Meet my new hammy!

by AnonymousMouseOwner Fri 15 Sep 2017, 11:01 pm

Meet my new hammy! He doesn't have a name yet.... So far he's very alert and cautious of his new home. He's super adorable and not much bigger than a mouse right now... He's got a lot of growing to do! He's from an accidental litter, and I was pleasantly surprised to find out that his old owners were taking very good care of him! So he is healthy and curious, exploring his new habitat. Love

by scaredymouse Fri 15 Sep 2017, 11:08 pm

Eeeeeeeee, what a cutie butt!

by CallaLily Sat 16 Sep 2017, 7:23 am

He's adorable. Congrats on the new ham. Mouse8

by Winter Moose Sat 16 Sep 2017, 9:31 am

Ahhh! Oh my goodness he is so cute! I'm glad you found a little friend to bring you joy. Love

Eek! So teeny!

by scaredymouse Sat 16 Sep 2017, 11:06 am

I forgot to mention...my first couple hams were each 200g, so i just sort of though that's how big hamsters were. But then i got Dustin and Chip, who were both so tiny when i got them. Dustin grew a tiny bit and is 120g but little Chip refuses to grow... He has stayed at 104g. He's a tiny little fun-sized ham. So if your guy is weaned and still really tiny, he might stay small. It's weird to me that Chippie isn't much bigger than a couple of my mice!

by Rodents rock! Sat 16 Sep 2017, 12:40 pm

Awwwwww he is absolutely adorable!!! Congratulations!!!!!

by AnonymousMouseOwner Sat 16 Sep 2017, 3:57 pm

scaredymouse wrote:I forgot to mention...my first couple hams were each 200g, so i just sort of though that's how big hamsters were. But then i got Dustin and Chip, who were both so tiny when i got them. Dustin grew a tiny bit and is 120g but little Chip refuses to grow... He has stayed at 104g. He's a tiny little fun-sized ham. So if your guy is weaned and still really tiny, he might stay small. It's weird to me that Chippie isn't much bigger than a couple of my mice!

From what I understand, he was ready and weaned on the 1st, so more than 2 weeks ago. So he's about 6 weeks old. I'll have to weigh him when he's all settled in. I just need to find batteries for my gram scale Pardon

. He's super tiny though.

I might be mistaken, but I've heard syrians can grow until they are 6 months old. How old is Chip? Chip was one of the Florida hams too, right? Did he have to leave his mother early? That might be another reason he's not as big. Just a thought. '
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I hope my guy grows bigger! Not that he isn't super cute so tiny, but everything I own for hamsters is the size that Blue was, and Blue was normal sized!

by scaredymouse Sat 16 Sep 2017, 6:23 pm

Yeah, Chip was separated early. Many of the Florida hams are small. But my other ham who wasn't from that bunch is about 6 months old and only 120g... very tiny for a regular Syrian that was weaned at 4 weeks. They are so tiny! They can still use all the bigger Syrian stuff but they look silly on the big wheel, lol.

Maybe he'll grow. But I just wanted to mention that it's possible that he wont and that's nothing to worry about.

by AnonymousMouseOwner Sun 17 Sep 2017, 12:02 am

Some more pics of the little guy.... He's kinda shy and doesn't want to be out of his hiding spot when I'm in the room, so I didn't get very many pictures of him before he went and hid lol.

by scaredymouse Sun 17 Sep 2017, 1:47 am

what a sweet little face

by AnonymousMouseOwner Mon 18 Sep 2017, 4:20 am

Hehe, you know when I get a new pet I can never post enough pictures... Prepare for more! His name is officially "Dakota", by the way! I chose that name because it means "friendly companion". Smile