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A hamster is a rodent belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae. There are 5 types of hamsters, mainly the Syrian, Winter white dwarf, Russian campbell dwarf, Chinese hamsters and Roborovski hamsters.



SPECIES:

Syrians (Mesocricetus auratus)
They are the best known species in the pet industry. Syrians are also known as Golden Hamsters because the first domestic hamster was a wild agouti colour, which is called Golden. They have also been called Teddy Bears because does have the fuzziness and roundness of a teddy bear. Syrians are known as fancy hamsters of all the hamster species since they come in many colour varieties and also coat varieties... some can have long fur and some short fur, which we normally call Long Hairs and Short Hairs... also there are fur types like Rex and Satin.

The most important rule about Syrians is that they are SOLITARY... never house 2 together. If breeding, there is a way where you must put the female into the male's cage only when the female is on heat. It is very risky and dangerous to house 2 syrians together at any time since they are very well known to fight till death. So if you treasure the life of your hamster, never put 2 syrians together.

Syrians are large and comfortable to hold. They make suitable hamsters for the beginner keeper. Syrians that are handled properly would rarely or never bite, and can be tame to respond well to touch and voice.

Campbell's Hamster (Phodopus campbelli)
Campbells are probably the most popular of all dwarf hamsters since they come in many colour varieties that makes them attractive. The look similar to Winter White hamsters but they are actually different subspecies. So never mixbreed them.

Campbells are dwarfs... well, small hamsters. Please do not be fooled by petshops telling you they are mini hamsters and giving you a weird price and denying that they are Campbells. Anyway, they come in different colour and patterns but to breed, one must understand that hamsters that have any white spots or markings must never be bred together coz it can produce eyeless or teethless hamsters that die later... so if you were to breed, please read up.

These dwarfs may not be suitable for young children due to some dwarfs are bitey... and because of their small size, it would be harder for children to handle. Campbells are not aggressive biters, it is just that sometimes they will bite when you make them angry or startle them from their sleep.

Campbells are good in a pair or a small colony but always make sure your cage or tank has the space and enough hides and wheels to house a colony. These social hamsters are territorial and would fight off intruders that do not belong to their colony. Campbells are ok when they are introduced at a young age but letting an older hamster be kept with a younger one, most likely a fight would start.

Winter White Hamster (Phodopus sungorus)
WW are hamsters that can change their coat colour when we minimise their daylight. Their coats will change from their normal colours to a white coat but with their dorsal stripe and side arches visible. WW come in 3 colours, which are Agouti, Sapphire and Pearl. The Pearl do not change their coat colour at all, they remain in their white coat colour for life.

WW are different from Campbells, their eyes are bigger, fur is thicker, body is more bullet shape and their ears are less conspicious. It is easy to see the difference if a Campbell and WW were side by side.

WWs are nicer to handle for they have better temperments than Campbells. WW rarely change into their winter coats in captivity, so do not force your hamster to starve and stay in a cold room... this depends on the hamster whether it wants to change or not.

WW are almost similar with Campbells when it comes to pairs and colonies. Always remember, it doesn't necessary mean we should keep them in breeding pairs or male and female colonies. A single sex group is good enough for dwarf hamsters.

WW are known to fight among themselves out of the blue. Many do not understand that WW are territorial dwarfs, they can tolerate siblings or with other WW when introduced at a young age but there would always be a day where they would start fighting. Have spare cages at hand to separate fighting hamsters if you have a pair or a small colony. The best is keeping one. Do not worry, hamsters do not die from loneliness.

Roborovski Hamster (Phodopus roborovskii)
Robos are the smallest species of hamster. Adult Robos are only 2 inches in lenght. Unlike the other dwarfs, Robos do not have a dorsal stripe and they have slightly longer legs. Easy to identify from the size and also its sandy colour and white belly.

Yes, the smallest and also the fastest, this species is very well known for being very fast and active. So they are not very handle friendly since they are likely to jump or run off your palm. Many are really attracted by the facial markings, they appear to have "eyebrows".

Robos enjoy sand baths and a wheel. Due to their small size, one would need to purchase a glass/plastic tank to house them or purchase cages with small bars like the Habitrail Mini...

Robos do very well in little groups. They are the most sociable of all dwarf species and it is very entertaining to watch a small group of robos playing and eating in a tank.

