Epona and Avalanches' babies.

Avalanche is a brilliant dad.

I thought that he and Epona had retired so this litter of lovelies was a wonderful surprise.

They have had eight babies, mostly Pearls but also a Sapphire and Grey babies.


Here you can see some of their litter. They are gorgeous kids soon they will have their eyes open all the time, they are already wandering around sometimes. they are really cute.

Firebird and Kissins' first litter.

This is Firebird (drinking from the bottle) and Kissins' ( seen bottom of the photos) first litter.

Firebird is Fire Sprites sister so I was thrilled when she had the babies.


They have four babies in total, a Grey (left), possibly a Mandarin Pearl (middle), a mandarin (left) and a Pearl.

Ive never had a Mandarin Pearl before so I'm not sure yet if this little boy is a Mandarin Pearl or a very pale mandarin.

All the babies have a wonderful temperament and are very advanced for their age.

Onager and her babies.

Onager and Godfreys babies just before leaving home.

The babies left home today as Onager was heavily pregnant again and needed her space.

The babies are incredibly forward for their age because they have been reared so well by Ona and Godfrey.



Three beautiful babies, two Greys (left) and one Mandarin

They are gorgeous, really inquisitive and interactive like both their mum and dad.

Three little friends.

Little Dot has moved in with two new little friends. She can be seen here snoozing on top of her mandarin friend.

All three little lovelies are from three different litters and were all introduced to each other and as you can see it went really well.
Dot is the only girl and seems to get her own way most of the time.

They will be able to stay together for about two weeks and then Dot will either have to move out or choose a boyfriend!


The little Mandarin is from Hast and Hiros' last litter and the Brown is Scorpio and Lis'.

I'm keeping all three with the hope to breed from them but they will stay as pets if they choose the single life.

The boys haven't got names yet so watch this space....

Godfreys babies in the linelight again!

Godfrey's babies are starting to find the attention from the paparazzi too much!




He has three gorgeous babies in this litter and he is a fantastic dad. He spends so much time with them...its so lovely to watch.

They are now two weeks old and very forward for their age.

This litter of three is two beautiful Greys and one Mandarin.



Onager and Godfrey take really good care of their babies, they are very good caring parents and I am enormously proud of them :)

Share and share alike.

Rearing babies is thirsty work!

Hastati stops for a well earned drink, under her watch full eye is of one of her babies.


Hiro shares his drink with his baby.

Its share and share alike in this family, Hast, Hiro and their baby all sharing drink.

Winters make wonderful parents and teach the kids so much. Before they're weaned they all know how to use a bottle, forage for food and, most importantly.....how to use a wheel!

Babies Galore!

Godfrey and Onas' babies are enjoying a taste of freedom, they have their own place away from mum and dad watchful eyes...

....this means loads of take aways :)

Carmina and Bobs' kids are very happy settling in with their new friends who used to live next door, Scorpio and Lis' kids.

Before leaving home..... Scorpios brood, two gorgeous Mushrooms (2nd left and far right), a lovely Mandarin ( far left) and a ruby eyed Brown.

Bob can build it!

Bob is building even more for Carmina and his six growing teens.

How ever hard she tries, Car can't get away from the building work!

A family this needs extra space... until the teens leave home :)

And get the kids do help.......


......but its thirsty work.

Little Dots Story.

This is Little Dot, she is three weeks old tomorrow....
and is GORGEOUS!

This is her story...so far.

She used to be shy but not anymore!




She is helping her mum Blood Ruby to raise her new brothers and sisters born sunday

She plays on the wheel with her dad The Black Spot.

In this photo, with Spot, she was just one week old

Dot was born on the 18.11.08 and was the only child in that litter for Ruby and Spot. She grew up with her two older brothers, one of whom can be seen lounging in this photo! I have never seen a pair of Winter Whites raise two litters at once before....they're brilliant parents and Little Dot is a star!

Godfreys babies are growing fast.

