hello everyone
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i went to pets at home yesterday becuase it was payday and fell in love with one of the hamsters in their rescue centre bit! she is female and a red eyed argente campbells she is really pretty and fluffy i called her Ruby!
however i am having some problems with her! she just seems really wild! nothing like the other hamsters i have had, the one i got from the rspca i thought was untamed but nothing like Ruby! she will not let you touch her she bares her teeth if you come close, if you try to touch her gently or let her sniff you she rolls on her back, lifts her paws and opens her mouth really wide ready to bite i think! this is teamed with the loudest squeak i have ever heard from something so small!
i think i am out of my depth here! she has scared me! i know shes tiny and muc more frightened of me than i am of her! but i just dont know where to start i have never owned or come across a hamster like this! all my others have just been really receptive and wanting human attension.
i thnk i made a break through last night she took a couple of sunflower seeds from my hands whilst i was talking to her softly, i have read a couple of things on the interent which i hope are untrue about campbells being less tame than ww's and the females in particular less tame!
has anyone got experience in campbells or own them!? she is my first!
also she is in a really large bin cage with lots of toys ect.
the man in PAH also said something which is worrying me now!, he said they thought she might be pregnant when they got her in but that was over a month ago now, i adopted her at the time anyway because i fell for her so much. the reason why i think he might be telling porky pies is because i went to the same pets at home the day before with some friends because they dont have a car to get there, and she wasnt there. I am hoping that they had her out the back? but part of me is hoping she is pregnant and that will explain the funny behaviour! her tummy seems lumpy but not fat particulary, but she is so small!
i will try and get some piccies for you guys! just been wanted her to stay calm and quiet.
thanks for everyones help in advance
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