Meet Teddy

[chubchub]

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good morning. can i has some treats pweease?


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where is chubchub? i wanna come out and play..


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i'm gonna jump in 3..2..1


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this what i do best


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nomnom


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yay more nomss


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i r sleepy nows


Teddy is my short-haired Syrian who I adopted from Small Animal Rescue Society through Petfinder. His name on the ad is actually Theodore but I call him Teddy.Two of the SARS volunteers drove to my house on March 9, 2010 so I can meet him.

I was actually shocked when I saw him. He didn't look like the hamster in the picture and he was so thin compared to my long haired Syrian. When I held him, I could feel his ribs >.<

He seemed so hyper, curious and excited with his new surroundings. He was standing on his hind legs, climbing up and down the bars of his cage and sniffing like mad lol.

The SARS volunteer, who dropped him off, said his previous owners moved away to a new house and left him all alone in his cage in their old apartment :( (without any food too most likely). He was found last week of January 2010 and has been in foster care with one of the Small Animal Rescue Society volunteers.

I felt really bad for him so I told them I wanted to take him. And I've been feeding him lots every day I think he gained a bit of weight around the stomach area I really need to cut down on the treats >.<

He wakes up to the smallest noise and always runs to the door of his cage to observe what's happening all around him. He enjoys running on his wheel all night like all the other hamsters, climbs the side of his cage and does monkey bars on the roof of it and wants attention all the time :D

I'm not sure what colour he is though but I think he's a Dark Golden Agouti

sorry for the long essay lol ^__^"

[chavers]

WOW! Super cute! He's awesome.

[gnj4eva_2009]

wow hes so cute.

[suga]

Gorgeous - i love the last picture. sleeping hams are my absolute favourite :-)

[annie81]

yeah...mine too. its soooo cute when he is asleep. really gorgeous!!! :-)

[souffle]

Aww he is lovely. He is a Golden Hamster in colour and a very handsome man too :)

[Hope]

He is so adorable. His colouring is gorgeous! I love his colour :-)

[allie_freedie]

Aww what a cutie! He's very lucky to have found you!

[fluffymunchkins]

awww what a babe, his name suits him for some reason :)
No harm in a little winter chubbyness. although now its approaching summer he has no more excuse ;)

Porridge does the whole preparing to jump aswell :D

[Iluvhamsters]

He's such a handsome boy and sounds like he's glad to have someone who cares about him :)

[WinterbellHams]

He is indeed a golden. And a cute one. I am sorry he had a rough start, but he looks like he is well now! Handsome boy. :)

[chubchub]

thanks everyone =] so he is a golden.

i like his color too. every time i go to pet shops, they only have banded and dalmatian hamsters so i'm glad
i got him.

sleeping hams are my favorite too! i take tons of pictures when my hamsters are sleeping hehe

i guess it's not bad for him gain a little weight. but i think i need to buy him a bigger wheel. he's using a silent spinner 6 1/2"

he did have a rough start but he's doing okay now. he's having so much fun and even destroyed carpet corners when i was gone and left him to explore outside his cage lol

these pics were taken yesterday:

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http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj273/chubbbyy/TEDDY/13teddy.jpg

and this^ is what he looks like when he cleans himself. should i be worried about his sudden weight gain?

[ameyjaney]

He is adorable and looks like such a character.

[fluffymunchkins]

looks like a right climber :D
I love how it looks like he hides in the second one

[starbug]

How old is he? Toffee is about 4 months old and he recently had a growth spurt and became more chubby.

[fluffymunchkins]

oh and the sudden weight gan is probably nothing to worry about.
It'd be better if you weighed him to get a better idea of whether he is a good weight or not. And also monitor it regularly to see if hes gaining or loosing.

because he was very underfed before and now hes being fed well its only natural he would build up weight fast, plus if hes still quite young then he is growing and filling out.

