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My lovely dwarf hybrid hamster Percy is no longer with us but i would like to tell his story. Sadly, dwarf hybrids are prone to a number of illnesses with diabetes one of them.
I adopted Percy from a petshop adoption tank and was told that he was around 5 months old.
The shop assistant had difficulties to coax Percy into the cardboard box because he was quite hostile towards her.
Once home i did the usual thing and let him settle while observing him.
Appearance: Percy was lovely with a thick and fluffy coat, clear eyes and alert ears.
Behaviour: unsettled, unhappy, attacking chews and furnishings by biting, bulldozing frantically.
Percy was one very disturbed little hamster.
After a few days i offered him treats which he snatched from my fingers while trying to bite me at the same time.
Percy bit drawing blood every chance he got and latched on to fingernails. I learnt to be quick when i offered him a treat. Percy never took a treat nicely, he always snatched it.
I never give up on hamsters and accept and love them for who they are, friendly and tame, reclusive or bitey, it makes no difference.
Drinking: i noticed within a couple of days that Percy drunk a lot of water. He got up during the day to take long drinks.
Eating: Percy ate quite a lot but didn't put on weight. He absolutely adored cucumber.
I fed him Rodipet dwarf hybrid mix as his main food and gave him a little cucumber and brown linseeds daily.
Urine: Percy urinated a lot which i first noticed when i saw bubbles in a corner of his bin cage. I was quite shocked and checked the corner which was soaking wet.
Faeces: they looked normal.
I adopted Percy from a petshop adoption tank and was told that he was around 5 months old.
The shop assistant had difficulties to coax Percy into the cardboard box because he was quite hostile towards her.
Once home i did the usual thing and let him settle while observing him.
Appearance: Percy was lovely with a thick and fluffy coat, clear eyes and alert ears.
Behaviour: unsettled, unhappy, attacking chews and furnishings by biting, bulldozing frantically.
Percy was one very disturbed little hamster.
After a few days i offered him treats which he snatched from my fingers while trying to bite me at the same time.
Percy bit drawing blood every chance he got and latched on to fingernails. I learnt to be quick when i offered him a treat. Percy never took a treat nicely, he always snatched it.
I never give up on hamsters and accept and love them for who they are, friendly and tame, reclusive or bitey, it makes no difference.
Drinking: i noticed within a couple of days that Percy drunk a lot of water. He got up during the day to take long drinks.
Eating: Percy ate quite a lot but didn't put on weight. He absolutely adored cucumber.
I fed him Rodipet dwarf hybrid mix as his main food and gave him a little cucumber and brown linseeds daily.
Urine: Percy urinated a lot which i first noticed when i saw bubbles in a corner of his bin cage. I was quite shocked and checked the corner which was soaking wet.
Faeces: they looked normal.