Welcome Bridget!

[Almiraswolf]

Bridget's story....

After visiting my parent's local P@H a few times, I decided I wanted to give a home to a hammy from their adoption centre. I was torn between a Robo and a WW hybrid but didn't have time to pop back during my last visit.

A few days later I was browsing Gumtree for hamster stuff and came across an advert asking £25 for a Winter White dwarf with 2 cages, I saw the photo of the hammy and thought he/she looked really sweet but ultimately decided I should wait a little longer till I could return to P@H.

About 2 weeks later I was looking on Gumtree again and happened across the same advert but noticed the price had changed to £0, I checked the description and discovered hammy's owner wanted him/her re-homed ASAP (free to good home). Normally I wouldnt have scrolled down that far to view the older ads so I contacted the owner and arranged to pick up today (I asked if I could just have hammy without cages as I had my own enclosure).

Her name is Bridget I decided to keep her name as it seems to suit her.



Bridget is presumably from a pet shop so we will assume she is a Winter White hybrid.



She is around 4 months old and has a really sweet/laid back personality. Bridget was handled regularly so is not afraid of people or being picked up/handled at all. My partner and I both handled her before putting her in her new home and she was so relaxed; Ive never seen such a chilled hammy after a move like this. I look a video of her first steps in her new home: YouTube Link

At the moment she is living in a Ferplast Duna Mini, I intend to upgrade her to a Duna Multy (large) as soon as I can (at least by mid October). The Duna Mini is bigger than the barred cage/connecting Rotastak cage she was originally homed in with her previous owner - so is a good starting cage, it will also give her a chance to settle in the new environment without being overwhelmed.



Since this morning I have replaced that small comfort wheel with regular 6.5 inch silent spinner. The plastic food/water bowls have also been replaced with shallower ceramic ones (the plastic ones were a little tall for her). Here is the updated set up for now....

[XRubyRoseX]

Aww she is lovely!

[Hammy_Lover22]

Absolutely adorable! So nice to see her be in a good home with you, AlmirasWolf. She is absolutely precious!

[Artsy Hammy]

She is so cute! Her coloring is beautiful! Congratulations on the new addition to your family!

[cypher]

Congrats & welcome Bridget
She's lovely & I'm so glad she's found a good home with you

[Almiraswolf]

Thank you everyone ^__^ she is settling in really well.

[amie]

Bridget looks a lovely little hamster. I am so glad that she is with you and wish you both many happy times together.

Love her name by the way, very unusual. Don't recall coming across a hamster called Bridget before!

[Almiraswolf]

Originally Posted by amie

Bridget looks a lovely little hamster. I am so glad that she is with you and wish you both many happy times together.

Love her name by the way, very unusual. Don't recall coming across a hamster called Bridget before!

Thank you ^^ I adore her name, it was the name given to her by her previous owner.

[TraceyH]

She looks so lovely. Reminds me of the little dwarf I also got off Gumtree in february. He's also laid back and has a lovely personality.

[Almiraswolf]

Update: Bridget has now been upgraded from the Duna Mini to a Duna Multy (I actually got this cage for free as my partner's Syrian got a ZooZone 2 and didnt need the Multy anymore).

The Multy on top houses Bridget and the one underneath houses my Chinese hammy Sakura (she is really shy and seems a bit happier in the shade).


Bridget is SO much happier in the larger enclosure. She has really opened up and is super social in the evenings since the upgrade.


I usually give her a couple of seeds when she comes out, I made the mistake of getting the box too close to her while grabbing some and she climbed in and started hoovering them up! XD We have to remove her pretty quickly!


And here are a couple of photos of her chilling with me on the sofa she is really sweet natured and loves climbing all over everything. Blurry photos as she never keeps still for long ^^;