Mei Lian Ti'Machin
Ti' Machin (little thing in french) joined our family as my first exception to the long syrian hamster tradition.
A Chinese hamster girl, with dominant spot (UK?).
She definitely won our hearts in a different manner, as she's a very quiet girl, who tends to cling on you when you take her out (super for cuddles), it's really funny to see her little tail, trying to wrap around your finger or anything in reach and her gecko's style of climbing on you.
My very special moment with her was to watch her dreaming in her sleep for a few minutes !
She's fed a special diet to avoid any sugar, as Chinese hamsters are prone to diabetes.
A Chinese hamster girl, with dominant spot (UK?).
She definitely won our hearts in a different manner, as she's a very quiet girl, who tends to cling on you when you take her out (super for cuddles), it's really funny to see her little tail, trying to wrap around your finger or anything in reach and her gecko's style of climbing on you.
My very special moment with her was to watch her dreaming in her sleep for a few minutes !
She's fed a special diet to avoid any sugar, as Chinese hamsters are prone to diabetes.
Njut
Njut was an unexpected addition, when he was around 6 months age. Kids from the neighbourhood, originally interested in getting a hamster from me, asked one night if I could take their pet shop bought golden hamster, or their mum would get rid of it. It was clear to us, we would take him.
At that time he still was she and not he. He used to be called Honey. Until one day, he started to grow small pea sized pair and to show a more boyish rear, which since FULLY developed (as you can see on the picture on the right). We renamed him Njut. He's a golden "long hair" syrian hamster, though his coat struggles to be any longer than the one longhaired girls would have. It took him a few weeks to trust himself really out when you were around. But since he did, we can enjoy an interesting boy, very gentle and relaxed, quite lazy even, who you can cuddle with no restriction. |