i dont remember la pulak how many time use heheh..
but people in gerbil thread said the sand can be re-cycle..means re-used..but must jemur the sand first to hilang the stink..and tapiskan the sand..

we usually use the sand bath that people use for chinchilla...that one i've use before..i buy delikate brand..named snowy something la..if you go to pets safari at ikano, there was special sand for hamster..i saw this one there..but didnt remember the price la..

air cond room??i think our experienced friend can help you later..coz me got no air cond..

Syrians cannot be together. Though they look like they get along now, maybe it could be that the tank/cage is new and doesn't have either of their scent, or they are still young, but through advice, experience and facts, they are SOLITARY.

They will never get along, they will only tolerate each other. Usually when they fight is at night, and they can fight very severely, even result in death in some cases.

There was a lyn forumer that didn't want to listen, and one day he came telling us that his ham's jaw was ripped badly and bleeding non-stop. Though it recovered, he still refused to separate them and denied them fighting. I have no idea what's wrong with the fella, but what he did was not the right thing.

Once they reach 4 months of age, they will start to fight more seriously. Separate them now, no use buying a standby cage and letting it sit and rot at the corner. If male and female is worse. Even if they start to fight around that time, they can breed at the age of 1 month and the male will rape the female. The female will become pregnant and because she's not even fully grown yet, she will probably be a bad mom or suffer from nursing them. This will permanently damage her if she chooses to raise the babies as she will not get enough nutrition to grow herself, resulting in much shorter lifespan, stunt in growth and possibly further health problems.


Because they usually fight at night when you can't see them and petstores will remove and bodies and injured hams from the main tank. That's why especially in PW, you will see many small tanks at the corner of the counter, all full of sick and injured hams. They also don't separate them by gender, so if they let them simply breed, and most of the babies are likely to be inbred. They also separate due pregnant females so they can let her raise the babies and sell the lot later.

Why wait?

You don't seem to know what you're doing in some aspects of hamster keeping.

What's the brand of your 'quality food'?

You don't need to buy a cage, you don't need to buy a plastic house. Waste of money.

Go to carrefour or Giant and get a large toyogo storage box. Decorate it with toilet cardboard rolls and empty tissue boxes. For a nice house, go to the japanese RM5 store and buy the RM5 burner.

Arraille breed syrians? I don't remember if so... :/

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Separate now la.

They will be happy alone and not needing to share their home with another.

No need tunnels, just use the cardboard of toilet rolllllllllllssssssssssss.....

Charlie chinchilla bathing sand, sluis bathing sand and Delikate bathing sand are recommended. Syrians and winter whites don't really need the sand. Gerbils and robos do.

Yes, you can keep in aircon, but don't put directly under and don't make it colder than 18 degrees celcius.

where is japanese??

Thanks reanne... That explains everything...

Actually I saw many people mod the storage box.. It's kinda big but problem is not so nice.. Have to watch 'em from above.. Prefer transparent type..

I guess there's nothing else for me to ask..
Now only think of decorating their house..
Pity Syrian live in 1.5ft tank only.. WW so happy can live in cage... Got tunnel and wheel..

I don't remember the name, but Midvalley has one.

No prob.

Well... all has been said and adviced.... Amedion, most of us here have experience about hamster breeding and hamster care for years.... we take it seriously and do not like it when people do not take care of them properly or follow care guides..... this is why we always mouth out our advice and opinions.

anizarina, you had better stop breeding the female... do you know Robos can live for 3 years fully? But with breeding, you have cut her lifespan to only 2 years..... the more you breed, she may not even go for 2 years...... if you want her to have a long life, please please separate the female away from the male. Think of her life, everytime breed and breed, no need retire? All my females retire after give birth 3 times..... no more than that.

Well, I was at Pet family just now.... and saw this 3 storey cage for RM48!!!! A normal cage but with plastic flooring! Good buy, I may buy it tomorrow if it is still there. No metal floor, spacious for 3 dwarf hamsters and easy to clean.

wa..reanne really ganas ...i want to ask issit ok to put my first batch baby and 2nd batch one together?..coz now i give some to my fren already..mum scold..dont have so much time to play with them/tame them coz SPM coming >_>...so if can then i dont need to feed here n there..n all...

some pics of my hammie..

wahahaha . u serius ar ? hahaha ..

looks like a hamster i know lar ... do u know hun ?

p/s: boonleng .. cute hamsters u hv !

This post has been edited by coldfusionpower: Jul 16 2007, 11:52 PM

Hahaha... like the hamster i bought just now? He very cute lah.... tame and the fur is very shiny and soft.

Maybe I beli lah.... coz I can't stop thinking bout the cage LOL....

hahaha .. seing hun at the pet store really look like a little girl at the candy store. want to buy all the candy she see .. hahaha

LOL.... now you know my weakness hahahah.... I hate shopping normally... but I love supermarkets and petshops.... cannot tahan when find a good deal or something nice. Itchy fingers make me buy stuff.

hahaha .. next time cannot meet u at pet store anymore .. u just gonna buy sumthing everytime .. later dont hv enough money to do anything else . haha ...

post picture of ur new hamster la .. what his name ?

LOL... yah... but today memang must buy stuff mah.... no more food for my rats and hay for my pets.... but then see see got stones and plants, then buy loh for my tank.... also looking for new RCs so saw that blackie that I have seen for so long hahahah...

Oh, haven't name him yet.... maybe Sabit since he got a white sabit shape on his neck hahahah.

thx. hehe..
hun is crazymouse rite?

This post has been edited by boonleng: Jul 17 2007, 12:42 AM

yup ... can u post more pic of the white and black one ?

boonleng, i like the black one..
so nice..

u should see hun new hamster ... hehe

ya ya..please post.. hehe..

just got a chance to count how many pups i have..urm..i saw 4 pups..erm...maybe 3...so...3 + 5(the first batch)+2(mama and papa) +1(BABY the chief of the gangster)...so i have at least 11 robos!..ngee.....

hurm..i saw papa(currently with the 'gangsters robos''s cage)still picking up the nest like what he did when he with mama..haiya.... ..he look so cute doing that...even though i already seperate them..ngee..
still remember when he got the 1st batch..that nite was the 1st time i seperate him wif mama...when i woke up..he manage to escape from the spare cage..and after half an hour looking for him...i saw something moving under the blanket that i used to cover the cage where mama and pups were in...when i have a look..i saw papa trying to climb the mama's cage and mama did wait for him from the other side...haiya....luckily all the cage's door is closed..if not..the papa can enter that cage... ...why ar he behave like that?will he hurt the pups..i used to heard stories that papa sometimes will eat pups like the cats...