Hamster of the Month - July 2015 POLL NOW ADDED

[souffle]

This month's theme has been chosen by member hekomi winner of last month's competition.
THIS COMPETITION IS FOR A PICTURE of Hamsters 'A HAMSTER RELAXING' so the photo should be one that shows a hamster relaxing in some way. It could be sleeping or staged with props such as relaxing on a summer holiday. NO PHOTOSHOPPED PICTURES PLEASE.

The theme is for a picture of A HAMSTER RELAXING

Please do not post any comments about the picture. Please post THE HAMSTERS NAME ONLY. Any extra comments will be removed.

It's a new month so we have to choose the 'Hamster of the Month' for next month. The winning hamster will appear on the front page of the forum so when someone comes on to the forum they will see the picture.
PLEASE TRY AND RESIZE PHOTOS AS SOME ARE HUGE AND ARE STRETCHING THE FORUM. 600 pixels wide is a good standard size for the forum. Please try and do this as the huge pics are pixellated and do not do your entry justice. I do not have time to resize them all I'm afraid. You can resize them on photobucket.

1. This competition is for the July Hamster of the month. We would like a picture this month with a 'A HAMSTER RELAXING'

2. You may enter 1 picture.

3. The picture should be clear and as charming as possible

4. The picture must be of a hamster of any species and it must belong to you or your family. It may be with you now or have passed to the bridge.

5. Closing date for entries is 23rd June 2015 at midnight GMT.

6. The voting will be posted and the new pic will be displayed in July. Each member will have two votes provided there are 10 or more entries. There will be one vote per person if less than 10 entries. The poll may be public as chosen at random.

7. Please try and post a new photograph that you have not entered in a previous competition.

8. It must be pictures of hamsters 'A HAMSTER RELAXING. If you post a picture that is not themed you will be asked to replace it with one that is. If you do not do this is will NOT be included in the competition.

9. Please do not post any comments on the thread until AFTER the poll has closed. PM me with questions. Comments will be removed.

10. The winner of the competition who chooses the theme for the next month is not allowed to enter the competition they chose the theme for. They may enter any thereafter.

PM me with any queries. If you cannot post pics then e mail me the pic and I will post it on your behalf.
If you decide to withdraw an entry please let me know
If your picture is not there when the poll is posted I will PM you to ask if there is a problem but there is only a limited time that the Poll posting can be held for so please respond as soon as possible thanks.

Pictures that are too large or too small do not do your entry justice and people may just skim over it. PLEASE RESIZE

Looking forward to seeing your entries :smile:

[souffle]

Lance - chilling in a cookie box!
http://i1333.photobucket.com/albums/w639/lynneblair/hamster%20stuff/laa4_zpsog5fvuel.jpg (http://s1333.photobucket.com/user/lynneblair/media/hamster%20stuff/laa4_zpsog5fvuel.jpg.html)

[Pebbles82]

Charlie
http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag389/charliethehamster/52eeee1a-1936-40a5-99a2-608a64651f5d_zpsqswklum8.jpg

[Shannonmcn]

Cc
http://i.imgur.com/UEe4Zezl.jpg

[Truffle]

Mischief

http://i786.photobucket.com/albums/yy147/eb9519/987ae406-eb48-4ae3-ab72-0331bf83aa31_zpsbpfn7t4z.jpg (http://s786.photobucket.com/user/eb9519/media/987ae406-eb48-4ae3-ab72-0331bf83aa31_zpsbpfn7t4z.jpg.html)

[Nancy's Hamsters]

Sleeping Babies at ST's
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo19/pintosandpaints/2013%20litters/The%20H13%20Litter%20born%206-13-13%20Abednigo%20X%20Shakinah/8262bfcf-651f-4976-a267-6277060ce09d_zpsso95c6vn.jpg (http://s357.photobucket.com/user/pintosandpaints/media/2013%20litters/The%20H13%20Litter%20born%206-13-13%20Abednigo%20X%20Shakinah/8262bfcf-651f-4976-a267-6277060ce09d_zpsso95c6vn.jpg.html)

[hamsterfun]

Marmaduke

http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy323/kjjackson93/DSCF1067_zps090a8965.jpg (http://s804.photobucket.com/user/kjjackson93/media/DSCF1067_zps090a8965.jpg.html)

[Scarlett Empress]

Smokey
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8727/17093347130_b10bb6465b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/s3tSzy)

[pumpkin123]

Pumpkin....

