| Author | Message | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 287 Registered: 8-2005 |
Two sisters have lived together for the past year, and get on very well, except maybe the odd fight, that all siblings seem to go through. However last week one of them had to leave home for a short while so as to avoid potential injury to her sister. When she returned a short while later, their harmonious relationship resumed. Explain | ||
| Katy (Katy)
New member Username: Katy Post Number: 414 Registered: 12-2004 |
Relevant how old the sisters are? Are they each others' sister? Are they human? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 288 Registered: 8-2005 |
Relevant how old the sisters are? Not Really Are they each others' sister? Yes Are they human? No | ||
| Katy (Katy)
New member Username: Katy Post Number: 415 Registered: 12-2004 |
Would the sister have inflicted an injury on the other? Or would the other have been injured simplay as a by-product of the first being there? | ||
| Ludo (Ludo)
New member Username: Ludo Post Number: 16 Registered: 11-2006 |
are they ANIMAL are they Small? very small? Big? very big? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 289 Registered: 8-2005 |
Katy Would the sister have inflicted an injury on the other? Or would the other have been injured simplay as a by-product of the first being there? possibly a bit of both Ludo are they ANIMAL Yes are they Small? very small? Yes Big? very big? | ||
| Lzeiters (Lzeiters)
New member Username: Lzeiters Post Number: 881 Registered: 6-2005 |
injury due to an action on the part of the 'removed' sister? if so, a deliberate action? accidental? or is it more along the lines of an illness or condition, such that the aforementioned sister was removed in an effort to prevent her from "sharing" it with her sister? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 290 Registered: 8-2005 |
injury due to an action on the part of the 'removed' sister? Yes if so, a deliberate action? Possibly though probably not with malice accidental? More this really or is it more along the lines of an illness or condition, such that the aforementioned sister was removed in an effort to prevent her from "sharing" it with her sister? No | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 694 Registered: 3-2006 |
Are they hamsters? Mice? Was one pregnant? Hamsters like to eat each other, don't they...? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 292 Registered: 8-2005 |
Are they hamsters? Yes Mice? Was one pregnant? No Hamsters like to eat each other, don't they...? I believe that sometimes they will eat their new born babies if there is not enough food but I dont think full grown ones are cannibals. We can give them names now they are Pepsi and Shirli, two dwarf hamsters, now what happened to cause the problems? | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 695 Registered: 3-2006 |
So who was the one who had to move out--Pepsi or Shirli? Did something happen to the cage? something inside the cage? something happening outside the cage? Was there anything physically wrong with the one who left? Mentally? (temporarily?) Would one of them bite the other? Climb on her? | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 696 Registered: 3-2006 |
Was a dark, brooding male hamster introduced into the cage? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 295 Registered: 8-2005 |
So who was the one who had to move out--Pepsi She did or Shirli? Did something happen to the cage? No something inside the cage? Yes something happening outside the cage? No Was there anything physically wrong with the one who left? No Mentally? No (temporarily?) Would one of them bite the other? Possibly Climb on her? Possibly | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 296 Registered: 8-2005 |
Was a dark, brooding male hamster introduced into the cage? No | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 473 Registered: 8-2006 |
Are there any more animals involved? Are both of them female? Did you remove the one in danger, or the one who was to cause the danger? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 307 Registered: 8-2005 |
Are there any more animals involved? No Are both of them female? Yes Did you remove the one in danger, or the one who was to cause the danger? This one | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 313 Registered: 8-2005 |
HINT: Something else was introduced to the cage but not another animal. | ||
| Cookie (Cookie)
New member Username: Cookie Post Number: 123 Registered: 10-2003 |
Would the something else cause a different behaviour of Shirli? If yes, would the motivation of the behaviour be jealousy? lust? hunger? thirst? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 314 Registered: 8-2005 |
Would the something else cause a different behaviour of Shirli? Yes-ish If yes, would the motivation of the behaviour be jealousy? lust? hunger? This One thirst? | ||
| Cookie (Cookie)
New member Username: Cookie Post Number: 126 Registered: 10-2003 |
Pepsi and Shirly, two hamsters live in one cage. The owner of them plans to put something else into the cage. That thing would cause hunger for Shirli. Would it cause hunger for Pepsi? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 315 Registered: 8-2005 |
Pepsi and Shirly, two hamsters live in one cage. Thats Right The owner of them plans to put something else into the cage. The owner is me and i did put something into the cage That thing would cause hunger for Shirli. Would it cause hunger for Pepsi? Cause hunger is perhaps the wrong term, but it is edible | ||
