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jeremysoon93
post Apr 11 2013, 11:02 AM

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QUOTE(starrynight @ Apr 11 2013, 07:36 AM)
Lovely home you have there for the hammies!  biggrin.gif

Looks like we have the same wooden bridge. I used the plastic corner bowl as well but my hamster bites the side so now I switch to ceramic bowl. Just a q though, is the masking tape safe for the hamsters? I wanted to use it but afraid my hamster will get his whiskers stuck to the glue or toxic if he licked the glue.
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It should be fine though, and depends on the hamster.
I use the fat sticking brown tape on the wheels, my robos don't chew them, my girl she doesnt chew on them but once or twice she did it last time.
She's still fine.
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post Apr 18 2013, 12:10 PM

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QUOTE(infernoaswen @ Apr 18 2013, 11:39 AM)
Moving to bearded dragon haha. Actually anybody can be knowledgeable & give the best care to their pets too. Just matter of how much effort they want to put in reading info regarding the pet they want to keep. Best way is to get a book & read it up like what I did (and online research)...

Just got myself bearded dragon book using the book voucher laugh.gif

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Hey, ummmm isn't your little spacious home a little too expensive? :/
A new one is only RM20-something...
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post Apr 19 2013, 02:04 PM

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QUOTE(infernoaswen @ Apr 18 2013, 12:36 PM)
I checked, I bought at PLC RM40 plus....other online sites sells around RM30. Cheapest you can find is from this forumer: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2275861/all

& I have revised my price for all the other items as well. Thanks smile.gif
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Wow you bought it for 40 bucks???
I bought it from Pets Wonderland I think, at RM27 only.
But it's worth the money la, it makes a hammie cage more ... homely haha.
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post May 7 2013, 02:07 AM

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Hey guys, just wanna share something I manage to do after my exams (April 5th) of which I PROMISED my girl before CNY lolol.

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So this is the main cage, in the picture the wood corner plank with bathing sand is newly added.
But now I've bought the Living World Snap-Inn and replaced the wood with that.

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And this is the unfinished playground I've set up for my girl.
The edible stairs I've shifted to the main cage.
For the yellow block, my girl loves to hide there and pee there also lol, so I tried putting in her main cage, she loved it.

It's been almost a month already and she still doesn't like the playground.
So I just might sell either the main cage tank, or the storage box. Might.
Do you guys think anyone would be interested in those? :/


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post May 7 2013, 01:31 PM

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QUOTE(infernoaswen @ May 7 2013, 10:20 AM)
Maybe she don't like the constant changing enviroment . try to connect both cage together with maybe a tube so she will think it as 1 cage? Great setup btw, thumbs up!
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Thanks!
Yeah I'm still considering, cuz I spent almost 300 bucks already on those things ><
Will got "renovation" to do haha. smile.gif
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post May 8 2013, 12:18 AM

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QUOTE(infernoaswen @ May 7 2013, 11:35 PM)
refer to post#2 in the first page.

You can try but if its too tight he might not pee in there. Best thing is to upgrade your hamster cage, putting you hamster in storage box works well & those toyogo storage boxes cost extremely cheap just like what the person above did. The last thing you want your hamster to do is to pee in the same place he sleeps due to tight space.

Refer to post#2, observe where your hamster pee first then start potty training from there onwards smile.gif
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rhianova: Yeap and if you're looking for that and live in kl, do contact me, I think I shall consider selling my storage box (any of the two pic i posted, I'll keep one). Have plans for purchasing much much much bigger ones.
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post May 8 2013, 01:38 AM

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oh and one thing, my girl loves to poop in her house too...
So is it safe if I were to put the house on the bathing sand area where she poop and store food in her little house while she pee near it outside the house?
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post May 9 2013, 01:40 PM

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QUOTE(infernoaswen @ May 9 2013, 11:22 AM)
not, you should not mix the house with bathing sand. Bathing sand is for the hamster to dig & play with the sand only. In fact for toilet, there is a special "toilet litter" that is used for absorbing pee. In fact bathing sand is only put in the cage when you want the hamster to play with the sand or cool them down...

All hamster poop in their house, oh btw they also eat their poop so dont be surprised since their poop can be undigested. If you dont stand the poop in their house then you can clean it daily like what I used to do...
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Owh... but my girl loves to sleep in the sand also :/ Whether I put the house or not she hangs out there a lot.
About the poop yeah I learnt that in biology in secondary school haha, forgot what's it called.
So removing the house, can I put her favourite hideaway (pic) thingy in the sand?
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Anyways guys, I have Roborovski hamsters up for urgent adoption, it's in the link in my signature below!

