I was worried about entering our hamsters in the show-proper - for a variety of reasons, really.
Firstly I was worried they weren't good enough - I had a vision of the judge standing up and shouting "Who has brought this
specimen to my show?!"....of course that didn't happen - we've had success, a mediocre result and a couple of failures (Sparrow was re-classified - and even that wasn't embarrassing
)
My other worry was how the hams would cope cooped up in a show pen for six hours. I needn't have worried about that either as they all, without exception, have slept all day. It doesn't seem to have bothered any of them and none of them seem to have suffered any ill-effects afterwards either.
This time we will just be bringing Caramel for the show-proper, plus the boys will be bringing their own hamsters for pets (Treacle, Custard and Syrup). I'm leaving Mocha and the ww's at home as it's a long journey and it will be a long day - and it's difficult to fit seven travel boxes plus 3 kids and me in the car!