After logging off in the later 'early hours' of this morning I discovered Spike, my hamster, lying cold and stiff on the sawdust in his palatial quarters (a guinea pig cage). He was alive at lunchtime, yesterday, so must have passed away while I was at work. He was ageing when I acquired him and I was told that I should be lucky were he to live longer than six months. He hadn't been terribly active lately but his teeth were in good order, his bones well fleshed and there were no signs of an agonising struggle; it looks as though his life had simply run its course. He was pleasant and amusing company and won't be consigned to the dustbin. On Sunday I will take him out of the freezer and bury him somewhere comfortable; probably in The Lakes.
RIP Spike.
Postscript: Spike was laid to rest in a meadow above Shap Abbey at approximately 21:20, BST, on Sunday, 3rd inst. He was well provided for and should not go cold nor hungry on his journey to meet his ancestors.
Friday 1 August 2008
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Commiserations, Gruff on the demise of Spike.
Many thanks Gallimaufry. He was quite a character.
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