Robos are not a hamster that is suitable for the beginner keeper as it could either be frustrating to have hamsters that run very fast or just unable to handle properly.

Chinese Hamster (Cricetulus griseus)
The Chinese hamster is known for their mousy looks. Yes, they were discovered in China long ago. Many people would say Chinese hamsters are hard to breed in captivity and are difficult to raise. Fighting problems occur so it is best to house them seperately. The Chinese hamster is also referred to as a "mouse-like" hamster because of its short nose, thin body, stocky legs and longer tail.

They do make great pets if they are bred by a proper breeder and have been handled often when young.

This species of hamster in Malaysia is very rare. The last known shop to have sold them were Pets Wonderland at Mid Valley years ago.

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VERY IMPORTANT!!!!

- Most hamsters do very well alone. Roborovski hamsters can be kept in small groups and best if single sexed but Syrians, Campbells, Winter Whites and Chinese hamsters are best kept on their own. They are always happier that way.

- Never breed hamsters if you do not have the space. Hamsters can reproduce every 20 days or so.

- Hamster fights are never fun to watch.

- Always remember to have food and water available. Never give too much fresh foods as it can give diarrhea to some hamsters, especially pet shop hamsters that have never eaten any veggie before.

- The bigger the cage or tank, the more comfortable for the hamster.

- Syrians need wheels that are about 8 inches in diameter. Wodent Wheels, Sanko Wheels or Silent Spinners have 8 inch wheels.

- NEVER keep different species in 1 cage or tank together... BIG big trouble there, may have some injuries, deaths... and possibility of mixbreeding Campbells with WW... bad idea.

- Hamsters do not have human emotion, they do not feel Love or have emotional feelings like humans. So there really is no reason to breed or keep them in a male and female pair unless you have a purpose as a true hamster breeder.


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Diet

Hamsters should have a good quality staple diet that is available for them throughout the day. Grains are important for hamsters to gain protein, minerals and vitamins as well as the good fat that the body needs to stay healthy. The carbohydrates and natural sugars from grains helps in maintaining your hamster's energy and alertness throughout the day. Wrong or unhealthy diets could cause hamsters to gain weight, show no interest in using it's running wheel and does little throughout the day. Here is a guide on how to feed your hamster healthily.

Try not to go for cheap foods that you see available in the market. Habitrail, Delikate, LM Farms.... all these have little nutritional value because they are loaded with sunflower seeds and dried corn. High in fat and phosphorus. Delikate and Habitrail staple food includes alot of alfalfa pellets (the greenish brown pieces) which hamsters do not like to eat at all and you may end up throwing it away. Choose high quality brands like:

Vitakraft Nature Dinner for Hamsters


• Contains nature's best raw materials.
• This scientifically developed mix is healthy, balanced and of premium quality.
• The Natural Variety-Mix contains a wide range of natural ingredients and provides a varied diet.
• Specially enriched with pumpkin seeds, millet-spray and spelt.


Vitakraft Emotion Sensitive Hamster


• Healthy, premium quality food for a balanced diet.
• Uses only natural ingredients.
• With calming chamomile for alleviating stress-related digestive problems and rounded wheat grain to protect sensitive cheeks pouches.
• Scientifically developed.


Vitakraft Life Sunshine Food for Hamsters

LIFE SUNSHINE - the healthy, crunchy complete mixture. With the natural healing power of rose petals and packed full of vegetable protein (soy and bean flakes)
Packed full of energy, great nutty taste. Contains no white sugar.

Vitakraft Life Wellness Food for Hamsters

LIFE WELLNESS - the healthy, premium quality complete mixture. With beetroot pockets (containing vital trace elements), an extra portion of vegetable protein (from dried vegetable flakes), and a wealth of vitamins and minerals (including parsley).
Omega 3 Beauty Complex - for healthy, shiny fur.


Vitakraft Life Power Hamsters

LIFE POWER - the tasty and healthy complete mixture. With naturally vitamin-rich dates and added high quality protein. With high-energy peanuts and pumpkin seeds for a great nutty flavour.
VitaGerm® - cold pressed wheat germ with approximately 70 nutrients and active agents.

Harry Hamster - it has quite alot of coloured pellets but quite nutritious and my hamsters eat everything.




Fresh food

Hamster needs alot of fresh food daily, but always remember you need to feed in a balance ratio. Offer 50% vegetable and 50% fruits, leaf and non leaf, sweet and non sweet, feed at least 8 - 12 veriaty per week.

