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[Socks' Mum]

I've just looked closer at his wheel.. it is cork!! Ness

Oh, that's good. Cork is fine for little feet

 

[Vanessa1]

Teddy had a very entertaining night last night! He was up just before midnight,he did his usual things foraging and of cause plenty of running on his wheel. He's managed to do a burrow down between the sandbath and his tray with different substrate textures on. He's been trying to do this burrow for a while and he thought digging to the bottom of his sandbath would achieve it. I think because of his poor vision and the fact his bath is clear plastic it's understandable! He had a pea and french bean on his dish with his Nibblot. He's totally in love with his crocodile nibbles it every night but last night he really went at it with intent, then he surprised us by getting back up at 6.30 and started attacking it again banging it on his dish and trying to drag it across the top of his multi chamber! We've got a sneaky feeling it's going to disappear very soon. Bless him Ness

 

[Socks' Mum]

Teddy had a very entertaining night last night! He was up just before midnight,he did his usual things foraging and of cause plenty of running on his wheel. He's managed to do a burrow down between the sandbath and his tray with different substrate textures on. He's been trying to do this burrow for a while and he thought digging to the bottom of his sandbath would achieve it. I think because of his poor vision and the fact his bath is clear plastic it's understandable! He had a pea and french bean on his dish with his Nibblot. He's totally in love with his crocodile nibbles it every night but last night he really went at it with intent, then he surprised us by getting back up at 6.30 and started attacking it again banging it on his dish and trying to drag it across the top of his multi chamber! We've got a sneaky feeling it's going to disappear very soon. Bless him Ness

Teddy the crocodile killer

 

[Vanessa1]

Teddy the crocodile killer

Ha ha I love that! I'm imagining him coming out in his wrestling outfit! Ness

 

[Vanessa1]

Oh yes!! A ninja outfit that's even better Ness

 

[Vanessa1]

Teddy has had some adventures over the past few nights, he has been getting up earlier and being alot more entertaining! What with more wrestling with the crocodile picking it up and then banging it on the roof of his multi chamber then giving it a good nibble! To then starting to rearrange his woven balls,.. he literally lifted it above his head and put it down where he wanted it ( I thought they didn't like change) obviously this doesn't apply if they do it! He then started throwing paper about. So yes some very different behaviour, on his dish he has had his Nibblot and various veg which he loves. The picture is teddy fighting his crocodile

 

[Maz]

I can just imagine! They are so funny when they wrestle with whimzees

 

[Socks' Mum]

A bit of weight training for a fit young hammy Sleep well Teddy after your busy night

 

[Vanessa1]

Teddy has beautiful colouring he looks like he’s wearing a short jacket

Thank you, yes it does look like a jacket

 

[Vanessa1]

Teddy had a good night last night! He was up for about 4 hours. He enjoyed his wheel ( he so love's his wheel) on his dish he had carrot and a pea and his Nibblot. He's also got into having his yogurt drops now as well ! It took a while for him to except them but now he likes one cut in half.. as long as put it on his adventure tray! he doesn't like it if I put it on his dish. Just one of his many querks. He's loving his hides and his tunnel. He seems to be a happy little hammy Ness

 

[Maz]

He sounds adorably happy and perky!

 

[Socks' Mum]

Teddy had a good night last night! He was up for about 4 hours. He enjoyed his wheel ( he so love's his wheel) on his dish he had carrot and a pea and his Nibblot. He's also got into having his yogurt drops now as well ! It took a while for him to except them but now he likes one cut in half.. as long as put it on his adventure tray! he doesn't like it if I put it on his dish. Just one of his many querks. He's loving his hides and his tunnel. He seems to be a happy little hammy Ness

Good little Teddy

 

[Vanessa1]

Teddy has had a couple of good nights! He's been very active enjoying his wheel for hours and exploring his enclosure. Monday night he had a carrot and a pea with his Nibblot and last night he had a french bean and a pea with his Nibblot he loves searching his adventure tray for things ( little treats) that I hide. I did play him up last night I didn't hide anything! I did feel quite bad when I watched on camera... He searched for quite a while he's still enjoying his crocodile and his tunnel here's a picture of him just leaving his cleaning station!

 

[Maz]

Aw. They tend to look for things in the same place when they're used to it. They really are creatures of routine However I know it can become tricky because I used to put out two extras a night for a while and then decided he was getting a bit too many nuts too often and I had made a big task for myself finding two extras every night and enough variety. So I cut down to one and major guilt tripping and tantrums were the result!

 

[Vanessa1]

Aw. They tend to look for things in the same place when they're used to it. They really are creatures of routine However I know it can become tricky because I used to put out two extras a night for a while and then decided he was getting a bit too many nuts too often and I had made a big task for myself finding two extras every night and enough variety. So I cut down to one and major guilt tripping and tantrums were the result!

That's exactly what's happened! I felt bad giving him too many nuts, just had to cut down. Guilt is overwhelming!Ness

 

[Maz]

That's exactly what's happened! I felt bad giving him too many nuts, just had to cut down. Guilt is overwhelming!Ness

You could use pumpkin seeds instead or the occasional yippee. Mine love yippees! I don't give them too often as they apparently do contain some sugar but aren't exactly sugary. They like to find something even if it isn't a nut! Also these are nice little treats.

Rosewood little hearts

Tiny Friends Yippees - only packs of two on Amazon but PAH sell them singly

Tiny Friends Yippees - Pets at Home

 

[Vanessa1]

You could use pumpkin seeds instead or the occasional yippee. Mine love yippees! I don't give them too often as they apparently do contain some sugar but aren't exactly sugary. They like to find something even if it isn't a nut! Also these are nice little treats.

Rosewood little hearts

Tiny Friends Yippees - only packs of two on Amazon but PAH sell them singly

Tiny Friends Yippees - Pets at Home

Yes I've been giving him occasional pumpkin seeds.... Those yippees sound interesting I'll have a look Ness

 

[Maz]

These pumpkin seeds in their shells are a great treat and healthy. They love cracking open the shells and it keeps them busy. I used to put a couple out as one of the extras. You could maybe go down to just one extra a day, he'll adjust to that as long as there is something special to go and find!

I usually get them from Hamsters We Love, but they're out of stock. Hopes Healthy Treats has them as well.

So you could maybe do - a couple of pumpkin seeds three nights a week, a couple of little hearts two nights a week, a nut of some variety once or twice a week, interspersed, a yippee once a week. And just rotate them around. And keep the nibblots as an extra special treat once a week maybe.

Pumpkin Seeds

Pumpkin seeds make a great treat and boredom breaker for your pet! Suitable for Rats, Mice, Gerbils and Hamsters

hopeshealthytreats.com

 

[Maz]

Yes I've been giving him occasional pumpkin seeds.... Those yippees sound interesting I'll have a look Ness

They're good for their teeth and gnawing, despite not being sugar free but not particularly sugary. They must smell nice as mine go crazy for them! Most Rosewood treats are sugar free but there aren't that many small ones. I used to use the little hearts as taming treats. But these days I use pumpkin seeds.

 

[Vanessa1]

They're good for their teeth and gnawing, despite not being sugar free but not particularly sugary. They must smell nice as mine go crazy for them! Most Rosewood treats are sugar free but there aren't that many small ones. I used to use the little hearts as taming treats. But these days I use pumpkin seeds.

Thanks maz! Ness