Haahahah.... no need small rocks lah, hamster is not like gerbil.... they don't dig much at all. Prefer sleep in a pretty house on hay bedding than dig.

Oh, sorry for your lost. RIP to her. I only saw this after re-reading the thread.

I guess he won't be fat.... could be environment change or the lack of fresh foods.

LOL... no loh... for hamsters easy may.... if you go eat chicken rice, take home the cucumber and whatever raw veggie they give. If you eat burger, give a bit of the bun and any lettuce that has no oil or mayonnaise.... then if go hawker stall, can always buy Rm1 of cut fruits for yourself and feed a bit to your hamster mah.

Then go petshop get some mealworms. Done already hahah.

Aiyah, noob can always read mah on internet. Anyway, you should separate at 4 weeks old. Put them in separate cages of tanks, males in 1 and females in 1. Then if you wanna rehome, you can rehome them at 5 weeks or 6 weeks old but I prefer to wait till 2 months.

Wah, so cute and fat hahaahh.... which one you keeping wor?

My hamsters all old liao.... but a few campbells are on breeding program but no results yet hahaahah.... trying to breed out dilute platinum... means it will be pure white with no stripe, then have black black eyes.... hope successful loh.

Ok, here are some pics of my BEW






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Haha... hope can successfully breed that colour loh. I also think super hard to find. For me it was a lucky find.

Not Winter White lah.... Campbell hamster loh.

Last time Pearl very fast gone.... now I only left 1 pearl hahaha.... I think he can't breed coz infertile. Normally, Pearls are harder to breed coz a number of males normally cannot breed because of the genes. Only the females are fertile.

If they breed la hahaha....

Well, Hamsters generally likes to sleep on something soft.... My hamsters do not sleep in their wood shavings or healthy pet bedding but on hay. They make a nest using hay. So if you put tissue, they will sleep on tissue. It is normal for them to kick away bedding to make a clearing on the cage/tank floor....

How old are your hamsters? Well, there is only 1 solution and that is separation. Some Winter Whites tend to be very territorial and I see this happen to females more often than males. Yah, they will be ok today when younger but once they reach 5 months old or 6 months old... they will start to be a bit more territorial and can get moody and aggressive if another hamster is around. Be it sibling or partner, they will start to fight. Quite common. Some would fight badly, some would squabble.... some won't show so much aggression so they tolerate each other easily.

The mistake people normally do is buying a small cage..... For 2 hamsters, you really need a big cage. Get a 50cm cage or tank..... they need space. Habitrails and whatever fancy cages with no 2nd floor or 3rd floor are too cramp for 2.... even those small but tall ones are not suitable. Critter Trail 2 and whatever cage that has 2 storeys are better but make sure it is more than 40cm in length.

Why you put back the male hamster? You wanna breed again? That is also so risky coz some females will attack another hamster be it her sister or brother or partner coz hamsters got short memories and they cannot remember each other after a few days of separation.....

If your hamster keeps taking and keeping his food in his cheeks, it means he is uncomfortable at eating... could be too many hamsters in 1 cage and he is trying to hoard away his food. If he doesn't spit out his food, it can cause cheek pouch infection since bacteria will accumulate in his cheek pouches due to food and saliva in it.

You can see pictures in the 1st page.... the best so far are tanks...... but you can look at Garage Sales for 2nd hand Habitrail cage....

Could be bacteria.... change the bedding. Or it could be food, stress....

Drop? You sure it broke off?

Looks like you lack family planning... do you know before you breed again, you must let the female rest for 3 months before can have babies again? If she breeds again without letting the body rest, you are making her overbreed, causing her body to recover poorly and it can endanger her health for the next batch of babies too. Also, if you breed a hamster without letting it rest, you can shorten the life span.... so is seeing the mommy hamster live long and happy life better or seeing it become skinnier and die earlier than usual but give you many baby hamsters?

Also, did you know that the daddy hamster has no idea if the babies are his daughters or not? Once they turn 4 weeks old, the daddy hamster can rape them, causing early pregnancy that could endanger the baby hamster's life and also growth.

Don't put human emotions into animals.... Old lover.... there is no such thing. Hamsters pair up during breedings to populate.... not pair up for companionship.... if say parrots and most birds, yah, they pair up and become lovers for life because they need each other.... but not hamsters. So please do not see them, as old lover, don't want to see male have no sex blah blah.... the hamster only has instinct to breed.... the sons may want to mate, then see the mom is a female so might as well mate with the mom.... they do not think like humans so leave human emotions out of it.

Ah, no lah.... the way I reply when pissed is not like that loh hahaha.... but sometimes must open up people's mind coz alot of people associate human emotions with animals. They may not have the experience, knowledge or reading material, so this forum already has.... there is a thread here about breeding hamsters and Reanne and I already listed out the Do's and Don'ts.... Still, for the animal's sake, it is best we sometimes be stern when it comes to advising.... it brings out the facts better.

Har? I've never heard of that.... it is not normal for the teeth to suddenly drop out. Did you check the mouth? The teeth really gone?

Normally I can just hold all my hamsters and check.... hold it upright, make it's mouth face you, then you use your finger and push the lips la... or you can use a piece of food to do it.

Normally WW rarely bite. Do not catch your hamster. You will just make it afraid and it will bite if it feels scared. Use a cup to corner your hamster and scoop it. Then you gently pour him out into your hands....

Well, it is advisable for you not to disturb a new hamster. Let it be by itself for 2 days. Do not kacau it. Let it rest and get used to new environment lah.

No, the bite is not painful... maybe it would feel pain to you but it will not cause a wound or draw blood lah. Most small animals bite, so you should never be scared of this. If you are, then should have thought about other pets. Basically, anything with a mouth and teeth will bite if they feel there is a need to do so.

He is better off alone lah.... if you get another, there is a possibility he will fight and you won't wanna see any hamster get in fights... sometimes a few wounds and scratches but some can get terribly bloody.

Your hamster would be happier alone. They will always sleep during the day, only active quite late at night or early mornings to explore and run around. Being a hamster owner, you should interact and handle him to avoid boredom.

Well, I use my fingers to do it... so far have never been bitten. I also do the same to rabbits, guinea pigs, gerbils and rats. Even sugar gliders.

Sapphire winter white is a smokey bluish grey... Well, not all sapphires change winter coat... normal the agouti WW will change more often.

And it will only change if you keep it away in a dark room coz in the wild, during winter, there is less sunlight and this causes them to change into winter coats. Again, this really depends on the hamster coz some would change and some not at all.

Har? You thought it was having fun in the paper box? It was jumping and running around, trying to find a way to escape. It feels uncomfortable and scared, there is no wood shavings in that box too. Boring? When a hamster is bored, it would chew things like the cage bars or plastic house or bowl. If it sleeps, it means it is comfortable, not bored.