Comments | hamsters: His Bratjesty has two sessions in the limelight. ;)

sugar_for_sugar in hamsters

His Bratjesty has two sessions in the limelight. ;)

Apr 05, 2012 14:38

I tried to make a post before, but I couldn't properly embed the pics and it didn't go through (fair enough, I am a link-o-phobe as well!). She's put the photos up on her Flickr now though, so I can share here ( Read more... )

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dreamitdoit April 5 2012, 19:46:35 UTC

He looks soooo like my Dougal <3

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sugar_for_sugar April 5 2012, 20:56:47 UTC

OMG! They even have the same little brown bumblebee butt, and that same "CAN'T A MAN GET ANY BEAUTY SLEEP AROUND HERE" face!!! :D <3

dreamitdoit April 6 2012, 17:44:32 UTC

Hammy twins!

starkatz April 5 2012, 20:46:41 UTC

Aww! Look-it his widdle hammy feets. He looks like my Aspen from years ago. ♥

darkladyvamp April 5 2012, 20:52:32 UTC

Aw! He's adorable!

theonlymeyouget April 5 2012, 23:12:55 UTC

All right. You win the cute contest.

Here's a question: how did you get get to the point where you could actually PICK HIM UP? Because Blaise... just isn't having it. She's getting better, but I'd like my hands to remain free of puncture wounds, if I could. Lily, I never tried it with. She just wasn't that kind of girl. She was only social to a point and very independent.

sugar_for_sugar April 6 2012, 16:18:14 UTC

I have to admit that it was as much him as us-- we just kept very gently insisting we were in his life and not going away, and providing opportunities to do things/have things that pleased him (finding what motivates your particular ham goes a long way-- for Chimera, everything was about coming out to play, for Yeti, the key to his heart is food and security/hiding), and then he took the next step where he finally decided one day "oh all right, you aren't going to eat me and your attempts to brush me aren't THAT annoying, I will trust you now." It was like flipping a switch, one day he just mellowed out and started letting us pick him up, and now as long as we watch his body language and respect his needs (i.e. don't push him especially if something frightens him) we can more or less do anything with him. It made him more secure in general and he's afraid of the world a lot less now. It's been amazing to watch him grow, but I can only take a bit of credit, most of it was just him getting really brave and being all "oh hey, I have ( ... )

mistressindi April 6 2012, 02:31:24 UTC

Love them! Great shots of a great little ham!