Say Hello to Russell the Pudding

Name : Russell
Age : 3 Months
Gender : Male
Weight : 31g
Breed : Winter White Pudding

This is Russell - our latest addition to the family. Ain't he a 'hamsome' fellow? It was love at first sight for me ...what first attracted me was his little mohawk. You can't really see from this photo, but he has a little tuff of dark brown fur on top of his head which reminds me so much of Teddy our last pudding hamster. So far, Russell is a real sweetie. He is very friendly and tamed. He is also a very quick learner (he already knows when is breakfast and dinner time). Like a typical baby hammy, he poops whenever we bring him out.

So what does the gang think of him? This is what Tiger looks like after the first night with Russell as his neighbour. As you can see, Tiger did not have a good night rest as Russell was quite noisy with his babyish activities. We have since relocated Russell nearer to Penelope and it seemed fine for now.

OMG! What does a ham ham have to do to get some peace around here? These eye bags does not make me look sexy at all!


This is the carrier that Russell came in. Looks like a cake box huh?

Teddy vs Green Eyed Monster from Space!

The hero in question is Teddy the dwarf pudding. Well, he is not exactlly dwarf sized as you can see from the video. At his max he weighs 87g which is pretty heavyweight, since I read somewhere that the average weight for a dwarf winter white is supposed to be 57g. Well, I like to think that he was large because of his Dutch descent. We call him the Giant Dwarf Hamster which is kinda an oxymoron joke. Ok, back to the video - 'Teddy vs the Green Eyed Monster'. The poor monster doesn't stand a chance against him. Actually the monster is a harmless and unwilling opponent dragged out from my brother's display desk to entertain an overly eager and hyper adolescent. Tragically, he has already lost all 3 of his antennas and the last one was ingested by Teddy as seen in the video (gulped!). P.s. Monster has since retired from the DWF (Dwarf Wrestling Federation) and is about to publish his first book entitled 'How I survived the shame of losing my antennas'. I heard it is a very therapeutic read for hair-challenged folks.

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