Hamster Society (Singapore)

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Toast (Adopted)

Gender: Male
Species: Roborovski
Estimated Age: 2-3 months
Likes: Meal time, lots of food (Fatpouches & Rodipet Hybrid), PINE NUTS, Running on the wheel ALOT late at night or very early in the morning.
Dislikes: Being handled, Empty food-less hooman hands

Toast is nyooming around all the time! Walking? What’s that? These tiny legs were made for sprinting. Run to food, to wheel, to burrow, under the burrow, to EVERYWHERE. Very perky and food-motivated too, just like his brother Biscuit. Enjoys sleeping under burrows or in his favorite bread ceramic hideout. Loves chilling on the sand in the afternoon sometimes!

Toast is a Roborovski, so he is quite the see-no-touch hamster as well. Most of the time he doesn’t love hooman touch but sometimes if you offer pine nuts and feed him by hand, he may allow a couple of very gentle pats.

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Things to note when adopting roborovskis:

1. Adopters should make sure to get a glass tank/bin cage/acrylic cage that does not have bars as roborovski hamsters are smaller and can squeeze through the gaps.

2. 1/3 of the cage should be covered with sand as roborovski hamsters tend to become excessively ‘greasy’ when an appropriately sized sand area is not given.

3. A wheel that is minimally 21cm should still be provided even if they are smaller in size as compared to dwarf hamsters.

4. They are fast and might not be suitable for children. Some may also nip/bite.

5. Taming is not guaranteed, but possible with lots of patience, time and love!