There might be a high chance its because of the wheel. Its quite rare for them not to learn how to use it. My hamster at first also don't really know how to use so I put him on the wheel & cover so he can't jump down. He walked for a while but still like not so sure how to use. Then midnight all the sudden I hear him running on it already...

Before I was using cheap small wheel too when first bought it. He didn't use that till I read more stuff on hamsters & changed the wheel.

i heard his seller ffk him....so i guess no aspen bedding in malaysia unless somebody willing to do bulk purchase through amazon & sell it

went plc & bought a new bedding for my hamster. Its called homefriends & seems like a new product in plc. Plc seems to focus on this bedding more already & not restocking on others & i guess they can monopolize it since i didnt see other petshops selling it yet

Anyways its really good bedding, completely safe for hamster since its stated 100% recycled soft paper. No need worry about pine etc...plus texture is really soft. But sad thing is its quite expensive leh. I bought 10L for rm36 (10% discount), so i mixed with my old bedding that is going to finish. I might consider mixing with other bedding or just use homefriends purely. But quite expensive although its very good I guess i am going to stick with this brand for quite some time now

sure no problem...will take & upload it later afternoon but bedding is very soft i feel. There is a sample on how the bedding looks like in plc sunway, they got pack it in a transparent plastic for people to look at it. But its quite small & soft so for those hamsters who like to burrow in their bedding might not be able to burrow deep unless you use a lot (which is expensive )

Thats why i go mix with my old bedding that is going to finish plus this new bedding got some kind of anti bacteria thingy There is a pdf file available online if you want to read about it

the bedding dosent look like that excatly because i mix 50% with my previous bedding & 50% new bedding.

bedding looks like in starrynight picture.

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i am having the same problem. Quite scared to cut it myself so thinking of bringing to a vet. I manage to shorten his front nails though because there is a spot where he like to do digging so i put sandpaper at there & it trims his nails within a week. Didnt trim his back nails though

there is a dedicated adoption thread in this forum...you can try to post it at there too

follow what the forumers advice & read the first page. All the info is available at there.

Also i would advice anybody who wishes to bread their hamster to do lots & lots of research before deciding to breed. There are a lot of things you guys need to read & consider because once the hamster is pregnant there is no going back & if anything happened, you guys need to be prepared. You guys need to know what to do immediately.

breeding isnt that hard but you guys need to read up first before proceeding. good luck

-1st pregnant female put in cage no.1.
-2nd pregnant female put in cage no.2.
-remaining females put in cage no.3 (if too many then put half in another cage)
-rest of the males put in cage no.4 (if too many then put half in another cage)

-when male babies are independent already put in cage no.5 (to prevent further breading)
-when female babies are independent already put in cage no.6 (to prevent further breading)

note:
-never bread hamsters from the same family members, they could come out dead or deformed.
-never peep, touch, disturb, clean the cage or go near to the mother or the babies. (can look from far but dont go near)

Also for your condition now, avoid changing the ovo suite for now, just remove all the other hamsters from there & leave the 2 mothers in there with their babies & pray they dont eat each other babies up. Because if you changed now things will just get worst since their environment is changed which will stress them up. All the separating steps should done it before they give birth not after. For now just provide them extra food & protein if possible.

This is why i said before, lots of research is needed before deciding to bread the hamsters so you guys will know what to do before something happened.

this is totally unethical. You shouldnt do inbreeding. Period. There is a reason why even we humans cant marry our sister & sister marry with brother. If you studied biology you will know this reason, its something to do with our genes. I am not going to explain biology here, but if you want you can look it up & same concept applies to hamsters.



quoted from: http://www.ehow.com/how_8694068_breed-hams...l#ixzz27ILhLc2G

more links:
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index...09162755AAUQBK1
http://breeding-hamster.blogspot.com/2007/...r-breeding.html

& you can find more online, just google hamster inbreeding.

because its genetics, hard to explain. Defects dosent mean physical only, it could also be visual, smelling sense, health, behaviour etc...we might not be able to see sometimes, or the hamsters was just lucky.

Either way, never practise inbreeding.

why is it upside down? lol drained the water from your loop?

i see, cool setup though...love seeing compression fittings with tight loop

like what memories fallen said, you have to wait. She is probably tired, dont worry mother hamsters knows what is the best for her young. Its totally natural for her to eat her babies or leave it abandon if she thinks the young dosent have high chance of surviving. You just cant do anything about this.

And to answer your second question, NO. You shouldnt bring the babies to the other mother. She will kill the babies because she might think its a threat to her babies or just eat up her babies or the other babies because there is too many for her to nurse. You will just make things worst.

