Cinnamon, Zoe and Falafel's story

[stellanova1]

Hi guys,

Well once again i was at the p@h adoption section and i saw 3 Russian dwarfs in a tank together, one clearly being a lot bigger than the others and two very small ones snuggling in to the bigger one..

I asked what their story was and was told that the bigger one is the mum (7months old) of the two daughters (est. 7weeks old) that she is with in the tank and that it was an unwanted litter that was brought back to the shop..

Ofcourse i brought them home but was concerned about
1. The size of the little ones..they were tiny! surely couldnt be 7 weeks old! I have had 7 week old dwarfs before and they have been a lot larger. Unless these ones are maybe undernourished? They are smaller than my Roborovski :O I really think they could be younger..?

And

2.The sex of the "mum" .
I decided to take them all to the vet the very next day (as it was closed the day i got them) and sure enough the "mum" was in fact a male..while the 2 little ones are female...

I know sexual maturity in Russian dwarfs is 6-8weeks? And if what the staff said are correct about their age..then they could well be pregnant..

So I separated them straight away..lucky i have a few spare cages. I have been feeding the little ones egg and porridge and chicken and just hoping that they are not pregnant. But I am preparing for it.

I got them roughly ten days ago...a bit of a muddle isn't it!?

Anyway here are some pics

Falafel - The "mum" who is a male





And Zoe and Cinnamon ..





They are very tame and Cinnamon (boyfriend named her because of her colouring) is a bit more inquisitive and runs about on my hand and "tastes" sometimes lol

Zoe (named after my best friend ) is more laid back and just sits on your hand and cleans herself and doesn't wonder about much.

They are both loons at night! darting around and spinning around their wheels

Falafel (named because I really wanted a hamster called Falafel ) Is a softy and likes coming out for a wonder, and he loves egg

Anyway sorry for the very long post!

[annie81]

awww...poor little ones. they are gorgeous...hope there are no pregnancies

mum/dad is stunning as well

[chavers]

They are super-gorgeous....I don't know anything about the little hams really but well done you for rescuing them

[fluffymunchkins]

Wow what an adventure, i'm really glad they found you to come home with
Dwarf pregnancy lasts longer right? 21 days or something like that?
Fingers crossed they aren't pregnant though!
Treo was about that size when i got him - 8weeks old

Oh and they are sweeties x

[Adam]

Falafel is amazing. Fingers crossed that the Cinnamon and Zoe aren't pregnant.

[wofunny]

They are gorgeous!
i am so glad you took them home, otherwise someone else who doesn't know what they were doing would of done

[princess-rhi89]

Awww they are beautiful, glad you rescued them xxxx

[KutButLykee]

Yey! Im glad you rescued them and im just hoping there not Pregnant...If they are 7 weeks old thats a VERY young age for a Hamster especially such small ones to be Pregnant. All my luck is with you and i hope there ok and they all stay healthy!x

[Redame]

Good job taking them out! What if you didn't and the girls would get pregnant? :S

They look absolutely stunning. Don't worry about the size, my dwarfs were about the same when I got them.
Have fun with your new additions, most of all!

[Hope]

Well done for rescuing them, and realising that mum is actually dad!! What a cock up the store made, and on a fully gorwn dwarfie too - sorry just gets my goat!

Anyway they are beautiful little cinnamon is such a gorgeous girl - such pretty colouring. Hope they are not pregnant, but only a maximum of 21 days till we find out!!