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post May 9 2013, 10:14 PM

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QUOTE(infernoaswen @ May 9 2013, 06:02 PM)
yeah mine did that a lot too, coz they like that place better...cooler. Reason why i dont suggest is coz they will start storing their food there & when its wet the sand can easily get stuck at the food. So when the hamster eat it, she my swallow the sand.

I trained my hamster not to sleep in the toilet, when i first got it he always sleep in there so whenever I saw him in the toilet I gently blow the toilet & the wind wakes him up. He will rush to his house/dark hiding place & sleep in there then. I did this almost a month & after that he never sleep in the toilet anymore  brows.gif
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Ah yeah, I saw her food there that's when I got a little worried.
Blow? Hamsters hate that right :/ Hmmm but I like it when my girl sleeps there, she looks very calm there.
I'll take a picture soon and post it here~
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post May 10 2013, 06:51 PM

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starrynight: I actually gave it a try just now while she was in the sand, she was kinda shaky looking at me. Better to blow at her body or face?

infernoaswen: Ah, I've heard about the digestion issue. But I didn't know there's a difference between the sand and litter! Oh noes. Anyways the photo below is the sand box and the little yellow hideout I've just removed, she loves to sleep inside there on the sand. Will probably add a small box with litter, but can I still put the sand there?

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post May 10 2013, 08:45 PM

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QUOTE(infernoaswen @ May 10 2013, 07:26 PM)
Usually I blow at their body, keep blowing constantly but with gentle force & he would run to his hideout. Maybe yours is first time so she is not sure where to go/hide to sleep.

If you want her to sleep in the yellow hideout then I would advise not to put sand bath in there. Get another smaller container maybe something like in mine in my thread & use it. Plus smaller can save cost on the amount of sand bath you use plus you can make it like an inch thick so she will enjoy digging & rolling in it...

As for toilet litter, I usually use something that is bigger in size. I cant find the exact brand that I used to use but its similar size like below. Good thing about toilet litter is they stick together well when the pee dries up so its like a chunk of pee that you can scoop out. Since they are bigger in size this would make the scoping process easier compare to bath sand that are more like fine grains.
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Ah alright.
I'm hesitating to remove the sand cuz I dun want the big colourful boxy thing to be wasted as i takes up a lot of space.
Anyways, thanks a bunch for sharing the info, will post more pics once I've "renovated" the house somemore haha.

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post May 12 2013, 04:36 AM

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QUOTE(rhianova @ May 11 2013, 06:48 PM)
Actually when I was in the pet shop the store assistant told me not to get sand bath, she said that so far she's seen it makes their fur drop out so she recommended I buy some anti-odor spray instead. Is this true?  O__o

Also right, what is the minimum size wheel for dwarf hamster? The one I have now is like the size of...you know those RM20+ wire cages they sell in pet stores, including running wheel? That's the size of wheel I have, but my WW hammy doesn't seem to be running on it, so I'm scared it might be too small maybe? D: Thinking of getting him a bigger wheel if that's the case.
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Is that so? My girl's fine, infact her fur is glowing! Haha. Pictures of her below~
(The last pic is more accurate on the tone of her fur)

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The best smallest wheel for dwarf hamster would be the 6.5 inches blue hamster wheel in infernoaswen's WTS page, which I'm also using.
If the wheel you have looks like hers but smaller, that one's too small. If it's the very cheap-plasticky one, you're never getting any sleep sooner or later.
OR, she runs when you're sleeping haha.

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post May 12 2013, 10:10 PM

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QUOTE(infernoaswen @ May 12 2013, 03:55 PM)
I read before they say if the hamster keep using the sand bath it can cause the fur to dry up. I never had this experience before though, if you notice fur starting to dry up then might want to limit the amount of time you let your hamster play with the sand bath. Otherwise it should be fine, sand bath can never be "not good" for hamsters.

Probably the shop owner want to clear off their odorless spray so telling you to buy that instead.

As for the wheel, yeah 6.5" is best...those sanko brand is very good & super silent. Expensive but quality stuff is never cheap anyways. Those wheels that comes free when you buy hamster cages you can throw it away, its garbage. Bought hamster cage before, too small & its so hard to use because of the wheel resistance. My hamster never used his wheel until I change to sanko wheel & the next day I saw him running on it already.

