Another adoption

[vnewman236]

After creating such a stir with this last week I decided to adopt him if he was still there...

...so I now have another hammy called Corinthian (from 2 pints of lager...)

Still need to sort out piccies of the whole brood, so will intro him properly then (or later if he is still hissing at me...)

[sarahh]

Hi Vnewwoman congratulations I am so pleased for you well done. I adopted a hammy last week and will definatly do it again in the future. I am glad to hear the new addition has come to you. Aww I love the name hehe. I know you will bring him round.

Kumi who I adopted at ours last week I have brought him round and he is a really lovely hamster now and doesn't scream at all.

How old is he?

Sarah x

[vnewman236]

Thanks sarahh. They said last week he was less than a year old but that's all I have on him - that and that he is aggressive (I would say terrified). Just tried to talk to him and he screeched everytime I made a sound. Still, no rush. Looks healthy enough but obviously haven't been able to get too close!

[sarahh]

Hi ya Aww bless him. Thats exactly like Kumi was he screeched everytime I spoke to him moved anything and picked him up but 3 days on he doesn't now.

He has come to a really good home with you and I know you will bring him round just gonna take time.

[vnewman236]

Okay, Corinthian has stopped squeaking at me, and felt brave enough to emerge from the tube and let me have a look at him.

I can now see that he needs a name change and have settled on Daisy.

Do you think almost a year of being a 'he' will have caused any psychological problems?

I'm no expert but it's not THAT hard to sex a syrian

[sarahh]

Hi ya aww congratulations he is definatly happier now as she's stopped squeeking.

Ah he is a she Mmm why didn't anyone know what the difference was its not hard to sex a hamster. I don't think a name change will make any difference she will pick up on the new name and I do like the name Daisy we have a cat called Daisy.

When I got Kumi the first time I handled him I made sure he was actually a boy.

Congrats again looking forward to hearing more about Daisy and how she gets on.

Sarah x

[NaomiR]

well it shouldn't be that difficult considering her age, poor thing

oh well sounds like she's in safe hands now - well done on the rescue, nice one.

We have a russian at our store that's been up for adoption for about 3 months now, no one will take him home because he screeches every time one of us opens his cage.

It's really sad, all he needs is a bit of tlc, I would take him myself but I'm taking 2 rescue's from Emma next week (everything crossed) but if not I'll take hissing Sid instead

[sarahh]

Hi NaomiR aww bless that poor little russian if we didn't have 10 hamsters now I would have had him. Kumi was the same screeching everytime they opened the door but I knew I could bring him round and have succeded with results for having a wonderful hammy.

Fingers crossed on 2 rescues from Emma next week if not poor sid.

Take care

Sarah x