+Tzulander Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Hello peoples. Today was my first day of geocaching. My gps came yesterday, I loaded it up with local caches and this afternoon I set off to find my first one. As I got to within a few meters I saw some felled trees and thought they'd be a good place to look. Sat on top of one of the trees was a hamster! I'm guessing some fool abandoned it after getting bored of it. I decided to postpone cache hunting and go buy a hamster cage instead. And so at the end of my first day of geocaching, I found no caches, but I do now have a hamster called Geo! =] Quote Link to comment
+FoxMulders Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 (edited) Hello peoples. Today was my first day of geocaching. My gps came yesterday, I loaded it up with local caches and this afternoon I set off to find my first one. As I got to within a few meters I saw some felled trees and thought they'd be a good place to look. Sat on top of one of the trees was a hamster! I'm guessing some fool abandoned it after getting bored of it. I decided to postpone cache hunting and go buy a hamster cage instead. And so at the end of my first day of geocaching, I found no caches, but I do now have a hamster called Geo! =] Hehehe neat story mate! Thanks for sharing! <Ponders "What is the trade value of a wild hamster and what equivalent would you have to leave behind?" > Edited September 3, 2009 by FoxMulders Quote Link to comment
+SaltercreaseRangers Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 An authentic HamsterCache ! Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 An authentic HamsterCache ! No kidding. I'm thinking this guy deserves platinum status already. I have over 1000 finds and have never once found a hamster cache. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Hello peoples. Today was my first day of geocaching. ... Here is the lowdown. Hamster caching is legendary in the forums. You found one on your first attempt at a cache. You are the chosen one. You would be hard pressed to have a better first cache than that. Quote Link to comment
+Tzulander Posted September 3, 2009 Author Share Posted September 3, 2009 Here he is, looking rather sleepy in his new cage. I say he, but I have no idea about hamsters and he's a bit bitey so maybe he'll turn out to be a she. Fortunately, I think Geo is a good unisex name =] Quote Link to comment
+Qbar Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Awesome story - thanks for sharing it! (gosh - where were you when I was trying to find someone to take my son's turtles?) Quote Link to comment
+mfamilee Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Aww... sooo cute! I showed this to my daughter & she is so jealous of your furry find. I bet now she'll be looking for hamsters every time we go caching. Quote Link to comment
+Tzulander Posted September 4, 2009 Author Share Posted September 4, 2009 Hi all, thanks for the comments. Bit of an update. Geo isn't a boy, she's a girl. It's also looking likely now that she's pregnant and that's why she was abandoned. I have a vets appointment on monday to find out for sure. If she is and anyone in the South West of England wants a baby geocaching hamster, let me know!! Quote Link to comment
+Kit Fox Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 If there was ever a thread to post or get moved to the actual Hamstercaching Section, this is it! Great story by the way! Quote Link to comment
+tonibunny Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 The poor little darling, I'm so glad you found her! She wouldn't last too long outside on her own Fancy abandoning her, some people are scum Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 What a great story! As others have mentioned, HamsterCaching is a long-running joke variation of the more mundane forms of geocaching. There are currently 4 hamster caches in the U.K. and, as the (totally unofficial and self-appointed) promoter of HamsterCaching within the U.K., I take every opportunity to encourage cachers to set hamster caches as I would like to see one in every county... eventually. Sometime in the future, when you feel that you have enough experience at both finding caches and hamster husbandry perhaps you might like to think about setting the First Hamster Cache in Dorset. Good luck to you and Geo! MrsB The first hamster cache in Wales. Quote Link to comment
+Tzulander Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 Thanks for all the replies everyone. I've been reading about Hamster Caching and appreciate how bizzare a find she was. I'm not sure I want to put her babies into caches though I will need to re-home them though so maybe I could put a few hamster vouchers out there for people to find and claim a baby? I finally got a decent picture of her tonight so you can share in her cuteness and see why I couldn't just leave her in the woods... Quote Link to comment
+bittsen Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Thanks for all the replies everyone. I've been reading about Hamster Caching and appreciate how bizzare a find she was. I'm not sure I want to put her babies into caches though I will need to re-home them though so maybe I could put a few hamster vouchers out there for people to find and claim a baby? I finally got a decent picture of her tonight so you can share in her cuteness and see why I couldn't just leave her in the woods... Hamsters ARE cute but at the base are just a different form or rodent. Ig they feel like it, they WILL bit you but the good thing is just like any other rodent, they are edible. Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Hamsters ARE cute but at the base are just a different form or rodent. Ig they feel like it, they WILL bit you but the good thing is just like any other rodent, they are edible. Hmmm bittsen sounds bitter: You been bitten, bittsen? MrsB Quote Link to comment
+Knight2000 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 You took that poor hamster from his home and family? Quote Link to comment
+GeoMaggie13 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 OMG! AHHH that is an adorable syrian hamster. I have 5 myself. :3 ( And one is pregnant! ) Quote Link to comment
+bittsen Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Hamsters ARE cute but at the base are just a different form or rodent. If they feel like it, they WILL bite you but the good thing is just like any other rodent, they are edible. Hmmm bittsen sounds bitter: You been bitten, bittsen? MrsB Bitter? Heavens no. I've never been bitten by a hamster. Mouse, yes. Rat, yes. Mole, yes. Rabbit, yes.... But not a hamster. I've had pet rodents. A lot of them. I stopped keeping rodents as pets when I finally realized their cuteness is offset significantly by the fact that they are just poop machines sent on an alien plot to annoy mankind. Quote Link to comment
+Bergie Bunch Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I think you should contact KEYSTONE, a moderator here and a PA (USA) reviewer. He love hamster caches....He may wish to adopt one! Quote Link to comment
+ncfinn Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 CUTE! Keep us posted. Have you thought of appropriate baby names yet? I believe that the more you handle her, the more she will get used to it and will stop biting you. Quote Link to comment
+isuquinndog Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Did you look up it's behind for the log? Maybe you took the cache from the site! Just kidding.....very cute little guy and a great story. Too bad you found him at a cache location, you could hide a cache and tell your story there. Quote Link to comment
+Original A1 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Hello peoples. Today was my first day of geocaching. My gps came yesterday, I loaded it up with local caches and this afternoon I set off to find my first one. As I got to within a few meters I saw some felled trees and thought they'd be a good place to look. Sat on top of one of the trees was a hamster! I'm guessing some fool abandoned it after getting bored of it. I decided to postpone cache hunting and go buy a hamster cage instead. And so at the end of my first day of geocaching, I found no caches, but I do now have a hamster called Geo! =] Great story. Have you found any actual caches yet or are you too busy hamstersitting? Quote Link to comment
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