Hamster Society (Singapore)

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Hara (Adopted)

Species: Roborovski

Estimated age: 3 months

Gender: Male

Likes: Deep bedding to burrow in, lots of food, attention

Dislikes: Being touched without consent

Fosterer’s Instagram: @sailing_contradictions

 

Hara’s namesake is the Greek word for Joy, due to his bubbly personality. This boy never fails to entertain his fosterer, and has bloomed from the runt in his batch of 3 boys to a relatively cuddly, (for a robo) food motivated, active boy.

Hara loves all forms of food, from his Fatpouches Premium mix to superworms, pine nuts, and coconut flakes. This is extremely evident from his chunky frame, as he’s nearly double the size of his counterparts of the same age. However, his weighty physique does not hamper a robo’s inherent speed and squirminess so potential adopters are to take note to be extremely careful when handling him and ensure that he does not escape from their grasp.

Hara is a burrower, and a deep layer of paper bedding and other substrates such as a safe form of wooden bedding is necessary. Furthermore, he requires a large portion of his cage to be filled with sand, (minimally 30 – 50%) in order to keep his lustrous piebald coat nice and grease free. He can be easily tempted to you with a superworm or delicious treat, and can be spotted running his heart out during the wee hours of the night in a pitch black environment. However, he does pee on his wheels and saucer, so daily washing of said wheel is recommended in order to prevent any bacterial build up.

Will you adopt this chirpy and chonky boy?

 

Requirements

Cage: Unbarred cage of at least 4,200 sq cm

Wheel: 21cm onwards

Bedding: Paper-based like Oxbow or Fatpouches teabag bedding

Sand: Wittemolen / Versele Laga chinchilla sand in 30% of the cage floor space (Can be up to 50%)

Food: Currently being fed Fatpouches Premium + Truffle Mix

Enrichment: Lots of bedding to burrow in as well as a huge sand bath/sand area that occupies 30% to 50% of the cage floor space, and tons of sprays