A hamster so small he could fit into a match box could well find his way into the Guinness Book of Records. The tiny creature - called Peewee - is fully grown and yet measures less than one inch in length, weighs less than one ounce and is no higher than a 50p piece. The tiny rodent's owner, pet shop boss Mandy Bower who breeds hamsters for sale in Keighley, West Yorkshire, says she has never seen anything like him. "I think he stopped growing at three weeks old, all his brothers and sisters continued growing to around four or six inches, but he just stopped. "He'll be nine weeks old on Friday and he's from a litter of six." And Mandy, 36, said he may be small, but he's a little character with a big attitude. "He's a bit bossy with the others", she added "Hamsters sleep in a big clump and he sleeps under everybody else, in the warmest spot. "I'm surprised he hasn't been squashed to be honest with you.

"He's always first to the feeding bowl, he's got a massive appetite and the others have to eat their food around him. Ms Bower told BBC News Online she had contacted the Guinness Book of Records and they have said there are records for the oldest and the biggest hamster, but none for the smallest.

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awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I WUV it!!!!!!!!!!

Awww soo cute!!!

Thats so Cute

Can I have him? .. Can I Can I .. please ..

I hate to ruin my big masculine image, but...

Awwwwwwwwwww...look at the likkle hamster.

AWWW! Oh man, now I want to go out and buy a hamster That's almost as cute as the little thumb sized monkey in the gallary.

Peewee. How sweet & so perfect.

I think that is the cutest little thing I've ever seen! I hope they take good care of him.

I read that they were offered £80 for him and they declined.
So chances are you can not have it.

i wasnt much of a hamster fan but after seeing this little fella i think i've changed my mind

That is definately cute... but i'd be afraid of losing him... and plus if that happened... the thought of knowing he was stuck somewhere in my home would scare the crap out of the wife.... hehehe.... that's not a bad idea

awww....

He's a teeny weeney.

If you're gonna let it run around,better watch your feet though.Don't wanna have any 'splat' happening.

Can't have a Rotarstack cage with tubes really can you? Might find it difficult to grasp?

You also have to be careful with barred cages. He may sqeeze through!

Yeah, it is cute...

Imagine it eating a peanut? Imagine it storing food in its cheek pouches!?

@ Benjo, ahhhhhh you getting a little carried away arn't ya sweety... here's one for ya.......imagine it fitting perfectly in your kitty's mouth.

Ohhh sorry got bit by a hamster once and the little bugger hung on and on and on. Its a Miniature pit bull more like!

just a little question on hamsters. do they hybernate?,'cause i've got one that has'nt moved in a week, we keep him outside and the winter is getting close. i have checked on him and he does eventually respond so i can only assume they do hybernate?

They do tend to at times yes. We have several and they are doing so around this time.

awww cute little hamster!!

Hm... Nice hamster...

I bet hugh grant has offered thousands for him.

How cute

Oh Man!

Psycho,

You beat me to the punch on that Richard Gere joke.

why all this hassle for keeping a hamster outside, .'cause, if i'm not mistaken, that's where they lived before you all decided to take them home and put them in a cage stuffed with wood shavings! Also, does'nt it get extremely cold in the desert at night? I'm sure our little "pumpkin" can handle it.

I think there is a slight difference between domestic hamsters and wild ones.

ok. point taken, i'll just bring him indoors and give him a nice hot chocolate and a lemsip.

why not, he can juggle aswell!

What about dancing? Can it dance, or have you run out of candles?

i've found that he dances just fine on the hot plate, on a low heat!

I once had a Russian hamster, when I was a wee little Kryso. It use to always be doing backward summersaults of its little toys, I swear the pet shop owner use to mix up the hamster food up with his hash stash! It would summersault until it became dizzy and couldn't climb the toy anymore, and just lay there with its fluffy little face pressed against the tank!


Oh, and Awwww…. For the little fluffy hamster!

I want one

Really, I have to agree with Halo on this one. They bite hard, nad they smell funny no matter how often you clean the cage.

No offense Hammy, you are probably a very nice smelling Hammy