A big thank you to V2 Thread starter http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=269145
Most information have been transfered here.

Now on towards V3.

Hamster owners, come and join the fun. Share your experience, your questions as well as your hammies here


Species:
Syrian Hamster

(Long Haired Het Silver Grey)
Scientific name: Mesocricetus auratus
Alternative names: Golden Hamster, Fancy Hamster, Teddybear Hamster, Standard Hamster

Dwarf Campbells Russian Hamster

(Black Mottled)

(Normal Agouti)
Scientific name: Phodopus campbelli

Dwarf Winter White Russian Hamster

(pearl and sapphire babies)

(Pearl)
Scientific name: Phodopus sungorus

Chinese Hamster

(Normal Agouti)

(Dominant Spot)
Thank you Reanne
Scientific name: Cricetulus griseus

Roborovski Hamster

Scientific name: Phodopus roborovskii


Useful links (credit to Acey)

• Hamsterific: http://www.hamsterific.com/hamsters.html
• My Free Hamster: http://www.myfreehamster.com
• Future Pets: http://futurepet.com/cgi-bin/search.exe?BP=1&RCAT=600.
• Hamster Hideout: http://www.hamsterhideout.com/
• Wodent Wheels: http://www.transoniq.com/
• Kare's Hamster Info: http://www.karelma.com/english/animals/hamsters.html
• Pet Education: www.peteducation.com

The Hamster Name Generator (thanks to Gazard7)

(credit to suicidalxbliss)


Lowyat.net Siggy (free to use, a big thank you to Hao ):


This post has been edited by crazymouse_yyh: Oct 2 2006, 09:55 PM

Hamster owners:

1 - crazymouse_yyh
2 - Gazard7
3 - aliftaufiq
4 - Acey
5 - the_catacombs
6 - yott-chan
7 - Rena_blue
8 - Reanne
9 - faerie
10- Suet
11- prophet007
12- blackshirt
13- InfiniteVoid
14- kembara
15- misa
16- QD_buyer
17- willietck
18- silencio87
19- shinobikit
20- z3r0717
21- kelvintan_mobile
22- destinyline
23- rachelwan
24- jooku1
25- Trojan
26- daijoubu
27- |sorcerer|
28- enyo
29- chastise
30- suicidalxbliss
31- zoejehuty
32- haturaya
33- smellyocheese
34- Mist
35- ahteok
36- joanalooidog
37- dj.eRicZzz
38- dscythe
39- shireiz
40- jaspery27
41- rayray
44- maxwinder
45- Syrian
46- bERd
47- dien
48- csclinks
49- arsenal
50- dildream
51- Only_Human
52- ^MochI^

Will update on and off, you guys just PM me to add or just post loh.

This post has been edited by crazymouse_yyh: Feb 13 2007, 09:52 PM

Reserved for later

wah, so geng, hamster thread open number 3 already one ar...
congrats lo... need to celebrate le, haha...
i own 2 syrian hamster, picture will post it later as no camera now

Yups, a good start hahah....

Continue discussion here

one of my syrian call "momo", i keep it for about nearly one year liao,
then the other one call "fei zai", that one about 9 or 10 months liao.

waht is the lab block that reanne talking about ?

I seldom visit this thread anymore, not keeping any hamsters currently, so better let an active keeper starts one

boing boing... first post in hamster V3.....

hula ...hula!!!
my area rainning , my hamster all so active !!
playing wheels...
hoho, maybe they know they are getting popular ..edi V3~~ cheerrsss~~
hamsters every where ....
bua haha !!

So! Any takers for the hams for adoption? First come first serve basis on Saturday.

Waa... V3 already?

I want your pudding bb Can ar? Can ar?
Err.. I'm serious, not joking. Further discussion will chat with you through messenger.