As discussed previously, thats what you get for using metal bar cages. Change to those storage box as cages or 2ft plastic aquarium as their cage & the biting will stop. You will be able to sleep peacefully & keep your hamster "safe" in your room while sleeping smile.gif

Those storage box, toyogo brand(forgot the brand name) cost like ~rm30 only whereas plastic aquarium only rm50 smile.gif
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Nah the sand should be fine la. My girl's fur is still very smoooooth~ But will continue to monitor any changes.
Storage box RM30??? I bought mine about 2ft x 1.5ft for RM70!! And it's somemore from Tesco D:


QUOTE(rhianova @ May 12 2013, 11:22 AM)
Awww she's so cute! Haha the wheel noise doesn't bother me much, it's mostly the cage biting  x.x  It's so bad that I move him to the study room at night before I sleep. That way the noise won't wake me up.
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Thanks! biggrin.gif
And yes as infernoaswen said, storage box or aquarium is the best. I pity my parents last time as their bedroom window was just next to the balcony when I use to use metal bar cages hahaha.
Anyways if you're interested in storage box I would be willing to sell mine. Her playground's quite abandoned :/

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post May 13 2013, 03:15 PM

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oh my gawddd I feel cheated by Tesco lol.
Anyways infernoaswen, when my girl's in the sand, do I blow until she comes out of it, or only to wake her up?
Starrynight : I use the smallest green wheel for my robos, they seem fine, but the medium should be more comfortable for them.

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post May 14 2013, 04:19 PM

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QUOTE(starrynight @ May 14 2013, 11:51 AM)
yes, it depends on your hamster .. but make sure their back don't arch else it'll be painful for them to run ..

i usually blow my hamster till they wake cause they will auto shift someplace else after that

your robo has such a cutie face , i want to cubit  laugh.gif
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QUOTE(infernoaswen @ May 14 2013, 12:07 PM)
i usually blow till he started to move to another place because if I just wake him up he will just go back to sleep. Depends on your hamster I guess...
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I tried to blow my girl when she was in the sand, she just look at me (angrily of course) and move to the other corner of the box lolol. But I blew her when she was biting the metal supporter of the wheel, she stops after a few seconds.

Thanks starrynight smile.gif That's Chub-Chub, he was the chubbiest among the 3. Unfortunately he just passed away a couple of minutes ago. My fault, forgot to refill the water bottle ><
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post May 17 2013, 12:35 AM

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QUOTE(takkicom @ May 16 2013, 06:35 PM)
where u get that biggrin.gif,
i found in jusco 1 the plastic cutting very bad and cost 30+ =.=
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Apparently I realize they have each other and long things like pencils hahahaha. My girl loves me, but when I poke her gently with the round end of the pencil she gets angry.

I got it from Tesco for 70 T.T I think I may get another one from Carrefour, that's the biggest I've seen so far. Jusco bad cutting? I didn't realise that :/
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post Jun 8 2013, 01:25 AM

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QUOTE(V-Zero @ Jun 7 2013, 11:11 PM)
Went to Paradigm just then.

Fall in love with those furballsss wub.gif
Robos priced at staggering RM45 smthn while Winter White at RM22, kinda exceeded my expectation. sad.gif

Will head over to SS2 mall tmrw.
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LOL Robos at Pets Wonderland are overpriced.
The same robos at Pets Lovers Centre are up for RM20+ smile.gif

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post Jun 11 2013, 11:45 PM

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QUOTE(V-Zero @ Jun 11 2013, 07:28 PM)
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Oh such lovely kids!
Be patient with them though haha tongue.gif
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post Jun 22 2013, 10:37 AM

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QUOTE(infernoaswen @ Jun 22 2013, 12:14 AM)
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Waaaah you keep writing this everytime someone asks the same thing hahaha. Not tiring meh?
But recently my hamster start peeing a lot in her food bowl. I know it's to mark that it's her food, but how to prevent her from doing that ah? ><

Anyways nova_freak, for
3) Careful to differentiate between litter, and bath sand. They're different.
5) Mine did it overnight. biggrin.gif
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post Jun 22 2013, 03:56 PM

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Nova: For me I've tried different ones, my girl likes them all.
My favourites so far are Living World Classic (PetsWonderland) and Vitakraft (from Nilufar Scott Garden). I'm thinking to try the one from Pets Lovers Centre with natural high-fibre food that they recommended. Not sure if it's okay or not.

Anyways inferno, my girl has been biting the metal bar of the wheel and the plastic of a toy a lot though I've given her the edible wood from snak snak. What else can I do ah? The blowing at her face doesn't work.

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