Orange hamster in blue travel cage
Description
I lost my orange Syrian hamster yesterday around 3pm. It was in a small blue travel cage with a pink water bottle and a tiny sunflower seed stuck to its whiskers. We were outside the Starbucks on Ecclesall Road in Sheffield when I last had the cage in my hands. The hamster has bright orange fur with a white belly and a faint white stripe along its back; one ear has a tiny notch. It’s quite shy but friendly once you coax it, and it means the world to my daughter. We really need him back, this little guy is a gift from her late grandfather and there’s sentimental value. If you spot him near Hunters Bar or around the Starbucks on Ecclesall Road, please message me.
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