Sammy was a Roborovski dwarf hamster. I bought him with his sister, Misao, on October 16^th 2002. I only wanted one but there were only two in the cage and I felt a bit guilty leaving one alone! Ironically, I found out they were different sexes and had to separate them anyway...

My Sammy was annoyed that he couldn't wear this outfit...

Sammy was originally named "Sasami." A while after I named the Red-Eyed One it struck me that I had a "witchy" theme going on with Sabrina and Willow. I decided to carry it on, but not being able to think of any more TV witches I could use I looked further afield, to the world of Mahou Shoujo, the "magical girls." Specifically, I chose Sasami from Mahou Shoujo Pretty Sammy. When I found out that Sasami was actually a boy, I decided to shorten his name to "Sammy" in honour of Sasami's Magical Girl alter-ego, Pretty Sammy.

Sadly, Sammy became ill and passed into the Great Beyond on 12^th March 2004. I suspect it was old age, but he was zipping around right to the end. His cute little fuzzy face is very much missed.

Sammy's Pictures
Sorry about the picture size - they were mainly taken with a digital camera and didn't resize well, so it was a choice between big pictures or tiny ones!