Er....i think ur statement regarding soaking vege in salt water is wrong........ (no offence)
Actually, by soaking veges in salt water will actually lead to pesticide clotting. A lot of ppl thought that by soaking them into salt water, the pesticide can be washed out easily.
The actual fact is that, it will help the pesticide to bond on the vege even harder.
The best way is to wash the vege with the pesticide detergent thingy.
Another way is by washing them with flowing water. Meaning on the tap, let the water flush on the vege for some time. THis method waste water loh.....
Soaking the vege in the water will not help much.
Any corrections??

so... which one now...?

ok.. i'll try feed them rice..
see weither mine like to eat rice or not..
of course la not nasi lemak.. hehe..

anyone here ever bathed their hamsters with bathing sand/powder... how to do it & what brand is the good one...?

what i always do is..
i pour the sand bath into bowl (dont know how to call the square bowl one)..
then, put it in hamster tank..
sooner or later they will dig and roll..

This post has been edited by dien: Mar 2 2007, 10:05 AM

be careful giving rice...
make sure take out the leftover...
or ants will attack your hammi's home..

arraille, your hamsters are syrians..
and i remember reanne said long time ago..
syrian dont really need sand bath..i myself pernah try..it just dig dig..not rolling..like the dwarfs did..

Syrians do not sand bath coz their fur is never that greasy... sand bath more for hamsters that have greasy fur, it get rids of the oils properly and condition the fur. For Syrians, I groom using just a toothbursh... just brush the fur is enough.

wa....thanks for the creative thinking idea hun...
groom using toothbrush...
a very good idea..

Hahaha... my friend who gave me my 1st syrian told me that.... that was like 12 years ago hahahah... but if your syrian's fur a bit greasy or smelly, just apply some baby powder, rub the powder into the fur with your fingers and later brush away the powder using a toothbrush. Then the hamster will smell nice and look nice too. I call this Dry Bath... heeheh... coz sometimes dogs and cats also must dry bath.

Finally V5, long time din login just noticed. Nicely done hun.

Is it taken on your bed? look so messy de

HAhaha... V4 lah.

No, not my bed... on top of my printer ahahah.... my study table and computer table always messy coz lots of stuff... not my bed lah

Whoops. Morning blur

By the way, just a reminder. Is there anyway to keep out hamster cage from pest such as ants or centipede?

Sad to say, two of my boys got poisoned by a centipede that climbed into their cage and died , my most sayang one was one of it...........

Just post this up so that no one else have to suffer as i do as i neglected this part of situation when i just put the cage on the floor inside my house.

Oh, so sorry... kesian your boys. RIP to them.

Well, you can go to some hardware shops or chinese medicine shop and get a powder to pour around the cage. For me ah, I just take the sheltox or ridsect and just spray the floor first, then i put the cage on top of the sprayed area... no ants later.

One day before i heard the news, dunno why somehow i was imagining him walking around on the table when i was studying in the library.
Or is it i seeing things now i not sure liao

Btw hun, the chemicals smell wont affect them is it?

This post has been edited by Lance8431: Mar 2 2007, 11:34 AM

hun... i'd like to make my Syrians fat lah...not so damn fat lah, but 'good-looking' fat... any idea what is the 'specific' food...?

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Added on March 2, 2007, 11:38 amwaaa... u got 6th sense meh..?

This post has been edited by arraille: Mar 2 2007, 11:38 AM

hehe, dunno. But i love that particular one the most. not that his children was not good or bcoz his wife is bitey. Still like to play him the most and he was the most hand tamed among my hamsters.

Miss him.. hopefully he RIP and didn't suffer much before he left.

yeap... last time i bought bathing sand for my syrians... they end up using it as a potty... didnt even roll in it....
after that, i switched to cat litter as their potty... i shake shake the sand first before giving them to release some dust away....

ohya, bathing dust is not recommended as they might end up in ur hamster's respiratory....

each time my syrians come out from the tube after sleeping whole day, their face sure wet wet... haha... sweating i guess....
and after they fully groomed themselves, they also appear to be wet... coz they use their saliva to bath...

mine not jz fat... one of them even has a big head....
i jz noticed it after comparing him to his twin sibling... his head is extra large... hahaha....

I don't think hamsters can sweat. THey have fur. Not like us. They most prob drool to loose heat.

Like dogs arh =P

what u feed them to make them fat...?