more months. As someone who has worked with animals and been around so many dead hamsters it affected me the most because Buddy was special to me. I did everything I could to make him live a long happy life because they don't have a long life span. Now some people might think "It's just a hamster, get over it." but Buddy was more then a hamster, he was like my son. He was sweet, came to me when I came home from work, cuddled with me while watching tv, and did his silly little things that made me smile. People see hamsters as aggressive because they have little chompers that hurt and never take the time to bond with them and socialize because these animals are smart. Over all I saw it coming for a while and he's getting cremated tomorrow, so please bare with me while I take some time to recover..