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Old 03-26-2015, 02:46 PM   #1
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Default Getting to know Smokey!

This will probably turn into a bit of a ramble, I have had my little adopted girl for 12 days now and I think I have bored everyone I know by constantly talking about hamsters - !

Smokey was an unexpected arrival - I had been wanting a hamster and thinking about it for ages, but she arrived rather suddenly in the end, in a very small house - ten minutes after she arrived, we were at Pampurred Pets, buying her a new one - they didn't have anything I really liked, but I got her a Rotastak Genus 300 which was at least bigger than she had, to tide her over.

She also got a wooden house, a bridge, a flying saucer...


She really appreciated the extra space. She also really appreciated the bars, as she didn't have any in her old home!


She arrived very tame and friendly, and very happy to be picked up and stroked.

Her previous owner was a bit vague when we asked about favourite foods - carrot was all that was mentioned - we have been trying her on tiny bits of a variety of things to see what she likes, and so far all she has turned her nose up at is dried mealworms.

I got her a ball yesterday, I think she must have had one before as she climbed in happily and steered it like a pro. After she'd toured the entire bungalow, I put the ball on my bed and let her climb out and scamper around while I took some photos.





That white streak on her hip - she has one both sides, they are long tufts like random hair extensions!



I think I need to get a bit quicker though when I am taking her photo...!


Today her 'proper' home arrived, she has a Savic Ruffy 2 rat cage - I was worried it would be too much, another new home, but I put all the contents of her previous home into the new one, bedding and everything - I managed to scoop up her wooden bedroom without disturbing anything inside. She has been having a great time this evening exploring everything - I was going to try and get photos but she's now worn herself out for the moment and gone to bed.
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Old 03-26-2015, 02:52 PM   #2
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Omg sooooo cute. Love her colour!
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Old 03-26-2015, 02:52 PM   #3
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She's adorable, I'm glad she likes her new cage
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Old 03-26-2015, 11:49 PM   #4
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She really is lovely, the hair extensions are cute lol!
Great to hear she is doing so well now she's found a home with you
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Old 03-27-2015, 10:56 PM   #5
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Cute! Very Cute and Mega Cute!
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Old 03-28-2015, 01:09 AM   #6
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she so cute
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Old 03-28-2015, 04:25 AM   #7
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Smokey is gorgeous and those hair extensions add to her cuteness. I'm glad that she has settled into her new bigger and better home. She must really love all the extra space she has now.
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Old 03-28-2015, 09:28 AM   #8
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Thank you everyone! Smokey has got the whole family wrapped around her little paw already. Her hair extensions are so funny!

She is making the most of the space in her new cage and I was also pleased I could get a 12" Silent Spinner in it - although it wasn't silent at 3am this morning, after she decided to throw a pile of food in there and run round - ! She'd selected all the hard biscuit bits out of her Harry Hamster mix, it made a heck of a racket.
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Old 03-28-2015, 01:47 PM   #9
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Smokey is adorable and I love the little hair extensions too! loving the photos of her!
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Old 03-29-2015, 12:48 AM   #10
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Thank you Snowz! I want to try and get some more pics today.

When I looked in her cage this morning, she'd put food in her wheel again, and piled bedding on top - I think I need to make her another little hideyhole for storing food, maybe now she has a bigger cage she wants a store either end!

Also, when she arrived, the only toy she had was a little plastic ball with bell in - I wasn't sure if this was actually a hamster toy or a cat toy? Anyway I kept it in her cage for familiarity - she didn't seem bothered about it, but last night I heard it jingling a lot - it turned out she'd put in in her flying saucer and was running round on it with the ball!
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