Meet my robos

[Socks' Mum]

Small, grey, mousey and inquisitive, yes the heroine of Agatha Christie's mysteries

 

[Maz]

Exciting! She is gorgeous - how old is she? I had to remove the video because it was a link and not an embedded youtube one. Sorry! Was it a video or an image? If an image you can just use the "attach files" button at the bottom of your post

 

[Yorkie]

This new one is absolutely gorgeous,but @Maz ,we were going to go the adoption route through a rescue. They were given our history and the fact that we have other hammies ,then one of the hoops they asked us to jump through was to send photos of all enclosures . To us we thought this was quite intrusive and surely they would only have to see the enclosure the rescue was going to be adopted into!? Are we being over touchy,or do you also think this intrusive ? I also thought it quite insulting ,considering our history.

 

[Maz]

This new one is absolutely gorgeous,but @Maz ,we were going to go the adoption route through a rescue. They were given our history and the fact that we have other hammies ,then one of the hoops they asked us to jump through was to send photos of all enclosures . To us we thought this was quite intrusive and surely they would only have to see the enclosure the rescue was going to be adopted into!? Are we being over touchy,or do you also think this intrusive ? I also thought it quite insulting ,considering our history.

That puts a lot of people off and seems to be par for the course for rescues now - some will dictate a bar-less enclosure, a certain depth of bedding, at least 5 hides and sprays. I also didn't like it, having adopted twice before from the same place, to suddenly have to prove all this. I jumped through the hoops but felt annoyed! I think it's too black and white. Understandably they want to check and see a hamster is going to a suitable set up - eg cage big enough and enough enrichment, but to specify such detail is too much IMO.

In two years, between me getting a robo and a Syrian from the same rescue, the criteria had changed a lot! I think there needs to be some flexibility, as long as the cage is large enough. I probably wouldn't rescue from a place that insisted on a bar-less enclosure personally.

So did you end up getting her from somewhere else then?

 

[Roborovskis r us]

Exciting! She is gorgeous - how old is she? I had to remove the video because it was a link and not an embedded youtube one. Sorry! Was it a video or an image? If an image you can just use the "attach files" button at the bottom of your post

She's 8-9 weeks maz. I will try the vid again. It was being weird yesterdat

 

[Roborovskis r us]

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[Yorkie]

That puts a lot of people off and seems to be par for the course for rescues now - some will dictate a bar-less enclosure, a certain depth of bedding, at least 5 hides and sprays. I also didn't like it, having adopted twice before from the same place, to suddenly have to prove all this. I jumped through the hoops but felt annoyed! I think it's too black and white. Understandably they want to check and see a hamster is going to a suitable set up - eg cage big enough and enough enrichment, but to specify such detail is too much IMO.

In two years, between me getting a robo and a Syrian from the same rescue, the criteria had changed a lot! I think there needs to be some flexibility, as long as the cage is large enough. I probably wouldn't rescue from a place that insisted on a bar-less enclosure personally.

So did you end up getting her from somewhere else then?Thanks

This went a little weird as the thread quoted you twice. At our ages we can't be bothered to jump through the hoops .We have ethical standards ,it should be enough. I wasn't going to get into Robins enclosure being a cage etc as you know yourself ,it is massive. It's the hamsters that lose out in the end. We gave in and saved one from pets @home

 

[Maz]

I think that happens with quite a few people. She is absolutely gorgeous though I miss having a robo.

 

[Yorkie]

I think that happens with quite a few people. She is absolutely gorgeous though I miss having a robo.

Maybe your next should be a little robo then? I do think the pets @ home hammies deserve to get ethical care though. I know people say to 'adopt,don't shop",and most of mine at least have been adopted,but little Miss Marple is going to be spoilt rotten

 

[Roborovskis r us]

Ha ha it's still there

 

[Roborovskis r us]

Well I won't be going through an adoption centre ever again maz. I will go to pets at home adoption in store , but I couldn't get a female robo to adopt , so bought one and she's beautiful. Not seen her today , but she's probably settling in.

