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Old 03-26-2020, 04:15 PM   #31
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Here's a video of Jupiter walking around my bed: https://vimeo.com/401155232
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Old 03-26-2020, 07:00 PM   #32
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So I figured I'd make a thread to keep all updates and pictures in place.

This is my Syrian hamster Jupiter, she's been with me since the end of December 2019. She was born somewhere around the end of November 2019, which means her birthday is close to mine!



Jupiter was very shy and skittish at first. She would jump at most sudden sounds and movements around her cage. So for the first week I just talked to her while she hid in one of her hideouts. She would only come out at night, when I was gone (I know this because I had placed treats around the cage and the next morning they were all gone).

Now we're at week 5 and she's definitely warming up to me. When there's a sudden sound her ears perk up but instead of scared, she's curious. I keep talking to her still to make her feel more at ease. She now takes treats from my hand and is actually curious about my hand. She only sat on it once, but that was because the treat was in the middle of my hand. She also nipped my hand a few times but it wasn't really biting, it was more "what is this and can I eat it?" nipping. Whenever it happened I would put on a stern voice and pull my hand away. When I put my hand back and she didn't bite, I gave her a treat. So I'm confident that it's just a curiosity thing. She's also become more active and less shy, showing more of her personality.

Her cage is a 100x50cm tank, which I gave a forest theme. It has three different hideouts, a platform, a sand bath, multiple places to hide behind or under, and a place to burrow. It also has a big wheel but she hasn't shown much interest in it yet. That, or she only uses it when I'm asleep. She's sat in it multiple times and walked in it, but then seemed confused as to why she was walking but not moving any further.




Her favourite things to do seem to be digging and biting things. She's been digging in her sand box a lot, as well as in the corners of her cage. I even once caught her trying to get into the spider plant in her cage to dig in the sand there! As for biting things, she often bites the wooden items in her cage, so I gave her special biting wood which she really seems to enjoy. She also hoards a lot of things to her house. Not just the toilet paper I give her, but also a lot of substrate she uses as bedding. I see her moving the substrate around a lot so I think she's got some renovation plans. She's also starting to climb more and more. The wooden trunk in which her food bowl stands has a perfectly fine bridge to it, which she knows how to use. However, she chooses to climb onto the side of the trunk and lift herself onto the top like that. She's not a picky eater at all and has so far eaten everything I've offered her.

I'm hoping to continue this progress with her so I can soon start on lifting her out of the cage and explore places like the couch or maybe a playpen if I decide to buy one. I'll post further updates here! For now, enjoy some more photos of her.






Lol i used to have a syrian hamster (or sunfire dwarf) named Jupiter too, he had red eyes and cream fur, except he was a male
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Old 04-02-2020, 02:19 PM   #33
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So by accident I found a good way to keep Jupiter from attacking my doorposts. I was planning to take out the paper waste but Jupiter started biting bars which indicates she wants to be let out. So I took her out for free running first. She loves to climb everything, and I mean everything. So what I didn't think about but could have seen coming was that she would climb into the box with paper waste.

She absolutely loves it! She digs around and gnaws on the paper and climbs in and out of the box and I can really tell she enjoys it. It's really fun to watch as well, so I took a small video: https://vimeo.com/403467089
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Old 04-03-2020, 05:11 AM   #34
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Perfect distraction for the ham with lots of energy to spare!
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Old 04-03-2020, 05:30 AM   #35
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Jupiter really looks like she's enjoying it! She's a lovrly hamster!
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Old 04-03-2020, 06:12 AM   #36
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Jupiter looks like she's having fun in there. She's a beautiful, lively hamster.
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Old 04-03-2020, 01:11 PM   #37
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She has so much energy it's unreal haha but also super fun to watch. I love her to bits
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Old 04-27-2020, 11:58 PM   #38
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Little update! She's now using her wheel a lot more and doesn't constantly chew on the mesh of the lid of her cage. I take her out for free running every evening and to make sure she doesn't attack my doorposts I placed weighed down boxes in every corner. She loves to tear into them and demolish them haha it's very fun to watch

She also will still climb on everything she can find and is now not trying to run away when I try and pick her up to put her back in her cage. It almost seems like she's trusting me even more now.
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Old 04-27-2020, 11:59 PM   #39
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Somehow the above message posted twice and idk how to delete it, so I edited this. Ignore this haha
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Old 08-10-2020, 11:30 AM   #40
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It's been a while! Jupiter has been doing great! She's very playful and curious still and loves to do things I tell her not to do, like digging in my plant plots and quite literally climbing on the wall (I have this soft sort of wallpaper she digs her nails into). She's really a handful but I wouldn't have it any other way <3





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