after reading all the 6 pages, this hamster thread is one of the best in LYN. informative and not too many spams..

few years back, my family bought 5 syrian hamster and fit it all in a habitrail safari cage.. 2 male and 3 females.. since i'm not that grown up at that time, i dont really now that hamster will breed at such speed and everything messed up. i'm able to get few of them to grow and last for 2 years.. they live happily and passed away happily also, they have their own grave though side by side at my grandma's garden..lolx

that was a 2 years of fun and satisfaction. and what you guys said is true. I have to buy 1 more cage to separate them. thats was few years ago.

but after visiting pet family today to buy some dog stuffs, had a glance at the hamster section. those cute lil robo is cute, i'm poisoned!! arrgghh.. I want to start back this hobby.. not syrian anymore, i wan cuter ROBO.

planing to get 2 or 3 though. any advise for a person who is starting back the hobby.. i need to get new cage though, i threw away the 2 old cages. can you guys give me a rough costs, habitrail mini, water bottle, lots of bedding?? where is the cheapest place to shop for all this? i live in puchong..

and ya, habitrail comes with the wheel? any other accessory included?

thanks a lot guys!!!

thanks

buy a package cage where they give hamster bottles,cage,sometimes food,wheel and maybe some extras..buy a ball also just for fun for your hamster..Buy the cat litter bedding and buy some normal hamster food but you must also feed him with some frwesh stuff..thats all i think..Go to Mid Valley or some local pet shops to get the hamster stuff..usually i go there and its the cheapest..

You should get a 2 feet tank instead of a habitrail tank. It is more roomy for 2-3 robos to run around.

I would recommend you go to Pet Shack in Sunway Mentari to get all your tank, bedding, etc. It's just behind McD. Service is excellent. You can get all the below from Pet Shack.

Here is a rough of what you should get:
2 feet tank
Pretige Hamster Food
Bedding - Breeder Celect or Aspen or Corncob. Never get pine shavings as it is bad for small animals' lungs.
Timothy Hay can use as bedding and food
Wheel - Sanko Wild Silent Wheel for dwarfs or Habitrail Safari/Playground Wheel
Hamster house wood or ceramic or plastic.
Water bottle
Hamster Toilet
Toilet/bath sand
Food bowl
exercise ball

anyway get the same sex for all 2-3 robos you are getting.

This post has been edited by blurjoey: Jan 12 2008, 11:23 PM

My hamster..is it cute? lol..can anyone tell me what species this is?

This post has been edited by frostfox: Jan 13 2008, 12:04 AM

LOL, that's a syrian.

OMG... you have a hamster yet you dont know it's species..

Your pic shows a syrian..... you do know syrians cannot stay in pairs rite?

If you want to breed, do research but if you plan to breed just for fun or seeing a hamster family, then that is a wrong reason. You will only be doing more harm than good. So many people are spoiling the market price, also breeding many inbred hamsters coz they get 2 hamsters to breed from the same shop, breeder or supplier/location.... then also many are breeding low quality hamsters.

Only siblings can live together like that peacefully but they will fight and squabble once a while. The best is keeping them ALONE.

Dwarf hamsters are never easy to breed. Firstly, you can't tell if the female is on heat, unlike the syrian. Then, if they hate each other, they would fight to death. Some are not compatible so they can live happily but will not breed.

If breed... you must know when is the best age, you can only breed 3 times max, if you breed more, you end the female's life by half.... there are so many facts to consider if you are not experience in keeping a hamster properly.

Hamsters are sexually mature at 5 weeks but they can breed every 20 days, this causes their bodies to suffer and die before they reach 1 year old.

Yellow is the scent gland and pee. If the ass, more towards pee. And now, it is a stain in the fur, you cannot remove even if you cuci with whitening shampoo. Please do not give any wet shampoo bath to a hamster. It could fall sick if you are unlucky and didn't do it properly.

