30 Days of April

[Hamsterita]

I'm sorry for your loss Vectis!

Your hamster room looks amazing!!

I like the knitted hamster!

[BorisPasha]

Sorry to hear about Origami and Indy.

I too love the little knitted hamster, it's very cute

[Vectis Hamstery]

I'm back!
I got back home at 11am today from my Houten adventure, and spent nearly 2 hours unloading everything and putting everyone into their quarantine cages. I have a dining room full of newbies now!

I set off from my home at 5pm on Saturday and stopped off to pick up my friend and her animals. It's about a 3 hour drive to Harwich where we got the overnight ferry to Hook of Holland. It set off at 11pm UK time and arrived at 8am Dutch time.
arriving in Holland by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr

Thankfully it was only an hour drive to Houten from the ferry as I'd never driven on the wrong side of the road before.
eek! wrong side of the road by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
(my friend took this picture - she was the passenger)

Still, we made it in one piece and got there at 9.15am. The show opened at 10am but this was the queue when we joined it - it got even longer by 10am and started to rain!
in the queue at the show by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr

This was the rodent hall (I didn't get any pictures of the reptile hall as it was far too warm and busy):
IMG_5081 by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
And the hamster/rat/mouse judging area:
IMG_5090 by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr

I picked up my pre-booked animals, exchanged the hamsters I'd taken and had a look round for any sales hamsters who caught my eye. It got really busy in the middle of the day and it was good to have a sit and think. The hamster show finished at about 4pm so we set off for the ferry again. I didn't take any hamsters to show myself this time.

We got to load onto the ferry shortly after 7pm (Dutch time) and it set off at 10pm. We landed back in the UK at 6.30am (UK time).
waiting to load on the ferry by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr

[Vectis Hamstery]

Some of the animal piccies I took at the show (snake and spider photos are put in as links for the squeamish )

IMG_5108 by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
IMG_5104 by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
IMG_5103 by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
IMG_5101 by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
IMG_5100 by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
IMG_5099 by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
IMG_5098 by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
IMG_5096 by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
IMG_5095 by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
IMG_5093 by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr


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[Vectis Hamstery]

Furry photos:

IMG_5092 by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
IMG_5091 by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
IMG_5082 by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
IMG_5080 by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
IMG_5086 by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr


This was my little friend Indy who belonged to one of the Dutch hamster exhibitors. I didn't manage a clear photo as I spent too much time cuddling her!
IMG_5088 by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr

And I was so very tempted by African pygmy dormice. I decided not to buy any as I hadn't researched how to care for them and thought it wasn't responsible to buy first and work out how to look after them later. Plus I bought plenty of new animals
IMG_5111 by Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr

I'll show you my newbies soon!

[flowerfairy]

Aww so much cuteness. LOVE Puppy ... sigh.

[Jennie F]

That hamster in the picture clearly does not care haha. Looking forward to meeting your new arrivals

[cypher]

It looks to have been a really amazing trip!
So much to see, love the frogs, I have a bit of a thing for frogs lol! & the little pygmy doormouse, I have a yearning for one of those too but probably wouldn't be able to give it the right care/environment.
Look forward to meeting the newbies.

[Drago]

What lovely critters! Looks like you had fun there. I enjoyed the photos of the rat and spider

[BorisPasha]

Looks like you had a great time Vectis with lots of interesting animals to see