A thread for the latest member of the pompom clan Buzzbee. Among my pampered from birth pedigree robos, I like to have one rescue at a time, and give a good home to a little one that hasn't been as fortunate as the poms. First was my Syrian George, then robo Scar Face, and now with Scar Face passing, please meet Buzzbee
My original plan was to adopt another Syrian, but you know that with hams you tend to get chosen and that's that! Nikkigrace has an adorable hybrid called Bert, who earlier this year came to stay here for about six weeks, Mr. Poms and I called him Bertles and completely fell for him, we were very sad when it was time for him to go home again. Knowing how much we loved Bertles, Nikki would tell me every time she went to P@H about a little hybrid or mini Bertles as he became know as living in adoption, he was there for months and I did feel so sorry for him, and hoped he's find a home. He had nothing but a wooden arch, and would sit under it the whole time, not ever being out, and not ever being homed. As Scar Face was clearly reaching the end of his time, I said to Nikki that if he was still there when she was coming to visit that it would be fate, and I would take him.
As it happened I cracked a couple of weeks before, I found out he was eight months old, and had lived in adoption from eight weeks old. I looked around at the pompoms with all their lovely things and large spaces, and decided that being in a small box day and night with only a bridge for his entire life was awful, that he clearly wasn't going to be adopted, and that was it he'd be a pompom.
Nikki kindly went back to P@H and took him home to live with her for a couple of weeks before bringing him down. I named him while he was still at Nikkis as she's send me videos of him and he'd make this constant buzzing noise like a bee hitting a window. It was out of pure terror bless him, but that's how he came to be known as Buzzbee.
Buzz arrived two weeks ago and moved into the ZZ2. Although physically very healthy, emotionally he's not so good. He's stopped buzzing which is great as it means his terror level has gone down, although he will if I go near his house so I don't! He trembles when the light goes on, and goes into a freeze, although we are making friends through food so he is gradually learning that my voice means a treat and tentatively approaching me now. He will zoom off at the slightest movement, and has lots of places to hide all round his cage, all I can do at the moment is speak to him gently and help him realise he is ok. He has no concept of play at all, everything he does is functional which is sad, but I think in time he will be able to be more hamstery. I can stroke him when I give him a big pile of meal worms which is lovely, they are his favorite thing in the world
.
When he doesn't know I'm there I sit and watch him for ages, he listens to everything, everything the other hamsters are doing he reacts to, so he's still very much settling in. I think he was without interaction and stimulus for so long he has no idea what to do with all the things he has, or how to react to interaction.
Buzz is lovely, and I'm smitten with him, he will get as far as he gets in terms of taming, and wherever that is, he will have a safe big home and lots of love. he makes little bits of progress, this morning I got up and could see that for the first time he's learned to roll in the sand which is great. he sits in the wheel, but doesn't know how to use it yet, he will though.
It's taken a while to start his thread as I didn't want to scare him with the camera, I've been introducing him to the noise it makes slowly, and have now been able to get some snaps of him
Buzzbee Pompom
Finally, a sad story with a great ending...! I will be delighten to follow your story about him !
Linear Mode