Eek Eek is quite skillful lately. She had learned new ninja skill. Now she is able to climb up a 1.5 feet container with just 1 string of wire(I used the wire to hang the water bottle) Everyday, roughly 5am+ she will jump to my bed and disturb me from sleep. Today she even turned aggressive on me by making noise when I tried to grab her as she don't want to return to her housing Ofcoz, as usual, even she is aggressive, she won't bite me

All the BBs are very chubby now. All had learned how to take mealworms from my hand. Very tame, though a bit timid. Now they are learning how to run in the wheel. hahaha.. very cute to see 3 little hammies run in the wheel

Me own 3 WW hamsters

2 females and 1 male (got it from reanne)

All in their own cage.

Cheers

Ehem... I thought you can't afford another ham? Pudding is NOT FOR ADOPTION daggit!

Eek Eek sounds so cute though.

oits!! i have hammy also you didn't put my name that's melon in the pictures right?

Wah, he has so many girlfriends... *chuckles*

All because of your fault make me so poison with the pudding bb.
Ofcoz I know lah.. pudding is not for adoption. If I were to adopt, I will choose robo long time ago hehehehe...

She ar... super duper naughty. Lucky she didn't get close to my gliders' cage. Or else, I don't know what is the outcome. The main reason why I don't want her to roam around my room is my gliders tend to get aggressive over hamsters.

This post has been edited by InfiniteVoid: Oct 3 2006, 03:31 PM

Lab blocks please! Bring your hams, there's definitely someone interested!

How old?

Pudding is Reanne's and my hamster's bb loh hahaha.... 1st pudding pup! Not for sale or adoption hahaha....

Me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me

OH yah... sorry lah, was busy last night and I just copy and paste names I saw hahahah...

one day din visit already V3.....
hehe. my hamster so cute lar....he will sleep on his back when drinking water from bottle. haha. so lazy. then the other two like to sleep in odd places like the stairs.

ooohhh nnnnnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo T_T
your poison is really killing meeeeeeeeeee

LOL
There's someone from adpost keen on the blonde. Better grab her before he does!

Ok, 1 pack 500g Suet. Confirmed. RM12, agreed?

Nezu one pack, and Jas as well?

This post has been edited by Reanne: Oct 3 2006, 10:46 PM

Waaaaa...something's wrong with my hamy
One of my hamy seems not himself.He was very active,likes to climb around the cage,move,run,play wheelly and likes running arouund my room.But,lately,i notice last two days,my hamy always sleeping only.Never climb the cage,never do anything.Only sleep and eat kuachi. I let the cage open aso he didn bother to jump out.Usually he likes to do that.
Im so worried now
He's not as fast as he was before.And Just now when i touch his left bck leg,he was a bit angry but didn make any sound just move his head backward,like he dont want me to do that.Is something wrong with his leg?
Some pics to show you my hamy..usually its very difficult to get his picture,because he likes to run everywhere,now so pasive..why??why??

Today i'll show you my second hamster,this one is very tame and this one is having problem as the above.

My Hamy not well???

And i just saw that his buttock there got big pinkish thingy.Is that normal?

He's not himself because just now i just put him in a box after awhile,just lie down do nothing.My hamy sick but for now me cant bring my hamy to vet because me no transport HAng in there hamy
Help!

This post has been edited by silencio87: Oct 4 2006, 01:41 AM

the buttock for wet or not??...
might be wet tail disease...

quick take him go see vet....

That's the male that i got from you... big and fat already...

Cheers

if my hamster make those squek sound when i wan to hold her, wat should i do???? last time not like this one...but recently change liao...

is it feel threaten ??? coz mostly hamster will do those sound if happen like that...
mine one last time also like that, but then he die already, reason unknown...
u still can hold her, jus pick her up then put on your hand,
more longer then will ok already...
or maybe it pregnant ? coz some of them r like that...

i tink feel threaten coz i tink her roomate (also a female) likes to disturb her while she eats. I am so sure lar...but definitely not pregnant.

ooo, if like that ar, then nvm la,
u jus monitor a while more la, see how lo,
if become worst then u jus seperate them for a while lo.
but then in the mean tiem, jus keep on pick her up and play with her on your hand lo.

