ohhh stroke him babyboos! I thought you meant stalk him I thought he might be the first hamster to have a stalker and was going to warn you that I think there are laws against that :P
He is gorgeous. Wonder if he is related to Bailey and then Paws through satin Carrington lines. We'll have to compare pedigrees to see if they have anyone in commen.
That would have been interesting - but looking at his pedigree he's from Bourne Valley on his mum's side and Hedgehog/Towy Vale on his Dad's.
Looking at his relationship to Caramel they only have one relative in common - Zimbali is Caramel's dad and Rolo's grandad so they have an awful lot of unrelated relatives as well! So - as long as they don't both carry the same faults - it should be ok to mate him to one of our "Carapaws" (if we get any Carapaws, if they are all healthy and good enough to breed from.....and if we decide we want any more litters - a lot of if's then!).
Is it just me or do males seem less jumpy than females?
Well I've only experienced one female hamster (Caramel) as opposed to all our boys and we definitely had to work harder with Caramel - despite her coming from a breeder rather than shop - in that she seems to have her own ideas about what she wants and doesn't want - much more than our boys who are very relaxed. Treacle, Custard and Mocha are coming up to their first birthdays and they are all very laid back and will sit on our hands/laps for a while without going AWOL