[Azula]

YUKI

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv78/evil_croft/Yuki/yuki%20sleeps_zpsqjw6ychg.jpg

[DrKMcK]

Nutmeg :-D

[JenAndPikachu]

Pikachu

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll162/jensturdy93/b2f78acd-9a39-4862-9003-82e4cd587a1f_zpshapfxg4y.jpg

[cypher]

Ickle Mickle

http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y417/hamHive/chill_zps39gwgiok.jpg (http://s1273.photobucket.com/user/hamHive/media/chill_zps39gwgiok.jpg.html)

[HarryHamster]

Harry :) xx

[PrehistoricGirl]

Peanut

http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q677/Ann_Louise_Nielsen/Peanut/Peanut%20sover_zpscxfjq31n.jpg (http://s1353.photobucket.com/user/Ann_Louise_Nielsen/media/Peanut/Peanut%20sover_zpscxfjq31n.jpg.html)

[Goldie Flower]

Obi xxxxxxx

[Bec]

Neptune

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae266/rebeccaeddleston/DSC_0034_zpskvosegh0.jpg (http://s978.photobucket.com/user/rebeccaeddleston/media/DSC_0034_zpskvosegh0.jpg.html)

[Fluffagrams]

Meat

http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag44/theiconicmeatloaf/11147065_10153317670972668_1962353553949009700_n_z pshuidb3vr.jpg~original

[BluerayDarkes]

Cindy
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/blueraydragon/11218823_10155570092235366_8288023684818147757_n_z psmhlwm7av.jpg

[kyrilliondaemon]

Fwirl
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g5/kyrilliondaemon/Hamster%20stuff/Fwirl_zpswyrugg3l.jpg

[haneung]

Eve :p

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt259/iyarak/20140629_180013_A.jpg?t=1433660427

[Miss kiwi]

Kiwi

31451

[Denisekay]

Puff

31468

[Amanda123]

This is hector

[Teddy001]

~ZeKe~

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg127/cindyarvay/IMG_4024_zpsolriochg.jpg (http://s247.photobucket.com/user/cindyarvay/media/IMG_4024_zpsolriochg.jpg.html)

[CPalmer]

Freya

http://i1368.photobucket.com/albums/ag197/Claire_Flossy_Palmer/20141205_214238-1_zpsn8ducmkm.jpg (http://s1368.photobucket.com/user/Claire_Flossy_Palmer/media/20141205_214238-1_zpsn8ducmkm.jpg.html)

[Lexieshamster]

Neville
http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd508/katemoore75/Mobile%20Uploads/Nevie-Noo/D4205D3E-E9FD-4FE8-B058-6DA41DDAA2EE_1.jpg (http://s1223.photobucket.com/user/katemoore75/media/Mobile%20Uploads/Nevie-Noo/D4205D3E-E9FD-4FE8-B058-6DA41DDAA2EE_1.jpg.html)

[RachK]

Apple & Blossom

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb138/RachK_album/Apple%20and%20Blossom/P1020805.jpg (http://s204.photobucket.com/user/RachK_album/media/Apple%20and%20Blossom/P1020805.jpg.html)

[AmyHague]

Callie & Pups

http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u538/AmyHague/c41c0eee-6ea3-4020-9c42-dc2fd6c0b675_zpsxnoqzd5k.jpg (http://s1320.photobucket.com/user/AmyHague/media/c41c0eee-6ea3-4020-9c42-dc2fd6c0b675_zpsxnoqzd5k.jpg.html)

[Nicole314]

Lavender (top) and her baby.

http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y507/kclapp97/11406967_708297999280185_3538686808900027068_n_zps kxmnrdcz.jpg (http://s1278.photobucket.com/user/kclapp97/media/11406967_708297999280185_3538686808900027068_n_zps kxmnrdcz.jpg.html)

