We're (hopefully) having twins guys!

[Amethyst_ice]

Originally Posted by pebbles

I have been following this post since i joined and just wanted to say that it sounds like you are making great progress Not that i now much but the fact they taking from you must be a good sign i would think

I look forward to seeing pics when you have them in their new home

Hehe aww..sorry its not hammy related, but everyone on here is so great i wanted to tell everyone plus getting some great advice

the other shy one has started to come to the bars now and we have found that talking in like a baby 'doggy' voice (if you get me) makes them really excited!

might try the cage open, will clear the spare room..only thing with the small cage is that it is just top opening. we might have to wait puttin them in spare cage until our landlord has fixed a few things, easier to hide a smaller cage lol ...we are going to describe them not as rats but as himalayan dumbo rats...sounds less..ratty??! They deff have a stigma though..im not like the prejudice

might try get them out tomorrow ...if i can find some spare lightbulbs for the room lol

xxx

[snaisby]

Originally Posted by Amethyst_ice

we are going to describe them not as rats but as himalayan dumbo rats...

Himalayan long tailed hamsters

glad to hear you are making progress, have you tried letting them get into a tube/box and lifting it out? you can let them run around on a bed/in a small room like the bathroom (as long as there are no escape holes!) and you can sit with them and let them explore you in their own time. the sooner you start to interact with them out of the cage, the quicker they will realise you are nothing to fear there's a good article here on taming nervous rats

[Amethyst_ice]

Originally Posted by snaisby

Himalayan long tailed hamsters

glad to hear you are making progress, have you tried letting them get into a tube/box and lifting it out? you can let them run around on a bed/in a small room like the bathroom (as long as there are no escape holes!) and you can sit with them and let them explore you in their own time. the sooner you start to interact with them out of the cage, the quicker they will realise you are nothing to fear there's a good article here on taming nervous rats

Haha i like that lol

ill check it out. We were just letting them settle..usually with the hamsters we'd get them in the ball and run over us but because the environment these guys have come from is so different to ours we didnt want to just delve right in.

our house has no kids and is really quiet. We didnt want to scare them by getting them out ...they have always been got out by being binned down or caught by their tails.."the squeak when you pick them up and may bite"- quotes the owner.....

also fact they are nearly a year old thought mebe few more days to keepin getting them used to our voices more? we dont want to scare them..especially as the shy one has started to come to us more.

its so hard!! but we will get there! x

[chubchub]

Your ratties are such cuties! Congratulations. I just started reading this thread.. still have to finish reading all the posts. Glad they don't bite at the bars now. Anyways, I like the names Cloud and Zell the most because I love Final Fantasy games (esp old school ones)

[Amethyst_ice]

The megazorb arrived..its massive!!!

Ive been too tired to do anythign today so just been chilling really. Might try set the cage up tonight though.

before i went to bed, they both took some food from my hand inside the cage and i got to stoke one a bit! until he realised and ran off but yay!! x

[wofunny]

YAY!!! ive run out of wood shavings, might start getting megazorb instead?!

[Amethyst_ice]

Originally Posted by wofunny

YAY!!! ive run out of wood shavings, might start getting megazorb instead?!

well we just got a new bag of sawdust so will use that on the hams first but so far the megazorb looks brill value for money.

got it from farmway, postage was £5 and megazorb was £6 something so still good value.

if you got the space to store it its cost effective. I pay £3 for a medium size sawdust so yeh

it does look a little weird mind lol

[fluffymunchkins]

i thought megazorb looked weird at first! But once you get it in the cage it looks nice and fluffy
I prefer the smell of it too!
I can't believe how quickly i get through my bags, only last a month for two hams
I think its cause i clean out quite often, but then fortnightly isn't that often.

[Amethyst_ice]

Originally Posted by fluffymunchkins

i thought megazorb looked weird at first! But once you get it in the cage it looks nice and fluffy
I prefer the smell of it too!
I can't believe how quickly i get through my bags, only last a month for two hams
I think its cause i clean out quite often, but then fortnightly isn't that often.

how could a bag like that only last for 2 cleanings of 2 hamsters??! how deep do you put it in? i have a medium bale of shavings and it last at least 3 cleanings of 4 hammies!!

[fluffymunchkins]

i have no idea!
Well i do fill peggys zz2 pretty deep.
Which i have cut down on using as much in each cage a lot now!

Well i suppose its techniqly about 6 cage cleans, with filling Treos cage and still enough for one cage clean out left.