My newest Fosters

[Boz]

At our shelter we got 13 russian dwarf hamsters, including a mom who was giving birth as she came in. Well the babies are not 4 weeks old and I decided to foster the "males". I'm pretty sure the there were a mom and dad and the rest were all babies.

It's hard to tell but I'm pretty sure one is a male, but the other I still can't tell. I decided to give them my own names because the ones the shelter gave them were like Doc and something else.

I named them Bailey and Sammy. Figured since I don't know if they are males are females, those names can go both ways.

I haven't taken pictures with my camera yet but I got one with my cell.

This one is Bailey. I beleive he is a spotted blue. I'm pretty sure he's a boy.

The other, Sammy is a solid Blue color. Pictures later.


The sad thing is that they are nice now, but mom and dad are not and it's probably due to diabetes, which means the babies are probably going to get diabetes too.

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Awww what a little cutie pie! I love dwarf hamsters. I've had... 5 of them in the past and all but 1 (the mean one incidentally lived the longest) were sweeties. My first one, Leonie, was such a special little girl. She was a genuine Russian Dwarf too, I had her when I lived in Austria. She was actually super bitey when I got her but with love and patience, she became really sweet and laid back. I had her 8 years ago and I still miss her.

Enjoy your adorable little fosters! And I hope they don't get diabetes.

 

[hartleybun]

:inlove: this thread should really have a cuteness warning

what an adorable hammy. have never had dwarfs, only syrians

 

[SweetSassy]

OMG! How cute :inlove: Love the color.



Do they take meds if diabetic? Never heard of that before.

 

[Boz]

Thanks everyone! I'll definitely get more pictures tonight or tomorrow.

They are really sweet and after they were licking me at the shelter I just had to foster them for a couple weeks. Besides, I hate to have them get adopted and it turns out they are male and female! So I'll wait till I know for sure.

I'm not sure what you do with the diabetes. I got to read more into it. I do know there are ways to control it with diet, but I'm not sure with medication.

I've never owned hamsters before, just fostered. I'm a gerbil person. hehe

Over the past year I've fostered...
-Pair of female Gerbils, were adopted (Fuzzy & Wuzzy)
-Russian Dwarf Hamster, male, was not nice, but got adopted! (Bejing and later renamed Nibbles by his owner! )
-Syrian hamster named Summer, adopted a couple months ago
-Snowflake (who I call Luna), a female gerbil with head tilt (still being fostered by be)
-Now Bailey and Sammy, the two russian Dwarfs.

 

[jessicalovesjesse]

Awww how adorable!.

I know you're worried about diabetes, but if they are kept on healthy diets they might never get it.
All dwarf hammies are prone to it, it is really thier diet that determines the outcome.
:agree

 

[sbaxter]

AWW gorgeous:inlove:

 

[nicolevins]

SO CUTE

 

[pOker]

i love dwarf hamsters..i had 86 'til we moved

 

[Boz]

86?! omg!

Anyway, I thought you'd enjoy two new pictures of the two.

Sorry for the large size!

Sammy

Bailey

Hope you like!

 

[fuzz16]

what do you do with 86 hammies!?


AND OMGOODNESS THEY ARE SOOOO CUTE

 

[missyscove]

They're very cute! Thanks for sharing pictures.

 

[pOker]

Boz wrote:

86?! omg!

hahahahaa..yeahh-we helped supplysome local stores..we werent crazy hamster people..hahaa

 

[Jessyka]

:bunnyheart So freaking adorable.

 

[Boz]

Just an update!
I ended up separating them in a split cage because I think Sammy is a girl and Bailey is a boy. But if they both turn out to be boys/girls then I can put them back together because they are in a split cage. I just hope Sammy isn't already pregnant. :s