Edwina

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So much depends on a hamster's personality i think. Right from the beginning, Edwina didn't display the typical shy, new hamster behaviour. She runs over hands like she runs over a bridge, makes no difference to her. When i take her out of her cage she doesn't try and hide but with ears up runs and climbs all over me. Not that she seeks out my company, i'm under no illusion to be any more than a climbing frame to her. It's nice to have a hamster with this innocence about her, who is not afraid of humans. I don't know where she was born and bred but it looks like she's one of the lucky pet shop hamsters who had a good start in life and wasn't in the pet shop for long.
Here she is munching on her cucumber before she went off tunneling.

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Edwina's home has a feature wall. I don't like a bin cage to look like a plastic box so have put up mats on two sides but there wasn't enough space between wheel and sandpit on the right side. The little madam kept knocking her silent spinner wheel over (the boys never did) so i got her a new one with a solid base. Not sure how a hamster that small managed it but that's hamsters for you.
Anyway, i stuck a sheet of patterned paper (£1.30 at Hobbycraft) on the outside of the bin. It has a pattern on both sides. Totally for my benefit, i know but it also blocks the light from a window. Haven't seen Edwina yet today but i know that she loves her new wheel. Still looking for a suitable sand bath container to fit as well as the plastic base of a fish steamer she currently uses. May have to buy a new steamer.

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Update on Edwina:

Edwina has turned out to be a delightful little hamster. She likes running around and climbing on the futon. Presently she's in the playpen box and sussed out how to use the flying saucer. She fell off a couple of times which didn't put her off but is now running really fast.

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Had Edwina for two months now and part of her habitat became bit miffy so decided to part exchange her substrate while Edwina went into the playpen box.

Afterwards she inspected absolutely everything! Test run the wheel, nibbled on all the millet sprays, quick sip of the bottle, in and out her food mushroom and hides, running through her tube and then she disappeared down a hole and reappeared at the other end of her bin cage. Now she's trying to take her flower pictures down. That's not very ladylike Edwina! I think she's another one who goes a bit crazy after a cage clean.

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Edwina is very lively this afternoon and has been out of her cage already. Looks like she's asking for more play time. Oh well, the humans dinner will have to wait.

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Edwina must be wondering who all these other (foster) hamsters are. That cage wasn't here last time she looked.

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Nosy Edwina checking out Freddie's cage or maybe its the nibble treat stick she's after. I'm surprised she hasn't learned to fly yet with those ears. Freddie found a lovely forever home and will be moving out Monday.

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Edwina is a very untidy little dwarf who likes nothing more than chucking her sand out of her sandpit. She even rotates while doing so to make sure that it flies everywhere.

I've slightly rearranged her bincage today after taking delivery of a few packets of millet sprays. Normally i try and make it look tidy but this time i purposely made it look a right mess to see what she does with it.

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With home improvements going on at new neighbour's Rodney's house, Edwina is doing a good impression of the nosy neighbour next door.

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Edwina's coat has almost completely changed colour. She was a very dark grey when i got her in January and now she's a light grey with a pale undercoat. Fascinating. Does this often happen with dwarf hamsters?


Sorry Edwina for the unflattering photo of you with full pouches that makes you look rotund like Ozzy.