Zeki's Thread - new man in my life

[WinnieTheHam]

Aw Zeki is a real sweet name, and it suits him too!

[Cinnamon Bear]

Zeki is cute!

[Coco61]

Official welcome to Zeki! What inspired the name cypher?

[Vectis Hamstery]

What a lovely name I also would love to know how you found the right name for him.
Would you like me to alter the thread title to add his name?

[Mrs Livingston]

Fan name, Cypher. I'm looking forward to hearing all about Zeki's adventures.

[cypher]

Originally Posted by Vectis Hamstery

Would you like me to alter the thread title to add his name?

If you would Vectis, thanks, this thread has gone on longer than I expected so I think we should make it Zeki's thread now!

As for his name, I had quite a few in mind but have always liked names beginning with Z, no idea why lol! & was thinking something Chinese, maybe or maybe not... got down to a short list of Zhen, Zhi & Zeth, none of which worked for us so then it was Zhenzhi, hmmm not really, Zenzi... a bit better... then looking at his sweet cheeky face Zeki just popped into my head & that was it
I did look it up to see if it was actually a word & it's Turkish for intelligent or clever so he has something to live up to now!

He's been a bit of a home boy, I didn't even see him yesterday evening just heard lots more noises from the house but he's obviously been out & about in the night, he took a while to wake up this morning but when he did I lifted the lid on his house again & he was in the little room at the back but soon crept out to see me & was quite happy to climb right onto my hand so he got a little reward for being so brave
Can't wait to see him out in the open more & hopefully get some photos but I'm not going to rush him, early days yet but lots to look forward to

[Fluffagrams]

Originally Posted by cypher

As for his name, I had quite a few in mind but have always liked names beginning with Z, no idea why lol! & was thinking something Chinese, maybe or maybe not... got down to a short list of Zhen, Zhi & Zeth, none of which worked for us so then it was Zhenzhi, hmmm not really, Zenzi... a bit better... then looking at his sweet cheeky face Zeki just popped into my head & that was it
I did look it up to see if it was actually a word & it's Turkish for intelligent or clever so he has something to live up to now!

I've usually got a few names in mind when I'm planning a new addition and it's always nice when a name suddenly pops into your head when looking at them. I remember the moment I set eyes on James when I picked him up, I just said to myself "He's a James".

It's a very cute name and I'm sure he'll live up to it's meaning.

[Pebbles82]

Hi Zeki! Like it

[cypher]

Zeki is still not coming out into the cage until after I go to bed, he's happy enough taking a treat & walking right onto my hand if I lift his roof up or right off, it's only been a few days so I'm not concerned but it has been a bit of a hassle making it awkward to get to him & really get him used to me & my hands so we had a bit of a change around in the cage this morning, he hid in the substrate so I had to be careful not to squash him!

The big house came out, shame as we both like that one but maybe he can have it back at some point, & a smaller labyrinth house went in instead.
It seems to have gone quite well so far, managed to rearrange things & a little nose poked out so I gave him the treat I had to hand then he came right out to explore a little & pouch a few seeds of course!

Just grabbed one quick shot for now.




Just a bit closer.

[WinnieTheHam]

Awww, he's so cute