Some first photos of Jekyll the new hamster
While I was in Newcastle last week Jasper Hamster had to go to the vet to be euthanised. He'd got immobile and incontinent and it really wasn't nice to let him carry on that way. I waited until I got home to Lowestoft to replace hin and went out this morning to Pets at Home to see what they had in the line of small and furries . I came home with Jekyll who needed to be re-homed and who is so called because he has two different coloured eyes and had bitten someone. Since he's been here I've been handling him quite happily (yes, he even let me check his teeth to see if his teeth were overgrown causing a need to bite for some reason). I am also thinking of renaming him as I don't think Jekyll suits him. As I seem to be on a Les Miserables thing at the moment I may well go for Javert. I can then, when I come in from a night out (or when he gets up later on in the day) sing " Good evening dear Inspector, lovely evening my dear" at him and it will fit :-P
Here's a photo of the resident rodent looking onto a sunbeam and showing both his two different coloured eyes and his whiskers. I think the pink eye is because he's partly white coated and partly cinnamon which are both albino in their genetics.
I'm thinking a similarity in look to Jasper means he might be related. He's already decided the sofa's a good place to have a nap too.
I also introduced him to my cooking, here he is eating a bit of the scones I made and brought home with me.
Yes, small and furry, you are big, bad boy with big balls. No need to show them off!!
EDIT - he's learnt how to run on his wheel tonight too and and is whizzzing around. I'll have to creep over and see if he'll allow me to watch him rather than freezing when I pass by.
Here's a photo of the resident rodent looking onto a sunbeam and showing both his two different coloured eyes and his whiskers. I think the pink eye is because he's partly white coated and partly cinnamon which are both albino in their genetics.
I'm thinking a similarity in look to Jasper means he might be related. He's already decided the sofa's a good place to have a nap too.
I also introduced him to my cooking, here he is eating a bit of the scones I made and brought home with me.
Yes, small and furry, you are big, bad boy with big balls. No need to show them off!!
EDIT - he's learnt how to run on his wheel tonight too and and is whizzzing around. I'll have to creep over and see if he'll allow me to watch him rather than freezing when I pass by.