Species: Dwarf
Est. Age: 5 months
Gender: Male
Likes: Flax, Grasshoppers(insects in general), seeds, wheel, running, you <3, various sprays (piston millets very yums!!), sleeping, burrowing, sand, basically it's easier to list down what he doesn't like at this point
Dislikes: being disturbed
Fosterer's IG: Salt Bay Berry (@saltbayberry) • Instagram photos and videos
Tohby (or as the fosterer loves to call him, tohbybaby~), is the epitome of scared but kpo. Scared of loud sounds and new smells but will kpo regardless. Tohby came to his fosterer as a scared and screamy hambaby who was afraid of practically everything i.e. changing the water bowl - scream! Despite being scared, Tohby’s curious nature got the best of him, and would gingerly inch forward to explore any new movements or sounds. After weeks with the fosterer, she has concluded that Tohby is just a vocal ham who loves to let everyone around him know whenever he is annoyed (which isn’t very often, he just doesn’t like to be disturbed >:( )
Super curious and loves exploring every inch of his enclosure and at times might even do his own redecorating to fit his style. On his first night with his fosterer, he took the opportunity to revamp his enclosure by moving the wheel 90degrees to the right. After a tough day’s worth of moving the wheel, he took a break by napping on the wheel. Tohby’s fosterer appreciates his eye for interior design but would shift his wheel back to the original position, only for him to move it again - making a stand, in which his fosterer gave up soon after.
Tohby is a sucker for food (who isn’t!!). He adores proteins like insects (grasshopper and mealworms!!), loves harvesting from the spray garden (millets and flax) and the occasional (sneaky) treats from his fosterer. Although a foodie at heart, Tohby never fails to live up to ‘health is wealth’. Tohby loves his wheel as much as he loves food. Tohby loves running on his wheel because he knows that it is important to have a healthy lifestyle. He loves his wheel so much that he requires his forever home to clean it every 1-2 days as he is not toilet trained.
Current set-up:
Enclosure - 80x50x50 Acrylic Tank
Wheel - 21cm and 25cm Niteangel/Daisy wheel
Food - Fatpouches Standard & Truffles Seed mix + Protein Mix (insects) + Various Sprays
Bedding - Marukan Shredded Aspen + Oxbow Natural Unscented Bedding
Water - Water bowl
Feeding - Scatter feeding (and occasional bowl)
Hideouts - Ceramic x6
Sand - Wittemolen
Ventilation - Air-con + Fan to circulate the air when air-con is turned off
Requirements:
Generally to provide equivalent or better than current set up