Fruits: (Make sure all the seeds that are not edible are removed, grape seeds too)
Apple, Blueberries, Cherries, Cranberries, Dragon Fruit, Grapes, Honey Dew, Kiwi, Mango, Papaya, Peach, Pear, Plum, Rambutan, Star Fruit, Sun Melon, Strawberries, Watermelon.

Try not to offer too much sourish fruits like pineapple, orange and mango.

Veggies:
All vegetables.

Cabbage and Onion is NONO
Cucumber lack of nutritions.

This post has been edited by nezumitaro: Aug 6 2009, 04:20 PM

Treats

Vitakraft Bisquiti 3-Mix Hamsters

A nutritious titbit made of eggs and flour, with wholesome seed.

Vitakraft Muffins Nuts Hamster

A light snack for between meals, made of eggs and flour with delicious nuts.

Vitakraft Donuts and Peas Hamsters

A light titbit for between meals, made of eggs and flourand succulent peas.

Vitakraft Praline Yogurt / Dandelion for Hamsters

Healthy and delicious treats for your hamsters. Contains yogurt, dandelion and packed with Vitamins A, D3 & E.

Vitakraft Praline Yogurt / Aloe Vera

Healthy and delicious treats for your hamsters. Contains yogurt, aloe vera and packed with Vitamins A, D3 & E.

Vitakraft Praline Yogurt / Cranberry

Healthy and delicious treats for your hamsters. Contains yogurt, cranberry and packed with Vitamins A, D3 & E.

Bathing a Hamster
By Tammo ~ quote from Hamsterific.com

Bathing removes natural and essential oils from the hamster’s coat, which can cause the hamster to catch a chill and die.

Bathing should only be done in exceptional circumstances, like if your hamster has paint, varnish or anything toxic on its coat that may harm it if it licks itself or ingests it. The hamster will clean itself if it is dirty and the substance is not toxic. Chinchilla sand will keep the coat clean and grease free. Normally there should be no need to bathe your hamster with water at all during the course of its life.

If your hamster does get toxic or harmful substances on its coat, then you must bathe it unless you are able to cut it out of the coat, e.g. if there is gum or something sticky, that can usually be cut out of the coat.

The best way to bath a hamster is this:

1. Get a bowl containing 2 inches of warm water. Test the temperature with your elbow to make sure it is not too hot or too cold.
2. Wet the hamster and gently rub it into the dirty area to cleanse it. Take extreme care not to let any water get near the nose, mouth, ears or eyes.
3. If your hamster has something particularly sticky that’s can’t be cut out in its fur, then you can use shampoo, but it must be baby shampoo. Again, make sure not to get it near the hamster’s face.
4. Carefully rinse out the shampoo, and place the hamster on a towel. Dry very carefully; be careful of the hamster’s legs.
5 .Then, get a hairdryer and put it on its lowest setting. Hold it very far from the hamster and always keep your hand between the dryer and the hamster to avoid burning the skin. ** Since we are in Malaysia, I would recommended to put them in sand bath, then put the carrier to the area with abit sun light. but NOT DIRECT sunlight.
6. Wash your hamster on a warm day if possible to lessen chances of getting a chill. ** noon 12pm - 3pm
7. Make sure the fur is completely dry before returning the hamster to its cage or the shavings will stick to the damp fur.

This is not a safe way to bathe a hamster. There are no safe ways to do it. So please do not wash your hamster if it smells or looks a bit grubby.

Only if there is something toxic on the fur that cannot be cut off. This method carries the same risks as all others but this is the best way if you absolutely have to do it.

If your hamster smells bad, it may be sick and should be brought to the vet as soon as possible. To keep your hamster clean and healthy, make sure its living conditions are cleaned out regularly.



Useful links (credit to Acey)

• Hamsterific: http://www.hamsterific.com/hamsters.html
  
• My Free Hamster: http://www.myfreehamster.com
  
• Future Pets: http://futurepet.com/cgi-bin/search.exe?BP=1&RCAT=600.
  
• Hamster Hideout: http://www.hamsterhideout.com/
  
• Wodent Wheels: http://www.transoniq.com/
  
• Kare's Hamster Info: http://www.karelma.com/english/animals/hamsters.html
  
• Pet Education: www.peteducation.com

The Hamster Name Generator (thanks to Gazard7)

Lowyat.net Siggy (free to use, a big thank you to Hao ):

It is often found that many people do not possess a strong reading and researching habit. Although there are often long and informative posts on the first page, newbies do not seem to read them and have to be reminded frequently to do so.

