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Old 06-11-2016, 12:58 PM   #11
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Another great little character in the making. Who chose whom today then?! Well done Scarlett Empress, she will have a fantastic life with you.
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Old 06-11-2016, 01:39 PM   #12
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Thank you Coco! Well, my sister is convinced that Marty decided she was coming home with me!

I've just been in for another chat and she is pounding on her wheel - blimey, not sure the poor wheel is up to it!!! She's not at all fussed if she sees anyone around. I watched her for a bit and told her she was very clever, then she threw herself under the wheel and had a power nap.

How do they do that?! They live in a tiny little tank with no room to hardly stretch their legs, then they get a wheel and right away they are running a marathon - us humans would have to have weeks of training to build up to that!

I don't want to rush anything but do you suppose she would be OK to have a tiny bit of chicken tomorrow? I feel like she will need to keep her strength up!
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Old 06-11-2016, 02:30 PM   #13
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Congratulations on your new addition She's really beautiful and obviously showing her character already As she's still growing the extra protein from a piece of chicken would be good, so you should be fine giving her a little piece.
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Old 06-11-2016, 09:02 PM   #14
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Hello Marty, nice to meet you!

She really is a beauty & what a character lol! Sounds like she's going to be keeping you on your toes with her antics
Looking forward to hearing more about her & what she gets up to
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Old 06-12-2016, 04:32 AM   #15
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Marty is a very cool looking little dude I love his colouring not seen a Ham anything like him before.
I found our Pip in much the same way she was in a cage at our local Dobbies where they have a pet centre and I was there getting a memorial plant for Forrest I peeked in at the Hamsters and Pip was the only one who took notice and came over to the front to look at me, it was like she chose me...
Pip was the same as Marty got her home and immediately she was into everything, she has also done that "play dead thing" and freaked me out too.
I think you and Marty are going to have many an adventure..

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Old 06-12-2016, 04:57 PM   #16
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What a cutie she is! I love how she instantly proves how she can get everywhere

Looking forward to hearing lots about her!
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Old 06-12-2016, 06:52 PM   #17
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Sounds like she is really enjoying her wheeel
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Old 06-12-2016, 09:29 PM   #18
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So the name stuck
Congratulations! What an adventuresome one. Sorry you had a scare! Silly ham. Could you just give in and move the wheel out a bit? Trying to block a space is like challenge offered!
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Old 06-13-2016, 12:09 PM   #19
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Thank you Amber! I gave her a little bit of chicken, she seemed to enjoy it very much - looking forward to when she is more used to fresh foods and can have a mini Sunday dinner!

Thank you cypher ha ha yes I think I'm going to have my hands full with this one!

Thank you Rads Marty is waving back at Pip and will definitely have a bit of cheese for a treat when she's a little older!

Thank you Penguin, she has explored every inch of her cage already!

She's loving her wheel Serendipity she got the hang of it really quickly!

Thank you Piebald! I'm a bit stuck with moving the wheel as it's screwed to the side of the cage and there's not much leeway for shifting it, but I think she's decided it wasn't a good place to climb - !

Well, I have seen quite a lot more of Marty, she has been quite confident about coming out when I am around. I was surprised, I thought I would hardly see her till she had settled in a bit.

So here's a few thing she's been up to -

She has decided that the upturned box I provided as a bedroom is not to her taste, and has made a nest under the shelf below her wheel - i.e. not the easiest place for me to clean out! Well, when I say nest - there is now a Fitch mountain in front of the shelf and there was mch scuffling going on yesterday evening, I think she may actually have made a secret bunker.

She's decided that NO WAY is she going to eat the yellow corn flake bits out of her food - I got her a bag of P@H muesli so I could keep her on the same food, but will gradually switch to Harry Hamster - every single thing went out of her bowl apart from those flakes.

I could see yesterday morning which corner she had used as a loo, as there was a HUGE poop pile as well as some pee! I put some sand in a shallow plastic box and put the peed on Fitch in there, and put it in that corner. She dragged the box out of the corner!

She had a tiny bit of carrot this morning - I'd like her to come out in thte mornings so I can see her before I go to work, and she was quite lively this morning, so if she gets used to having something nice, hopefully she will get used to being awake at that time.

She has found two methods of running in her wheel! She can run very fast and very quietly - I can hardly hear her apart from her little feet tapping. Or - she can run very fast and VERY loud! The poor wheel shakes and I cross my fingers that it is going to survive...I don't really know how such a tiny bit who must weigh practically nothing can be so heavy footed.

She is surprisingly quiet at night though! If I wake up, I can hear her in her wheel of having a drink, but I was expecting to hear a lot of gnawing, and I haven't - yet. Maybe she is just too busy running.

It's nice to hear hanstery sounds in the night again though!
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Old 06-14-2016, 07:03 AM   #20
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Lol! Secret bunker Glad she's having a fun - sounds like you might need some earmuffs occasionally
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