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Post by LilyandDaisy on Sept 8, 2020 11:42:00 GMT -8
I was recently hamster-less after the death of my Roborovski hamster so Lily decided to cheer me up (or convince me not to get another) by pretending to be one! She's started stuffing her mouth with seeds and depositing them in her hoard. I was a bit alarmed the first time I saw her with a bulging mouth but now I think it's quite cute. i.imgur.com/D6RDcvG.mp4 |
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Post by Pim on Sept 8, 2020 11:53:08 GMT -8
Mine does this too. At one point I was giving him treats and thought he went to his hide to eat them but later I lifted the hide up to find a pile of seeds! They also sometimes bring a bit of food to playtime!
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Post by Markpd on Sept 8, 2020 11:53:09 GMT -8
Sorry to hear about your Hamster  . But lol at Lily!  , I've seen it mentioned in research papers that some burrows in the wild have been found with upto 1.5kg of food! I always wondered how, and I thought it was very unlikely they'd bring it down 1 seed at a time. And now your Lily has kindly demonstrated how, and you've documented it  . |
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Post by LilyandDaisy on Sept 8, 2020 12:02:54 GMT -8
Yes it seems logical they wouldn't carry small seeds in their teeth but it was such a strange to thing to see. She used to only hoard the larger pellets which she would just carry.
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Post by betty on Sept 25, 2020 2:23:16 GMT -8
How adorable that you caught it on camera too!
So cute (even if rather a random and seemingly un-cupboard-like place to store your food though?).
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Post by LilyandDaisy on Oct 9, 2020 10:01:29 GMT -8
The mouth hoarding has become quite a habit for Lily. Today I had her out to play and she suddenly produced and ate some seeds. Like her own portable tuck shop.
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Post by Markpd on Oct 9, 2020 14:57:44 GMT -8
Lmao! darn! Wish I could do that!  ......probably just as well I can't! After I realised Blake was tricking me to feed him more treats, and then I tried to film it (and failed so far as I broke the habit when I cottoned on), he had 2 sunflower seeds in his mouth , would like to try more, but I don't want to give him loads of those, will have try something else.
Just watched your Lily video again, so funny she just machine guns them out! |
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Post by gerbilord on Oct 10, 2020 4:27:54 GMT -8
Just seen this thread - my Merry has been doing that, the cheeky thing! She's been grabbing sunflower seeds so quickly I can hardly react, pretends she didn't actually get any and begs for more, so many that you can see them popping out of her mouth...
Pippin's done it a few times if she's on my lap, she'll hoard some in her mouth and direct my hand towards the cage so she can eat them later...
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Post by Markpd on Oct 10, 2020 4:49:35 GMT -8
Lol, just as sneaky as Blake then!  |
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, I've seen it mentioned in research papers that some burrows in the wild have been found with upto 1.5kg of food! I always wondered how, and I thought it was very unlikely they'd bring it down 1 seed at a time. And now your Lily has kindly demonstrated how, and you've documented it 
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......probably just as well I can't!