Here I have made some simple and short notes. I sincerely hope that newbies will take at least 5 minutes to read them.

Housing & Setup:

Winter Whites, Russian Campbell Dwarf Hamsters, Roborovskis and Chinese Dwarfs can be housed in the below cages as well as a 1.5ft Plastic Guppy tank.


Syrian Hamsters need to be housed as below, with either an 8 inch Wodent Wheel or a 21cm Sanko Silent Wheel:


Items needed:
- A right size of tank or cage.
- A wheel is MANDATORY.
- A water bottle
- A food dish/bowl
- A toilet (if your hamster is toilet trained, Syrians are easy to toilet train)
- Bedding: Breeder Celect, Corn Cob, Wood Shavings (no pine, no cedar)

Diet & Supplement:

Main Diet:
- Vitakraft Premium High Range Hamster
- Nutri-Smoothie (a Balanced Diet of fresh)
- Oxbow Hay Cake
- LC-Vit Syrup (Multi-Vitamin)
- Calci-Aid (for growing pups and nursing mothers)
- Organic Vegetarian Powder

Others:
- Rolled Oat
- Millets
- Sesame Seed
- Wheat Germ
- Buckwheat
- Dahl
- Pumpkim Seed
- Toufu
- Almond Seed

Note: Ratio of mixing Prestige Hamster: Britter Bunny; 1 bag(800gm) : ¼ bag(250gm)

BIG NO-NO food!!
- Chocolate
- Onion
- Garlic
- Cabbage
- Orange
- Pineapple
- Grapes
- Coffee

Hamster Event & Gathering

Gathering:

Event:

Vote for Photo Competition
Photo Competition

Syrian bring up with balanced fresh

Congratz~

New thread, yay

Yay~New thread
Finally

reporting in

Yeah...I'm reporting In also...
Congratz..!!!!

My syrian everyday sleep onli.
grats on new thread!!

Same here

yeah...mine sleep oways...but at night.pergghhhh~~~~~Hyper active..hehehe~

1st picture wrong liao...should be welcome to chubbie hamster v13

Congrats on the new version!!!

yay!yay!yay! finally!!!!!!!

Congrats^^

no worry, i am sure nezu will edit it soon...

HOORAY.. NEW THREAD VERSION!!! Congratz to V13...

Haihz, kena bit again last night. Hehe. This morn and last night Hyper actice, on the wheel again. Need to get a silent wheel d!! But no money...

COngratz for the 13th versioN!!!!

urs is syrian right? so bitey??

Slowly let him/her adapt to u..

If is syrian, i don think silent wheel is big enough... silent wheel is 6'', they nid a 8'' wheel wo..

you got to spend more time with him/her...make it a routine. he/she will definately get used to you..."bribe" him/her with treats (not too much though)

Silent = 6'
Syrian need >8'
Noted, thx.

Hehe, no treats yet, no money(student)/time to buy, next week might go buy.
Currently just bribe use 'kuachi'. Hehe. About 5kuachi per day.

Maybe my Squeezy (Syrian) still new, now using the tissue thingy (put tissue into pocket during day time, night time take it and put into cage so they get use to my smell). Just bought it 5days ago. Hehe



This post has been edited by NoiZy: Aug 7 2009, 01:46 PM

aww ur hammie is sweet ^^ btw someone last time said that shud not allow hamsters to chew on the cage's metal bars for too long or they get poisoning... is that valid for all cages?? cos my squeaky has been doing that for like.... ever... but he seems allright... although he is always his old grumpy self... btw2.... is it normal for hamsters to drool when they do some phisycal exercise? ( i think i asked this already, i apologize in case^^)

Usually cages were painted.So if hamster chew the bar,it will consume some paint inside,which is not good.And frm time to time,the cage will rust,so u get the point

Erm, he 'seems' alright..u never know what is happening inside... and i am sure for long term it wont do any good for ur squeaky..

Take the initiative and change the cage to plastic or other housing except bar cage lo..

