New Arrival Today

[Vicki S]

My Bf got himself a beauty today she is only around seven or eight weeks old and White but her eyes look black with a red sheen she hasntaname yet and I'm not gonna take pics until she settles but if she meerkats for me I will have her in hammie of the month :)

I will post up pics tomorrow :) just wanted to let you guys all know I have converted my bf lol

Vicki

[Charley101]

Ooh looking forward to pics :) She might be a REW but with dark red eyes? Bella has red eyes but the look black in normal light. It's not until I take a photo with the flash on that you see the red :rolleyes:

[Vicki S]

I can't wait to get snapping some shots of her I'm not really good with colours genetics and coats so when I take some pics I'm sure someone will be able to tell.

All I have noticed about her is that one of her wee eyes as like some sort of stickiness on it as its stuck together and the other one is opened wide so not sure what's causing that.

Vicki

[Sandti]

Awww if we get pics then we can totally help you name her? :)

[Silver]

CONGRATULATIONS on the new little one

You have your bf well trained!

Silver xxx

[Willow's mummy!]

I'd say, keep an eye on her, & get it checked out if it's still sticky tomorrow, get it checked out at the vets. Or maybe you should post photos of her now so we can all look at her eye ;-)

Where did he get her from?

[Charley101]

If you got her from P@H and the eye is still like it in a few days, I would ring them up or go down there and tell them you want her seen by the vet. On the contract you sign, I think you have 7 days in which to let them know about any problems and they should sort it out.

[Vicki S]

I have some pics of her there not very good as every time I go near her she screams like mad and when I leave her alone and walk past her house she goes mental :( oh and her eye seems to look ok today.

http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af348/cherrytitch/332f2bc6.jpg

http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af348/cherrytitch/76563653.jpg

http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af348/cherrytitch/1828c728.jpg

http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af348/cherrytitch/39960083.jpg

She's in what we have now named are taming cage ;)
I'm thinking in the photos she actually looks older than seven or eight weeks old :/
Oh she takes food from my hand but sits making this um nom um kinda noise and she ain't a wee p@h hammie she's a wee gumtree one so dunno were they got her from or if she was bred from ones that they have


Vicki

[Charley101]

Aww she is a cutie :)

It's a bit hard to tell her age from those pictures... Have you got a name for her yet?

[Sandti]

Awwww she looks so pure and white <3

[Biscuit]

Awww. She's so cute. Good luck with thinking of a name. :) xxx

[Vicki S]

Thank you I still haven't a clue what we are going to name her I had one thought but I don't like it which was fox as in the mints with polar bear on the front.

Does anyone know if there's any threads about taming a screaming hamster?

Vicki

[souffle]

She is very cute. She's a flesh eared white :) (FEW) I would say she is older than they told you too and this is likely why she is so untame as she has been there longer without handling. Whites are often not as popular but I think they are lovely :)
It will take a bit longer but I'd start with the scented tissue to get her used to your scent. Then move on to the lift and lay then gradually to the handling and running her hand to hand. She will settle with patience. A screaming hamster will bite so take care. She is just very frightened. Once you can get her out you can lie in the bath and let her walk on you. Have a look at the taming tips in the WIKI which you find on the list of the left of the forum.
Names ...hmm..Polo, Minty, ...I'm sure she will soon grow a name :)

[Vicki S]

Thank you And I will try the the taming tips and I think that is why my bf got her I love wee white animals :)

Oh another question would FEW be the result of bad breeding?

By any chance by the pics would you be able to tell or would that be impossible?

And I quite like the name polo :)

Vicki

[Charley101]

I like Polo as well. They are white too :lol:

[Lougarry]

Vicki, are you selling Pie-Ella?

[Vicki S]

Yeah it's cool and no why?

Vicki

[Lougarry]

Just someone called Vicki in Northern Ireland is selling a black hamster on Gumtree. Must be one of those crazy coincidences :)

[Arraminta]

Hello cutie!!!

[Ren]

No it isn't a result of bad breeding. :) It's just another type of white hamster. In Sweden she'd be called brown-eared red eyed white (bö rö vit). Good luck with the taming!

[souffle]

As Ren says it is just another colour caused by a gene called cd. She will actually have a colour genetically hidden by the white. It isn't down to bad breeding or anything - it's just the colour she is like some of us are black haired and some blonde :)