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Causes: Infection or irritation caused by dirty environment (for example, dirty cage or bedding). Ensure pine or cedar bedding is not used. Closed or swollen eye sometimes comes together with respiratory infection.

Remedy: Obtain Bausch and Lomb soothing eye wash (obtainable from local pharmacy) and let 1 or 2 drops fall directly on the eye using the spout. Let your hamster rub it in himself (he will!). Repeat twice daily. Alternatively, wash the hamster's eye with this home-made remedy: Add one teaspoon of boric acid to half a cup of boiled and cooled down water. Using an eye dropper, bathe the eye 2 or 3 times a day with it.

Listed ingredients in the Bausch and Lomb soothing eye wash are:
boric acid, sodium borate and sodium chloride; preserved with sorbic acid (0.1%) and edetate disodium (0.025%) with the boric acid being the active ingredient.

If the eye does not show any signs of recovery in 2-3 days, consult a vet as a more serious health issue could be present. Sometimes an impacted cheekpouch can cause watering/closed eyes, as can overgrown teeth.

If your hamster's eye is swollen but not watering or sticky, there have been corneal ulcers, and ingrown eyelashes (called "entropion") reported in this site. These conditions can easily be mis-diagnosed as a simple infection by a vet.

pls check the hamster environment is it clean , and using a suitable bedding too.

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Added on September 22, 2010, 10:04 amusing aquarium is a nice housing for hammy to keep them self warm and easy to view them too. If you find you hamster cant manage to jump out of the aquarium is ok to let the aquarium top less, as this will provide more ventilation to the hamster and keep them comfortable, rather with lid covering the top make sure there is alot of pore or holes to allow good ventilation to them.

This post has been edited by JXplod: Sep 22 2010, 10:04 AM

><"" can have more detail wht you do to the nursing mum and pup ? when the mum is giving birth, is best we dont disturb them, and keep our noisy to minimum . This is to prevent added up stress to the mum that is nursing her pup. And dont change the bedding till the next 2 weeks plus. i know it stink sometimes but if cant stand it buy some aroma to reduce the smell.

if the baby is born with illness or defective, the mum will eat it up, this is common scene you can notice. cause they prefer a full healthy off spring. this is the way of nature to allow the pup to survive.

the food that you put, dont purposely put it infront the mum, this will frighten her as our hand also consider giant to the mum too. put in a food bowl and left it there, no worry the mum will go and eat the food or feed the pup too. ^^

hamster baby when they are born , they dont have their own sense. the pup is mostly cover with mother sense, that y the mother can identify her own pup. if we touch the baby, the baby body will carry our human scent, once this happen the mother will eat the baby up, as she see it as a intruder or not her off spring d. hope this help .

can i know is this your 1st time handling a mother hamster with baby?

hmm is this the 1st time the mum breed its off spring?

oh 1st time. Sometime will happen such incident, no worry the 2nd time th mum will do much better, as she hv more experience d.

hmm for the other 2 little pup, if thy manage to drinks and eat sure will survive, or u need to feed th water to them manually using our thumb or finger. hope they survive

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Added on September 22, 2010, 6:12 pmi hope my advice do really helps, do let me know if the condition turn out great. ^^

This post has been edited by JXplod: Sep 22 2010, 06:12 PM

YO dovienya check this link > where there are lots of bedding suitable for hamter.

http://roborovskihamsters.webs.com/bedding.htm

regarding your set up , im not very sure, can try out and calculate hw much it can last till finish all the hay and saw dust. cause each of our set up is different, as long our hamster feel comfortable and happy is superb d.

oh my..sorry to hear that . RIP to the young hammy

can, if both of them didnt show any sign of fighting. cause as long is same breed will do, btw where do you manage to get whitemask robo? hardly see around kl area too.

never try before living worlds, but vitakraft have lots of good recommendation for hamster food and diet. mine doing great with vitakraft.

for toilet papers ya you can use as bedding for hamster, thy will busy tear to pieces and build a next sometimes, if fun to watch them busy with toilet paper, can mix and match with others bedding too , no harm =D

for sand bathing no need to train them, thy will figure out by themselves, if you can take some of the sand just bit by bit n pour on their fur, thy will know wht is it d. as that is their instinct .

my hamster sometime got open their eyes during sleep, but eventually will close too once thy sleep soundly.

