Congratz~

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

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..

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??

can take pic and show

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..

RIP~

45min can save ur hamster's life... why not?

There r public transportation everywhere in the town..

Don wait....if not, u might regret.

We cant do anything here to help u, we r not vet.. And the 'dry tail' medicine which claimed can cure wet tail selling in the marker usually doesnt work.

Man, u all flies so fast...terrible....

I at wangsa maju now, this evening and tomolo i will be at petshack too. I can get the things for u if u wan.

But i can only get the things for u on sun, going back hometown later.

Anyway, we talk on pm.

p/s:


My name is Hermes..

aiks..not sure... 4th sept start exam...

Will see how~

If i go, for sure i will drive.. taking hammie travel with public transportation is not really wise action.

Bring a travel tank..put old bedding inside..make sure water, food, treats are with u...

The hammie temperament hav to put in consideration too.. If he/she get stress easily, then better don bring it out.

Gut load ur mealies b4 feeding.

Go supermarket get ROLLED OATS (not instant oat).. put a layer of rolled oats as bedding... then put the mealies on it.. then put vege/fruits to feed them.

Remember wipe the vege/fruits b4 u put in, mealies will die when contact with water.

Feed high calcium fruit/vege such as sawi, so balance out bit the phosphorus within mealies.

For first time, u hav to gut load 48hours b4 start feeding the mealies to ur hammie. Is to ensure all the dirt and toxic inside the mealies is out and they are full of nutrition.

After 48hours, u jus put vege/fruits every 2-3 days...

For dwarfs, i think 2 mealies is very enuf already... and feed alternate days...

Put the mealies on bigger container would be better...

larvae --> pulpa --> beetle..

Pulpa has the highest protein and lowest phosphorus..

U can use those normal rectangle size tupperware la...

All my pets nid to eat mealworms..of course i nid to know ma...

Last time i start with zero too... Shud thank all the senior and numerous info on internet.

You don hv to provide water like tat, they can get moisture from the vege/fruits u serve.

Geli? it depends. last time i use twizzer to pick..now i immune d.. sometime i will talk to them also..hahahah...

Smell? Erm.. not really..u hav to pick out those dead one to prevent all others die.. My mealies are very clean, i clean their bedding regularly.. They all fat fat white white..

You don buy pulpa from shop..usually all in larvae...esp those aquarium shop who never gutload their mealies.. all so skinny and dirty... That's y i rather travel far bit and get from petshack.. healthier becoz they gutload the mealies.

You are mostly welcome.

Haha..walk in usually will hav disc la...

1) yes
2) yes
3) yes
4) nope, u still nid to gut load for 48 hours. Jus the mealies from petshack they did use oat as bedding and the mealies kept in clean tray.. Not like others, they usually put newspaper inside.. Fyi, the mealies eat the oat as well.
5) I'm not petshack ambassador la...u shud refer the disc issue to the person in charge.

I think i posted b4 la this pic..








Organic rolled oats that i use for bedding...

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Added on August 26, 2009, 7:03 pmU shud use hay as bedding.. Because it doesnt absorb urine, and putting so many hay in the cage only will hurt ur hamster..

Jus use normal bedding such as back2nature/BC or chipsi, then u can put bit hay for ur hammie to chew and do nesting..

This post has been edited by eric138: Aug 26 2009, 07:03 PM

Don use chipsi citrus... go for chipsi classic...Don really favors all those scented items.

I got my Back2nature & BreederCelect recycled paper bedding from Petshack.

You feeding vitakraft? Menu range or high premium range?

To control odour, u shud change the bedding and wash the cage regularly.

Yup..high premium range is much better than the menu range.. Esp nature dinner.. very complete..

Dwarf or syrian is the same. As hyourin said, syrian is more suitable for beginner/kids becoz they are easier to hold and catch since their size bigger.. Dwarf is much smaller and more fragile, they run faster and harder to catch...

Their temperament largely dpend on the seller/breeder. If they are very used to be handle by human, they can easily adapt to new owner.

So far, i haven encounter any big prob with Hermes. Jus once he bite me because he is kinda nervous when entered my room that fulled of different animals. After that, he is doin extremely fine with me.

@Lawrence, i noticed u adopted a few animals. But pls study and research, is good you can ask opinion from experienced owner here, but there are alot basic thing u can easily read from the net.

Some questions are jus keep on repeat and repeat, although it's already stated on the first page.