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Originally Posted by Vierville
How much food was in his pouches when you weighed him? This affects their weight reading quite significantly.
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None, he's not the type of hamster to hoard either. He just eats at his bowl then leaves. I'm weighing them weekly so will see if that stays the same. If it drops which I hope it doesn't, then I know he probably did have some food in his pouches.
That being said, Athena also had a jump in weight. Her face is still sunken in a tad so it's obvious when she's pouches something.
Also they roughly eat 10g of food in 2 days. Both eat at their bowls and leave anything inedible around it. No stash, empty pouches and ravenous when it comes to feeding time. They do have one hell of a variety now as well so maybe that helps too. I know it sounds a lot. I checked and triple checked. Changed scales made sure there's nothing else touching the scales. Normally you can hear the seeds in the pouches and I even felt the side of the face and couldn't feel anything but hamster. I'm in shock