#underpups

#Stirling would like you all to know she and the #Underpups have the absolute hardest of lives. It's so tough being a baby hamster. Firstly, you're never fed ever. Stirling, the 95g 3.5wk old baby, is basically wasting away you see. Secondly, you have to endure the horror of human kisses. On your head. On your belly. On your little feets. Ew, cooties. It's rough friends. They're doing a huge suffer. 🥺🙈😂 https://www.instagram.com/p/CdjJ76xFpBj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

One of my other possible keepers is sweet #Moray, another black tortoiseshell female. She is named after Andrew Moray, another key player in the Battle of Stirling. Sadly Moray was mortally wounded during this battle and later succumbed to his injuries. As happened with the Kevins, I'll be assessing these three girls and choosing who to keep based on temperament and type. The next pup is the one I'm leaning too right now as she's the biggest pup but I'd like to see them grow. The name I use for her will be the name I use for my keeper. #Underpups https://www.instagram.com/p/CdLg2-jgngn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Loving sweet little #Stirling from the #Underpups. Swipe to see her ziggy zaggies. It's been a busy weekend here. Jack Jack is feeling under the weather with what looks to be a UTI. Thank goodness for @caits.hamjam.fam catching it as now she's on antibiotics and hopefully will feel better soon. Bibbit has gained some weight since he arrived here (did I even mention he came back? 🙈). Hamdad and I visited our new home yesterday and I took measurements for the hammy room(s). I say rooms because initially they'll be living in an upstairs bedroom but down the road we intend to finish our basement and move them down there where they'll have even more space. Super excited to move in less than a month but it does feel like there's still tons to do. Wishing the weekend was a bit longer but glad we had a bit of time to recharge. https://www.instagram.com/p/CdT76T5vgUh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Sweet little #Three wasn't too sure about me stealing her poops. How dare I destroy the pee swamp! Humans are just sooooo rude. #Underpups https://www.instagram.com/p/CdOlc9Flytt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Sorry guys, I'm gonna have to slay you all with some major cutes. However I must note SBH is not responsible for fits of giggles, squeals of adorable or general cute aggression. Well, maybe we are, but you can't hold us liable unless all you want is hamster poop. Here is #Stirling from the #Underpups being absolutely adorable. There is something special about baby tummies. Isn't she wonderful? https://www.instagram.com/p/CdMDIoslzcm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This photo of #Leonidas is just so cute. She was loving the banana chips we got from @priderockblooms! All the #Underpups are going nuts over the snack mixes we picked up from them. I'm behind on emails and applications right now but please know we will reply as soon as we can. The next few weeks are crunch time here as we get ready for the move. If you're waiting on a reply back from us please know it will come (I reply to all emails and apps!) but it'll be a bit delayed. Sorry friends! https://www.instagram.com/p/CdgUpchgFVO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I think sometimes it's hard to get an idea of how itty bitty baby hamsters are. So here's #Leonidas in my hand. Put your paws up if you like snacks! #Underpups https://www.instagram.com/p/CdOQr7MAbZh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Meet #Leonidas, the first of the #Underpups and a "business on the top, party on the bottom" black tortoiseshell female! Little known fact about me, I have a Bachelor's of Honours in Classical Studies, so I studied a lot of Greek and Roman history during my undergraduate. So when I realised I wanted to name these hamsters after Underdogs in history, I knew I would have to name some after the Battle of Thermopylae. Many of you may know about this battle if you've seen the movie "300". In 480 BCE, the King of Sparta, Leonidas, led an army of 6000-7000 Greeks from many of the different city states to combat the incoming army of Xerxes I of Persia as he tried to get to Attica, in Athens. Using the geography of Thermopylae to his advantage (a narrow passage that would funnel the Persian army towards them) he set up his army. Historical records show the Persian army may have been as large as 300,000. The Greeks held the line for two days and fought off the Persians. Unfortunately they were betrayed in battle and Xerxes found an alternate route around the Greeks. At this point the vast majority of the Greek force retreated. Leonidas remained with 300 Spartans, as well as about 700 Boeotians. The historian Herodotus says this was done to spare their lives. On the third day of battle Leonidas rallied his troops. They were surrounded. Leonidas was killed in battle. His soldiers pushed the line not once but four times to retrieve his body. Vastly outnumbered, the Spartan army of 300 fell. While it was a devastating loss this battle showed that the Persian army could be stopped. It gave the rest of Greece the time to prepare for further battle. By 479 BCE the Greeks were able to push the Persians out and the Second Persian war came to an end. #LearningWithHamsters https://www.instagram.com/p/CdJUjUVrtcg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=