| Cookie (Cookie)
New member Username: Cookie Post Number: 133 Registered: 10-2003 |
Is the thing that was put into the cage something to play? Something to put food inside? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 317 Registered: 8-2005 |
Is the thing that was put into the cage something to play? No Something to put food inside? Yope | ||
| Cookie (Cookie)
New member Username: Cookie Post Number: 144 Registered: 10-2003 |
I have a certain picture in my mind: You put something into the cage that has to be opened by the hamsters to get their food. Pepsi is clever enough to find out how it works and gets her food. Shirli is not so clever, becomes hungry, aggressive and attacks her sister? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 318 Registered: 8-2005 |
Just to clarify Pepsi is the agressor and shirly is the one in danger I have a certain picture in my mind: You put something into the cage Yesthat has to be opened by the hamsters No to get their food. Food is involved Pepsi is clever enough to find out how it works and gets her food. Shirli is not so clever, becomes hungry, aggressive and attacks her sister? this is not right but it is not a million miles away either | ||
| Sunshine (Sunshine)
New member Username: Sunshine Post Number: 517 Registered: 1-2001 |
Was it just food you put in the cage? Hamster treats? (don't know too much about hamsters) Is this the first time the removal of Pepsi has happened? or is it a regular occurrence? Does Pepsi usually take more than her fair share of food? Was there a specific reason you wanted Shirli to eat uninterrupted? Her birthday? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 331 Registered: 8-2005 |
Was it just food you put in the cage? Hamster treats? It was a treat but not a specific hamster treat. It may help to find the specific food (don't know too much about hamsters) Is this the first time the removal of Pepsi has happened? Yes or is it a regular occurrence? No Does Pepsi usually take more than her fair share of food? No Was there a specific reason you wanted Shirli to eat uninterrupted? Shirli needed to be uninterupted for a while but not strictly to eat..Her birthday? | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 13 Registered: 9-2003 |
was Shirli ill? did you need to give her medicine? if so, would Pepsi have tried to eat/drink the medicine if she had been in the cage as well? and would it have made her ill? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 332 Registered: 8-2005 |
was Shirli ill? Nodid you need to give her medicine? No if so, would Pepsi have tried to eat/drink the medicine if she had been in the cage as well? No and would it have made her ill? No medicine is involved | ||
| Sunshine (Sunshine)
New member Username: Sunshine Post Number: 520 Registered: 1-2001 |
Did Shirli have a traumatic event - like the hamster wheel fell on her head or the cat nearly got her - and needed some quiet time to calm down? Did you give her chocolate? cheese? biscuit? cake? some vegetable material? was it solid? liquid? has she had it before? has Pepsi? Is it usually considered a human treat? Did anything happen to Shirli while Pepsi was out of the cage? Did you cause it? Did another person? Did she just eat the treat? Was what you introduced all gone by the time Pepsi came back? Was the timing of Pepsi's return to coincide with the finishing of the treat? with something else? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 333 Registered: 8-2005 |
Did Shirli have a traumatic event - like the hamster wheel fell on her head or the cat nearly got her - and needed some quiet time to calm down? A mishap is more the right phrase than traumatic event Did you give her chocolate? cheese? biscuit? cake? some vegetable material? was it solid? ish liquid? ish has she had it before? Yes has Pepsi? Yes Is it usually considered a human treat? Yes Did anything happen to Shirli while Pepsi was out of the cage? Yes-ish Did you cause it? No Did another person? No Did she just eat the treat? Yes-ish Was what you introduced all gone by the time Pepsi came back? Yes Was the timing of Pepsi's return to coincide with the finishing of the treat? Yes-ish with something else? | ||
| Sunshine (Sunshine)
New member Username: Sunshine Post Number: 521 Registered: 1-2001 |
Was the mishap in her cage? While running free? Did she get entangled in something? stuck in something? lost? Was the treat cream? Confectionary of some sort? Something which would be part of a meal? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 334 Registered: 8-2005 |
Was the mishap in her cage? Yes While running free? Did she get entangled in something? No to this but again not a million miles away stuck in something? No lost? No Was the treat cream? no but on the right track Confectionary of some sort? Something which would be part of a meal? it can be sometimes | ||
| Sunshine (Sunshine)
New member Username: Sunshine Post Number: 522 Registered: 1-2001 |
Did she swallow or lick something she shouldn't have done? Try to do so? Was the treat ice cream? Was there something in the cage which got in by mistake? Was she frightened? hurt? did she know the mishap had happened? - e.g. did paint drip on her fur? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 335 Registered: 8-2005 |
