SO IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE TO FIND HAMSTERS for this hamster townhouse, doesn't it? It looks awfully "bleak and drear", as the Brontës might say, with no trottings of tiny feet within ...
A closer look last night revealed that it has never been used (the doors and window on the plastic hammyhouse with a gay pink roof hadn't even been popped out yet). It does indeed have three storeys, unlike the 2-storey one illustrated yesterday. They connect as platforms via wire ladders. The accommodation is big enough to accommodate a 12" rat wheel, if desired. You just move the platform which would be in the way to the other side.
Unfortunately, it appears the bars would be too wide for baby robos, which can squeeze themselves literally pencil-thin. So it might have to be Russian "winter white" dwarf hamsters, which are twice as big as roborovskis (Mongolian pygmy hamsters).So there we go ...
O I don't know: I still might go for Mongolian pygmy hamsters again. Trouble was last time I had to travel about 50 light years to get them. Most pet shops won't stock them "they're too fast, unhandle-able and are not suitable for children" I was gruffly informed upon my last set of enquiries ...
What about just ordinary hamsters?
ReplyDeleteI like the Mongolian pygmys. They are nice looking little guys.
ReplyDeleteSending love Gleddy,
SB
Hi Gledwood:)
ReplyDeleteI am fascinated by these pets you have. This is the first time I am reading about someone having hamsters as pets. Are they not difficult to handle?
They look very small and cute. Perhaps they need a certain climatic condition and temperature to survive. Do they make any sound?
Very interesting.
Have a nice day Gled:)
Joseph
Nice find on the trotter cage. If you go for the mini trotters, just lace some cardboard strips into the bars of the ramps. Then they won't fall through. They probably don't need it though. Now you just have to decide who is going to occupy the new crib.
ReplyDeleteAKELAMALU: you can only have one. But I might do that. At least it would be x100 easier to grab hold of if it got free ...
ReplyDeleteSB: yeah ... I don't know ...
JP: they don't normally make a noise unless squabbling in which case they squeak like a children's toy. The very small type are very difficult to handle. They appear to have been tamed then suddenly jump on the floor and can go missing for days on end. The bigger the hamster definitely the easier to handle
MOLSON: they wouldn't need cardboard ramps (probably) ~ I'm more concerned about them squeezing their way to freedom. Then they'd have to live in a giant plastic stack-n-store container because I think most glass ones are too small ...
Maybe a nice wrap with window screen would do the trick otherwise the tiniest of trotters might be out as the new palace is not robo secure. I guess you will just have to upsize the trotter from micro to mini and backoff a little on the ping, unless only the pingiest of trotters will do.
ReplyDeleteYeah, hamsters again which means hamster photos and getting to know them by name. I'm glad that you are getting more. They are adorable.
ReplyDeleteMOLSON: I might have to store them in a transparent stack-n-store box. They're only about £8 for a humungous one ...
ReplyDeleteSYD: I still don't know which ones to get. A humungous tubby "regular" one or three Russian "winter whites". I would love to see them go white in winter. The winter white I did have stayed grey bc I left the lights on far too much ...