Hoho... be prepared man. Hamsters can give birth every month and it can spoil the females health and shorten her lifespan.... so prepare yourself with information on breeding, new tanks for separation as well.

LOL, all I can say is, OVO is nice lah, but just ventilation is bad coz very few holes. Still, it is a nice Habitrail cage but the worst in ventilation. To me, more suitable for WW or RC. Some Syrians can become so big, they find it hard to go through tubes LOL... like one of mine.

You bought a syrian.... a teddy bear syrian hahaha... but it is a Sable coloured syrian. To tame it, you must hand feed. Gain his trust. Syrians normally do not bite. If they bite, means the petshop handle them too rough liao and it is super scared.

LOL.... I got no dinosaur and tiger or lion and kangaroo LOL... but I got many pets so I only buy and use cages and tanks that are practical and easy to clean plus giving good ventilation lah..

Goodness.... you later become OVO addict hhahaha.

Erm.... ok, tank size is very nice.

But you did 2 mistakes.... Kuaci is bad if given too much. Give other grains. You go to organic shop, you can buy buckwheat, pumpkin seeds, cashew nuts, millet, rye.... you need include grains, not seeds only.

Also, the next mistake is Syrian.... you should never keep 2 syrians together. They are solitary animals and would fight for territory once they reach 4 months old. So even now, no babies for you, but you need to have a separate tank already to put the other hamster there.

Human emotions, we think they are bored and lonely but they are not. The fact, Syrians hate company unless for the female is on heat.

Wah... bottle leak.... if the water is on the floor, it can be dirty. That's one of the reason why I still have no interest in OVO even though looks nice hahaahh.... the bottle design also not good. Maybe you should look for another suitable bottle, or you try fill up the bottle till full and see if it leaks or not.

That's why I saw, go and read up on Syrian breeding. You first can only breed once the female matures, about 4 months old. Then you must make sure she is in season, means period lah. Normally the term for animals is "heat".

You need to separate for their own good. Do you wanna see a dead or injured hamster later?

Anyway, once the female is tested for her season, you put the female into the male's tank and let them breed. They will do it immediately. They will mate till the female rejects him. Then return her to her tank, wait 18 days for babies. If nothing, repeat the breeding sessions.

But I can only give you a short brief, you have to do the rest on your own.

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Added on December 5, 2007, 2:39 pmAgain..... you have to separate. By nature, they are solitary, they are only sleeping with eat other for body warmth. All hamsters do that, but once they wake up, they actually do not enjoy each other's company, just tolerating and it will become fights later.

Do not use your own judgment, do not put your human emotions in.



That is your human emotion playing. Stick with the facts if you want to be a responsible hamster owner and if you want your hamsters to be healthy.

This post has been edited by crazymouse_yyh: Dec 5 2007, 02:39 PM

For Syrian, a female when she is on heat, she would smell strong. Her private part would be wet and if you go closely to smell, it is musky, almost fishy smell. Then you test her by touching her tail and also stroking her back with your fingers. If she stay still and lifts her tail and butt, it means she is in season.

If you have less than 5 cages to clean.... it is ok to have all those tubes LOL.... but me.... erm.... how many cages and tanks I gotta clean once a week? I think around 20 to 30 cages and tanks hahahah..... takes me 1 whole day to finish cleaning. I use up 5kg of wood shavings once a week, so..... ahahah.... I will never have cages with tubes loh....

Hahah... Hamsters, rats, fancy mice and gerbils..... Coz i'm a hobbyist breeder, doing quality and colour breeding lah but very small time. I don't earn much at all.... and you are right, my pocket memang empty hahahah. I spend too much on them. Food also not cheap, 1kg like RM18 already.... 1 month they eat about 4kg of food... sometimes 5kg, Hay needs 1kg a month, veggies really uncountable for me LOL....

Hahha... Sappy, Baby and Hammy all look so happy. Lucky them. Big big bungalos.

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You can leave it for a week provided you hang 2 water bottles or 1 bigger one, food, you throw in as much hamster food in as you can. But it would be much better if you could ask a friend to help you... coz hamster can fight anytime and if they do and you are not around, it could be fatal.

Oh... you got the fluff.... it is quite dangerous as it can suffocate a hamster if it gets eaten, then it can get tangled in their feet. So you better remove it.... kinda useless and dangerous.... wonder why Hagen still sell....

Anyway, ok, you did the right thing at separating but you just let her recuperate on her own. If you wash, there is a risk where the skin could break again, causing more infection. Is the wound dry? The tail area wet or dry?

are you sure?...... black campbell? That's an agouti WW lah..... where you learn your hamster species from?

Anyway, if you mix a campbell with a WW, for sure hybrid.... colour doesn't mean purebreed.... is genetic. Anyway, your pictures are blur and dark, so I cannot see what they are too.... get better pictures. No point you take pictures in a dark room.

Hamsters do not bleed during heat lah..... blood stains.... means kidney problem already..... hamsters come on heat through smell and also a whitish liquid can be seen in syrians on heat. But for dwarfs.... no.... blood stains means something internal has happened. It can either be harmless or fatal....

Yah, pudding will always grow larger than normal ww....

How come I have never seen that pet stall at The Curve? Damn, I feel like checking it out for myself and see how bad the condition is....

Anyway, luckily your WW are males.

Male Syrians are somewhat nicer to have. You don't need to worry about heat and smell, they got longer fur.... but personality wise, almost the same with females.

Don't bring hamsters for outings so often... it can be stressful....