Mine just bought, quite young. I don't even knw the type. The girl who sold them to me claims they are dwarf hamsters but they look like they dont look dwarfy, lol. Too bad my phone kena stolen, if not i will post some pics and get advice frm u experts. Also, i need to knw the type coz i need to separate them if they are different before they fight to death.

Anyway, the hams tried to bite my friends and i on the day i bought them. and ever since then i didn't really dare to touch. Can anyone teach me how to tame hamsters?

They rarely run on the wheel also. In fact, Dhoosh thinks it's her private bedroom, always climbing up to sleep there. Why?

Rub hands on their wood chips or bedding, get your scent familiarized. Time will tame them. As for sleeping in wheels, why not?

lol they sleep and pee in the wheel but don't run. Sort of defeats the purpose doesn't it? And i'm worried about them not gettin enough exercise.

u can put them into a special plastic ball for hamster to run inside it...they move; the ball move as well...

Nope,not wet...haizz...sometimes this hamy always scare me..will bring to the vet this saturday,just to check him out anyway.

And this hamy is so clever !!!Once,i forgot to close the cage door tightly.The next day,when i wanted to play wit my hamy,he's not in the cage, I was so worried because my room got a lot of wire .I search and search my room he was hiding behind the closet there So naughty!!! Since then,im always careful and make sure the cage door is shut tightly.
My hamy a bit stink,can i bath him??Put him in a small bowl with lil bit of bubble shampoo??So he'll smell better..can i do that???

DO not ever bath a hamster.... if you do not do carefully, can die... or get terribly sick with cold... better you just get dry powder shampoo for small animals and use on your hamster rather than put him at risk.

u can bath a hamster, but then u need to do it carefully.
for me, i got bath with my 2 hamster.
but then straight after after bath i clean them with dry clean cloth.
then blow them with hair dryer, so that they will get a bit heat.
the hair cooler is blow hot a bit only, then jus wind blow,
if not, u keep on hot blow, they not die of cold instead of hot.

But when hair dryer too hot, can burn a hamster.... so is either die of cold or get burned from hot dryer... so must really do carefully.

my fat hammie bought from reanne

and his house...



and...reanne...i wana ask u...hamsters scared of blue light or no?

This post has been edited by dj.eRicZzz: Oct 4 2006, 08:37 PM

haha. so cute. but wats the blue light for??? hamsters dun need any lightning....

Wah... like a display tank ahhaah.... hamsters do not need light coz they are quite nocturnal... but still, blue lights are ok...

haha....for me to see at night lo

how u set up the tank, damn nice le...
is it those like inside wall tank ?

emm...actually it;s my book rack.....just empty a emm..wat they call it...slot or hole or watever...then just stick those clear plastic on the front...but i only can find a4 size..so i stick it together..

emm...wall tank?? wat u mean

This post has been edited by dj.eRicZzz: Oct 4 2006, 09:31 PM

My Caesar with his cute ways hahahah.....

omg is he sleeping on ur palm? so cute!!!

and my ham..theres 1 time i took him out....put him on my bed...and he's still asleep

Yups, asleep on my palm... actually, he dunno I pick him up, I saw him asleep, poke him also never wake up so I carried him to take pictures hahaha... he still sound alseep.

hehe...i oni felt it once...

wow, how come ur hamsters are so tame? mine, everytime i even touch them, they jump in fright and rush away. why why why? i've never hurt them so this is not some kind of trauma thing. In fact, i stopped touching since the time shmoosh nibbled on me/tried to bite my finger off.

wah!! so cute wat breed is it? syrian is it? but the hair so so long one...

you bought from breeder or petshop? If never tame since young, or the parents of the hamsters are wild or aggressive, then their offspring will also be like that. Normally those from petshop get little human contact, so they are slightly harder to tame than direct from a good breeder.

Waaa... he looks uber fat in that pic!

Set up looks nice, actually I'm not sure myself of the light but I think it should be no problem if it's not too bright.

Thanks for the update

i bought it from this pet exibition at my college. i think it is from a pet shop. so there is nothing i can do?

