These little rodents are super sweet but there are other aspects you should consider such as roborovski hamster lifespan tameness health and personality.
Marbled roborovski hamster.
My marbled robo hamster is too fast for his wheel.
Roborovski hamsters are social and are ideally kept in same sex pairs or groupings.
The smallest of the dwarf hamsters robos are big when it comes to personality.
They have a well deserved reputation for being quick hard to catch hard to handle and hard to tame.
These are the smallest of the dwarf hamster species staying at or less than a third of the size of a syrian hamster and are much more active.
When i got them from petco they told me the robos were either between three and five months old.
Ive had them for four months.
He doesnt seem very skiddish at all.
They are the smallest and fastest of all the hamster species.
Ends up spinning out of control over and over and over again.
Select a long dish or bowl preferably plastic and fill it up before allowing your hamster to roll around in it.
However robos tend to be more energetic than other dwarf hamsters.
Roborovski dwarfs are often called robos or sometimes robs for short.
Marbled normal hamster photo owned by custard hamstery 3 normals and a sapphire.
Purchase chinchilla sand not chinchilla dust which is very harmful.
I have three female marbled roborovski hamsters penelope peppa and petra.
We offer mixed lots that may include normal marbled and white faced.
Roborovski hamsters are also called desert dwarf hamsters robo hamsters and robo dwarf hamsters.
Dwarf hamsters pack loads of personality into small bodies and are very popular pets that don t take up much space.
They are one of the most popular breeds.
As with most dwarf hamsters robos are very quick.
If all goes well your pets should live about three years.
It s best to establish the grouping or pairs when the hamsters are young.
Robo hamsters also love rolling around in a container full of bathing sand.
The roborovski hamster phodopus roborovskii also known as the desert hamster or robo dwarf hamster is the smallest of three species of hamster in the genus phodopus it lives in the deserts of central asia averaging under 2 centimetres 0 8 in at birth and 4 5 5 centimetres 1 8 2 0 in and 20 25 grams 0 71 0 88 oz during adulthood.
Roborovski hamsters a site completely devoted to roborovski hamsters the smallest and fastest hamsters.
Roborovski hamsters enjoy a sand bath but water will stress them out so do not try.
Never introduce a new robo to an established group.
He seems to be doing very well and likes to explore in his ball and walk around on me and my sisters kids.
My hamster constantly runs away from me i ve had her for four months posted in behaviour personality handling taming.
They are all from the same litter.
Roborovski hamster spins around on flying saucer wheel duration.
