Percy's Mom
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Well, I adopted the 6th member of my zoo yesterday. Branwyn is a dwarf (I think) hamster, but I am horrible at breeds, so once I get her to let me take a couple of pictures, I'll post them for those of you who know more about them. Her original mom listed her in the Petfinders classifieds. When I picked her up yesterday, she was in a 58qt Sterlite tub with a wire wheel, food bowl, water bottle, and some aspen shavings. I reached my hand into the tub, and she scampered right over to sniff and nudge my hand, so I would scratch behind her ears. The lady I adopted her from said she NEVER does that for anyone.
Now Miss Wynnie is living in a cage very much like this (broken link removed), but I think it might be an inch or 2 wider. She has a lovely pink water bottle, ceramic hammie food dish with Mazuri hamster food, a grass rolly nest, small tropical colored fiddle stick arch, a wooden hidey house, and a bright pink solid side wheel that is silent (thank goodness since she's in my room) and mounts very nicely to the side of her cage. I seem to have adopted a bit of an acrobat. After running all over the place downstairs in her purple ball yesterday while the rest of the family ate lunch, I introduced her to her new cage, and she spent the better part of the next 30-45 minutes running all over, kicking her lavendar and white carefresh up in the air, climbing through the top hole of the house to jump off the roof, and running through and over her fiddle sticks. It took her about 10 seconds to jump into the new wheel and run a few laps. Wynnie seems to be very smart and not at all scared of anything. So far she's not too thrilled with the rolly nest, but I wanted to give her "obstacle options".
The poor thing tuckered herself out exploring and curled up very comfortably in a carefresh nest in her wooden house. She was not a bit pleased when my alarm went off this morning, and I turned the lights on in our room, but I have to say that seeing her fuzzy little head stick up through the top hole of the house to investigate was pretty amusing. Miss Wynnie seemed to forgive me for the noise and light pretty quickly when I came back with a fresh bottle of water, added some more food to the bowl, and gave her a quick morning snuggle before turning the radio and lights back off, so she could get back to sleep.
So far, it seems like she is adjusting fabulously and loves being able to see all around her surroundings instead of through the cloudy sides of her bin. I'll give her another day or so to herself, and then hammie pictures are sure to follow!
Now Miss Wynnie is living in a cage very much like this (broken link removed), but I think it might be an inch or 2 wider. She has a lovely pink water bottle, ceramic hammie food dish with Mazuri hamster food, a grass rolly nest, small tropical colored fiddle stick arch, a wooden hidey house, and a bright pink solid side wheel that is silent (thank goodness since she's in my room) and mounts very nicely to the side of her cage. I seem to have adopted a bit of an acrobat. After running all over the place downstairs in her purple ball yesterday while the rest of the family ate lunch, I introduced her to her new cage, and she spent the better part of the next 30-45 minutes running all over, kicking her lavendar and white carefresh up in the air, climbing through the top hole of the house to jump off the roof, and running through and over her fiddle sticks. It took her about 10 seconds to jump into the new wheel and run a few laps. Wynnie seems to be very smart and not at all scared of anything. So far she's not too thrilled with the rolly nest, but I wanted to give her "obstacle options".
The poor thing tuckered herself out exploring and curled up very comfortably in a carefresh nest in her wooden house. She was not a bit pleased when my alarm went off this morning, and I turned the lights on in our room, but I have to say that seeing her fuzzy little head stick up through the top hole of the house to investigate was pretty amusing. Miss Wynnie seemed to forgive me for the noise and light pretty quickly when I came back with a fresh bottle of water, added some more food to the bowl, and gave her a quick morning snuggle before turning the radio and lights back off, so she could get back to sleep.
So far, it seems like she is adjusting fabulously and loves being able to see all around her surroundings instead of through the cloudy sides of her bin. I'll give her another day or so to herself, and then hammie pictures are sure to follow!
