I registered one year ago under my real first name. Then, I freaked out because my first name is rather rare so it was identifying. I wrote to the moderators asking to switch my username to something that at that moment seemed the wildest, least identifying name possible for me. The rest is serendipity. Yes, I have had a number of hamsters. My last hamster, Squishy, lived to be 3 years old and died peacefully from old age. 3 years is the limit of Syrian (he was Syrian) hamster's life expectancy - I really figured out how to keep those hamsters healthy for as long as possible. He lived in an aquarium with a heating pad - the same type that is used in terrariums. On top of the open aquarium was a two-level cage. The heating pad heated his house. He was always warm and the aquarium kept him away from drafts. It is very important because hamsters are easily susceptible to respiratory infections that can quickly become fatal. Hamsters are nocturnal animals and I was a pretty nocturnal animal back then; now I go to sleep at 10PM so I do not keep hamsters any more. I have three cats instead. I better go feed them now.