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Mouselike hamsters - Calomyscidae

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Fuzzymum1 · 05/05/2014 23:46

I got a pair or these yesterday after doing my research and setting up a tank with loads of enrichment for them. OMG they are fast! They're about the size of a shrew with huge ears and a long tail and they appear to teleport around their tank! They are so much fun to watch as they're so fast and agile.

They're an unusual breed - they aren't hamsters and they aren't mice but are a species dating back to prehistory. They're not keen on being handled but accept it - they take some hanging on to though, LOL

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MuddledColours · 06/05/2014 13:47

they sound interesting, very cute from what I can see via my Google search.
are they easy to care for?

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Fuzzymum1 · 10/05/2014 20:47

They seem to be very easy so far. Handling is hard as they're so tiny and fast, they almost never bite so I'm told. I feed them a variety of things including gerbil mix, foreign finch seeds, dried insects, small amounts of fruit and veg. They have a wheel and boy can they run fast! They drink, and therefore pee, very little. I've had them almost a week and their tank still looks and smells very clean. They like places to hide and climb - I have ropes, branches and shelves in their tank, and half coconuts and reptile hides in the tank with them. They like to dust bath sometimes so I have a dish of chinchilla sand in there too.