Just one week old last friday Godfrey and Onas' babies are doing really well. There are three, two little greys and a mandarin which is really brightly coloured.

Its fantastic watching them grow and Godfrey is very kindly letting me take the photos but I still only get about a minute before he covers them to keep them warm.

Ona is a great mum but once the cage lids off she is trying to climb out at every opportunity!

Hastati and Hiroshiges' beautiful family.

Hastati and Hiro have eight gorgeous babies.

In these photos you can see all four of their Mandarin ( orange coloured) babies, both of their Grey or Agouti ( black and brown striped) and one of their Sapphires... the other was camera shy!

The babies are two weeks old on monday and full of beans. At three weeks they will be totally self sufficient individuals and Hastati may have her next litter if she is pregnant again.

This is her third litter and she has done a fantastic job, she is really perky....she climbed up the chair and into my sleeve while I was taking the photos!

Both her and Hiro are incredibly friendly, inquisitive and bright and ... their kids take after them.

Dont look its Witchetty Grubs again!

Now David has left the jungle the hammies are watching I'm A Celebrity again..

Poppy is trying to protect Astacius from the horrors of the latest Bush Tucker Trial!

Staying where its nice and warm.

Sangria has decided its far too cold and that she's going to stay in bed. She is a very pretty ruby eyed brown but the flash has washed all the colour out.

Saint Bernard ventures from their warm nest.

He and Sangria have been together since September. He got his name because his mother is The Scream and his father is Blizzard so if you combined the two you might get a Saint Bernard... if you were lucky :)

He has actually changed colour from pale sapphire to almost white. He is the first winter white who I have seen do this.

I'm A Hamster Get Me Out Of Here!

Hastati and Hiro can't stand it for one second longer!

They can no longer bear to watch "I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!" because David is driving them to their nuts!

His fly swat and hair really really frightens them!

Hastati and Hiroshiges' babies.

Hastati (black eyes) and Hiroshige (red eyes ) had their babies on the 24th of November.

The photos at the bottom show the babies at a few days old and Hastati nursing them.

Hiro has been a very involved father, he loves his kids and nurses them a great deal of the time so Hastati can have a break as she is rearing eight babies...that's a lot of kids!

In the more recent photos( immediately below) the babies are just one week old. Their colouring is showing and they are fully covered in fur. They will open their eyes soon and I will take some more photos.

Carmina Burana and Bob The Builder

Carmina and Bob are fantastic parents, they are now rearing their third litter of six gorgeous little Sapphire babies. The babies are three weeks old tomorrow and are already weaned.

Carmina (left on wheel ) is named after the oratorio because as a baby and teen she would scream or swear at anything. When I first put them together if Bob went near her she'd swear at him and I was worried they weren't happy together, that was until I saw her swear at him then run after him when he walked off!

Bob is a nest builder extraordinaire, I have never seen his like before! In the first two days with Car he demolished a loo roll inner a day to provide a vast nest. I had always intended to give him a fanciful name (like all my other hamsters have) but he got nick named Bob and it stuck. He rarely ceases from his quest for the perfect nest, in the centre photo you can see him reaching for sawdust to throw back into the nest,unfortunately poor Car got it in the face!

The Scream and Blizzard.

Today, as the weather worstens, and we get closer to Christmas I thought it would be an opportune time to introduce The Scream (left) and Blizzard. They are one of my retired couples and still very happy together.

Scream got her name because, as a teen, she would scream and swear whenever I picked her up. She never meant it (she never bit me) just swore A LOT!

Blizzard is a babe and takes after his father Zephyrus both in very good looks and his lovely attitude.

They are both camera strap nibblers as you can see :)

It's snowing...meet my snow couple!

Epona and Avalanche have decided to stay in bed. Its winter and these two look like the snow we've got.They are a lovely pair of Pearl winters and are Chirosciro's parents. It looks as though they have retired now but they are still really happy together...they're very sweet and very pretty. Epona used to have big litters of mostly pearl babies which were like little cotton wool balls.