Roborovski Hamster History

The hamster of Roborovski was discovered the first time in July 1894 per lieutenant Roborosky in Shan de Nan. It does not seem to be maintained in the captivity until the Seventies when it was maintained in the USSR, in particular by the zoo of Moscow. The zoological company of London obtained the hamster of Roborovski towards the end of the Seventies of the zoo of Moscow but unfortunately those did not multiply.

Hamsters of Roborovski were obtained by some European countries of the zoo of Moscow and other scientific institutes in the old Soviet Union and were imported in RU by a hamster more imagination of Holland in 1990. It it is believed that some zoos in the USA can have also obtained Roborovskis but it would prove that they did not multiply successfully. In 1998 a group of hamsters of Roborovski were imported by a hamster more imagination in the USA of RU. More Roborovskis were caught of the savage in 1997-98 but unfortuantely did not multiply and died shortly after importation due to the effort.

The hamster of Roborovski comes from Western and Eastern Mongolia and Scandinavian China. Hamsters of Roborovski were imported in RU in the Sixties by the zoo of London but the current BRITISH actions were imported of Holland in 1990. Hamsters of Roborovski later were imported in the United States and are now available like pets in much of country.

The hamster of Roborovski is smallest of the species of hamster kept like pets, being only around 4-5 centimetre length. The normal color is arenaceous-but above the back with a white belly and distinctive white “eyebrows” which gives them a very attractive aspect although other varieties exist.

The hamsters of Roborovski are extremely in activity and rapids and thus are not largely kept because a pet because it is much more difficult to handle them than the other species of the dwarf hamster. This makes them the not very suitable pets for the children who want a pet that they can be held and play with but is a pet fascinating for those which simply prefer to observe, in particular once given large and interesting environment in which to live. The hamsters of Roborovski are, however, of very good temperament and seldom grip.

Because the hamsters of Roborovski are not a suitable pet for children whom they are seldom seen in stores of animals but can be obtained starting from the selectors of hamster of specialist in several countries.

The average lifespan of the hamster of Roborovski is 3-3 years of ½ although they can live longer.