|
|
Post by Die Fledermaus on Jun 18, 2009 14:24:32 GMT -4
With some reluctance, I relate here the adoption last week. I hesitate to post on my critters these days, but we shall see. . . I was at a local pet store where I am well known, and it came up that someone the week before abandoned a dwarf there, scruffy and underfed. They had the dwarf in a basement tank at the store. Obviously, I have the dwarf now, and last night I sexed her, and her name is now Adele. I also got a slight nip - there is more skin and fur than I recalled having not had a dwarf in almost three years! She is looking much better, and is actually rather tame, except when scruffed; she also gets very noisy squawking, mad as hell. But I can pick her right up, just no scruffing!    |
|
|
|
Post by Hamsters82 on Jun 18, 2009 15:16:04 GMT -4
She's cute, just let her get used to the place and I'm sure she'll stop the nipping. Or maybe she's cage aggressive like Jayde is, but once out is a sweetie pie.
How do you pronounce her name by the way? The way I'm saying it comes from a character in the movie Guys and Dolls.
|
|
|
|
Post by Die Fledermaus on Jun 18, 2009 15:38:13 GMT -4
"uh DELL".
Not "uh DELL eee".
She may never be scruffed again except for potential health issues.
I'd hate being scruffed!
If a male I would not have named him "Nathan Detroit"!
|
|
|
|
Post by pinky on Jun 18, 2009 16:36:46 GMT -4
Love your dwarfie girl--she's pretty. Is she a uniform gray? The third photo makes her look brown and gray. This? www.geocities.com/aaahamsters/GrayGene.htmlLove the name too. Perfect for her. Mal was cranky when all four paws were not on a surface, and scruffing was the worst. How often must it be done, truly? Not often--a peek at teeth once in a while, perhaps. But if I wanted to look at Jayde's teeth every day, I could. Ms. Cage Aggressive has no problem with being scruffed. |
|
|
|
Post by Die Fledermaus on Jun 18, 2009 20:10:53 GMT -4
She seems to be all gray to me. I am too tired to get up and look: she is eight feet away asleep in a corner of the tank. She seems to have little interest in the small wooden house. But the cardboard rolls are great to pee in. I replace them regularly. I guess it saves the bedding. I will look again later. Always funny to see those little back legs going like crazy. "Gray Genes". Sounds like a character from Captain Kangaroo. Anybody get that? Odd the stream of consciousness. . .  "Opal"? Never heard of it. If Adele has any visible brown I will mention it; if not, that is that. |
|
|
|
Post by pinky on Jun 18, 2009 23:10:13 GMT -4
Of course I get it! ;D
|
|
|
|
Post by Die Fledermaus on Jun 19, 2009 2:22:26 GMT -4
You are a cult of one - to quote Johnny Carson and date myself further!
She IS all gray.
The green thing in the background I got from Katie, btw.
|
|
|
|
Post by gerbilgal on Jun 19, 2009 11:37:02 GMT -4
She is a cutie. I was thinking of getting a pair of dwarfs for my next hamster after Fred.
|
|
