Miss Little Pumpkin Spice Latte - Page 2

Fluffagrams · 01-11-2016, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Hekomi

Thank you x

Okay! Perfect. Once she is out of quarantine I'll get it for her (as it's wood and wood is notoriously hard to sanitize...!). Okay perfect - those work. This was the type I was thinking of:

but either would work. Was about to say I could make her a couple... but then I'd be changing things up on her! Do they like things staying in the same places too?

Some can be quite particular about things being in the right place and my May certainly is! My James on the other hand is a bit more easy going with where I put things so it depends on their personality really.

If you were to make a couple of hammocks then you'll have one spare for when the other is in the wash. I really need to buy a couple more for my two as May gets upset when I have to take hers out to wash it but Fuzzbutts sell out so quickly.

Vectis Hamstery · 02-02-2016, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Hekomi

I haven't examined her bowl too much to see what is and isn't missing. I may give her my more crushed lab blocks to encourage her to eat them. I have a homemade diet I feed alongside the lab blocks which has a lot of small bits. I mentioned possibly putting together something with just small seeds for her... any experience in which seeds they like best?
as well. I don't really do themes so she should be happy with her bits and bobs. I'm very happy to have a hamster to spoil with all my dwarf sized toys!

I feed all my hams two to three times a week to maximise the variety they eat. All my hams have the same mix, Syrians and Chineseys alike. If you can get hold of them, dari cobs and millet sprays make great treats for Chineseys.

She's a pretty wee girl

Ann · 01-11-2016, 10:55 AM

She's beautiful! Love her coloring.

Thin Lizzy · 01-11-2016, 09:56 PM

Congratulations Hekomi on your Chinese ham - love the name Miss Little Pumpkin Spice Latte!
Have you got a nickname for her?

cypher · 01-11-2016, 11:20 PM

Love the new photos, she is just so adorable

I think she'd enjoy that wooden toy too, looks like fun for a chinese!
I use the same hammocks, corner crushes & snooze cubes that Fluffagrams posted the link too, all are very popular, anything similar could work, a nice dark cosy place to hang out, I usually put some substrate or shredded tissue in mine & hide some of the food in there for them to forage for although Zephyr used to collect up her food & take it to her hammock to eat herself.
If the space seems a bit too much for her in her bin I find just filling it with simple things like cardboard egg boxes work really well, another nice place to hide out, forage & they sometimes like to chew on them too. Coconuts make great little hideouts for them too.
Favourite seeds with mine tend to be things like flax, hemp, perilla & millet but they do enjoy the larger seeds too, pumpkin is a big favourite. Just like any other species they have individual likes & dislikes too so I'm sure you'll find out soon enough & she should do fine with your own mix I would think.
As for body language I do find being so long it's actually easier to see if they are a bit nervous as they tend to flatten themselves & stretch out rather than readily just going to something, it's quite clear to see, otherwise if they are nervous they just tend to hide, mostly I've found mine to be timid but brave at the same time if that makes sense!

Hekomi · 01-24-2016, 11:37 AM

I haven't yet gotten her the wooden toy - she's only just out of quarantine. We plan to make her that little hammock. I'm going to try some of those seeds Cypher and see how she likes them!

She's done really well the past few days. Here are some photos from our Valentines shoot today.

Walnut om nom

Looking braver!

Are these petals for me?

Can I help you?

I'll be cute for walnuts!

A wink for the handsome James

I am a slinky

Stalking the petals...!