WAIT! Is it KDU college?

ya, how u knw? stalking me ah?

lol
They had a hamster exhibition not too long ago. From what I heard, the hams there were all in terrible condition and they only had campbells save one miserable hybrid winter white. I bet you bought a campbell. Campbells do tend to bite and are VERY nippy. I have one and she bit me before.

i think they gave me two from different species. they dont look alike at all. their fur is also different. one is like my old ham. the other is like glossy and mice-like. i am going to murder them.

murder the people who sold me the hams i mean. not murder the hams. lol

Errmm... Mouse-like? Chinese hamsters are mouse-like, not campbells or winter whites.

Maybe some pictures can allow us to help identify the species.

ya, but my phone got stolen. and my digicam no battery. *sigh* technology is a real pain in the butt. definitely not chinese hams. i've seen pics and mine look nothing like that. campbells are very small? mine are quite big, not robovski (or whatever it is)

Campbells can be BIG, as in fat la, not as big as syrians. Oh well, coming for the gathering? If so, maybe you can bring them.

what gathering? no one invite me also

oooo, good, damn creative...
but then later time how u going to clean the thing ?
coz is a bit hard to clean if the urine kena the wood...

my hamster also like that, also same species as hun one,
everyday like to sleep, even when u pick it up still sleep
but then seldom i kacau it sleep la,
wat is your hammie species ?
if it is robo then they will run like hell,
but then is like drawf or winter those wont run one...

It's pinned and everyone is invited Unless ppl hate you...

haha, for all hammie lover sure is invited one la,
as hao said, u might not invited unless ppl hate u....

Too bad i can't go for the gathering thingy ... Final exams continue till nxt week.

how cute..
err.. is that ur ts container on his palm?
wow.. they do mix well eh ur pets..

It's a a SMALL ANIMAL gathering, not specifically hamster. Read the pinned topics please.

Hehehe... long time no see you here. Ah... that's not my T... that's mealworms heheheh.. he waiting for mealworms to eat eat

so far...nothing happen..my hammie urine on the bedding

Sorry, got some question to ask... would your hamster suffer from heat stroke if they are put in aquarium? If without an air-cond la...

if u keep indoor then should be ok, especially if in airy places like living room... using wire mesh cover oso provides more air circulation.

mine ok oni...and at nite...he's kinda cold....

ooo .... cute little hammy

anyone know wats the best vitamin replacement's for hammy beside's fruits...

nah ... it is not a problem ... i kept mine in an aquarium too i think it is the best place to keep them as u can see them from all angles .... hehehehehe

yay.. must be beggin for u to open the cover eh..
hm.. im here, but office had a problem with connection outside (firewalled! )
but now i manage to slip out the network.. hehe back again

Again, please refrain from multiple consecutive posts.

suet...dun angry...and anybody can tell me how does a mealworm look like and where to buy it??

and...reanne...my ham like to eat mealworm o no?

^ Haha. =_=

Anyhow, you can get mealworms in aquarium shops or regular pet shops. They are not very fat, heard you can get better stock if you breed.

Yay...jus being add as ham owner..
New here...being intro by friend..
I have 1 female ww..bought from misscraize..
It so tame & cute
Btw...how to make ham fat?I mean wat kinda food we need to give to them?
Feed them with mealworm?

Well, his dad loves mealworms but I haven't bought any mealworms while he was around. I think he will eventually take it if you give it to him.



Healthy stuff to supplement their normal mix.

Any hamster mix's brand to recommend?

Sluis and Prestige is my recommendation if you can afford it. Very natural, minimal or no perservatives and colouring.

put more "mu xie" thos wood slices lo and cat's drop which are dried up as beding for ur hammie! these will keep them warm! and u won't be so difficult of cleaning those urine!

