05-09-2006, 04:56 AM
Original post here: http://forums.macresource.com/read/1/947...#msg-94707
New pics of the little rascal in question (bandwidth warning):
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/7477/dscn23780zm.jpg
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1460/dscn23828sj.jpg
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4900/dscn23869by.jpg
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/2918/dscn23891ic.jpg
(again, apologies for the somewhat out-of-focus pics, she was moving too quick)
There's good news, and bad news:
First, the good news: I finally decided I liked Scheherazade as the name ("Scher" for short)-- thanks to billb for the winning suggestion.
Now, the bad news: tonight I discovered why she's so hyper. At a couple of points when I was petting her and taking these shots, she assumed the classic lordosis posture. Now for those of you who know about rodent biology, you'll know what this is; but for those of you who don't, I refer you to the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordosis_behavior -- no, I could not make this up, there is a wiki for this.
(For the females of the forum -- you think you have it bad? Her cycle is every 4-5 days! I kid you not! -- on the flip side, her gestation period is only 16-18 days, shortest for any mammal.)
... the question is, what is the single female hamster to do? Am I to start a hamster dating service? And do I really want the pitter-patter of little rodent feet?
These, and many other questions, I defer to the collective wisdom of the MR forum.
New pics of the little rascal in question (bandwidth warning):
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/7477/dscn23780zm.jpg
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1460/dscn23828sj.jpg
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4900/dscn23869by.jpg
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/2918/dscn23891ic.jpg
(again, apologies for the somewhat out-of-focus pics, she was moving too quick)
There's good news, and bad news:
First, the good news: I finally decided I liked Scheherazade as the name ("Scher" for short)-- thanks to billb for the winning suggestion.
Now, the bad news: tonight I discovered why she's so hyper. At a couple of points when I was petting her and taking these shots, she assumed the classic lordosis posture. Now for those of you who know about rodent biology, you'll know what this is; but for those of you who don't, I refer you to the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordosis_behavior -- no, I could not make this up, there is a wiki for this.
(For the females of the forum -- you think you have it bad? Her cycle is every 4-5 days! I kid you not! -- on the flip side, her gestation period is only 16-18 days, shortest for any mammal.)
... the question is, what is the single female hamster to do? Am I to start a hamster dating service? And do I really want the pitter-patter of little rodent feet?
These, and many other questions, I defer to the collective wisdom of the MR forum.