i think people overlook my question. sad sad.

Wow, didn't log in for awhile, so many flamming r.

I lol-ed at this

Yay, good to hear that Lawrence!
Though I pity you after getting all those harsh words, but glad to see you are reacting positively now, congrats for turning into a good pet owner now!

Syrian would be good for beginner. If bite is your fear, I recommend getting from breeder, chances are less.

Wat breed is ur hamster?Try potty train it
Another thing is remove the wheel when it is not running so it wont straight find the wheel to pee.Often clean the wheel if it still pee on it to eliminate the smell so it wont familiar the wheel as a place to pee

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.

@mrytl3: Haha. Sorry sorry. Seems like everyone was getting too fired up on Lawrence's case. Hehe.

Agree with Sharkie, you can soak some of the bedding and leave it at a corner. Or just take out the wheel and see how, occasionally insert the wheel. Or if you have other wheel, you can try putting it in, see if your hammie also pee at the other wheel

Hyourin, sharkie, Noizy,

mine is dwarf campbell. will try to do as what u guys said. hopefully he'll stop peeing lah. hehe. if there's any progress will let u noe. thanks!

hi all,

was wondering if anyone can gimme an answer?
i brought my ww hammie (Mr Indy) to the vet and was told dat he might have got mite infection so she sprayed him with some medication stuff.
when he got home, it seems like he can't hear me when i call to him and din drink much water.
is it normal?
and after a few days it seems dat he can hear me.
but like a bit blur blur.

and now i got him a new cage but he seems like a bit blur... dunno how to climb up the tube and stuff...and dunno how to find the food area..
is it due to old age?
the cage is Habitrail Ovo for Drawf Hamster...
i'm worried about him...
pls advice

i'm buying habitrail ovo suite and habitrail ovo training wheel for my new hammie.. is it enough or i miss something?? thanks

@bcmc: If you getting a Syrian, I suggest a 2ft tank if possible, as they are quite large in terms of size. Wheel must be 8' above. Then the rest is pretty much the same with other hammies. Refer to the first page for more info. Just look for Syrians.

hmmm...y nobody answer me geh?

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

i'm buying around 10' wheel . . if i extend 1 more housing will it better??

to be honest, i do not know how old my hamster is coz he came into my house.
so i took him in and took care of him. but i've had him for almost 1 yr plus.
do u think it's becoz of old age therefore he chose to ignore me?

and now i've put him back in his old cage , he seemed happy but sleep most of the time or bite the cage.
when i put my hand near him he's like wanna bite....so now i'm so scared to touch him....


this is mr indy...my hammie

This post has been edited by sweetmink: Oct 7 2009, 04:47 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.

Rawr XD

Furi's sleeping moment :3

This is normal...
Sometimes, hammies u buy from petshop is not toliet train..
So u as a new owner,have to train he/she..1stly, avoid keep wiping ur hammies.. as it may cause any
problem that we dunno... Just provide em sand bath, (no need u to bathing em, they know how to do it)
Then , try soak the wheel using hot water ( not 100% hot) + a bit sabun..
After the smell dissapeared, u have to hang it under hot sunny day..
Then oni u put in back to the cage.. If the same thing happen again, try to take some of pee's bedding (u can try to put it
once she pee on the wheel).. then put it into the toilet/ sand bath..
Try to do it 1st, then let me know the result..lalalala Gud Luck!

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

i put him inside the ovo cage he dunno how to climb up the tube... so i put one toilet roll inside... as recommended by some sites... but he dun like it also...and i urge him to go inside the hamster ball...he dun wanna come out... but instead hide behind the running wheel inside his cage... maybe it's cooling there lar...

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Added on October 8, 2009, 7:19 pmur ham is very cute lar...sleep terbalik...haha

This post has been edited by sweetmink: Oct 8 2009, 07:19 PM

>>>>>i put him inside the ovo cage he dunno how to climb up the tube... so i put one toilet roll inside... as recommended by some sites... but he dun like it also...and i urge him to go inside the hamster ball...he dun wanna come out... but instead hide behind the running wheel inside his cage... maybe it's cooling there lar...<<<<

Darling, u shud let it get used to the new environment 1st lol..
Dun be too pushy as this might stress him... Try to play wif him oftenly, (use hand, not tube)..
Maybe at nite, once u sleeping, he'll playing alone.. Who knows??
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This post has been edited by yana_adell: Oct 9 2009, 09:49 AM

Haha, this is what happen to my hamster as well, first few weeks sleep like normal now change style to sleep with legs up back down, for the first time I thought he was dead! LOL, my dog like to sleep like that also

This post has been edited by 5564321: Oct 9 2009, 12:43 PM