Hi! I was wondering when a Cambell's Russian dwarf hamster will stop growing? 4-5 weeks ago I took home a male Cambell's dwarf and was told he was about 6 weeks old (though this was a pet shop so maybe not too accurate). Assuming that's right, he's 10-11 weeks old.
I've recently read about people weighing their hamsters each week to monitor health. I thought I'd start doing this, especially since Nikolay seems so small and thin, and when I weighed him he was only 15 grams! Much lower than the average weight ranges I've found for his species.
Does he still have lots more growing to do, or should I be worried?
He does seem thin not just small, if that makes sense. My partner also has a hamster, Boris, from the same litter (at least, they were together in the pet shop- we got them as a pair, but had to separate because of fighting). Boris seems like a much healthier weight and pudginess! I'll ask my partner to weigh him and see what the difference is.