Marbled Roborovski Hamster

I just bought my first hamster marbled robo a few days ago.
Marbled roborovski hamster. Ive had them for four months. Newcomers may not live long if you do. He seems to be doing very well and likes to explore in his ball and walk around on me and my sisters kids. Ends up spinning out of control over and over and over again.
My marbled robo hamster is too fast for his wheel. They are one of the most popular breeds. Roborovski hamsters are social and are ideally kept in same sex pairs or groupings. However robos tend to be more energetic than other dwarf hamsters.
As with most dwarf hamsters robos are very quick. My hamster constantly runs away from me i ve had her for four months posted in behaviour personality handling taming. Roborovski dwarfs are often called robos or sometimes robs for short. When i got them from petco they told me the robos were either between three and five months old.
The smallest of the dwarf hamsters robos are big when it comes to personality. Roborovski hamsters are a species of dwarf hamster also known as robos. We offer mixed lots that may include normal marbled and white faced. Never introduce a new robo to an established group.
Purchase chinchilla sand not chinchilla dust which is very harmful. They are all from the same litter. 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. 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.
Roborovski hamsters enjoy a sand bath but water will stress them out so do not try. Roborovski hamsters a site completely devoted to roborovski hamsters the smallest and fastest hamsters. They have a well deserved reputation for being quick hard to catch hard to handle and hard to tame. Dwarf hamsters pack loads of personality into small bodies and are very popular pets that don t take up much space.
If all goes well your pets should live about three years. He doesnt seem very skiddish at all. Roborovski hamster spins around on flying saucer wheel duration. Select a long dish or bowl preferably plastic and fill it up before allowing your hamster to roll around in it.
Roborovski hamsters are also called desert dwarf hamsters robo hamsters and robo dwarf hamsters. Robo hamsters also love rolling around in a container full of bathing sand. I have three female marbled roborovski hamsters penelope peppa and petra. Marbled normal hamster photo owned by custard hamstery 3 normals and a sapphire.