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Old 07-30-2018, 11:17 AM   #1
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Default Rhubarb and Crumble

I decided to make a thread for my sweet robo girls. We’ve had them just over three weeks now and they really seem to have settled in.

Crumble is the bigger, lighter coloured sister and most of the photos are of her. She’s been a bit more confident and up until tonight has been the only one who’s ventured onto my hand. She really loves the sandpit!

Rhubarb (or Ruby) is the smaller sister with darker coloured fur. She loves to run on the wheel (and they seem to share the same wheel often!) and has been very shy. Hoverever tonight she came straight on to my hand when I put it in with some seeds (first time ever!), ate them rather than pouching, and didn’t seem to notice when I raised my hand above the substrate. When the seeds were done I gently lowered her and she calmly waddled off. It’s been really hard to get her used to us but it seems the persistence is paying off!

She is the hamster on my hand in the picture- I needed proof for my boyfriend that she’d done it!

I still can’t just pick them up yet and this made cleaning them out a wee bit tricky but we managed. They seem to smell a bit more than Syrians but at the same time make less mess? It’s not a big deal and it’s not gross or making my house smell, the cage just seems more “hamstery”.

I’ve seen no signs of fighting between the two and they curl up together to sleep and share a wheel (They have more than one in the cage). I know this can change at any time and do have a in cage set up at all times.

Here are some pictures!













An album with a few wee videos and these pictures is here: https://imgur.com/gallery/RfU4zdr
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Old 07-30-2018, 11:18 AM   #2
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I am on mobile and these images are huge, I’m sorry! If anyone knows how to resize them let me know?
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Old 07-30-2018, 05:00 PM   #3
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Aww Rhubarb and Crumble are so sweet! With taming, persistence really pays off, although apparently taming dwarfs is more difficult. I've noticed that the more I try with my hammy, the more comfortable he is to walk on my hand etc. I'm not too sure how to resize images, sorry.
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Old 07-30-2018, 11:18 PM   #4
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Aww, both Rhubarb and Crumble are so incredibly adorable and look so very sweet and fluffy! I love their lovely photos and their videos made me giggle. I'm glad that taming is going well and Rhubarb finally decided to follow in her sisters example and eat from your hand. Great pic of her doing so, btw; I thought it was quite funny that you had to take it as proof for your boyfriend that she finally did so. I look forward to getting to know your precious hams and seeing more of them, too.

I'm sorry, but I do not take photos on my phone so I do not know how to resize them using that device. I only use my camera to take pics, download pics directly into my computer, and resize them that way. I'm sure that other members may be able to give you advice on that matter though.
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Old 07-31-2018, 12:00 AM   #5
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Rhubarb & Crumble are adorable Lovely photos & vid or them both.

You can resize photos on a mobile by the roundabout way of emailing the photos to yourself, choose small in the email photo options & save the photo from the email to upload.
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Old 08-01-2018, 06:51 AM   #6
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Its so lovely to meet Rhubarb and Crumble - they are both adorable and I absolutely love their names (as I love Rhubarb Crumble!). I'm glad the persistence is paying of and that Rhubarb is getting more confidence with climbing into your hand.
Looking forward to seeing more of Rhubarb and Crumble!

Just wanted to mention that it might be safer to remove the rope toy from the cage as it isn't safe for hamster if chewed and can cause internal blockages is swallowed. The wooden blocks on it can be used on their own though.

I use a website called PicResize to resize my photos to 625 pixels wide - I find it really easy to use and doesn't affect picture quality.
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Old 08-02-2018, 03:02 PM   #7
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They are sooooo cute!
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Old 08-02-2018, 04:35 PM   #8
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Lovely photo! I'm so jealous you have a robo on your hand Mine runs away from my hand! Also if you use windows you can resize using paint. Right click on the photo - select "open with - paint" click on resize at the top - choose "pixels" and set the top number to 700 (the other number will change automatically) and then "save as". Very useful tip given to me on here!
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Old 08-02-2018, 08:58 PM   #9
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Your robos are so cute! Lovely photos!
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Old 08-03-2018, 12:13 PM   #10
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My boyfriend got a new phone and tested the camera while I was giving some snacks to Rhubarb, so here is a bunch of pictures of her I have tried to resize them and I hope they're okay!

















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