Meet a high-class hamster with expensive taste – and will only eat cheese from WAITROSE. <br /><br />Mum-of-two Jo Le Page, 40, says her pet hamster Toffee used to enjoy cheese from any shops - until he sank his little teeth into the good stuff.<br /><br />Now he turns his hairy nose up at anything apart from Essential Extra Mature British Cheddar, Strength Six.<br /><br />Although Jo only gives Toffee cheese as a treat on rare occasions, she says he remains picky.<br /><br />Jo, a pre-school worker, from Guernsey, Channel Islands, said: “I know hamsters aren't supposed to eat much dairy, but a little now and again is fine.<br /><br />"But after he had some from Waitrose, he turned up his nose at Iceland and Co-op cheese.<br /><br />"It was amusing - he clearly knew it wasn't Waitrose and he walked away from it.<br /><br />"For his birthday this year we gave him a chunk with a candle in - not lit of course - and he grabbed the cheese straight away and started to eat it.<br /><br />"People find it hilarious when I tell them - he lives a pampered life so he'll probably live a long time."<br /><br />Jo bought Toffee two years ago and he lives alongside their four guinea pigs and kids Grace, nine, and Isaac, five.<br /><br />He lives a pampered life, she said - sleeping all day and only surfacing at the promise of Waitrose snacks.<br /><br />In fact, Jo said Toffee would rather go without cheese than eat any other than Waitrose's 'Essential Extra Mature British Cheddar, Strength Six'.<br /><br />Jo said she had offered him a nibble of a cheese alternative from Iceland as well as one from Co-op and he "turned his nose up."<br /><br />She said he also enjoys broccoli, green beans, roasted chicken slices and cereal - also preferring Waitrose branded items.<br /><br />Jo added: "When I tell people about his expensive taste, they find it hilarious.<br /><br />"Even the ones who don't like rodents think he's cute.<br /><br />"Toffee's story always seems to cheer people up.<br /><br />"I get my guinea pigs salad from Waitrose too - we're basically keeping the shop in business!"<br /><br />ENDS
