Photo Month Thread - September

[Vectis Hamstery]

This afternoon has been a Chinesey one I've started pairing up my planned Chinese pairs and so far so good.

Liessa and Lio!rt by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
Saffran (who was born here in the Hillbard litter and is back on loan from Doric Hams) and Verence have been the squeakiest. They've been paired before with no success so I'm crossing everything this time.
Verence and Saffran by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
This is my usual set up for pairing Chineseys - a carrier/small tank with two piles of bedding, two tubes, 2 bits of cucumber and a big heap of food. I've chosen medium sized tanks for pairing this time which gives me flexibility depending on how things go. If all stays quiet tonight, I can put them in a small bin cage tomorrow.
Rylstone and Appley by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
Both Appley and Saffran are dominant spots from black-eyed white lines. You can work out what the pairs will have using this page: http://vectishams.webs.com/chinesehamstergenetics.htm

Verence isn't convinced by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr

In case you were wondering about the hamster names, I use naming themes. My black-eyed whites/carriers are named for places on the Isle of Wight and my normals are named after characters from the Discworld books. These are my current Chineseys:

Isle of Wight names
Appley, Firestone, Hillway, Kingston, Mottistone, Ninham, Niton, Parkhurst, Rylstone
Discworld names
Chair of Indefinite Studies (Indy), Chair of Oblique Frogs (Froggie), C W StJ Nobby Nobbs (Nobby), Herrena the Henna-Haired Harridan, King Verence, Liessa Dragonlady, Lillith, Lio!rt Wyrmbidder, Perdita X, Winford
Non-Themed names
Origami, Papyrus, Sumtin

[Fluffagrams]

I love the names you use for your hamsters.

Lord James waves a paw at his brother and wishes him every success with his ladyfriend.

[Vectis Hamstery]

Lord James's other family is feeling left out of the greetings Papyrus, Origami and Herrena are his sisters, Perdita X is his mum and Liessa is his niece.

[Fluffagrams]

Originally Posted by Vectis Hamstery

Lord James's other family is feeling left out of the greetings Papyrus, Origami and Herrena are his sisters, Perdita X is his mum and Liessa is his niece.

He says sorry, the excitement of seeing everyone got to him a bit and made him forget his manners. He says to tell the rest of his family that he loves them very much too.

[CMB]

Originally Posted by Elliiy

aww so cute never heard of dopp's but they look just like robos, so cute

That's just what I thought.

[cypher]

Your hamster room really is impressive, I'm quite envious!

All the Chineseys are looking totally adorable as ever, good luck with the pairings, hope all goes well & some lovely litters are soon on the way.

[Pebbles82]

Lovely start to September So many hammies! I'm impressed with the Hamster room too. Looking forward to hearing more about future babies and mating successes and hearing more about Doops.

[Vectis Hamstery]

Doops always remind me of robos too!

The furries and I have had a chilled out day, and all the pairs are still together. I was going to start pairing some Syrians but instead played hunt the hamster. Currently the score is Georgic 1, me 0, but I think I've located where he is and hopefully he'll fall for the relocated trap. Time for a cuppa...
Cuppa time by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr

Today's a Syrian hammy day . I've got a few golden oldies, with my oldest being dear Cedders (officially Cedric).
Cedric by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
He's never become a dad which is a shame, but I have a major soft spot for him! He turned 2 a few months ago and looks rather disreputable, but I think his lion hair do looks very stylish
Cedders by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr

Gallica will be two shortly and is finally slowing down a bit. She's been a very active girl and didn't take to motherhood, having only 2 pups and losing one at 13 days old. Her daughter Tayleur is beautiful but hasn't herself taken to being a mum and has produced no surviving pups.
Gallica by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr

Some of my younger Syrians now. I do love Delphic. He's not the yellowest yellow, in fact it takes a lot of looking to see his markings! He's been a great first step towards making dark grey ivory as he carries dark grey. He's a smooshy lad.
Delphic by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr

Hippo is a chilled out yellow dom spot lad. He mostly snoozes and eats!
Hippogriff by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr


My Syrian hamster names are:

White Star Line Ships (dark grey/dg carriers)
Arabia, Cedric, Delphic, Gallica, Georgic, Majestic, Naronia, Regina, Suevia, Tauric, Tayleur,
Mythical Beasts (cinnamon/cinnie carriers
Hippogriff, Phoenix, Sphynx
Unthemed names
Jude, Molly, Valegra, Tiny Tim

[Thin Lizzy]

The Doops are so beautiful.
Your syrians are so fluffy, Cedric really does look like a lion especially that 2nd pic.

[cypher]

What a lovely bunch! Ceddars really is an adorable older man, I can see why you would have a major soft spot for him!

What's the score with Georgic now, is he still winning!