Put in fridge is to slow their growth only.... room temperature is fine as long keep them dry lah.

Yups, only as treats. Mealworms are high in fat and protien and most hamsters enjoy such treats. In the wild, hamsters will eat insects like grasshoppers, crickets, grubs... as long edible they will eat it for extra protien.

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Added on March 25, 2007, 9:35 pmSome cute campbells waiting for their homes hehehe...








This post has been edited by crazymouse_yyh: Mar 25 2007, 09:35 PM

Hamsters can eat lettuce but it is not nutritional and has a very high water content. Better to give other type of vegie.

Why do not dare? Won't bite wan hahhaah...

I got quite a number....
5 syrians
5 Russian campbells
9 Winter whites

Those are my pets... haven't count the pups that i'm letting go hahahah...

Hahah.... some of my hamsters are outdoors.... built a special outdoor house for them. Nobody complain. Live with my parents lah.

Nopes... this is cause I put the extra umbrella.... the hamsters and rats outdoors have been fine for months through hot weather and heavy rain. Tried everything already and all of them are ok and dry....... it is possible to keep hamsters outdoors provided got shelter, a water bottle and everyday follow up care. I spend about 1 to 2 hours a day just feeding, cleaning and checking those hamsters there.

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Added on March 25, 2007, 11:41 pmThis is cause petshop RC bites.... can ask Bizen, I think I let her hold a few RCs that day.... never bite also.

Not really DIY... made of bricks and concrete... cement floor... roof and giant umbrella...

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Added on March 25, 2007, 11:45 pmThe most important thing is that outdoor animals must be in cages coz tanks got bad ventilation.... for hamsters especially. I'm still in the middle of improving the whole set up... must wait till holidays to DIY some cages and also purchase large cages.... kinda hard since not many places sell the cages that I need.

This post has been edited by crazymouse_yyh: Mar 25 2007, 11:45 PM

One thing about my setup is.... got dogs... so won't have cats. Second.... they are housed safely where it cannot fall or drop since all the cages are stacked properly inside the house and also some are caged inside a large cage... Eh, I do take my hamsters seriously ok? As I said, it is possible to house outdoors provided the person takes really good care and precaution.

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Added on March 25, 2007, 11:57 pmI guess coz the house my hamsters are in has a low roof so water would not get in easily. It was originally made for my dog to be dry in the inside and warm during cold nights. My dog passed away so now convert to my hamster place. Maybe lah... but so far, I have tried standing in that place during rain.... only my feet got wet hahahh.... so this is why I dare to put outside. If put inside... can pengsan. LOL.... You noticed the strong smell rite? hahahah.... now the RC pups are inside my house in the kitchen. The only drawback about that hamster house is that I keep banging my head against the roof LOL.

This post has been edited by crazymouse_yyh: Mar 25 2007, 11:57 PM

Hahah... I had Robos before... didn't like them. So I will stick to RCs, Syrians and WWs.

Actually, last year all were in the house... then one day my dad blew up coz of the smell LOL... he cannot tahan anymore so that is why have to move most of my hamsters outdoors.... you already seen indoors... LOL, no space liao.

Hahaah... you visit on the day that has the most smell... end of the week LOL.... just cleaned them yesterday so no smell....

I'm so puzzled as to why Bizen's hamster bites... the father of the hamster is so wonderful to handle heheehh....

Gerbils full time indoors coz well, less smell lah. Also, they are in tanks and tanks is not suitable outdoors.... unless I go burn 100 holes in the tanks LOL...

This post has been edited by crazymouse_yyh: Mar 26 2007, 12:16 AM

Any bedding that is scented is a no no for rodents.... lemon, apple... ai, not good. Like what Reanne said.... the phenols and chemicals in the bedding can harm the hamster. This is why majority of hamster keepers these days use wood pellets, recycled paper cat litter and corn cob. Chipsi Super is quite ok since it uses Beech wood which is safer than softwood... but it still smells strange to me...

There is no way you can avoid the mom from cannibalizing the babies. Sometimes the pup died for nothing so naturally the mom would eat the body to clean up the cage.... or maybe the pup born cacat? Then the mom would end its life....

Just leave her alone. I would say never place the male back since the male will automatically breed with her again. It may sound nice where the male got teman the female blah blah.... but we must think of the outcome later.

Leave extra food, feed mealworms. Scrambled eggs is better. The yolk has nutrition while the egg white is high in protein.

Cover the cage, place in a quite place that has no direct sun light. Keep the water bottle full and food bowl full with the normal hamster food. That is enough. Only begin to touch the mom and babies when already 2 weeks old.

If between those 2 dwarf... i like WW coz they look like they are wearing shoes LOL.... got thick padded feet. Campbells and Syrians got mousy feet.

Robos cute but not handle friendly.... So this is why I do not like.

Among the three.... WW lah... but I like Syrian also since their personality and size is good to handle.

Maybe your hamsters do not drink enough water.... coz when hamsters drink lots of water, they pee more and smell more.

Hahah... BC is memang best.

Yes, the RC male will help to take care of the babies.... well, from what I have seen, the male will never be aggressive towards his own pups and will sometimes sleep with them or eat with them. Robos do that too. Aiyah, almost all dwarf species make good mom and dads.... but its just that if we put them together, sure will have pups very often.

I got the last 2 bags of Harry Hamster last week. The staff told me this week shipment for Prestige should come wor....

Hahah... I only buy 2 bags a month.... so I'm not the one who bought all mah LOL.

Like what Reanne said.. not all dwarf can get along. I noticed that Winter Whites do not like to be in groups. Sure fight... even as a pair, there is a high chance that something may trigger fighting. For campbells... slightly better. They do not fight as much but keeping 2 campbells may result in naughty nippy campbells sometimes.

Robo hamsters are much better in pairs. Campbells and Winter Whites are best housed alone... just to be on the safe side lah unless the hamsters are siblings, then it would be ok but I have seen sisters or brothers suddenlu turn aggressive towards each other.... so it depends.

Yes BlueHeng, that is ok. Hamsters can eat science plan dog kibble. They can also take Royal Canin too.

1 day ah.... since those kibble quite big, you can put 2 pieces a day... and only refill if both kibble are nibbled and eaten lah. Normally the kibble is like a treat to the hamster and they will eat it when they want more protein.

Royal Canin is smaller than Science plan... the science plan kinda bigger... dunno lah, coz I got both and Royal Canin is smaller. Anyway, hamsters will only eat them when they want to eat the kibbles. I mix all my kibbles with their food so I don't really know how much they get each day but I can roughly see each bowl got about 10 pieces of kibble. Hahahah.... no need to worry. Hamsters will eat more of the hamster seeds and mix than eat the kibbles.

Wah... they finish all? Yah, maybe can lower it to 3 pieces a day or something.... my hamsters do not finish all... a lot of left over so this is why I never bother counting LOL. Sorry yah for misinforming you. I was assuming WW don't finish all their food.

Bath? Dangerous to bath lah.... wet bath you would need to do it really fast and use tearless baby shampoo.... also no hair dryers since hot hair dryers can burn the delicate skin.

If really smelly... get a wet cloth and wipe the hamster till damp. Then get those dry small animal shampoo or baby powder and rub the dry shampoo or powder into the fur and skin. Sure smell nice later.

No... won't die lah. If die then even babies also cannot use lah.