Forgotten hamsters - can’t remember their names

A special thing to care for another creature so different from yourself...and find love and friendship between you.

• angel --an angel fish I had for quite a long time. she's buried in my parent's backyard.
  
• duchess --my best friend for ten years. she behaved much like a dog and I was devastated when she died.
  
• smokey --my big jack rabbit that was eaten by a neighbor's dog.
  
• duke --found duke in the street and kept him. he was a very horny bunny.
  
• carmel --a flop bunny I adopted. he was duke's boyfriend, or so duke thought.
  
• oliver --my parrot that began regurgitating food to mate with me. I found him a home with a retired mom who could spend more time with him while I was in college.
  
• oscar --oscar got a girlfriend named lucinda and moved in with her.
  
• toby --a bunny I gave to one of my students who lost her mother to drug addiction.
  
• raju --my second cat I adopted from a rescue organization. she passed away from cancer in 2005. she was 13 and my guardian.
  
• ripley --my third cat who was soft as a bunny and had a foot phobia. she was a feral cat I adopted from people who found her on the train tracks. she lived for 12 years.
  
• biko --my first cat adopted from the aspca. she lived to be 17 years. I loved her so much.
  
• san toki --my best friend and adopted dog as of December 27, 2010