Meet Bean.....

[Holly]

Originally Posted by poohbearhamsty

He looks so cute.....how did you get him to stay on your hand ... my hamsters never go on my hand and they always run away from me

I can't take any credit for that at all - we've only had him for one day and he was happy to sit on our hands right from the start. I know Leanne, who's had him for 10 days, has spent a lot of time handling him and I can only assume his other owner did the same.

The person handling him in the pictures is my 10 year old, I've held him too and he's happy to sit on me as well - here's a couple more from tonight:





We are completely in love with him already

[Spuds Mum]

And rightly so Julie, he is a beauty

[Hanlou]

Aw wow, he is really gorgeous! What a handsome little chap.....

I'd really like a Robo, but John thinks we have enough at the moment. *sigh*. Well, we'll see!

Animals seem to have a way of coming to us somehow, lol!

He really is a cutie!

[Basia]

Aw Holly he is soooo cute!
I do think robos are adorable and he is just gorgeous. Looks like he is going to be a spoilt little robo.

[Holly]

Thanks guys

I've got him in my room so I can watch him run and potter about - and so the smell of the bigger hammies doesn't make him nervous. He's so quiet compared to a Syrian - when I had Mochs in my room his bar chewing used to drive me insane (though, once he'd got a wodent wheel, wheel running was pretty quiet). Bean is just so tiny and silent - even on the rolly wheel and I usually find them annoyingly noisy!

[daffee]

He's very cute
am a bit biased towards robos though :LOL:

[Bunsey]

aww, he's lovely! he's so lucky to go to such a good home. There are SO many robo rescues. i think that a)people buy them and can't tame them and give up and b)pet shops can't sex them so they sell mis-sexed pairs that breed.

[Holly]

Thanks guys - he's been out again tonight in his ball (he's mad in it!) and in the bath. Will can now hold him for a few minutes at a time without him running off (he's better than me ). I've given him his silent spinner 'cos his rolly is beginning rattle.

Originally Posted by Bunsey

There are SO many robo rescues. i think that a)people buy them and can't tame them and give up and b)pet shops can't sex them so they sell mis-sexed pairs that breed.

That's really sad - the more I think about it, now that I know Bean, the more I think that petshops shouldn't sell robos at all - they should perhaps be a specialist pet. If we'd got him before our other hamsters I wonder how we'd manage him - as it is we know all the "tricks of the trade" now and, though he's fast, he's not a problem

[Holly]

Well Beanie-Boy continues to settle in well - he's more handleable every day - though still in the bath for safety, he's fast when he wants to be!!!

Here's a few more piccies:

[I_am_plankton]

Fantastic photos of him Julie I am pleased he has settled in well with you and he looks like a sweetie still!