Mushu Mania

[stephanie32705]

Oh My Goodness, can this little fluff ball be any cuter?!??!?!Congrats to your addition!

[Drago]

He's absolutely adorable! He's so fluffy Looking forward to learning all about him

[Hamsterita]

He's a delight! don't worry about the cheap in his ear, is more usual than you can imagine. Mine has his poor ears totally shred. It's not pretty to think about how they got hurt, but thankfully they can have a normal life

[cypher]

Quite a few hams do have little tears in their ears, one of mine does, just from sibling squabbles probably, I think it makes them all the more endearing

Originally Posted by AprilPearl

Thanks for clarifying. So, some more shavings then. Hopefully the extra bedding I just put in will be appreciated too! The pictures actually don't show the huge pile of shavings and bedding he moved to the other side of his cage (the wheel is in the middle of the cage and he has moved a lot of stuff to the half on it's left hand side).

Ideally you want to fill the base of your cage with substrate, especially with a small cage, about 15-20cm is generally considered the minimum depth.

[AprilPearl]

Originally Posted by cypher

Quite a few hams do have little tears in their ears, one of mine does, just from sibling squabbles probably, I think it makes them all the more endearing


Ideally you want to fill the base of your cage with substrate, especially with a small cage, about 15-20cm is generally considered the minimum depth.

Thank you the funny little man has moved all the extra bedding I put in AGAIN and is once more sleeping firmly in the corner which he has almost completely cleared of bedding and shavings! But, I will try putting more shavings in and see what he thinks.

[AprilPearl]

Originally Posted by Hamsterita

He's a delight! don't worry about the cheap in his ear, is more usual than you can imagine. Mine has his poor ears totally shred. It's not pretty to think about how they got hurt, but thankfully they can have a normal life

Previous hammies of ours came with a few chips too, but I was surprised by the side of Mushu's! I guess their ears are just so thin that they tear easily.

[AprilPearl]

Mushu is such a good little boy. When I called him just now, he came out from under the toilet paper (which he has only just now started sleeping in!) and walked up to the front of the cage to see me. He let me feed him sunflower seeds and stroke him with my Gand inside the cage as he ate them, groomed and drank from his water bottle! I have never had a baby hamster come along this quickly before.

[AprilPearl]

Mushu is so clever! This morning, he ran to his cage door for me when I called him and climbed into my hands.

[AprilPearl]

We still need to work on actual picking up, though!

[Hamsterita]

He looks lovely!! I love when they do that

He would probably enjoy more shavings tough, the tray looks a little bit empty