Did she swallow or lick something she shouldn't have done? No Try to do so? No Was the treat ice cream? Close Was there something in the cage which got in by mistake? No Was she frightened? A Bit hurt? No did she know the mishap had happened? Yes - e.g. did paint drip on her fur? Not this but not a million miles away | ||
| Sunshine (Sunshine)
New member Username: Sunshine Post Number: 524 Registered: 1-2001 |
Sorbet? Would the mishap have happened if Pepsi & Shirli had been alone in the house? Was Pepsi an innocent bystander? who wasn't affected? or frightened? Was water involved? Would it help to know all the things normally in the cage? what was happening in the room at the time? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 336 Registered: 8-2005 |
Sorbet? No Would the mishap have happened if Pepsi & Shirli had been alone in the house? No as the thing that led to the problem would not have been added to the cage Was Pepsi an innocent bystander? Yes who wasn't affected? She was more involved than affected or frightened? No Was water involved? No Would it help to know all the things normally in the cage? Not really what was happening in the room at the time? Not Really | ||
| Sunshine (Sunshine)
New member Username: Sunshine Post Number: 525 Registered: 1-2001 |
I seem to have confused myself - an easy procedure! Pepsi and Shirli were pottering about cage doing hamster type things, you were pottering about house doing human type things - OK so far? I've been thinking something happened to Shirli which led to her being frightened, you removing Pepsi and giving Shirli a treat to "make it better". Is this wrong? Now I'm thinking the thing which frightened Shirli was the (inadvertant?) introduction of the treat? spilled over her? and Pepsi's removal was to avoid her eating the treat off Shirli? Better? Jam? custard? some kind of sauce? mayonnaise? Do you buy it in a supermarket? Could you make it yourself? Does it come in a bottle? jar? packet? If you had it at a meal, would you consume it for? with? first course? main? dessert? afters? Is it more common to eat it on its own as opposed to part of a meal? Is it normally hot? cold? in between? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 337 Registered: 8-2005 |
I seem to have confused myself - an easy procedure! Pepsi and Shirli were pottering about cage doing hamster type things, you were pottering about house doing human type things - OK so far? Yes I've been thinking something happened to Shirli which led to her being frightened, you removing Pepsi and giving Shirli a treat to "make it better". Is this wrong? Yes this is mostly wrong Now I'm thinking the thing which frightened Shirli was the (inadvertant?) introduction of the treat? No spilled over her? YES and Pepsi's removal was to avoid her eating the treat off Shirli? YES Better? This is very close Jam? custard? No but a desert some kind of sauce? No mayonnaise? No Do you buy it in a supermarket? Yes Could you make it yourself? Probably Does it come in a bottle? jar? packet? a pot If you had it at a meal, would you consume it for? with? first course? main? dessert? This one afters? Is it more common to eat it on its own as opposed to part of a meal? Bit of both Is it normally hot? cold? Its Cold in between? You are very close put it all together and I will Spoyle | ||
| Sunshine (Sunshine)
New member Username: Sunshine Post Number: 526 Registered: 1-2001 |
Yoghurt? You were going to have a yoghurt, balanced it on top of the cage or jogged your arm as you passed it so the contents spilled over onto Shirli who was, not unreasonably, startled. You know they both like it and that Pepsi would make strenuous efforts to eat it, possibly harming Shirli in the process - so you remove Pepsi and let Shirli lick it off and groom herself in peace, enjoying the treat and recovering her composure (possibly with a bit of help if necessary)? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 338 Registered: 8-2005 |
Yoghurt? You were going to have a yoghurt, balanced it on top of the cage or jogged your arm as you passed it so the contents spilled over onto Shirli who was, not unreasonably, startled. You know they both like it and that Pepsi would make strenuous efforts to eat it, possibly harming Shirli in the process - so you remove Pepsi and let Shirli lick it off and groom herself in peace, enjoying the treat and recovering her composure (possibly with a bit of help if necessary)? This is close enough for a ****************SPOILER****************** I have 2 dwarf hamsters Pepsi and Shirli, who are sisters and despite the odd tussle get on very well, one of the things that dwarf hamsters are partial to is fruit flavoured yoghurt and it can be given to them as a treat. I put the yoghurt in the cage as I have often done before but this time Shirli managed to tip the container all over herself!! This is not really a big problem as obviously yoghurt is edible and won't cause any harm, however this is where Pepsi comes in. She now looked at Shirli as a tasty treat rather than a sister and proceeded to chase her around the cage trying to eat her!!! Poor Shirli could not find a moments peace to clean herself up, so I had to take Pepsi out to give her a chance to sort herself out. P.S. They still get yoghurt but it is now a bit more supervised!! Thanks to all who joined in | ||
| Sunshine (Sunshine)
New member Username: Sunshine Post Number: 529 Registered: 1-2001 |
Poor Shirli! But then again, poor Pepsi who missed out on her treat... |
