guys, i need help on my hammy. i just realize that he had hairloss
on his tummy at the right side of his body.

he started to stop playing wheel about 4/3 month ago. after playing
he kept scratching his belly, after a while he never play it anymore.
i don't see anything wrong with him. he's active as usual, xcept he don't
play wheel. and at first, the hair lost was just a little and i thought
it was a lump bitten by ant.

i've check with hamsterific illness guide. both mange & mites
caused by mites. i don't see any mites on him.
and i had another hamster in that cage but he wasnt infected at all.

i'm not sure if its ringworm or just the usual hairloss.. what should i do ?

cod-liver oil - scot imulsion can?
yeast tablet is on what ?

5. Chew Thean Yeang Aquarium (CTY Aquarium)
No. 82, Jln Burma,
10050 Georgetown,
Pulau Pinang
Tel: 04-226 4958

been there before?
theres alot of hamster and other exotic pets
if u go there, sure take 1 home punya
its easy to go, just beside the main road

My little gal gal


My little boy boy

Can only capture their picture when they are eating. They run around most of the time... sigh...

another question here.. i heard that hamster usually will eat their new born baby, izzit true.??

btw i stumble unto this website associate for small animals.it state clinic under which state you are staying...
cool

http://www.msava.org/vets.php

You also found that site? Actually, small animals means dogs and cats also included. The vets that open clinics are stated as small animals clinics but not all knows how to treat real small animals. It is only a term for domestic household pets....

Not really. Provided you supply enough protein for the mother. If the mother is too stress, she might eat her own baby to get enough protein for the rest of the baby. Some mother hamster is stressful with human interaction after it give birth. So touching it will also cause her to eat her baby too.

If diet is controlling well, and don't disturb her nursing her baby. The mother won't cannibalize it's own baby at 99%.

Pls share it here, Vet List

hi sorcerer, so nice to hear from u, i always there on wed n sat, very loyal customer, but i check with them, they dont hv the syrian (long hair) that i wan, but luckily i went to air itam there n finally found!! i just back from there n i hv two with me now, they r mimi n jasper, hehehe later i wil post some pics of them, after i finish my work first, so happy le today, like crazy man, my mum said wan to send me to hospital since i am so "siao" 2day, keep on laughting.... btw thnx so mush sorcerer

errmm, not sure how big it is. well, mayb will put some toilet row in it....
the metal rack is stainless steel is it? dun noe where to get.... how about the coconut hut? seems nice.

Coconut hut can get from Pets Family or Pet Safari or Natural Aquatic. A lot of pet stores have it la. It's about RM7-9 depending on where you get it from. My hamsters don't like the coconut huts -- it's also pretty useless for them since it's supposed to be elevated from the ground and hamsters are not into climbing much unless there's ladders, etc. I don't know -- mine's just not into using the coconut huts. I even tried placing it low on the ground for them and they still won't use it.

lol.actually i saw from the gerbil thread one. haha. i will try n look at the pet shop and see wat i can get. btw, i dun live in kl. lol

Oh! hehe good luck with finding one -- sure got wan. If seriously, you cannot find any coconut huts there -- let me know la. I can post it to you

wah?!! rili a not....haha. thanks a lot. ok, will pm u if i wan lar. haha.

Yup, yup -- no problem.

lol. anyway, how much mealw0orms do u feed to dwarfs? i feed 9-12 mealworms. but they are freeze fried and kinda small small size.

If you need to fatten them up, then it's okay to feed that much. I feed mine now with only 6 mealworms a day. I also feed my hammies with steamed chicken, turkey ham, eggs for added protein. And they love apple and carrots and small pieces of bread.

This post has been edited by misa: Oct 13 2006, 01:51 PM

wah...so many food ar....cant feed apple and carrot though, coz will lead to some disease-mine is dwarf. anyway, i juz feed them mealworms twice a week, or should i increase ? turkey ham can ar? i thought got some ingredients which might be harmful to them?

Out of curiosity, where did you get the information that apples and carrots cannot be fed to dwarf hammies? You can give apples and carrots twice a week. Dwarf hamsters can be allowed proportionately more vegetable matter than syrian hamsters. Apple, carrot, and even pear are better than vegetables (like cucumber) which have a high moisture content. Avoid feeding lettuce though.

Oh and with regards to the mealworms, well, my dwarf hammies each of them take one mealworm a day la -- sometimes half -- sometimes more. So altogether, I dish out about 6 mealworms a day for them all. Hehe. Up to you la -- it's best that they eat their mixture of seeds, etc. So the rest of these are just treats and extras. Bread also, I give twice a week only. Animal protein is important for them -- so you can give a bit of mealworms, crickets as well, and dog or cat biscuits. Just a bit. Sunflower seeds -- give sparingly, it's like junk food to them.

With regards to turkey ham and chicken -- you can offer these as treats as well. Not to be given as their main source of diet la. So once a week or twice a week just as well.

This post has been edited by misa: Oct 13 2006, 02:11 PM

lol. it is right in this thread. 1st page.
can feed choy sum ar? i got feed them cat biscuits twice a week.

You can feed fruits everyday.... well, just small bits. If you only feed an apple or carrots as a staple diet, sure it will get diarheaa and diabetes... but small bits a day is healthy for dwarf hamsters. I feed mine all small bits of apples and carrots everyday. As long a bit is ok.

Choy Sum is good, bak choy also can but it has more water content that choy sum so feed little of that lah.