A few weeks ago I decided to visit the local Gardencenter. Not really sure how common it is for them to sell animals and petsupplies in other countries, but at least in Holland they commonly do.
Most of them are at the level of your average petshop with people who don't know what they are doing or talking about. My local one is just a stone's throw away and is good. They seperate their hamsters and give them toys and okay wheels and good food. The animals also are already slightly hand tamed when you get them. They are not afraid or really bitey with humans.
There I saw that they had two young male syrians. Of course, I became curious and asked If I could see them. The person helping me was a boy in his late teenhood, and quite helpfull. There a was complete black male out and about already. But...it was the second boy that stole my heart. He was black and white and almost climbed on my hand! I would have loved to take him with me then and there but alas, no suitable cage at that time. But I kept thinking about him.
I thanked him for his help and off I went.
Cue a few weeks later. I had managed to snag a second hand Ferplast Mary cage, and started to entertain the idea of welcoming a young male in my midst.
So off I went, back to the garden center. I inspected the cages with animals and....discovered that one of the males had been sold.
I looked around and found a person after some time and asked I could buy him. The first thing she did? She immediatly asked what kind of cage I would offer. I told them about my Mary. It seems the male had become sort of a favorite of hers, considering he had been there for about...2 months? She opened his cage and...it was my favorite of the two! He was still there!
To make an already long story short, I brought him home! I had nicknamed him Monsieur. When I told a acquaintance about the little man, she suggested the name Marshall. (She's a bit spiritually, and had felt this one intuitively.) It stuck as 'work name' so to call. But over time it had morped in to "Monsieur Marshall." So...yeah he got his name really fast!
Thus far he has been exploring his cage, I saw him drinking and feeding. He's alsno not afraid and really curious. Kind of a climber, and already uses his wheel.
He's a curious man and I am letting him settle in for now, but I do have some questions about him. Who can help me?
The first one is: What is his color? (His belly is white and his back seems..brownish?)
The second one: They told me he was about 4 months old, is this true?
Is he thin or is this just because he is male and young? I kind of worry about that, because I am not used to young males yet. (Always had females that were either adults or not a tiny as him)
Meet Monsieur Marshall!
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