This semut merah. How many hamsters are you adopting? Hanzalah also another one, suddenly say got campbell.

last nite just bitten by my WW, 2 holes on my finger, blood some more.....
1st time bitten by WW until got blood, hai.......
mayb he is scared gua, dunno y..............

Wash ur hand frst before handling ur hammy...food smells on ur finger may be the causes why they bite ur hand

Hello all, I just bought my hammies last week and I am sort of new in this stuff -> How often do you bath your hamster? And from what I know, hamster itself likes cleanliness, so from time to time, they will always groom themselves, so is it advisable to bath it often? thanks

use sand bath to bath them o~~
me bath once in a month onli ~~
they will clean them self anyway ..
no need bath so often geh..
juz make sure u change the bedding frequenly - 1 time per week at least~~

what do u mean with "suddenly say got campbell"? it is stated in the hamster adoption thread by kenneth some weeks ago...

i also mentioned to u in ur pm... forgot already aa...

Rena_Blue already said the basics.... never ever bath with WATER!!!!! It does more harm then good.... people may say their hamsters no probelm after a shampoo and water both but then.... can a hamster talk? No rite? Dogs and cats different coz lots of research and experiements have been done on them but not on small animals like hamsters.

So do use sand bath that is specially made for hamsters. You can find it at most petshops.

Izit ok to respray the hamster cage?Cause mine is rusting edi..Will it harm my hamster's health?

Well.... many said best do not spray... but what you can do is buy sandpaper, and sand paper all the rust out. Then dun use spray paint... get hold of non-toxic paint and paint back the cage....

No, I didn't know u adopted campbells.

Sand Bath? So, what I need to do is just buy the sand and put it in the bowl with some water. Then let the hamster inside and they will know what to do?

p.s:
01. What condition must the water be [ hot | cold ]
02. Is the sand commercially available? From what I managed to find out, Chinchilla sand is the best? Is it true?

thks

LOL
Just put the sand in a heavy bowl and put the bowl into their cage/tank. No need water.

Find chinchilla sand bath, not dust bath. Some petstores have them.

i never adopted any hamster from others. i bought mine on my own...

this morning i wake up by my friend..."hamster awak terlepas..."
so i wake up and luckily the tame one la escaped...so easy to catch it la..
do not know how they escaped bcoz keep in tank...the tank top plastic slide already on the floor...if hamsters also jump like gerbil ???

This post has been edited by kembara: Dec 12 2006, 06:13 PM

What?!? Hamster can escape from tank? O.o? Maybe it climb up from the wheel then jump out

wah, ur hamster so active! i never have exp like this.
luckily u can find them back.

heheh so active to find way out....
i dont know how the hammy open the plastic slide on the top of the tank..
or...i terlupa nak tutup...but i think i've close it

kembara: how big is ur tank? cant imagine ur hamster climbed it. what kind hamster is it?

This post has been edited by harima007: Dec 12 2006, 06:23 PM

winter white...just got it few days ago...
the tank not so big la...because a temporary tank...just saperated it with another ww...want to re-introduce later..

I see...thank you for explaining ...at first i bought one..and my hamster was all alone..i felt pity for him...i didn think of getting a pair that time because..it was my first time having hamster as a pet.Didn know much about hamsters.So,i bought one only and that one was extremely aggressive..i was rather sad at first..i couldn play with him..
I bought another one with the hope..he'd be less aggressive then before..instead..he never want to be friends with the other one
Now..i'll hv to play separately..one outside the cage,one inside the cage
I thought my hammy would be happy got a buddy but.. i didn know they were so adorably territorial lil animal

Yea..i got bitten until my finger bleed too...im curious..can their bite cause infection whatsoever???