Drool? What u mean? u saw the saliva droppin out from his mouth??

hamsters face(esp the chin part) appear to be wet as if they're sweating if the cage or the weather is hot/stuffy or also due to poor ventilation. is there enough water for him in the cage? is the cage big enough and airy?

I have a problem

Min bit the bottle until she broke her tooth. It was also disturbing our sleep as well...but my dad is so paranoid she said she won't drink if I change place.

Everytime I change the bottle's place to internal bottle system is put it back outside. We noticed that she doesn't drink as often if it's not in the usual place.

He is scared she won't drink enough and get dehydrated. I said she will drink and I saw her drink but won't believe me

she'll definately drink if she's thirsty... maybe she hasn't notice where the bottle is or she is not used to the new place of the bottle. but i think she'll be fine. maybe every few hours you can hand-feed water to Min if you're afraid that she's not drinking at all.( by holding the bottle in front of Min.)

congrats for the new thread

1 week old pups !!! Chubby !!!

So pink and squishy...like gummy bears only XD:hyper:

Oh Nezu...I noticed your intro picture still says "V12"

So what's happening in the hamster scene now? Any cahnges of coat or breed in the market? Every hamter I see now is a banded or half-banded....rarely see solids anymore.

Market alot of bandeds. But if you are lucky, can come across nice ones. Recently pet family had a big load of satin hamsters. I manage to get 3. Solid colours too. Just need to go visit petshops here and there before you can spy on some lovely colours.

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Added on August 9, 2009, 11:02 pmThese days alot of sick pet sellers.... sick in the head for making animals suffer.

Look at these Winter White hamsters


This post has been edited by crazymouse_yyh: Aug 9 2009, 11:02 PM

omg..damn sad to see these..

waa...so unacceptable.
sad to see dis. i think the seller is so desperate to make small kids to buy those hammies. poor little feller.
hope there's nobody buy from this seller or else they will keep doing this.

My WW pups update again:



They are starting to grow fur coating already. Today saw 3 pups out of their house, running around and can see their eye starting to form already. Hehe

Astaghfirullah...

Aduih this is called lame marketing scheme.

It's like teaching people that the normal colours are boring and therefore everything must be neeeeeeeeeeeoooonnnnn

/fail

Since I only can keep one hamster at a time, spy also not much use XD.

I took pictures of little Minmin but haven't resized them yet. Will post soon.

Her face is a lot flatter than Tiny, and I guess that's how hamster are supposed to look like....not mousy

Someone ought to take actions againts these people.

Gosh, lets form a party, kidnap this person, dip him in green neon, then kick his a** and leave him naked at the North-South Highway's R&R!!

SO CUTE!! LITTLE FELLOW WIF FULL GREY COLOR>>>

I need advice. One of my WW ear grew some pimples or something. Should I take it to the vet?

can take pic and show

I don't have any camera. But what I can see is that thing cover the whole 1 part of the ear.
Tot of taking it to the vet but afraid of the high fee.

WARH... THis is danger!! Fast bring t to vet if not i will mess her life..
Why dont u think bout cost before u adapt em??
Take responsible if u really care bout it. ... Haiaya...

when he runs around too long he will get wet under the chin and upper chest, u suppose he drools, or mayb he is sweating... mmm

Mine nvr sweat b4...I think it is better to take it to vet

so cute!!!! damn, if i din have one hamster already i'd get one of your pups in a flash sec... haha (no offense squeaky)

First of all, I'm here to look for advice not to let you guys scold then advice.
I brought it to the pet shop to ask but they recommend to take to the vet.

This post has been edited by XiuKeong: Aug 14 2009, 01:21 AM

Finally, all the pups opened their eyes already and wandering around in the cage. Feed them smoothies just now and they like it ^^

Updated my lalabubbles hamster wonderland world thread.

hehe

haha. .i used to faced the same problem..that i only rent a room.. so my robos is in same sme room with me..haiyaa..kenot sleep when they start running ..just imagine how fast they can run...
now i owned a house..so i kept then in one room... no longer fighting with the noise.. i still remember i used to cabut the wheel before i go to sleep..the next morning..when i wake up..they'll look very frustrated..kekek....

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Added on August 14, 2009, 1:39 pmhaha...they weill loke more cute when they start to learn keeping all food inside their pouch..looks like alien with big head..soo cute..i got 6 rascal like this @ my house..very naughty

This post has been edited by anizarina: Aug 14 2009, 01:39 PM

Seens that u have 1 full white geh??
cant wait to see they grow..
This is Siao Chu babies?? how about TAMMY??

