Ham-sitting! (lots of hams with lots of photos)

[Hamtastic]

(A.k.a. my hamster rental dream-come-true )

I've mentioned that I'm hamsitting for a friend for a week or so until her apartment situation is straightened out. I will share some photos I've taken so far, though not many good ones yet, as most are quick little things and don't like to sit still

I'll start with Dad and Four Little Boys (~5 weeks old). Dad is a grumpy big man, very bitey and will attack if my hand is near. The babies are The Sweetest little things: very very tame and will crawl all over my hands in a big squishy baby pile Two blue fawns(?) and 2 normals or opals, hard to say... Mom is a hybrid and looks between a sapphire winter white and normal or opal campbell, and dad is a blue fawn (?) campbell hybrid.

Boys and Dad hanging out:



Dad's color:



Dad (looking at me grumpily) and two (and a half )boys:



Boys on my hand

[Teddybearhamster420]

Awwww! They're all so cute! LOVE the colors!

[Hamtastic]

Then we have the robos. Two girlies living together and an adorable big lazy boy (37g! and he's under a year old, perhaps even younger than my Leela and Dora).



Fatty



And lastly we have a black eyed (or super dark red) long haired cream syrian girl





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There is also the hybrid mom with new babies and two 5 week old daughters (both look exactly like the two blue fawn (?) boys and just as friendly), but I can't take pictures of their cage yet. In a few days!!

[Hamtastic]

First millet Needless to say, they loved it!

Dad and creamy sons have very dark red eyes that look brownish, but they come out very bright red in photos with flash.

[LoveMyHams]

Awww so cute The boys look like my Carrot, orangish with red eyes.

[Hamtastic]

They are basically cream with a hint of orange and gray at the roots. So the overall effect is sort of like dirty smokey pastel orange cream.

A lot like this photo (not mine):

[cutehammies]

Aww they are cute!! You'll have your hands full!

[Hamtastic]

Turns out I was wrong about the age of the youngest babies! They are over two weeks old, and their eyes are opened. They are still tiny though, and barely came out, which confused me (plus I mixed up their birth date)!

They are all the same colors as the previous litter, I think, except one, which appears to have a lot more gray with some cream and red eyes. Still has baby tinting though, so hard for me to say what it will end up as, but definitely different from the normal colored babies and from the blue fawn (?) colored babies. If anyone has an eye for Campbell colors, let me know! I'm actually generally confused, and feel like the normal colored babies are quite obvious, and perhaps the ones in the previous litter I thought were normal are more opal/winter white coloring.....

They've just finished their move to a ZZ1 until they are back in their normal aquarium home.

Just after the move. Hamster madness!


Gray baby and normal side by side for comparison.


Blue fawn baby, I think. At least looks like the older girls.

[Eleanor]

wow, they are so cute! I'm very jealous that you get to look after them!

[NotsoLittleOlive]

lol. That first picture is like a "spot the hamsters" game! They blend in so well!
They are adorable - wish I was looking after them :P