Torkel

Torkel
Originally uploaded by Snips of Scraps.

This is our hamster Torkel. When he was 10 days old he had one eye closed up tight. He had no hair on his body and he looked like he was going to die. So I decided that I would take care of him. I treated him with antibiotic eye drops and when some accidently got on his skin his hair started growing in. So I decided to try a little on his skin and next thing I knew we had the most beautiful little guy. He's a real tough guy though. He loves to bite anything, probably because of all the pain he had to endure as a baby. But once you get him out of his cage he is a real sweety. But he does do some weird things and maybe one day I'll get a picture of him and his sweetheart, my blanket. But as the caption says DO NOT TOUCH HIS STARS!