Species: Hybrid Dwarf

Estimated age: 2 months+

Gender: Male

Likes: Pine nuts, mealworms, freeze dried chicken, fresh vegetables such as romaine lettuce, kale and bokchoy. Burrowing.

Dislikes: Being grabbed, sudden movements and loud noises. Being disturbed from his burrows. 

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Lington was rescued from an abandonment case of hamsters found beside a recycling bin. He is a shy boy who enjoys burrowing and digging in the bedding. He likes to hide in cardboard boxes as well as under the bedding and thus the more bedding the better! He also likes to run on the wheel at night and would sometimes be surprised when the lights are turned on in the middle of his run. Lington slowly enjoys his food over a couple of days and seems to prefer a food bowl where he can fit in and feast in! 

Lington strongly dislikes his bedding being ruffled while he is asleep or burrowing and would make noise when you disturb him. But he can be easily lured out with the shaking of treats in a bag and his favourite pine nut/mealworm/freeze dried chicken snack. If you place the food on your palm, he would curiously climb on and grab his snack! At times he’s also kpo and would climb on hands and enjoy some pets. With time and patience he can slowly get more used to human contact.

If you have any questions or would like to learn more about Lington, feel free to DM his fosterer @yammiebunz on instagram before applying! 

Requirements:

Cage: Min 70cm x 40cm cage (unbarred)
Wheel: 21cm or bigger
Bedding: Fat Pouches Teabag bedding/Oxbow Pure Comfort/Birch
Food: Fat Pouches Premium/Standard Seed Mixes/Bunny Nature Dwarf Hamster Dream Expert/Rodipet Hybrid Dwarf food + Mazuri Lab Blocks

Sand: Wittemolen/Versele Laga Chinchilla sand
Enrichment: Multiple hideouts, sprays, flowers and herbs, treats and chews (eg safe sticks/whimzees/dandelion root), sufficient bedding to burrow.