Name:

Cinnamon

Species:

Abysinnian guinea pig

Sex:

Female

About:

Cinnamon was found by my Mum on 20th April 2005, after being dumped in a wood in Norfolk. She was also known as Naughty Knickers as she was hard to catch! She lived with my Mum and her other guinea pigs until August 2007, but when the last of her cagemates died, she came to stay with me and my other guinea pigs, and settled in really well. The photo was taken just a couple of weeks before she died on 23 February 2008.

Name:

Priscilla

Species:

Black & white gerbil

Sex:

Female

About:

Priscilla was rescued by a friend, and came to stay in March 2006. She lived with her Mum Camilla, and sister, Drusilla. She died in early 2008.

Name:

Camilla

Species:

Siamese & white gerbil

Sex:

Female

About:

Camilla and four of her babies were rescued by a friend, and came to stay in March 2006. She lived with her Mum Camilla, and sister Drusilla.

Name:

Mousey

Species:

Woodmouse

Sex:

Female

About:

Mousey was really sweet and she lived with us for a year or so.

Name:

Brown

Species:

Guinea pig

Sex:

Female

About:

Brown was an extremely friendly guinea pig, who was found dumped in a wood in Norfolk on 20th April 2005. She had three babies on 23rd May. We kept Ginger, and rehomed the other two. She died unexpectedly at around the end of 2006.

Name:

Hedgehog

Species:

Abysinnian guinea pig

Sex:

Female

About:

Hedgehog was a very cute guinea pig, who was found dumped in a wood in Norfolk on 20th April 2005. She didn't live with us for long, as she died suddenly around the end of 2005.

Name:

Nutmeg

Species:

Campbells hamster

Sex:

Female

About:

Nutmeg came from the RSPCA in Birmingham. We called her Nutmeg because she was round and brown. Once she had settled in, she didn't bite. She was very cute, and lived in our bedroom.

Name:

Billy

Species:

Budgie

Sex:

Male

About:

Billy's full name is Willard Smith (guess who he was named after!). He belongs to my sister and he is about four years old. He can say a few words and comes out to fly around the room every night. He is obsessed with feet, and tries to feed them!

Name:

Oakleigh

Species:

English rabbit

Sex:

Female

About:

Oakleigh is about three years old. She has a harness and lead and is taken for walks round the garden. She's quite lazy and so she needs the exercise!

Name:

Caley

Species:

Guinea pig

Sex:

Female

About:

Caley is named after Caley's chocolate (local Norwich chocolate company). She's not very squeaky for a guinea pig. She lives with Oakleigh and is about 3 years old. She's very shiny so it's hard to get a good picture of her.

Name:

Gallagher

Species:

Canary

Sex:

Male

About:

Gallagher was found at the Aquapark in Norwich. No-one claimed him so my sister offered him a home. He sang a lot, but often had feather cysts.

Name:

Bob

Species:

Banded golden hamster

Sex:

Male

About:

Bob was a pretty hamster, who never bit anybody but he did manage to escape a couple of times. He chewed up the carpet behind one of our wardrobes on one of his escape missions, and the other time we discovered him behind the washing machine. He lived a long life for a hamster, but sadly had to be put to sleep aged 2.

Name:

Jaspa

Species:

Dutch rabbit

Sex:

Male

About:

Jaspa lived to be 3 years old. He often tried to mate anything that went near him, whether it was a soft toy or your hand! He was a very good-looking bunny.

Name:

Chockie

Species:

Long-haired hamster

Sex:

Male

About:

This is a very sweet picture of Chockie, who had lovely soft fur. We used to brush him with a toothbrush to keep him neat and tidy.

Name:

Oscar

Species:

Lop-eared rabbit

Sex:

Male

About:

We adopted Oscar after finding him being chased by a cat in our garden (in the middle of winter). He had a reputation for being a grumpy bunny when we first found him, but he soon learnt to trust us and became a very soppy rabbit. He was with us for just over four years, and he was fully grown when we found him so we don't really know how old he was. He coped with many house moves - East Yorkshire, Norfolk, Devon, Leicestershire and finally Staffordshire and he was a semi-houserabbit (when our landlords weren't about!).

Name:

Tetley

Species:

Banded golden hamster

Sex:

Male

About:

Tetley was my 18th birthday present from my family. He was named after a mouse we rescued from the oven in a holiday cottage we were staying in (long story!). He lived to be about 2 years old.

Name:

Flash and Bubbles

Species:

Guinea pigs

Sex:

Female

About:

Flash (black and white) was my sister's guinea pig, and Bubbles (brown and white) was mine. They were very sweet and squeaked like mad as soon as we opened the back door - they always thought it was feeding time! Bubbles died of a suspected heart attack aged about four, but Flash lived a year or so longer.

Name:

Timmy

Species:

Pink-eyed white hamster

Sex:

Male

About:

Timmy was my first rescued pet. His owner was frightened to handle him and fed him on nothing but cheese and sunflower seeds. He became very tame and lived to be about 2½, which I was impressed with after his unhealthy start.

Name:

Peppa

Species:

Netherland dwarf x German Perlfee rabbit

Sex:

Female

About:

Peppa used to run round the garden and when she'd had enough she sat under the hutch waiting to be put back in. Peppa only lived for a few months longer than her sister Misty - she caught myxamatosis and was put to sleep before she showed many symptoms. I will always have my rabbits injected against it in the future!

Name:

Misty

Species:

Netherland dwarf x German Perlfee rabbit

Sex:

Female

About:

Misty was Peppa's sister, and she belonged to my sister. We used to take them both for walks on leads round the garden. Sadly Misty didn't live long. She died of coccidiosis when she was only about 10 months old. We were about to take her to the vet and she died while I was holding her.

Name:

Sherry

Species:

Peach-coloured hamster

Sex:

Female

About:

Sherry was my sister's hamster, but I like the photo so I've included her. I've got no idea what her colour is really called, but she was a pretty pinky peach colour with dark eyes.

Name:

Sparky

Species:

Cream banded long-haired hamster

Sex:

Male

About:

Sparky was our second hamster and he was a typical "grumpy hamster". He used to bite sometimes, and we soon learnt not to bother him when his ears were flat on his head, before he'd woken up properly. He was brushed regularly with a toothbrush to keep his fur neat and tidy, and he lived to be about 2 years 9 months old.

Name:

Hazy

Species:

Golden hamster

Sex:

Male

About:

Hazy was our first hamster. My sister and I had wanted a hamster after seeing the ones at school, and he was a bit of a surprise as we thought Mum and Dad were taking us swimming, but we went to a local petshop instead! He had lots of attention and was really friendly, and until I looked at this photo I'd forgotten how pretty he was. He lived to be 2 years 3 months old.

Name:

Bluey

Species:

Budgie

Sex:

Female

About:

This picture of Bluey was taken when she was 10½ years old, and she lived another couple of years after. She originally came from my uncle's aviary. She never learnt to speak but had a go at copying the sounds of other birds. She was given her highly original name by me, when I was about 4.