 

[Roborovskis r us]

I had the same experience here in Germany and in the end, I bought Nibbles from the local pet store. I took the „one no one wanted“ and I haven’t regretted it

Good for you Hun , you gave yr hamster a better life !!

 

[Maz]

Maybe your next should be a little robo then? I do think the pets @ home hammies deserve to get ethical care though. I know people say to 'adopt,don't shop",and most of mine at least have been adopted,but little Miss Marple is going to be spoilt rotten

I had been looking for a robo when I got Higgins And couldn't find one - so hard in my area. Even pets at home stores within 70 miles don't have an adoption centre! In hindsight I might as well have adopted one from London and got the train - probably quicker than some other places 60 miles away. But just nothing to adopt. Then an NHC breeder in my area had a litter of Syrians ........ I had always said I would never have two syrians at the same time again, but at the time, Tino had been invisible for many weeks. Of course as soon as I got Higgins, Tino appeared and wanted to be out all the time! I still think it's quite intensive having two Syrians at the same time. A Syrian and a Robo works well for me Different habits at different times and double the joy!

 

[Maz]

Well I won't be going through an adoption centre ever again maz. I will go to pets at home adoption in store , but I couldn't get a female robo to adopt , so bought one and she's beautiful. Not seen her today , but she's probably settling in.

I'm so sorry you had that experience - I think there needs to be a bit more flexibility - especially with experienced owners.

 

[Roborovskis r us]

Awww , yes Syrians are hard work. I love my robos , so fast ,so tiny and so cute. Miss Marple slept by the frog yesterday but wasn't there this morning so I think she must have found one of the hides. Not seen her at all today. Tho she must have had fun in her soil bath as the soil was everywhere ! And there are lots of tiny paw prints in the sand bath.

 

[Maz]

Awww , yes Syrians are hard work. I love my robos , so fast ,so tiny and so cute. Miss Marple slept by the frog yesterday but wasn't there this morning so I think she must have found one of the hides. Not seen her at all today. Tho she must have had fun in her soil bath as the soil was everywhere ! And there are lots of tiny paw prints in the sand bath.

Ooh tiny paw prints They love their sand. A question - how do you get your robos out for playpen time? I've only had two and both were too shy to even walk into a tube. I had a contraption set up in the cage that Pip used to walk into and I managed to get him out that way! He liked to come out so he would go in it when he wanted to come out but he would run away if he saw a hand.

 

[Roborovskis r us]

Ooh tiny paw prints They love their sand. A question - how do you get your robos out for playpen time? I've only had two and both were too shy to even walk into a tube. I had a contraption set up in the cage that Pip used to walk into and I managed to get him out that way! He liked to come out so he would go in it when he wanted to come out but he would run away if he saw a hand.

 

[Roborovskis r us]

They are all different Maz. Now I can just pick Holly up from anywhere and give her cuddles, which she loves, and pushes her head up for more. Bobby gets the blue house with a mealworm in it. Sometimes I manage to catch Harry , I try the tube , but most times he avoids. But while he avoids he sometimes runs in the tube on his cage , and I just take it off with him in it. Pedro used to be tube with mealworm in , and sometimes the pink house with mealworm. Just have to be patient and wait. When I got Miss Marple home , I set up her playpen and got her out of the carrier by scooping up a pile of bedding with her in it and dumping it straight in playpen. To get her out , I put the pink house in with some bedding and left it in pen and waited , and she went in it.

 

[Roborovskis r us]

Once I've got them I put them in a laundry basket to transport them. I have bonded with harry and mostly Bobby, in the laundry basket. They run around in there and I put my hand in and smooth their side as they run past. Eventually Bobby paused when I smoothed him, and then stayed still while I smoothed him. I catch them to put them back from the laundry basket in cupped hands.

 

[Roborovskis r us]

A lot of patience while sitting in the playpen with them. They'd run around and eventually climb on me. Then as they're running around me I just caught them quick in scooped hands and hold them for a second and put them back down , and kept repeating this. Holly was the fastest to enjoy being scooped up and held and smoothed for any length of time , and fell asleep in my hand several times. She enjoys lying in my hand being stroked. The boys , when I scoop them up , let me stroke them for a few seconds then run off up my arm. Lol