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Old 10-05-2005, 01:47 PM   #21
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nooboo,

My Nibbles when he was around 3 months old still only weighed in at 2oz. He slowely put on weight and then only around 6 months plus did he gain. his fur also didn't really grow all that much till after 6 months (Long-haired).

I think some are just genetically going to be smaller / lighter. As long as you keep an eye on things and Ponder is eating plenty and acts ok then there may be nothing to worry about.

As for peeing on his food - do you put his food in a bowl or scatter it on the ground? Scattering it on the ground (some of it) can be a good thing sometimes as it will encourage natural forageing and he's not going to pee on every little seed he finds scattered around! So for a while maybe scatter his food in several little piles throughout his cage and see how that goes.

Just a suggestion
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Old 10-05-2005, 01:55 PM   #22
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the problem is when she moves the food, she moves it into a tube, and then sleeps uphill of it and then moves to it and pees just above it so it runs down onto the food. I have tried to relocate her from the tube but she just moves back. I will weigh her again once the little ones have been moved out
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Old 10-05-2005, 02:01 PM   #23
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lol little rascal!

Is there anyway of changing her sleeping nest? A different arrangment somehow?

Obviously some hamster DO pee on their food and may even do so in the wild, I don't know? But I know they live in a very sensory world so maybe he just likes that way! ?

He may grow out of it too, they do change their habits sometimes

Good luck!
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Old 10-06-2005, 01:00 AM   #24
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Coco did you see the thread in breeding re 'I feel like a monster 'regarding Ponder who escaped and has now had babies! May explain changes.
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Old 10-06-2005, 06:42 AM   #25
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lol no I hadn't but just read somwhere that mentioned about her babies which explained things! (Thats what happens when you don't come in here for a while)! So yes, of course you can't just "change out her bed" right now LOL!

I'm sure things will probably change again once the babies are gone and she re decorates the place!

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Old 11-26-2005, 11:59 AM   #26
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right I decided it was time for another weigh in so here are the results.
Campbell's
Rincewind = 50g
The Librarian = 65
The Dean = 50g
Nibbler = 45g
Ridcully = 50g
Mrs Whitlow = 90g!!
Winter Whites
Vimes = 45g
Ventinari = 60g
Syrians
Ponder = 60g
Shadow = 130g
Si = 100g
Hex = 75g
Stibbons = 40g
Roborovski
Shrike = 20g
Psyche = 15g
Zoot = 20g
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Old 11-26-2005, 01:50 PM   #27
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OK...
I don't know whether this will scare anyone, by the last time I weighed Kim, one of my Syrians, she was 275g.
She's a Silver Grey girl from a breeder known for big hamsters - not fat at all, just enormous.
Haven't weighed anyone for a while, so maybe I will and post the results.
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Old 11-26-2005, 03:28 PM   #28
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Woh!!! That's big!!!



I weighed Phoebe last weekend, and she was 150g. Gone up a little bit and looking well.



Must remember to weigh the Roborovski soon.
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Old 11-27-2005, 03:38 PM   #29
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Today Nelson was 154g but the old Christmas pudding Bailey has gone up to a whopping 174g. She does come from a line of large hamsters as for showing they are meant to be large but she is only 3 months and still growing!!!!!!!
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My goodness she is a nice big girl - she'll be competing with my Dove Tort to get the biggest hamster accolade at future shows if I don't watch out
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