My sister bought 2 dwatf hamsters for us, which we didn't wanted, but kept them anyway.
They are Fat Fat (the aggressive stocky one) and Tea Tea (the leaner chiller one)
During the first year, they were very active, always trying to escape (monkey barring) again and again.
The escape attempts reduced after we got bigger cages (we had one cage, it was too small, and led to fighting, so we bought two new cages, which were also small, and finally settled down with a "habitrail retreat" cage.
I blown air at them for lulz and watched them fall from my air for trying to escape; I know falling barely hurts them, so I'm not being cruel (I handle them gently)
Then came the winter, they would hide in the netting a lot, maybe coming out once in a while.
Now, after the winter, they still retain the winter behavior, they are way less active now. They are now oldcels, spending their youth wasting their energy trying to find a hamster foid.
I wished hamsters were smarter, they could potentially be more than a "land goldfish"; though they do show familiarity with your hand smell, but that's as far as it gets.
I had fishes 15 yrs something ago; fish after fish (Black Molly) getting shredded by the water filter, and a fugu dying because he jumped out from the tank and dried behind furniture for hours (we didn't knew).
Black Mollies dying is said to be sacrificing themselves to save you from an accident or something; folk tales or something, but I haven't noticed my luck getting better or worse with only hamsters.
Though the funniest was Salamandridae fighting the lobster. I loved watching to raise their claws; we segregated them.
It's hard work, of daily feeding and weekend cleansing.
It's so over for Fat Fat and Tea Tea.
They are Fat Fat (the aggressive stocky one) and Tea Tea (the leaner chiller one)
During the first year, they were very active, always trying to escape (monkey barring) again and again.
The escape attempts reduced after we got bigger cages (we had one cage, it was too small, and led to fighting, so we bought two new cages, which were also small, and finally settled down with a "habitrail retreat" cage.
I blown air at them for lulz and watched them fall from my air for trying to escape; I know falling barely hurts them, so I'm not being cruel (I handle them gently)
Then came the winter, they would hide in the netting a lot, maybe coming out once in a while.
Now, after the winter, they still retain the winter behavior, they are way less active now. They are now oldcels, spending their youth wasting their energy trying to find a hamster foid.
I wished hamsters were smarter, they could potentially be more than a "land goldfish"; though they do show familiarity with your hand smell, but that's as far as it gets.
I had fishes 15 yrs something ago; fish after fish (Black Molly) getting shredded by the water filter, and a fugu dying because he jumped out from the tank and dried behind furniture for hours (we didn't knew).
Black Mollies dying is said to be sacrificing themselves to save you from an accident or something; folk tales or something, but I haven't noticed my luck getting better or worse with only hamsters.
Though the funniest was Salamandridae fighting the lobster. I loved watching to raise their claws; we segregated them.
It's hard work, of daily feeding and weekend cleansing.
It's so over for Fat Fat and Tea Tea.
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