Clive

[ilguy]

Originally Posted by Ria P

He did and then he run off to his sand jar.

Aw, that's adorable! They both look like they really enjoyed it, thanks for sharing all the pictures

[Ria P]

A couple of my dwarfs completely changed colour but haven't noticed that in a Syrian, until now.

Clive started off as a dark grey hamster but now he's brown.
Is that a characteristic for sable hamsters?
The dark colour is only the top coat, the base colour is light.

That's him just now with his nose stuck in his porridge bowl.

[cloudy]

Oh wow, his fur does look brown. That is interesting.

[Ria P]

"Somebody has been in my house!"

Oops, i'm guilty.
Clive's house needed a bit of a clear out. He had a job squeezing himself in and out of his door and the poops were taking over so i did the dirty deed while he was out.

He was not a happy hamster when he got home.

[Ria P]

Clive has taken to burrowing lately and he told me that he wanted his home set up accordingly.

Ok, he can't talk but his actions made his needs very clear. He kept pushing the cork log up wanting to burrow underneath but the log hit the ladder. Lots of banging.
He tried to push the coconut out of the way and he chewed the long wicker tunnel, trying to get rid of it i guess.

So i removed everything that was in his way and set up a top run with a Pringle and porridge tube on degus shelves. The degus shelves came from Rory's cage who moved into a bungalow recently. The cork log now act as an access step and a walk through and the coconut is next to his house like a shed.
He now has a bigger burrowing area and hasn't lost anything. I think he likes it because there were no tantrums.

[cloudy]

Clive did really well to communicate that to you. It sounds like you have set everything up how it likes it now.