oooo 6month old d. consider an adult roboski, yup robo can live from 2 to 3 years, depends on their health, no worry as long u put the sand bath over there, he sure will find it super duper good to roll inside. robo love sand bath, even my winter white also lol. funny when seeing them rolling n enjoying,

Hi, I'm planning to buy a new winter white.

Is it advisable to get just one only? As i heard if put 2 together, they might fight. Also i don't want to have to have a lot of baby hamsters later on when they breed.

I am planning to leave the hamster in my room... would it be harmful as there's poor ventilation?

Also winter white life span usually how long?

Thanks!

if u got time for two then go ahead buy two...but u need to keep them in different cage...so need to buy two cage = more money.....try not to breed them unless u got experience....nah it wont be harmful just ur room will have nice aroma...hahaha....some hamster smells alot so u will need to keep cleaning their cage 2-3 times per week....mine is in my room...at night just leave the windows open...so far no smell in my room...maybe my hamster just smell less....there is a guy selling perfume for room in this thread...try to read up....dnt be lazy & about the age its also in this thread...so try to do a bit of reading....

hi bro, regarding ur concern, is very common, for 1st time owner of hamster, For Winter White it is better to keep them in both, either as Male n Male Or Female n Female, this to prevent from breeding and may need ur time to take care of the new litters too.

Im a winter white and roboski owners, is best to buy both of them from the same pet shop, and make sure is 1 or 2 month old. that the best condition.

To choose a healthy hamster, pick the hamster that is active
good looking fur, without any wet feeling or drop of fur,
make sure the hamster eyes balls is clear, n shinny. And not with watery eyes balls or clouded balls, as this may indicate the hamster is sick or get some infection.

Oh ya do bring ur own small cage, or a comfy box when u buy the hamster or add some bedding n food this will make the transfer less stress to the little hamster too, as most pet shop will just hand u a small tiny box to put the hamster in.

Hope my simple info sharing with u is helpfull. if you find ur room ventilation is not good or want to prevent hamster smell due to their pee poo on the bedding, currently im providing solution too all hamster owner n others pet owners too. feel free to approach me. ^^

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Added on December 10, 2010, 10:03 pmWaahahahaha happy, my winter white give birth to new hammy KIDS~~~ so far not sure how many kids, she have, hardly see anything , just see some reddish baby behind the wheels~~ wooooHOOOOO~~~~~ waiting 3 weeks time see wht color of the new litters. =D

This post has been edited by JXplod: Dec 10 2010, 10:03 PM

JXplod, do you know any pet shop around selangor and kl area that stores quality hamsters ?

so far im around cheras, quality pet shop at cheras got a few. 1 is taman len sen Fei Aquarium. the price is reasonable. and he is doing a promotion on wood shaving rm5 each. i get my female winter white from there, and the quality is good same as 1 of my female roboski.

the other places like cheras selatan jusco, near balakong inside got pet shop in the shopping center also, i saw their robo n ww also in healthy state. but the price abit pricey. but homebreed hamster still the best as you can ask the seller to show their parents, and 100% is a most well taken care off too. compare to pet shop.

You can look for well known home breeder in this thread first, then only go for pet shop if you looking for quality and healthy hamsters.

so far i have complie all the list of the breeder in lyn. currently my winter white have 6 or 5 littlers. not sure going to sell, ill let u guys know in 3 weeks of time.

Thanks for the reply first. I would like to get a WW but one thing I afraid bout it is some pet shop is selling hybrid or its a russian campbell mix. So its hard to get a pure WW. Well, any breeder or do you probably gonna sell yours ? =D

Any hammie expert, please help

When me n my bf playing with Squeaky, we notice this white thingy at her vaginal, then Squeaky kinda move down a bit and pull the thing out. What is this??? Is it a parasite or what??

hi confession , ya is true on wht u list out ur concern when dealing with unethical seller in pet shop. if a cross breed ww with champbell happen, in the long run for ww pure breed is not good, as there will be genetical mix up, and each breed sickness will be carried forward to their new off spring. That y, hybrid winter white know as GOLD Winter white is the consequences. And is really not advisable to breed them with the pure winter white. "i wont go into too deep in detail about that"

Champbell hamster n winter white is very easily to differentiate, i think previous post i got list it out, or you need to search the post before, or just Google it, how to differentiate winter white and champbell characteristic looks like, or their morphology.

Regarding my winter white, ill see in 3 to 4 weeks time, after they are mature enough to be seperated from their mummy, ill inform u whether im keeping it or letting it go to others lovely parents / owner will keep u with the updates, so far entering the 4th days.

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Added on December 12, 2010, 5:02 pmhi celest-lee, the substance that you see ur ladies hammy, is the vaginal white discharge. Thick in mucus, normally we call it the female hamster is in her heat. If any male around, can pregnant or fertilize your female hammy. ^^ dont worry much about that.

The white discharge, if there is no male hammy around, she will clean it up or just eat the white discharge, normally if got male around the male will help the female to clean it up, or u may see both of them having some pleasure in their time.

Nothing to be worry about, if u keep an eye with ur hammy, she doing fine, running around, eating heathly, jump here n there, is a good sign

hope this info help u out ^^ oh ya, u have a great picture shooting, is really clear indeed.

This post has been edited by JXplod: Dec 12 2010, 05:04 PM

hey thanks!! really help me alot.. I'm relief haha.. thanks.. I'm using iPhone 4 to take the pic..

Hope the babies are fine ^^. If by any chance you letting go your babies do inform me yea. Thanks =D

wooo didnt know i4 pic so clear hehe tempt go check i4 nia. hahaha

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Added on December 12, 2010, 8:06 pmya, now i cant see how the babie progressing, the mum took the tissue to cover up all over the dent~ hv to wait till the litters come out on their own d >< finger cross hahaha

This post has been edited by JXplod: Dec 12 2010, 08:06 PM

hehe

thanks! a lot relief on her. and yeah she is a female.. haha got 6 hammies at home.. i pay attention to all of them. flip them one by one and see got anything wrong onot xD

wooo really a caring person, ^^ sure ur hammy is happy with a good owner i got 4 pairs now, 4 rob, 4 winter white, now got litters coming on, not sure the exact amount yet >< haha cant wait for them to crawl out from the dent.

so many.. hehehe

hi hi, i'm a syrian hamster owner. and currently using a 14cm diameter wheel. i wanna ask, do you all know where to get a 21cm wheel?

hi princess, can specify your location so we can pin point the location that is selling. Cheers ^^ another syrian lover spotted , welcome on board

feels glad to be welcomed.....

i'm currently studying in melaka, hometown is seremban.. so either seremban or melaka oso can.. or if got online seller, better... more convenient