Frasier and Ethel

[pinky]

Finally, photos of my "kids." In some of the photos they look very orangey, but they are not at all. I believe that they are blue fawns, perhaps silvering, but certainly not argentes. The flash seems to make them orange.

Frasier:




Here you can see the "wing" created by the fluid buildup in the region of his neck/chest.




Here you can see the sore on his neck, the fluid pouches (pink area above paw) and his general ample size.













Frasier always has a bit of a disheveled look about him, because he can't groom himself so very well. I don't know what happened with his eyes here--he has two very normal ones but that's not the conclusion you'd draw from this photo!




Ethel:





When I hold her like this she is fond of sticking her nose in between my fingers and just chilling.







Proof that I really do have two hams now!



They sure look like sibs to me.

[Dezzi]

Poor Frasier's fluid pouches look uncomfortable. In that funny eyed picture he looks like he's winking at you. I love the way Ethel sleeps! Snuggled up in your fingers like that, so awesome.

[pinky]

He's not very active--he runs very little on the wheel--but he sits up on his hind legs, is curious, responds to voice, etc. He certainly doesn't act as though he's in pain.

She chills that way, but only for 30 sec-1 minute. Then she wants to reposition herself between another two fingers!

The photo you refer to is probably the best of all the photos for getting an idea of their true color.

[Die Fledermaus]

He does seem to be winking.

Aren't the ones on the bottom also true color?

That photo with the sore threw me for a bit - his mouth looks so red I thought that was a sore and I then couldn't find his head! And he does seem big.

Nice they are (both?) tame enough to hold.

What is that navy blue thing Ethel is looking at?

[Andrea]

<<What is that navy blue thing Ethel is looking at?>> lol.. i belive thats her food dish.. she's probably wonding why it's empty LOL

They are adorable!
I wish i could hold Bella like that, but she loves to run, and has so much energy it's impossible LOL

[Die Fledermaus]

Oh yea! Food dish.

Lovely photos!

[pinky]

Jul 29, 2010 13:02:26 GMT -4 Die Fledermaus said:

He does seem to be winking.

Aren't the ones on the bottom also true color?

That photo with the sore threw me for a bit - his mouth looks so red I thought that was a sore and I then couldn't find his head! And he does seem big.

Nice they are (both?) tame enough to hold.

What is that navy blue thing Ethel is looking at?

You are right--that photo also shows their true color.

They are both easy to hold and pet. To me a hamster is tame if he/she runs around on me readily and does not mind being repositioned (e.g., hamster climbs up the front of me to my shoulder and I pick him/her up and put him/her back down on my lap, where the process can start over again). Both of them are this way. They don't like being constrained, and they will nip if I try to take them directly from their tanks, but otherwise they are very sweet.

Yes, that's a food dish--the perfect 99-cent one that dwarfs don't sit in and use as a toilet, which is why I love it!

[Die Fledermaus]

LOL

[Andrea]

I have a yellow one of those dishes.
But it doesn't match Isabella's decore, her colour is Royal Purple... yellow would not fit LOL

[Die Fledermaus]

I attended a Grad School class with Caroline Kennedy. She always wore purple. For real.

[Hamsters82]

They are very cute and remind me of some of Harriet's seven. I can see the pudginess on them, but with you as an owner they'll be sure to be proper weight soon.

Pet them for me and tell them I said, "Hi!" please.

[pinky]

Jul 30, 2010 12:30:35 GMT -4 Andrea said:

I have a yellow one of those dishes.
But it doesn't match Isabella's decore, her colour is Royal Purple... yellow would not fit LOL

Ethel's is purple too! When I decided to bring her home too I had to go to Petsmart and buy a second set of supplies, and I even found a purple water bottle!

[Die Fledermaus]

www.thepurplestore.com/

Check it out!

[Dezzi]

Purple is my all time favourite colour. Tucker is lucky he's a boy otherwise I'd have purple-themed everything. Might be dying my hair purple again for the end of the summer...

[pinky]

So did you dye your hair, Dezzi?

Just a quick update--photos to follow soon, hopefully before the long weekend is over. The kids are doing quite well. I love them to death! Frasier is Mr. Mellow Yellow, and Ethel is feisty like Jayde was. He is the Kale Monster; she is the Broccoli Blaster! It's fun having two and seeing the differences in spite of the shared genetics and environment.

(Yeah, yeah, Tom--I know you told me so! ;D)