OMG!Hun I want him!!! To be honest, I nvr saw long haired syrian before in my real life (except on the net/books.so jakun right?). Geez..if u breed 'em, put me in ur waiting list can arr?

ahem anyways, first post in here. Just realized my name is in the 1st post. Hi guys, am a proud owner of 2 hybrids hehe. One is taken care by my bf, she's getting fatter and fatter day by day (if we put her in the running ball, she'll run for less than 5 min..then Zzzzzz ). Another one, my mom wants to take care of her (mom so much noise that i hav to giv in ). Missing my lil furball..only hav spikeball with me here now hehe.

hybrids? is is tat WW mix with campbell or someting like tat? i heard not healthy one woh....

erm, wat so unhealthy? u mean in terms of breeding?

HAhaha... cute ah? You coming to gathering or not? Maybe I will bring Caesar along, well, just a maybe only.

OH, I don't breed Syrians heheheh.... you get from Reanne lah... but she is not gonna breed anymore. Now she got her last litter, then she will stop... maybe continue breeding in a few years time.

Miss your hybrids heheheh....

Yah, hybrids is a mix of WW and campbell. Coz the petshop she bought from sold hybrids... well, petshop, cannot do anything also. Faerie is not breeding them, just keeping them as pets only.

i mean ...if two diff species breed, then their off sring will get those disease from their parents. like campbells are prone to obesity (is it?-forgot oleady-soli ar)
and WW prone to other kind of disease, so their babies will prone to both disease...

mine i think is mixed WW+robo. That time didnt know leh, cause 2 tanks at the petshops say "WW". But the one I got was 5bucks expensive than the other one.Later confirmed by Hun it was hybrids, cause we both went on the same day.They are pretty healthy, except seems retarded oso la haha

yuppo. I dont intend to breed tho, thats why i got 2 females.

Hun : me wanna go!! can see gerbils and all, esp Connie's Amy!but then u know la, fasting month..pretty challenging hahah moreover my mom wants me to do some shopping zzzzz..i'll see if I can make it! Geez, he's really cute!whats with the name? lol u're creative with the names!

bah!i think i'll snap pics of those 2 fatties soon hahah.

This post has been edited by faerie: Oct 5 2006, 10:03 PM

Hahaha.... impossible mixed with robo coz robo sort of different species already.... only campbells and WW can interbreed.

i found out from Petsmore, they told me those hamsters all hybrids... well, at least they told me before I purchase lah. As long healthy, they do make good pets heheheh....

Aiyah, we will move on to Pet Safari after makan.... so if free, maybe can go there tengok tengok loh heheheh...

Caesar... well, he is just adventurous... explore my whole room and very gentle... well, that name just came into my mind hahah...

oohh missed that part. Reanne got them eh? have to do second belanjawan then only I can decide to adopt/buy syrian Now must set aside for gerbils wheee~


Ya hor, if Robo seems lg cacat lol.Petsmore ppl convinced me it was pure WW!I even called them the next day i got 'em nvm lor..see ppl, must educate urselves with pics and infos,if not later end up like me. Lol nvm la, they are fun pets too. Nyways, here ya Kimi'c pics!Shes the fatty one, Yuki is the active one(dun hav her current pics yet). Both personalities clashes, thts why we have to separate 'em Kimi seems enjoying her life without Yuki chasing her butts off..thts why fatter!

a day in Kimi's life (her real name is Kimimaru.bah!bf's idea )



love to hold her like this, then tickle her belly. she'll squeaks..so cute!

Kimi does her best part perfectly..zzzzzz.

Hun, just realized sumthing. Caesar's is Emperor's name right, and he's long haired syrian aka "lion king". sounds a pretty good name for him lol.

This post has been edited by faerie: Oct 5 2006, 11:06 PM

Get Syrian better.... robo very fast, cannot play nicely wan hehehe....

Yah, your gerbils in another month or 2:hyper:

Wah, Kimi is nice... fat hahaha....

Robo will speed like Speedy Gonzales whenever your hand approaches them
Either WW or Syrian will let you hold and play.... kinda miss my Syrians i used to have

omg so cute.....

hahah... that is soooooo correct... to me

i'm so jealous. why are all ur hamsters so tame? mine totally freak out everytime my hand so much as goes near them. the only time shmoosh stayed still when i touched her was after her first and only bath (don't worry, ppl, i knw how to do this properly). how la?