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Added on August 14, 2009, 2:10 pmHaiya.. dont take big heart on my words.. I just thinking ur words before that u
say that ur hams got problem , & u scared bout the vet cost... thats y when we
pet something alive, we shud spend some cost on their health.. If not effort, then
dont keep lah.. OKAY.. SO SORRY YA KAWAN...


This post has been edited by yana_adell: Aug 14 2009, 02:10 PM

ohh...no ah, these are all Tammy's babies. Siao Chu later on 1st...

How's the lady Lala WW now? ^^

This post has been edited by LalaBubbles: Aug 14 2009, 04:34 PM

My newly bought hamsters ran away this morning, I cleaned the cage last night and left a hole at the top of the cage open (Supposingly a round wheel that acts like a cover, but the ball was still damp). So I cover the hole with a cloth instead.

I place the cage on a table and i think somehow they manage to sneak from the hole.. dunno how, my cage is like in this picture minus the chimney.

Now not sure where are they!!

Anyways to catch them?

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Added on August 15, 2009, 12:33 amUpdate: Hamsters came back , hid behind the cupboard and managed to detect their squeking.

This post has been edited by chess_gal: Aug 15 2009, 12:33 AM


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hahhaha.. She's fine now.. Getting fattier as waiting for labour maybe by 22/8/2009 or 2,3 days
after that... Cant wait orh.. Very hard to mate her at 1st. But now, can wait to bcome Grandma..
hhehehe
Show Siao Chu baby larh...
Means Tammy is mating wif who?? Most of The babies looks all have stripe.

Tammy mated with DumDum ar, Siao Bai and Siao Chu de son from 1st batch. DumDum is full white WW like her mama Siao Chu de and Tammy came from Pet Wonderland with slight stripe on her de. So I suppose those pups get more genes from their mama than DumDum de. Anyway, as long as those pups are healthy, others doesn't matter that much also.

Yesterday, all of them de eye can open big big already and really playing around the cage. I see them all rushing out when I put soak bread into the cage... really cute! They even start to groom themselves and clean their mouth after eating. hehe

However, Siao Bai and Siao Chu de 2nd batch got problem...so don't think gonna elaborate it. Basically is due to Siao Bai has health problem (pneumonia) as mentioned quite sometime ago. So, not gonna sell any their pups for this batch. If anyone has more interest with it, do pm me directly.

Cheers.



This post has been edited by LalaBubbles: Aug 15 2009, 01:13 PM

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Added on August 15, 2009, 1:13 pmLalaBubbles's Hamster- Mama Baby War !!!!


LalaBubbles's Hamster- Breast Feeding


Videos on Tammy and babies this morning...enjoy it!!!

This post has been edited by LalaBubbles: Aug 15 2009, 01:18 PM

wat are u feeding them^^?

soak bread

This post has been edited by LalaBubbles: Aug 16 2009, 01:55 AM

any way to bring back hamster from west malaysia to east malaysia?

i plan to buy robor to bring back cause my place doesn't sell much of tiz.

I wish to ADOPT 4 winter white hamsters. Can be mix sex, coz i plan to have two cages DIY. wuhaha. I like to see them play n sleep around. If there are new hamster babies available, please reply post, msn or email me. jie_xp@hotmail.com

Thanks!!

hye all......

Y dun just keep 1?

Hi there

Wow why straight away get 4 ooo? You planning to breed is it?

So long din't come to this thread~

This thread is getting less active ady...

Hahahahahahah~ maybe people are busy.. me myself getting busy by day. Hows your syrian hyo.. fat fat de?

Normal size
Not very active actually,most day just sleep.But when active always jump here jump there
Now she is getting used to be handle,but not completely yet

haha!! no la. my gf keep two. i keep two. i know how to breed them. i keep syrian hamsters b4, like 5 years ago

When i c the pet shop dwarf hamsters r so cute, we plan to pet them.

Long time din post my hamster's pic
Here u go:

u can try MASkargo animal hotel. safe transshipment of live animals

Well syrian and WW are totally different breeds. Not all the same. Syrian is solitary.. WW also not all will get along one..

lol. do i need to take master or phD study to learn how to pet WW? internet resources are available at finger click
WW will get along, not like other hamster. it will be no problem if all four from same parents and raised up together.

