Clarissa Blog - Exploration of Toma

Exploration of Toma

Wed, Jul 05 2006 @ 21:29 // Category: Photolog // 16 comments

by a hamster.

This is a Toma.

This is a hamster.

"Oooh what's this?"

"Nice view from up here."

"This hair don't feel very healthy."

"Let's go the other way."

"Oooh careful..."

"Wheeee!"

"Big scary things, these!"

"This Toma thing has cute dimples!"

Finally (& unrelatedly), close up of fat hamster on Wam.

People say...

Cuuute overload!!! *faints*

Posted by: Vega on Wed July 5, 2006 at 21:40

Awwww that hamster is adorable!

Which Jar was it?

Was it only the one Jar??

Posted by: The BML on Wed July 5, 2006 at 21:54

The one exploring Toma was skinnyJar aka nastyJar. The one on the last pic was TubTub.

@ Vega. Cute.

Posted by: Clarissa on Wed July 5, 2006 at 21:59

Cute hamster-revelations.

Posted by: stagiaire on Wed July 5, 2006 at 22:11

oooohh!! they are so nice!!!!!!!!
Besos to you Clarissa

Posted by: Andy on Wed July 5, 2006 at 22:18

BTW your France-photos look hysterical. But I'm rooting for France now, too.

Posted by: stagiaire on Wed July 5, 2006 at 22:24

Hi again Andy!

@ stagiaire. I wish I could go to Paris

Posted by: Clarissa on Wed July 5, 2006 at 22:31

Those pics are very Tomish!!!

Posted by: Mel on Wed July 5, 2006 at 23:39

Seriously, WHYYYY with Chinese/Russian hamsters is the skinny one always the bitch?!

In FACT... now I think about it... my fat guinea pig is the friendly one. The old finches we used to have the fat one was the friendly one. My sis' old Russian hamsts, Moscow was the fat/friendly one, Gorki was a little shit.

How odd. Maybe there is something to this whole 'fat' thing after all.

Posted by: The BML on Wed July 5, 2006 at 23:54

He's cute uh? @ Mel.

BML - They are probably related. One of my theories was that the 'alpha male', as the dominant one who protects etc, has to be fitter, and also the stress caused by being more attentive makes him gain less weight (the alpha of a horse herd is also always quite thin). And logically the most aggressive one would be the alpha male.
Tom had a theory today about... um, the other one gobbling down food cuz he was afraid of not getting any. His pouches are also always really full.
There's gotta be some correlation. And I bet you can find out online what it is, if you're bothered enough to research it. (I'm not)

Posted by: Clarissa on Thu July 6, 2006 at 0:04

Thank you for not including the spit up photos

Posted by: Tay on Thu July 6, 2006 at 10:15

lol hasn't mentioning them kinda defeated the whole purpose of not showing them?

Posted by: Clarissa on Thu July 6, 2006 at 10:17

Ohh that hamster is too cute.. i want a hamster too

Posted by: dudie on Thu July 6, 2006 at 10:47

Animals as well as human beings eat more when they have stress. And being the... er... beta male causes them to be stressed (at least while the alpha male is present). That's the reason why the beta male is the fat one.

Posted by: Katja on Thu July 6, 2006 at 14:34

I love Katja

Posted by: Clarissa on Thu July 6, 2006 at 15:17

the skinny Jar is the best TubTub is just lazy and idle

I'm thinking he needs an exercise ball to burn off all that extra stress-eating since he doesn't like the wheel anymore and tends to lie around whenever he's given the chance.

Posted by: squiZZ on Thu July 6, 2006 at 20:24