Meet Bean.....

[Spuds Mum]

aww Bean is so lovely. Arti says he looks a real cheeky boy! He certainly looks very content

[Gust0o]

Wow, I can't believe he's so tame!

I've made a lot of effort with Dave, but she seems almost naturally shy - and certainly wouldn't pose for photos for long!

I wonder if it's because Dave is so tiny... Bean looks so much larger; maybe that's the gender difference?

[Bunsey]

my male robos have always been a lot larger than the females, which is odd because syrian females are larger! the males do tend to be more cheeky in my experience too, BUT the ones i've been able to hold the most have all been female, bar one.

i'm probably the only one who doesn't know, but why is she called Dave?

[Spuds Mum]

No, you are not the only one Amy,

But I'm guessing with Dave and Bob there is a story to both of them!

[Holly]

I didn't realise that male robos are the larger - that would explain why Leanne was worried about how small Titch was when she got the pair! Beany Boy still seems teeny to us - I suppose we are used to Syrian monsters

Bean is amazingly tame - I think Leanne worked hard on him for the 10 or so days she had him and Will gets him out every night, he seems to know what to expect and doesn't run away from our hands in the cage anymore

As for Dave - my friend's female cat also shares the name :P

[Gust0o]

It's not an exciting story, so sorry to hijack the thread to tell it!

Before Dave had a name she was the smallest, and most nervous little Robo you've ever seen! She was scared of the fresh food we put in her cage - mainly as it was all so much bigger than her!

My mate Dave came round one day - and his official title, amongst the lads, is Crap Dave. Because he's just plain crap! He's possibly the worst example of mankind to leave Sheffield, with his Italian-footballer hair and alice bands.

Dave bent down to look at 'no-name' in the cage, who was scampering about, and pretty much had his face touching the plastic;

"What does she do?"

"Nothing much - she's scared of her own food"

"That's pretty crap!"

Then 'no-name' jumped up to scrabble at the plastic, and Dave jumped a mile!

"Ha, you're crap Dave"

"Who, me or the hamster?"

And thus Crap Dave was born, in hamster-form... though, as is more ladylike, she's called Dave in public

[Gust0o]

Looking at Bean in his foodbowl, he's not far off the size of one Tupac - one of my Winter Whites!

One big Robo!