Hamster weigh-in thread

[jayne]

Max is now 120g (approx, he wouldnt keep still) and is 14 weeks old.

Not got round to weighing Dasha yet, but i can guess she will be around the teeny tiny mark

[Mollz]

Right here we go again, 10 days later than the last weigh-ins.
Before anyone worries about how much Buttons' weight has dropped by I would like to point out that he had full cheek pouches last time!

Gizmo - 23 1/2 weeks - 152g (+5g)
Buttons - 22 1/2 weeks - 104g (-11g)
Uno - 12 1/2 weeks - 92g (+10g)
Amelie - 10 1/2 weeks - 170g (+16g!)

[Holly]

Wow! Amelie's piling it on

I haven't weighed anyone other than my two pregnant girls and Aero for a while (weigh night tonight).

Aero is now 12 and half weeks old - and she weighs 151g!! Not bad for a P@H special - and it illustrates what feeding them up when they are growing can do, I think. She certainly isn't fat but she's filling out nicely and starting to look grown up - which is good as she's off to Sheryl's next month and will hopefully be a mummy

[Holly]

Can anyone tell me at what age Syrians should STOP growing?

The reason I ask is that my 5-6 month olds are still gaining weight - some as much as 10g in a week (though admittedly the one that gained 10g this week is Mars who lost some weight when he cut his neck recently).

I now have:

Caramel 180g (1 year F)
Rolo 184g (9 months M - recent fairly rapid gain )
Minstrel 200g (6 months F)
Mars 196g (6 months M)
Button 175g (6 months M)
Smartie 203g - pregnant, I hope!
Milly 170g (6 months F)
Kitty 194g (6 months F)
Toby 196g (6 months M)
Molly 196g (4 months - and pregnant, I hope!)
Aero 154g (13 weeks F)

Is it normal for my 6 month olds to still be putting on weight or am I fattening them up too much? And what about Rolo - he's nearly 9 months and has put on nearly 20g this past month?!

[Basia]

I don't know if it's normal but some of mine are still gaining weight.
Cara now weighs 168g, which is about 10g gain since I weighed her at the end of February.
Runty has also gained about 10g.
My bigger ones seem to stay about the same now, it is the smaller ones which still gain.

[Spuds Mum]

Havent done a full weigh in for a while, but Dubaku certainly seems to be filling out (thank goodness frankly) and becoming less rangy.

I am soooo proud of Molly too - I dont think Amelie is anywhere near that weight, she certainly doesn't look it.

I weighed my Topaz two nights ago though - and at 7 weeks is 126g and I was really pleased with that - until I realised that she needs to put on 44g in 3 1/2 weeks to match Mollz's amelie!

[Holly]

Originally Posted by Basia

I don't know if it's normal but some of mine are still gaining weight.

That's good then - the only thing is that my biggest are still gaining (though they still aren't as big as yours, Gill, so maybe that's why). Mars is male - is 196g a bit chubby for a boy? I don't want him to be fat

Originally Posted by Spud's Mum

Havent done a full weigh in for a while, but Dubaku certainly seems to be filling out (thank goodness frankly) and becoming less rangy.

It seems Rolo is the same then - the hard thing is that, if they aren't going to look their best 'til this age, how exactly do you decide who to use to continue your lines? It's not so bad with the boys - perhaps Rolo will get to be a daddy after all as he's certainly looking better these days - if he were a girl it would be too late now

Milly, after a not brilliant start to her show career, finally seems to be filling out and she's getting nice and dark too - the problem is that I've already decided to mate her larger sister and Molly - I can't have anymore litters at this stage -and I've got a feeling she might end up being really nice and I'm going to regret it.

Originally Posted by Spud's Mum

I am soooo proud of Molly too - I dont think Amelie is anywhere near that weight, she certainly doesn't look it.

Well she is (I hope) pregnant - her usual weight is around 180-182g, prbably not so different from Amelie. I can't see how else she could have put quite that much on in a week!

Originally Posted by Spud's Mum

I weighed my Topaz two nights ago though - and at 7 weeks is 126g and I was really pleased with that - until I realised that she needs to put on 44g in 3 1/2 weeks to match Mollz's amelie!

Some of my youngsters have put 12g on in a single week - Topaz only needs to do that four times in a row and he's there :P

[Mollz]

Originally Posted by Spud's Mum

I weighed my Topaz two nights ago though - and at 7 weeks is 126g and I was really pleased with that - until I realised that she needs to put on 44g in 3 1/2 weeks to match Mollz's amelie!

You never know Teresa! Unfortunately I don't have a weight of when she was younger than 9 weeks (at which point she was 154g), but I do know that she has put on 16g in 10 days - so he could get there
I'm sure Topaz do well and we'll all be proud of her.

[Holly]

I've weighed the Who hams for Will tonight - they are 6 weeks old:

Doctor 105g
Jack 101g

It's the first time I've ever started weighing hamsters this young so I'll be interested to see how they grow in relation to these start weights

[Holly]

Originally Posted by Holly

I've weighed the Who hams for Will tonight - they are 6 weeks old:

Doctor 105g
Jack 101g

They Who Hams are 7 weeks old now.

Jack has put on 19g in a week and weighs 120g
The Doctor has put on 23g (!!) in a week and weighs 128g - wow