[Kimberly]

Loaf
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-spW5qV97NtQ/VXjK08LHRrI/AAAAAAAALVQ/wUnuDUUa6VU/w506-h285/DSC_0287.JPG

[WinnieTheHam]

Jonah
http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt355/xXtoffeappleXx/172b7ce2-ca1b-4976-9abd-acb02bc7a06b_zpswhyku7ln.jpg (http://s627.photobucket.com/user/xXtoffeappleXx/media/172b7ce2-ca1b-4976-9abd-acb02bc7a06b_zpswhyku7ln.jpg.html)

[Snowz]

Snow (Rip)

http://i.imgur.com/UmKOhsv.jpg

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[Mweekie]

Lily

http://i1338.photobucket.com/albums/o681/Julzo1/20150606_221052_zpsidorhx1g.jpg (http://s1338.photobucket.com/user/Julzo1/media/20150606_221052_zpsidorhx1g.jpg.html)

[Amanda123]

. ~bonnie~ .

[Gimleyand Meeko]

Meeko

31635

[Scrubby]

Sleepy Ahri
https://36.media.tumblr.com/c55ff5c2e040b81bcf8dc02701ab689e/tumblr_nqf6tr8POl1r640ero1_400.jpg

[souffle]

PLEASE NOTE 2 VOTES ONLY. YOUR VOTES WILL BE REMOVED SHOULD YOU MAKE MORE THAN TWO VOTES.
A really lovely entry this month as usual! Such gorgeous hammies looking very active :)
The poll has been posted and thank you all for the wonderful entries. I always enjoy seeing the gorgeous photos you all never fail to enter :)
Remember when you vote to take into account the theme of the competition - A HAMSTER RELAXING.
YOU HAVE 2 VOTES - ONE FOR THE HEAD AND ONE FOR THE HEART.
YOU MUST PLACE BOTH VOTES AT THE SAME TIME THEN CLICK SUBMIT VOTE.
You cannot go back and make your second vote at a later date.

Remember the theme - A HAMSTER RELAXING :) The pictures you vote for should really demonstrate the theme.

The poll will close at midnight GMT on 3Oth June 2015
NB The Poll is public this month. As stated in the rules we do have public polls from time to time on a random basis.

[souffle]

Congratulations to cypher and Ickle Mickle and rachk and apple & blossom joint winners of this month's competition.
Please bear with me while I get the two made in to a composite pic for the front page :)

[Bec]

Congratulations to both winners, a lovely month of beautiful fluffs x

[Gimleyand Meeko]

Congratulations to everyone and especially the two winners :)

They were all really cute pictures :)

[Pebbles82]

Congratulations Cypher and Rach! And Mickle, Apple and Blossom. Lovely photos.

[Piebald]

Congratulations! Very tough choice this month.

[Pebbles82]

Certainly was! SO many photos - more photos than votes. No that's not right - my maths is skewiff.

[cypher]

So many brilliant entries this is a lovely surprise!
Thanks to everyone who voted for my little girl & congrats to Rach Apple & Blossom!

[Fluffagrams]

There was some really sweet photos posted so it wasn't easy to choose but congratulations to both winners and their lovely hams.

[Shannonmcn]

Congrats cypher and Rach! Very well deserved :3

[RachK]

Oooo thanks so much everyone! :D And congrats to Cypher too

[Nancy's Hamsters]

Congrats to the two duel winners. I'm not sure if anyone else had a hard time just picking two photos this month. I had to choose between Apple & Blossom, and for my 2nd pick I did the enny meany minee mo game between Ickle Mickle and Yuki and Yuki won out.

Thanks to everyone for a most wonderful thread to adore all them sleepy, and chilling out Hamsters.

[Coco61]

Well done to two worthy winners. There were a lot of other great entries too. Hope you both agree on next month's topic!

[Pebbles82]

Lol yes I was wondering that! I'm sure they'll easily find a topic to agree on :)

[Denisekay]

Congrats to you both, and to your hammies! :)

[Mweekie]

Well done :)

Mweekie xx