Who is Sofia?

Sweet little Sofia, as captured by the 🐹 hamster rescue ❤️ where I got her on Sept 14, 2020

I should have started this website sooner. But here I am, so I am going to have to backtrack a bit.

I got Steven (Spielberg) at the end of July 2020. I had been planning to get a hamster 🐹 but hadn’t even considered or knew to search for hamsters on Craigslist that needed a home, hamster rescues (they do exist!) or ethical hamster breeding.

I work in manufacturing for a living (specifically USA made apparel) so I know how important it is to know where something is coming from and in what conditions was it made… but I had never considered to think this way about a little animal! 🐹 🐁 🐢 🦢 🐦
Getting Steven opened me up to the hamster side of the internet. From instagram to YouTube and online forums, I learned about the many hamster rescues and found one not too far from me.

I reached out to see if they had an robos. I love all hamsters but felt like I would be a better caretaker if I focused on one type of hamster.

The woman who ran this particular rescue had a few robo hamsters she was looking for homes for- she said because they can be tricky to tame they are hard to find homes for.

One Sunday morning (Sept 14, 2020), I checked LA traffic, saw that it was light and made my way down to her house.

It was amazing. What a sweet woman, she had this whole air conditioned back house with all of these little hams, waiting for homes. This particular robo, the one who became my Sofia, had been born at the rescue, when a pregnant robo was surrendered. The woman who runs the rescue estimated she was about 2 months old.

I was so happy to have Sofia. I wasn’t sure if she was a girl, but until proven otherwise, I went with that name. It seemed like her.

Since I named Steven after Steven Spielberg, I felt it was fitting to name Sofia after Sofia Coppola.

She’s so different from Steven and I think that’s what I love the most about her. Figuring her out and getting to know her had been such a joy!

We quickly discovered that Sofia enjoys spoon rides after she eagerly would climb in when we fed her.

We can’t quite get her in our hands yet (a few brief encounters only so far) but she’s okay with a gentle pet while she’s eating

Since Sofia loves the yellow, Silent Runner wheel, I decided to go full rainbow 🌈 hamster 🐹 theme for her