{"id":83,"date":"2007-07-20T03:45:53","date_gmt":"2007-07-20T03:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/novaatlantis\/2007\/07\/20\/coconuts-farnell-nishiyama-rip\/"},"modified":"2012-10-03T01:56:11","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T01:56:11","slug":"coconuts-farnell-nishiyama-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/novaatlantis\/2007\/07\/20\/coconuts-farnell-nishiyama-rip\/","title":{"rendered":"Coconuts Farnell-Nishiyama, RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"

[<\/strong> \"Very Mood:<\/strong> Very Sad ]<\/strong>
Coco scampered off to Hamster Heaven about three hours ago. <\/p>\n

I think she was quite relieved it was over. She was just exhausted. She went so gently that, although she was in Junko’s hands, there was about a five-minute period when we weren’t sure if she was alive or dead. I cleaned her up and wrapped her in clean blankets (an old t-shirt cut into strips that she liked to nest in), and put her in a small box filled with sweet-smelling dry grass. We added her favorite foods, and let her lie in state in the family butsudan<\/a>, which has statues of what I think of as our "Three Intercessors": Kannon<\/a>, Boddhisatva of Infinite Mercy; Jizo<\/a>, Boddhisatva of Lost Children; and Mary Mother of Jesus<\/a>. We burned incense and prayed for her.<\/p>\n

However, as it is a hot and humid day, before leaving for work I put her in a tupperware container and put that in the fridge.<\/p>\n

We’ll take her to the local park tomorrow and, when no one is looking, bury her in the same area as our other pets. We have four hamsters there already, plus a turtle and several tiny fish. We call it Hamster Hill. It has a good view, and a couple of sakura trees to provide gorgeous cherry blossoms in the spring.
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