I'm sorry bro...
just to let u know...
if all four are from same parents and raised up together,means they r sibling la..
when a breeding between the sibling will become a hybrid and depression also.
plus,if they r sibling n raised up together,doesn't mean that they will get along when u separate them from their parents.
i said this based on my experience.
i separated the siblings from their parents,
then i just thought they will ok bcoz they r sibling,
but after dat day,i found 2 of them died (due to fighting among them) .

*just remember,they r some cannibal species.

More info here - http://www.maskargo.com/animalhotel/

Just a note - Hamsters will get stress when traveling and the chances that they won't make it to the destination is very high. So the risk is there.

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Added on August 17, 2009, 10:18 amWW is also known to fight among it's siblings.

And if you keep siblings together (males and females) and they will in-breed.

I guess you need to click more And no Masters and phD required

This post has been edited by blurjoey: Aug 17 2009, 10:18 AM

However, Siao Bai and Siao Chu de 2nd batch got problem...so don't think gonna elaborate it. Basically is due to Siao Bai has health problem (pneumonia) as mentioned quite sometime ago. So, not gonna sell any their pups for this batch. If anyone has more interest with it, do pm me directly.


Eric, sorry to hear this. Maybe they get the sickness from father..
But nvr mind. maybe they'll b quite tough & grow better soon.
Wish em gud luck jer...!!

Hell guys i wanna ask something , i been studying bout hamsters as i read , Syrians cannot be housed together ? will they seriously fight becuz they are told as a solitary hamsters ? well , is it okay to house 1 pair of syrians together ? which is bought at the same shop together ? which i provide them enought space and shelter

they are syrian, so they don stay in group in nature.

Putting them together in big/small housing, they will stil fight and lead to injuries or worse, death.

They might not start fighting at young age, but they still feel stress with others' existence.

They are jus like hedgehog..

Lol lawrence,seems like u r interested in many pets...Anyway,it is best to house just 1 syrian in a tank.It is not advisable to house a pair as fight may occur or breeding(if u dun hav the breeding knowledge yet).If frm the same shop high chance they r siblings and inbred hamster is not recommended.
BTW...how big is their enclosure dat u house them pair?

My best hamster...Siao Bai...has passed away this morning [17/08/2009]. Just now back home found him lying there whole body turn hard already Has made him a coffin and getting buried soon.

Wish he can go to a new place with full of joy happy and healthy always... get out of sickness SB!!! He has been suffering from pneumonia for quite sometime.

sad to hear that..

RIP~

RIP Siao Bai...

RIP...he will be happy to hav a good owner like u

me ? Owh i love to have hamster but i dun have hamster , well im going to buy White W but syrian is cuter and bigger , ahaha thanks for the tip ,maru &eric !

-edited- due to real lalabubbles(my gf) doesn't like the obituary pictures to be public reveal.

This post has been edited by LalaBubbles: Aug 17 2009, 07:12 PM

hai.. my 2 new babies..
Honey & Bell being fat edi..
See their pics below..
When 1st time i bring em home, they looks so tiny..
Compare to the food plate..Now, they getting fattier..

& LALA oso bcome CHUBBY as she was waiting to gave birth end of this week..
Meanwhile, PUTEH is ENJOYING her FROZEN SMOOTHIE...

Enjoy their pics larh.. LALLALALLAA

This post has been edited by yana_adell: Aug 18 2009, 11:32 AM


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So long no come this thread liao, hehe.

So cute la them two.

@LalaBubble: Siao Bai RIP

guys, how to noe whether hammie is pregnant? i got both my ww around 6 months earlier. nothing happen, i thk they r same sex. bt jst now 1 of the act strangely, keep on protect herself from being touch by any1, include her cagemate n me. n i saw her downpart, near de sex organ a bit bengkak,like the butt, red red... something like coming out from de hole (sex organ)....

This post has been edited by *FallenAngel*: Aug 18 2009, 04:13 PM

help !!!
i saw my hamsters doing like few days ago...
will the female be pregnant???
what should i do? heard ppl say they'll eat their own babies if not handle properly...how???

Not sure about it...but it is better to bring it to vet if u r not sure also.Hope the seniors here can answer ur question

If u dun hav the knowledge of breeding hamster then y u put a pair of different sex 2gether?
Again i hav no experience in breeding hamster,so hope the seniors can answer ur question too