taming hamsters needs a lot or patience and courage. but in the end all the effort you put will be worthwhile. you must make sure you spend time with them everyday in order for them to be tame. as for a beginner i would suggest syrian.

wow! i wish to have a hamster shed or at least a room. but yeah, i have only one.hehe!

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Added on September 19, 2009, 12:37 amhttp://www.madabouthamsters.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1188 have a look at this. and i am so very jealous!

This post has been edited by sharkie28: Sep 19 2009, 12:38 AM

getting another hamster will lead you to having more hamsters to take care of. besides that, getiing one of a same gender is ok, BUT there are HIGH chances of them fighting because they're are not from same litter.
your hammie will not feel lonely if you play with it every day

guyysss!!!!!!! i feel so annoyed and sad! and angry as well! today i visited petswonderland at midvally(i never liked to go there because of the things they sell. and i hate going there because the name hamsters wrongly! there's no such as panda or teddy bear hamsters. shopkeepers give these names just to make more money and i do get so annoyed because of this. but this is not what i wanted to say.)

and so i went to the rodents section. and to my horror i saw this little white baby mouse(mice) got it's head stuck to the cage door(like tersepit ready). it could have happened when the maintainer was closing the cage door and didnt notice this little fella. and poor little fella got his head stuck and died. surprisingly no one noticed. i did take the courage to complain to one of the maintainance worker.
i wonder how some people can be sooooooo ignorant at times. because of someone's careless-ness a little mice died. it is so sad to think that such reputable petshops do have ignorant and careless workers!

lol! that was a good one,eric! should be not-putable petshop then. lol! -sorry if that sounded as if i'm crapping- such word doesn't exist ppl. just ignore me.

omg! smokey loves boiled ckicken!

wow! satin black?? omg! it must be fabulous! go get it Ryo!

this question goes to all breeders. i was just wondering if you guys have had runts(baby hammys which are smaller than the normal ones) in your litters. and even when they grow up they won't grow any bigger than the size of your pinky finger. if yes, how often are runts produced?
is it very rare or quite often?

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watching those dogs crying is the worst part.

4 cages for 8 hams? how big each cage is? bathing it is just not enough. how well do you knw that the infection is 100% gone? and we're not scolding for NO REASON. we've pointed out earlier saying that they WILL fight but you just couldn't care less. so when you did not listen and they fought what you expect us to do?

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Added on October 3, 2009, 10:13 amit is not that they know a lot or less. it's that they're experienced and that is why they're here to advice ppl like you guys. unfortunately some never listened.

This post has been edited by sharkie28: Oct 3 2009, 10:13 AM

in my opinion syrians are the better choice for beginners as they're less agile/active compared to dwarfs. they're tho lazier ones too. hehe!
have you done a research on what type of cage,wheel,food and etc? if you haven't i suggest you to do so. good luck choosing!

myrtle, lol! yeah. i overlooked it. i'm sorry. change the position of the wheel that might help. or you can take beddings that are soaked with pee and put it at the corner of the cage. and he'll knw that he's supposed to pee there.

ovo is wayyyy to small. the wheel is very small also. i suggest you get a Wodent Wheel which costs RM78.80 or Comfort Wheel which costs RM35.
minimum cage size for a syrian is 2ft. the bigger is always better.

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Added on October 6, 2009, 8:48 pmmaybe he's not used to his new environment. he needs some time. btw, since you're using ovo you need to change the water bottle because the ovo bottle is very bad for them as they have to lay on their back to drink. how old is he?

This post has been edited by sharkie28: Oct 6 2009, 08:48 PM

it could be that he's bored. spend more time with him. add more tubes and toys in his cage. bury those tubes under the bedding so that he'll dig them out. in this way he'll be busy. take him out often and give him chance to run around SUPERVISED!. from the pic i can't ecaxtly say how old is he. perhaps any seniors here could help. Habitrail safari is a good cage for one hamster. but adding more toys can make the cage congested. so plan wisely too.

lol! such a character!!!!!!!!

i was wondering if any of you guys doing any voluntary jobs at any of the animal shelters?

i thought of joining SPCA in the weekends. have to persuade my parents tho... what you guys think?

um...sorry to say this...if don't have suffecient cash/money i would suggest you not to keep hamsters. as they can cost you a fortune.

hamster food in midvalley S***s!!!!!!! dont go there to get food.
go to PLC or PETSHACK