So after asking you lovely people for advice on how NOT to get a new hamster, I ended up taking a tiny fella home (as you all suggested).
My boyfriend and I both fell in love with him. And as he (my boyfriend) wasn't ever allowed to keep a pet as a kid, I let him name him.
To my horror the first thing he said was 'Bobby John', but after him realising that 'BJ' wouldn't be a nice nickname, he went quiet for a bit and then decided on Browney - which I find really adorable.
Getting Browney out of the carrier for a quick health-check was more difficult than expected. It wasn't that he tried to run away, but he definitely didn't like my hands getting too close.
I got him up and somehow managed to turn him on his back for a few seconds. He seems to be lacking a bit of hair next to his mouth. The lady at the store said it was due to him being very young, so the fur hadnt fully grown yet - but I'm not really trusting that.
Anyway. After the health check I put him back into the carrier and made his cage ready (I kinda was in a hurry before I had to go to work, so I didnt manage to get it ready before picking him up).
When everything was set up, I picked him up in a tube and placed him into his new home. I apologized to him about the cage being baby pink, but it'll have to do until I get a larger one than the mini duna.
He instantly went around examining everything. I put an empty kitchen-paper-roll into his cage and he seems to be loving it!
He loves to run through it and then back. Or half-way through then turn around and run back. You can even jump over it! OR crawl under it! Of the 45 minutes he spend exploring his cage he spend at least 20 of them on playing with the empty paper roll haha
Now that I got home from work, he has already been out and about from his tiny house again. He tried out his wheel which seems much more comfortable than the one in the store. I gave him a bit of lettuce but he wouldnt grab it! If I thought he had it and let go, it would fall to the ground and he would just stare at it. This happened 3 times and I decided to leave it and give him some space. No more direct contact for the next week - that is going to be tough!
He does seem a bit itchy and looks a bit drowsy. So I'll call my vet and ask them to have a look at him on friday. It might set back the taming process but I really want to make sure that he's alright.
Pictures:
The very first picture I got of him:
Browney with his first piece of lettuce - very delicious
Short video of him waddling around:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/piAvApPG6lE
Browney's thread
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