I am a pathetic dork

A friend of ours gave us some w/c adult ball pythons that he'd been unsuccessful at getting to feed. Not to brag, but I have a bit of a knack for coaxing stubborn snakes into feeding, so he asked us to take a shot.

After no initial success with f/t, p/k, live (I always try the basics just in case), we acquired a hamster for scenting.

I am not a cute & furry kind of person. Sure, I've got a couple of dogs that I adore, and a cat that I tolerate, but don't we all? Yet, I don't get googly over cute little kittens, or little wobbly-headed puppies, etc. etc. Sure, they're cute, but just like kids, they grow up, eat you out of house and home, and smell funny.

I'm a realist.

So no one was more surprised than I when a big "oooooooooooooh, he's so cuuuuuuuuuuuute" came out of my mouth when I went to retrieve the hamster out of his pet store carrier.

It gets worse.

I don't think I can make him a feeder.

He may become a permanent (or, as permanent as hamsters can get....I've got some reading to brush up on) member of the household.

Yes, he'll have to earn his keep. He's going to be romping with some rats for awhile, at least until I can dump his bedding into the rats' enclosures.

So, I'm a pathetic dork, brought down to this level by Wendell the Hamster.

The worst thing about hamsters, aside of course from the smell and the Knashers they have for teeth, is the fact that they come without handles.

Mouses and ratses gots convienent handles for picking up and moving or whacking or what have you. Not so with their cuosins.

Ms. Terese, is it a boy or a girl? Cuz if it's a she, you may well have more furballs than your reckoned on.

And I thought the dorkasorous was an exticnt species. LOL

Yeah!!!! Spare the hamster!!
Hamsters make great pets! I like having them around and watching their expression when they are awakened in the middle of the day. Kind of reminds me of the ex I got rid of, but a lot cuter!
Actually, that is a beautiful colored hamster and that color is gettting harder to find.
Hope you enjoy it,
Candy

No.

ms_terese said:

and a cat that I tolerate, but don't we all?

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um....NO!

I can't stand hamsters. I've been bitten by more hamsters than snakes and I handle three times the snakes than hamsters (cuz hamsters bite).

If the balls are adults, here's what I've done and it's worked on all WC adults I've ever had. It takes months, too. Just place a barely weaned rat in the cage at night and remove it in the morning. I do this every Monday until, one day, there's no rat. The most stubborn snake went 7 months w/o eating. It poo'd twice and shed twice in that time period. When it finally ate, I was sure the rat got out. LOL

Good luck with your hamster.

Great job putting him in with the rats.......
He could convince them to chew off their tails and next thing you know they will be too cute to feed too.....

I have never had that problem with mealoworms, maybe its just me.

Tony

Mealworms are not cute. Well, the beetles sortof are... but not as cute as that hammy

Great job putting him in with the rats.......

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Actually, we don't put them together for scenting. We just change the hamster's bedding, and use the old stuff for the rats. Works just as well, and I don't have to worry about any gnashing of teeth.

what is it with people falling in love with rodents lately? jeeez!