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Re: Captivating Campbell's (Sam's Hams Official Thread)
The pictures and the hamsters are simply gorgeous. You must be very proud of them.
I have removed some of the pictures because we have some rules about posting pics with baby hamsters with their eyes shut and being handled before the eyes are open.
These are explained here http://www.hamstercentral.com/commun...must-read.html
Re: Captivating Campbell's (Sam's Hams Official Thread)
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Originally Posted by souffle
The pictures and the hamsters are simply gorgeous. You must be very proud of them.
I have removed some of the pictures because we have some rules about posting pics with baby hamsters with their eyes shut and being handled before the eyes are open.
These are explained here http://www.hamstercentral.com/commun...must-read.html
Thank you, I appreciate your notifying me. I really do apologize for not applying by the rules. I don't usually do things that break rules, so admittedly I barely ever fully read them... I have learned from that mistake!
If you're interested to know, the pictures I am uploading now are five of the babies (fully grown) from that litter. I was really proud of that litter. They all turned out amazing, especially considering I was handling them almost immediately (which I do not advise to those of you reading this thread - mothers need a quiet environment to raise their babies in and should be undisturbed. If you handle a baby and return him to the nest with only your scent, the mother may cannibalize him). My mentor has taught me to raise these hamsters as if they were my own pets. They are all extremely people-oriented, which is not usually the case for other hamsters (honestly, they are oddly lovable for a hamster).
Here is a video of how my mentor's litters develop, socially. It's really amazing. I have never had such wonderfully tempered hamsters.
I have actually kept six of the babies (the five BEA girls and the mottled black male... The other three were adopted). The male is a pet of mine, and the five ladies are being kept for potential breeding. Right now I have an opal male paired with two of the BEA girls. Hoping to eventually produce black, blue, opal, argente, lilac, lilac fawn, and chocolate. For now, I'm just solidifying the BEA gene in these lines.