I strongly advice you not to carry the babies or disturb them because they will start crying & the mother will think there is a threat. This will just stress her up & in the end she will kill them. Yes babies hamsters do cry but we cant hear it because its in the ultrasonic range which is beyond what humans can hear. If there is a baby accidently came out then you can try to remove the mother hamster by luring her out with food & quickly carry the baby into the nest & yeah just use a spoon. But if the mother herself remove all the babies then that means she dont want to nurse them because she thinks she dont have enough energy for that.

ps: also stop inbreeding incase you plan to breed again

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nice but too many sunflower seed is unhealthy for them

yup its quite serious, which is the main reason why i moved from cage to fish tank instead after reading more info about hamstesr. Nope wheel alone is not enough, need to buy additional toys & yes chewing sticks is good for them as well since it can help them to trim their teeth. Most importantly is spend couple of hours playing with them

you guys can get this: http://s.petco.com/assets/product_images/8/800443128275C.jpg

i bought 1 few months ago. It acts as a chewing toy for your hamster as well as a bridge so he can climb here & there or hide underneath depending on how you keep it. Take note though that all chewing sticks your hamster will use maybe for 1-2months? once the smell is gone they wont use it but my bridge still acts as a bridge

not that cheap though

might want to bring it to a vet. Also leaving them for a week is not advisable, although they could survive if you put plenty of food and water but still not advisable since bottle leakage might occur and they might get thirsty etc... I leave my hamster before for 3days...came back and saw the bedding all was in the toilet but still got plenty of food but 1 week is a bit too long otherwise its ok. Also might want to separate them just to avoid any chances of fighting that could occur if you plan to leave them for few days.

my hamster pass away on friday due to old age...sigh...

I know he would go away soon anyways since he been inactive for 1 month already & even having trouble in walking. both of his back legs was very weak & keep falling over here & there. Even with all those signs watching him grasping his life was very sad...I hope he didnt suffer while grasping for his life...

I have a big packet of versele-laga - hamster nature (hamster food) up for sale. I will give the leftover bedding & toilet bedding for free too. Bedding left a little bit only but hamster food is like brand new, just used like 1-2 bowls only still got so much in it. Maybe later I will open a sales thread.

Not sure want to keep another hamster in the future or not yet...but if decided not to then I will sell my current hamster "palace" & a very useful hamster book. Lots of useful info in it.

@babybb - you dont need vitamins for your hamster if you provide them balance diet unless you are not sure about their diet. The only time they need vitamins if they are sick or old (not eating like normal)...

I am not so sure about injured leg as well, its best to ask the vet.

As for my hamster its a bit different case. Actually I was going on vacation on friday to penang, woke up in the morning & get ready & stuff. Then I saw my hamster outside of his house so I was wondering & wanted to fill his bowl. That was when I found out he was dying already, his body was like twisted also, like he twist his spine or something.

Searching for vet in subang but all seems like opening 10am & that time was only 8am. Even the emergency vet at subang was close so I decided to take my hamster to ipoh lor. Cant wait d, then reach at ipoh searching for vet. Manage to find 1 only, but I think that vet is not very good la. Idk la...I feel only...

I asked him why my hamster spine like this, he say not spine but the hamster nerves like this already thats why the body not straight anymore, my hamster dehydrated d. Maybe he was suffering since last night so didnt drink water? Idk la coz I went to bed early since wanted to travel to penang the next day ma.

Then the vet said he cant do anything, he cant find any blood vessel to put drips also...my hamster dying due to old age. I suspect that is true but not sure about that nerve statement, but impossible for him to bend his spine also la coz my cage got no high place for him to climb also.

Vet gave vitamins for my hamster, 3 drops daily & told me to buy glucose mix with water & keep feeding. This also I not sure coz from what I read hamster not supposed take sugar stuff but then I dont have a choice since hamster is not eating & I cant give milk also coz I google they say not good.

He passed away the moment I step into the the resort. But then in ipoh the car we travelling got accident a bit with another car. My mum say my hamster took our bad luck & save us. She say maybe we might involved in terrible accident but the hamster took that bad luck to safe us coz animals is like this wan. Even for dogs they can sense danger before it happens. E.g before tusanmi happened got many such stories with dogs also....not sure...old people believe...

More than 2years d, not sure the exact age coz was given by my aunty. The signs I notice he is getting old is (in order):

-Started sleeping more than usual.
-Started sleeping on his wheel after using it a while
-Started eating less than usual
-Stop eating food that needs extra work such as sunflower seed.
-Stop digging the bedding to cover his house even if I used air con.
-Doesn't come out at 12am often
-Stopped using the wheel
-Stop climbing on the house or wooden bridge
-Couldn't stand anymore, like in the alert state
-keep faling down even when eating, like starting to lose balance
-back legs dosent work properly anymore, like sometimes he drag his behind leg like its injured or something but its not. More like being limped.

The last sign it might do is this:
*warning: do not watch if you get sad easily...


Idk if something choked or what but the vet didnt say any such thing. Just gave vitamin, looks like thick syrup to fed 3 times a day, so I just put 1 drop to its tongue but my hamster was eating that though & drinking water whenever I put it in his mouth. Anyways just to remind you guys to spend more time with your hamster & look out for old age signs.

My hamster did that for half a day after passing away. I read some people say some hamsters dies in their sleep so it depends I guess.

I never heard delikate got scented bedding before, but I used to use the normal 1 before. Now I using homefriends bedding. Its paper based bedding, very good but a bit expensive. I got a little bit left & some hamster food to sell, if you want to try let me know

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