Roborovski hamsters are the smallest of all hamster species. These special pygmy hamsters come from the Mongolian steppes, where climate is harsh all year round...
They are also extremely fast, hate being picked up (and wriggle violently) and can ping across a room quicker than a wild housemouse. An escaped robo is far harder to recapture than any other type of pet hamster. Trust me I have had Syrian, Russian and Chinese hamsters and these are nowhere near as swinish when on the run as the megatrotting robbie.
For scale: here's a robo in a toilet tube:
Compared to an ordinary golden hamster:
Robbies have a plump, tubby body with harvesty-coloured fur, beady eyes with white-highlighted eyebrows, hardly any tail and fat pink noses:
Their coat is woolier and softer than an ordinary hamster's:
Because of their flighty nature, robbies do not make good pets for children. Being the most social of all hamster species, however, they are really good to watch and love to do things together:
Adult female roborovskis come into heat every four days. The newborn babies resemble baked beans with paws. This is what they look like as soon as they get fur:
I think these crisps (or "chips" as you Americans might call them) were a bit too salty:
15 comments:
They are adorable. I like bigger pets that I can't step on quite so easily.
Aren't they miniscule? I couldn't have any of those...they'd be bite sized snacks for the felines.
They look really cute. :)
Awww I can see their attraction*!*
Too much cuteness!
I enjoyed that post :-)
Awww, that was a furry friday indeed!!! I love the toilet tube comparisons :)
Tiny little things, aren't they?
Janice~
Oh, so sweet, especially the pic of the babies. I love your description, "baked beans with paws". Every 4 days, huh? - Mindboggling!
Jeannie: You can't let them out ~ it's a disaster trying to get them back again!!
Pussinboots: I called Itchy a "furry morsel" once and she sprang off my hand in shock..!
Akelamalu: ;->...
Bimbimbie: aye!!
Baino: aye, yer not wrong ;->...
Vincent: good! ps can you read those German poems in the original?... isn't it quite like Dutch..??
Uniq: yes it was quite hard trying to find something that did compare them for size as in photos they look deceptively too BIG...
Welshcakes: yes that's why Itchy used to get so fractious on occasion, so I was told...
Janice: Roborovski Mongolian pygmy hamsters are the smallest such critters in the world...
Love the photos, Gleddy! The babies are adorable!
Love,
SB
They are really neat. Were those your babies? Really cute with the chip.
SB: ta!
Syd: no ~ mine came tiny but fully grown. If I'd had 'em as babies I might have had a chance of taming them better...
Kat: leaving alone. She's already 2, which is about 60 in hamster years so she probaby would fight with any newcomer...
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