My Hamster , Picco by Ishlah Fatiha Ishak.

Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet , you were not pretending to love it . In our lives , some people need pet as their ‘friends’. For me , I choose hamster as my pet . My hamster’s named picco . It has a pair of light brown round eyes and usually at the night it’s eyes will shining in the dark . It also have a white fluffy feather and light pink nose . I love to rub the feather because it fluffy and soft to touch .  Picco loves it when I rub him on his back .

Yesterday , I met with the veterinarian . Before , he advise me to put Picco on a good diet . Picco seems overweight . He does not like to eat too much , I think Picco just lacks of exercises . Picco spends most of his time in his cage . So , he seriously lack of exercises. Even I decorate a small playground in his cage but he just stay near the sliding and sometimes lay down on the sawdust . What makes me worry when Picco always lay down .

Few months ago , my family and I went back to my hometown . We decided to bring Picco too since he never stayed with anyone before besides us . We started our journey early in the morning to avoid traffic jam . He was a quite nervous when the car started to move . Then . he slowly adapted with the long journey in the car . I rolled down the window so that he can enjoy the morning breezes .

Once we arrived at my father’s hometown , Picco looking around at the house . At my grandmother’s house also have two pet hamsters . Picco gets along with them very well . At night , he slept together with his new friends very quietly . Maybe he is too exhausted with the long journey in a moving car . A few days along Picco at my hometown , he got more close to my grandmother’s hamster name opie and fatty . They played in the small playground together . They sliding , swing , eating peanuts , rolling on the sawdust and running together .

On the last day my family and I at my grandmother house , he was badmoods . I thinks he sad because he must back home and must to leave his friend . When we went to the car , Picco was sitting on my shoulder and makes a sad face . In the car , it does not sound anything and always staring out the window . Maybe he miss his friend . Then when we arrived at my house , I took Picco into his cage and then he lay down on the sawdust . I put a little bit of bread and milk near the small house but he doesn’t eat that .

The next day , I story it to my mother . My mother suggest to buy another hamster to accompany and be a friend for Picco . My mother said Picco needs a friend . Then my mother and I go to the pets shop to buy a new hamster to Picco . We choose a mix colour hamster with a pair of blue eyes and I named her Latty . The size  a little bit small than Picco . When I back home and I surprised Picco . Picco was so excited to meet Latty , his new friend . They started played , eating and slepping together and they get more close . Now Picco not always lay down on the sawdust like lifeless . Picco now be a happily animal . I love Picco and Latty hamster’s pet .