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Added on October 4, 2010, 11:10 amhi dovienya, for toilet paper can tear into some pieces before putting in the cage . as u no need to throw the entire roll. it will be a waste .

for water bottle get living world water bottle, i still prefer theirs as no water drips occur , while for urs im not sure hw u place ur bottle in the aquarium, mine sharing some picture?

This post has been edited by JXplod: Oct 4 2010, 11:10 AM

oh my , never place a plastic up which fill with water, your hamster may run around which cause the fur to get wet, once too wet bacteria will grow which eventually your hamster may fall sick. make sure u stick the water bottle firmly , to allow them easy access of water.

give your hamster some time to get used to you, as the hamster may feel uncomfortable with your present. and regarding food for 2 days, how can you say your hamster dont like the food @@ , put some food inside, if you notice the volume getting less mean thy eating =D hope this help.

since your hamster love to charge you, maybe the way you handle them is uncomfortable, try read some material regarding handling of hamster. or can rinse your hand before putting in.

congrates to both daddy n mummy ww, hope the baby grew up healthy

wont actually , the bedding dont cost much also. well as a responsible hamster owner, u want your hamster in good health and clean right, so if costly also not much compare to a owner of puppy or dog.

hi ben snow, regarding your question, for roboski breed, if u buy from the same seller hw many u want also can fit it in, as long u see there are plenty of space for them to run around and comfortable for them. as roboski is small so no worry, thy are the most socialized hamster compare others breed.

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Added on October 10, 2010, 9:53 pmregarding hamster bedding, mine i change once every week. for 2 cage, and never reused the bedding, as the bedding material function is to absorb the hamster urine or poo poo and they contain all their smell, so just throw it away. for the bedding i use wood shaving which cost just rm7 for 1 pack can use for 1 month plus also. so not tht much costing actually. no need to do any shredded paper, toilet paper is good enough for them, thy will tear on their own to do some nesting =D best if can give J cloth

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Added on October 10, 2010, 9:56 pmand toward this concern, clean with light soap and water and let it dry under sun, unless u want kill all your hamster . putting under the sun to let it dry hamster will get heat stroke. and hamster do no need us to bath them or soap them with water, this way can really harm the hamster, not benefit them. put sand bath for the hamster, thy know how to clean them self much better compare to us ^^ hope this help

This post has been edited by JXplod: Oct 10 2010, 09:56 PM

woo congrates, so fast got baby robo d, lol mine i put both male and female in 2 cages, till now i also didnt see any babies , omg wht wrong with my robo haha. but congrate for the new kiddo ^^

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Added on October 11, 2010, 6:22 pmDovienya, regarding the selective or not , dont worry much about it, cause we dont sit there for 24 hours n see them take their food. they also will eat those not in their favourate , just that we dont see only. and small portion only. that why vitakrat come in with mixture of food to cater for hamster need.

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Added on October 11, 2010, 6:23 pmas long is same breed they are doing good d. =D different mother is a good practice if you planning for breeding roboski or other hamster breed, as this can prevent inbreeding.

This post has been edited by JXplod: Oct 11 2010, 06:24 PM

hohoh just bought 2 Vitakraft Nature Dinner for Hamsters hope they love it. =D hehehe.

yup can also

RIP sry to hear that. your hammy ald go to a better place

your hamster sure will be happy with such an owner, doing all the cleaning n taking good care of them, but well hamster intelligence wise is not as high as dog . cause dogs is always the good companion for human if compare to hamster. at low yat u can search a while there is 1 fella selling habitral stuff with reasonable price too. maybe can do postage with him too.

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Added on October 17, 2010, 3:28 pmlol your hammy sure will be damn happy, sleep on the food, once hungry just snap a bit infront of them, with all the hay all around them

This post has been edited by JXplod: Oct 17 2010, 03:28 PM

all hamster is active at night, but most active is roboroski . as they always run run run run in hamster wheel. so get a silent wheel is best for them