Cage biting is normal. As long not doing it till it annoys you like crazy then it is ok. Your hamster is just testing out but all hamsters in cages will once awhile chew the cage bars.... it is a habit. It can also be a sign for them wanting to come out if you take them out often for roaming.

Syrian is easy to take care. Fuzzy cute bears hahha. I got 8 loh.....

Is your hamster still bleeding?

If you are gonna keep your hamster food in such a container for more than a month, it can go stale and lose its freshness..... Best you keep in the fridge to stop mold and insects. I finish my hamster food stock in 3 to 4 weeks and keep them in air tight containers. If you are just using an ice-cream box.... then it can become stale coz it is not an air tight container.

I never had that happen.... it could be pee.... their saliva is not slobbery and wet like dogs.... so it is quite impossible for the kuaci skin to become soft and wet.... it could be the quality of the kuaci.... or it could be that your hamsters drink while having food in their cheeks hahahaha.....

Anyway, you don't really need to throw away. The shell of the kuaci protects the seed so what you see outside as wet, is just on the outside. The insides are still edible.

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Added on December 13, 2007, 2:39 amTrue, Living world is 100% Pine... risky and harmful bedding....

This post has been edited by crazymouse_yyh: Dec 13 2007, 02:39 AM

Wah.... I went there a few times but missed it.... maybe my eyes blind a bit LOL....

My Syrian from PetShack damn lazy.... eat and sleep, eat and sleep.... hide in her hidebox and make it full of hay to nest and cuddle.... but she loves her veggies hahaha.

Wow, your JackJack super lucky, 3ft tank, more than enough space heheheh.

Oh.... is not greedy lah..... the word hamster has a meaning. It means "hoarder"... and that means to keep things. A hamster has an instinct to get all their food to 1 corner. In the wild, it is like a food storage, like how we humans got fridge and cupboards.... so each hamster would have their own hoard....

Kuaci is high in fat, so control the amount you give.

All hamsters love kuaci.... oh, once I bought 2 hamsters who dunno how to eat kuaci.... sadly they died, I suspect liver failure coz for their whole lives since babies, they have been eating dogfood at the petshop.... pure dogfood and catfood, no seeds, no veggie..... poor things rite? I got them as adults so imagine, 6 months eating dogfood.... when I pour my mix for them, they only eat the few pieces of dogfood, never touch any seeds.... veggie is like alien to them.

HAhaha... I also got a Syrian from PS... but dunno related to MoFo, JackJack and Shakira or not.... Mine is a golden banded hahahah...

Anyway, an 8 inch wheel is the best. Better, get a 9 inch but the 9 inch wheels are not suitable for hamsters since metal bars.... so the best is an 8 inch wheel.

Looks like we all have been outdated... I must edit the part for Winter Whites now hahahah.....


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_White_...n_Dwarf_Hamster

Syrians do not produce excess oils like dwarf hamsters, so there is no need for a sand bath. Of all hamsters, I can personally say Syrians are the cleanest when it comes to grooming themselves and they smell less unless on heat.

All hamster will poop whenever and wherever they like, peeing is always at one spot.

To get rid of the pee smell and also dried stains, soak the pee area with White Vinegar(can get at supermarket). The best is soak it overnight. Then the next day wash the whole cage with soap and water. Then it's Clean!

What species..... actually, the best thing for you to do is separate. Syrians, Winter Whites.... they do not like to be together..... they prefer solitary life.... campbells can tolerate each other, Robos are more communal....

Hamsters normally sleep together for warmth, not because they love each other.....

So did you separate the females with the mom and the male with the dad? Coz..... they look like they are sexually mature now....

Oh oohh..... yours are Robos? Sorry, I can't remember everyone's hamster species.... anyway, if no fur, still pink and wrinkly or have very thin fur, can still see skin.... means cacat liao..... did you inbreed? Have they open their eyes?

Hahah... cutie! Fat lah.... the toilet just nice to fit him only.

Are they 4 weeks old? You need to separate so no inbreeding.... hamsters do not know who is bro and sis, or mom and dad, as long male and female, they would mate non-stop till the end of their lives....

Ah.... then another week, then you gotta separate before they start to breed with each other.

Nothing you could do. This genetics gone wrong.... So the furless and skinny ones eyes all big and open? Did you check their teeth? Are they eating? If they are not eating.... it is best you put them out of their misery coz it would be cruel to keep them alive.... Most likely could be from inbreeding coz this normally doesn't happen to health breedings.

Tsk tsk.... me from Setapak I also go to Pet Shack about twice a month or once a month... no car summore LOL.... public transport.

PetShack owner really feed and care for her hamsters very well, that is why tame. She handles them often when they were young. Other petshops buy in bulk supplies, then they never touch the hamsters, just throw food. If they need to move them, they pinch the scruff behind their neck, and if this is done in the wrong way, sure the hamster would feel pain and discomfort. That is why they bite. No human interaction, no proper care and no handling.

1. Raisins.... 1 a day is good.
2. The normal unsweeten and low-sodium cream crackers are ok. If you mean those cheap ones that are not by Jacob, then no.... those are high in salt and oil.
3. Just use a wet cloth to wipe any dirty parts.
4. Ikano carries Silent Wheels and Whisper Wheels and Habitrail Wheels..... I use a Whisper Wheel, 8 inches and it only cost like RM20+.... that was from Pets Wonderland. Now abit hard to find Whisper Wheels.
5. Wheel with suction, only Habitrail wheel got and it is big for Syrian..... erm.... it is the same type of wheel that you find inside the Safari set, Space station set .... just colour may be different.