Old hammy-father Isnobol passed away at 4:00 o’clock this afternoon.
He is the last one to perish among the three 4th generation hamsters, the oldest since this blog was started in September 2007. He outlived his younger brother Ispidbol by 23 days.
Snowball reached the end of the slope.
Etymology of name: color
English equivalent: Snowball
Gender: male
Color: white
Parentage: Blakdyak + Snow White
Generation: 4th
Litter group: Chiaroscurogang
Spouse: Chocho
Lifespan: 26 months 29 days
Cause of death: old age
Isnobol at 8 months 24 days (ancestral cage scene), 32 months (Arrowangkada wheel), and 26 months 29 days (Hall). The last scene is actually taken just more than 8 hours before he breathe his last.
Traits and characteristics: Big and has a tendency to grow fat. White fur coat is always ‘un-groomed’ and stained (“Dirty Hammy” made my days). At six months, a persistent bully to his smaller brother Ispidbol (needed to be separated). Hyperactive at first but became “cooler” as he has grown bigger and older. Not afraid of elevated places, anchors his hind legs first before “climbing” down. Doesn’t bite – but does ‘a little’ when he finds your fingers intruding his cage. Always eager to approach when called, expecting a treat or a tour outside his cage. Tolerant in almost anyway he is handled, just don’t startle him. Once ‘cuddled’, he seems contented when he is put back in his cage.
Isnobol is the first white hammy occupant of The Hall. As the 7th ‘steward’, he served for only 22 days.
SURVIVING KINS IN THIS FAMILY
Offspring:
- Syma
- Amboy
Nephew and nieces:
- Mochawonka “the wiggler”
- Mochahontas
- Isnohontas Kotonbol
Grand nephews:
- Wigwam Wigglerson
- Teepee Pompom
- Bebong II
- Berio II
