Daleks have feelings apparently

Roborovskis! We had a pair once, like russian dwarves but friendly. We found out same way as you we had male/female,lol.

Were quite rare in this country, pet shops were fighting over the babies. Sadly. hammys having short life span they're gone now. Still have loads of rotostack and tubes, used a couple (of tubes) for an air intake pipe on one of my Royales (grill to air filter).

If Wendy reads this she'll be on her way to Edinburgh, she liked them, not as nasty as syrian or russians, but couldn't get anymore.

Is getting peacocks P****d cruelty to animals, or only when they get hangover?

Oh boy, I'm laughing ally - how on earth did we go from abusing daleks to intoxicating peacocks?!

Anyhow, the hamsters are roborovskis, a variation on the russian dwarf theme. The one in my hand is about three months old, just about fully grown so they don't get too big. We originally started with two girls (ahem) who, after producing 22 babies, turned out not to be two girls after all. So I had to feed and look after 22 lightning bolts until we managed to offload them all to various people/pet shops. Great wee things for kids, so affectionate and seriously cute. I don't really go in for these big massive hamsters that look like reclassified guinea pigs.

Also have a pair of gerbils, which are my first love. Have kept gerbils on and off since I was 13, the latest pair are called Isla and Jura, named after the greatest whisky producing islands in the world.

Does your hammy wear a baseball cap and hooded top too, Derek?

That is the required attire now to warrant being called a thug

Goldryder wrote: erm..isn't it usual for 'my car is better than yours'..not my hamster is bigger than yours??? Very sweet hammies though Doive, very cute

Well yeah, but ours is the big fat thug type that picks on all and anything.

Goldryder wrote: We had a very..erm..heated debate thread about this subject a couple of days ago Derek but the moddygyrators..which Rhys is now one, been made up while you were away...deleted it and moved it to the moddygyrator section...spoil sports that they are sometimes

Missed all the fun again then?

Doive,

Syrian or russian hamsters?

do the Russian ones binge on vodka and queue 5 hours for a mouldy potato.

erm..isn't it usual for 'my car is better than yours'..not my hamster is bigger than yours???


Very sweet hammies though Doive, very cute

That hooded top thing is all - well it begins with B and I'll leave it at that! Those poor misunderstood youngsters.... they're not thugs who are hiding their faces from all the big brother cameras that are invading our privacy to avoid prosecution from their crimes, they're hiding their faces because they are embarrassed to be growing up in a country with no self respect, no national identity, no national pride and a government that would be considered laughable were they not doing so much damage.

ooooh not allowed to clip round ear anymore Derek..definately non PC now you know

Now now Ally..mustn't stray into politically correctiveness territory..might get labelled a thug cos Ise wearing a hooded top today..

will they ban Tom & Jerry from bashing each other over the head with frying pans?

Doive wrote: Aaaagh! Will this politically correct lilly livered do gooder crap never end?! For goodness sake, children of today will become so protected by those determined to hide them from the world, that when they finally go out into the real world it will be such a culture shock that they won't be able to cope. The world is a cruel place, and if the children can't handle this scene from Dr Who then the future is a difficult one. As a child I watched some films late at night when my parents weren't looking that utterly terrified me, but I'm still here and it's a sad reality that these things exist in the world. I'm sick of people telling us what is best for us, well excuse me for independent thought but I shall choose what I and my (non-existent) children watch for entertainment.

Calm down..calm down...or you might get a visit from a Dalek...

But you are right though Doive, things really are getting stupid. Banning a scene of a make-believe programme where a make-believe monster gets tortured..whatever next....

Edited by Goldryder