[chubchub]

i don't know how old he is. i asked the volunteer how old he was but they didn't know either since he was abandoned. she just said he's "young"
sammy is bigger than him who's 6-7 months old. so he's probably 4 or 5 months old.

i've only had teddy for more 3 weeks and before whenever i held him i could feel his ribs. now, his arms has gotten fat and his stomach has gotten big :O he still energetic and likes climbing up on everything.
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i'm gonna try to weigh him in the scale tonight. whatgood and bad hamster weight (lbs) ?

i tried lookin it up on the internet but couldn't find answers @_@

[annie81]

he is sooo gorgeous :-) all hammies look fat when they sit in that cleaning position. dont think he is too fat

yeah...the 6.5inch silent spinner is too small for syrians. 8inch is a good size

[fluffymunchkins]

awww what great photos hes such a poser!
Pets hop hammies weigh less than breeders hams generally. Porridge is a bit over 100grams which is healthy :)
i'd say between 90grams and 150 grams is fine.
Although occassionally tiny hams and chubby hams may be a a bit more

[chubchub]

yes, he is such a poser! he reminds me of hamtaro. i actually don't have an ounce/gram scale i have a regular bathroom scale lol i guess i won't be able to do it tonight. and sorry for the typos i typed the question wrong. i found some answers on yahoo and they said the same thing, between 90grams and 150 grams is fine.

thanks fluffymunchkins and annie :)

[WinterbellHams]

thanks everyone =] so he is a golden.

i like his color too. every time i go to pet shops, they only have banded and dalmatian hamsters so i'm glad
i got him.

That is interesting, considering golden is the wild color.

Try to find a wheel with 8 inch diameter.

I think an average weight on a syrian is about 150g. They are generally fully grown at about 4-5 months of age.

[chubchub]

thanks :) i already ordered a 8" comfort wheel at the nearest pet shop but they wont have it in the store until wednesday >_<

[annie81]

thats fine...its only 3 days :-)

[Fidgetthefirst]

Lovely looking hamster - and it makes me giggle when people put those tags by the photos :D

[fluffymunchkins]

i always talk for my hamsters, my family think i'm wacko!
But its just i can tell exactly what they are thinking :)

[chubchub]

aww thanks! he is lovely :D

i got the idea from icanhascheezburger.com and other funny pet picture sites lol

i talk for hamsters sometimes too

i also use my "hamster voice" (baby voice) when i talk to my hamsters. one time, my friend slept over and she woke up because she heard me talking in this weird voice. she thought i was talking to myself LOL until she saw Sammy :cool:

[Hope]

Hehe I love that site! The way they 'speak' is so funny :-)

[annie81]

i think we are all a bit crazy ;-)

[chubchub]

haha i know right

if i was to post pictures like these on facebook,
my friends would make fun of me and call me crazy hamster girl


anyway instead of starting a new thread i'd post some recent pics of Teddy :D


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[fluffymunchkins]

lol what is he doing in the last photo?
I love his face with the biscuit, his cage is really neat too!

[chubchub]

thanks lol he's my lil doggy :cool:

his cage is still too small though >_<

haha in the last photo, he looks like he's going to take a huge bite of the flowers stem right

but i was actually trying to take a good picture of him for hamster of the month but he ended up yawning and ran away LMAO!

[annie81]

the last picture is just hilarious. sooo cute :-D

[Iluvhamsters]

Aww, he's cute :) What kind of biscuit is that?

[annie81]

looks like a dog biscuit to me..

[Iluvhamsters]

Thanks annie but I was wondering what brand of dog biscuit 'cause it definately ain't a Bonio :p

[annie81]

ah ok...cant help you with that #-o

[chubchub]

the last picture is just hilarious. sooo cute :-D

haha i know its soo funny. he was actually yawning in that pic LOL


Aww, he's cute :) What kind of biscuit is that?

thanks :D

the brand is called HEALTH BONE Biscuits - mixed berry flavour

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i don't think you guys have that in UK. i haven't tried looking for plain bonio biscuits but i think we should have it here i might have missed them

[annie81]

oh man...these biscuits look really good. havent seen them anywhere here though. but you could give them horse biscuits as well?? they come in a lot of flavours

[chubchub]

lol i'm not sure if its really good because sammy just turned up his up when i tried it giving it to him.

really? do(did) your hamsters like horse biscuits?

[annie81]

i dont know if you can give them horsebiscuits as well...i want to know that as well ;-)

[Iluvhamsters]

Those biscuite look good, Chubchub :)

Annie, I think horse biscuits would be okay as long as the didn't contain lots of sugar or salt or any medications. I don't think they usually do but it's been a while since I last had horse biscuits in my possession. Horse biscuits are usually made from cereals but I can't remember if they usually have salt and sugar in them :)

[chubchub]

Aw, thanks. Teddys likes it as much your hammie enjoys eating bonio mini biscuit :P

[annie81]

i check the horse biscuits we have at home...thanks