Our Syrians, Toby And Elsa!

[nessar]

I would keep an eye on Toby as infections would be easily passed between the two by yourselves. At the first sign of illness you must take him to the vet. Good luck, they are both beautiful.

 

[Carlovel1]

I'm really sorry about Elsa

Toby is very adorable and sounds super friendly. I'm very sorry for your loss though.

Toby is extremely friendly and charming

 

[Carlovel1]

I would keep an eye on Toby as infections would be easily passed between the two by yourselves. At the first sign of illness you must take him to the vet. Good luck, they are both beautiful.

ok At the moment, Toby is in great shape, sleeping during nightime and active during the day. Strange but thats him

 

[MBOU]

Usually the 'tilting the head back and gasping' is the 'last throes' so to speak.. but it may well have been a respiratory infection...

To be safe id make sure anyone who has a cold stays well away from the hamsters (a human cold can kill a hamster), keep Toby warm and dry, and keep a very close eye on him, RI's can spread.

Hope Tobes is doin ok! Its great to hear he is up during the the day, its lovely when they are trained well enough, there is no need for them to be nocturnal in captivity and tbh it would be easy to breed out of them. When i was breeding, some lines of hamsters were more active during the day than others and it seemed to pass on to babies or the babies learnt from mum!

 

[Carlovel1]

Usually the 'tilting the head back and gasping' is the 'last throes' so to speak.. but it may well have been a respiratory infection...

I captured Elsa's weird gasping on my phone and watching it again, I'm pretty sure it was that. Sad really, we all loved her

To be safe id make sure anyone who has a cold stays well away from the hamsters (a human cold can kill a hamster), keep Toby warm and dry, and keep a very close eye on him, RI's can spread.

We don't touch Toby if anyone is ill.

Hope Tobes is doin ok! Its great to hear he is up during the the day, its lovely when they are trained well enough, there is no need for them to be nocturnal in captivity and tbh it would be easy to breed out of them. When i was breeding, some lines of hamsters were more active during the day than others and it seemed to pass on to babies or the babies learnt from mum!

Awww, cute
Its great to see Toby maturing, peeing in his little corner when he knows we will take him out of his cage.
Such clever little things...

 

[Carlovel1]

 

[Carlovel1]

This morning:

 

[Carlovel1]

UPDATE WITH PHOTOS

Toby stuffing his cheeks in the bowl of Rice Krispies®

Toby and the cocktail of Fruit

Toby and the Strawberry and banana milkshake

Toby and the Napkins (awake)

Toby and the Napkins (sleeping)

 

[bae1994]

Very cool ( do you share your food with him then )

 

[Carlovel1]

Very cool ( do you share your food with him then )

No, I just give him weekly treats, such as flapjack or pasta...to add some variety to his diet

 

[bae1994]

Ahh so you dint finish the rice crispies or milk shake then

( fair enough if you did just not my cup of tea lol)

 

[Carlovel1]

No!