Say Hello to my Little Friends — Chinese “Dwarf” hamsters. And maybe name them?
Mar 31, 2008 Pets & Animals
So in between writing my first article for Triond, submitting my second article, an image, and finally falling into a coma for sleep–it occurred to me in that dream like state of peaceful drifting off and drooling into my pillow that it was terribly quiet.
There’s no rrrrrrrrrraaaaKA KA KAKAKAKAKAKAKArrrrrrrAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWHIRRRR of a single seed being jostled about by a tiny little body running in a wheel. There were no melodious strains of teeth coming away from a metal bar they’ve been chewing on for six hours straight, no rattle of wood chews being dragged through a plastic tube. No, alas, our nights were missing such things.
We decided to change that today with the addition of three little boy Chinese “dwarf” Hamsters.
If you’re curious, here’s a little wiki entry about the general breed: Chinese Hamsters@Wikipedia.org
And an excellent Dwarf Hamster site for other breeds: All ABout Dwarf Hamsters
These little guys claim to be the most affectionate, less bitey of the hamsterian legion of awesomeness. So far, what I’ve seen of them appear true. Instead of biting, they’re more prone to sniffing and/or running away. They’re more social than Siberian hamsters and can often live together. Siberian hamsters, of course, should never be homed together as they will fight each other to the death over food and territory.
I originally was set only to have two in our lives, but as fate saw it, there were three and I did not want to break them up. The third would have been kept alone and would have been unable to acclimate to another little herd of hammies, as we all know since I am made of squishy goo-ness in the middle I couldn’t have that happen. So we brought all three of them home.
So far we’ve brain stormed on what to name them with some help from the people I know and love on my Live Journal. Here are the suggestions so far:
Nibble, Chew and Squeak
Captain Jean-Luc Rattard, Commander William T. Rattker and Lt. Commander Ratta
Huey, Dewey and Louie
Abe, Baker and Charlie
Many, Moe and Jack
Lucky Day, Dusty Bottoms and Ned Nederlander
Athos, Porthos, and Aramis
We’re looking for more suggestions to name our hamsters–what would you name them?
Tags: Hamster
how about “rainbow” hahaha =)