Reanne said dried blood. I would say it could have been gangrene. Winter Whites never do well in pairs if they are not brothers or sisters. So never have 2 WW. Keep 1 is the best. Only Russian Campbells do well in pairs.

this my pic of my hamster..but..the black one oredi died~

n wanna ask too wat type of my hamster??

This post has been edited by EReeN: Jan 13 2008, 12:32 AM

You mean you bought hamsters without knowing the species? That is very risky....

Russian Campbell. 1st page got picture guide...... next time read the 1st page.

Those 2 are Campbells.

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Added on January 13, 2008, 12:46 am i hav bought this hamster b4 joining this forum..

This post has been edited by EReeN: Jan 13 2008, 12:46 AM

Just to let you know, unfortunately, the Habitrail Safari Wheel has been discontinued.

The thing I was pointing out was that you didn't really need to ask if you looked at it 1st.... but if you bought before joining this forum, means you didn't do any species research at all?..... I mean, there are search engines like Yahoo and Google rite? I'm not pointing fingers or anything but you don't need to know a species by joining a forum. If you really love your pet, you would have researched 1st or right after you bought or something.....

why was it discontinued?was it produced illegally or was it researched to be bad?or they just stopped?

There's still have one of the Habitrail Safari Wheel in one the pet stall in Giant Cheras. It's cost aroung RM16-Rm18 if I'm not mistaken. No more stock after all the left over sold, according to the shop keeper as well.

#Enferno:
Get all same sex for your robos. Buy a 2 feet tank is better as those pet shop people will recommend u to buy Habitrail Mini, playground or Safari, but my experience will advise you for a 2 feet tank. Go to Pet Shack for the tank as they'll drill a hole for the water bottle. Get your hamster stuff from there, I think they should have enough choices for you. Or else go to Pet Lover Center in Sunway Pyramid but the price will be bit more expensive. Do not get the package things from a pet stall cos they'll only give you cheap or low quality stuffs although you can get it much more cheaper and complete but not good for hamster. Will suggest you to get those as listed below as I'm currently have 2 robos too

- 2 feet tank
- Prestige Hamster food
- Habitrail water bottle
- Food bowl x2 (1 for mixed food & 1 for fresh veges) - (suggest to u for 2 as I'll prefer to pt 2 kind of food separately for hygienic purposes)
- Bedding - Breeder Celect / Corncobs / Healthy Pets recycle paper bedding / Timothy hay (this can use as bedding, food and cover smells) <remember do not get pine wood shavings>
- Wheel (Habitrail Safari Wheel / Silent wheel
- A hamster toilet
- Toilet or litter sand
- Bathing sand
- Some tubes and connectors (if you wanna give them some fun with tubes) - go for the Habitrail Mini tubes

You can look at my attached pic as get a rough idea how its look like:


you can also add some other accessories as u get a 2 feet tank as its spacious enough to do so. Good luck for you

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Added on January 13, 2008, 10:39 amI strongly discourage to support big pet shop like the one in MV cos its very bad conditions for all the hamsters and the pets as well. Worse I've seen After all the pet shops hopping, I'll prefer to go to those pet shops with not so bad conditions or small pet shop like PS as they really take care of their pets. Price??? few ringgit do not make any different for me as if you buy more in a small pet shop, you'll always get some discount with the good service, why not? And we should support those good pet shops so that they can do better. Big pet shop that u can go to is Pet Lover Center (SP), Pet Safari (Ikano), this 2 I'll suggest u if u wanna get hamster stuffs. Above is just what I personal opinion - support good pet shop!

This post has been edited by sangels: Jan 13 2008, 10:39 AM

i just discovered a new pet shop somewhere in taman megah near the badminton hall..Nice cages and hamsters you all have

its pet safari

i just bought a arowana a week ago from there..excelent service..All their offers just ended a week ago..sadly

No it's not Pet Safari in Taman Megah. Pet Safari is in Ikano.

That is Pets Family in Taman Megah. The ground floor is more for aquatic pets whereas the 1st floor is for cat, dogs, birds and small animals. But sadly their small animals accessories are quite limited if compared to Pets Lover Center in SP. But you can get all the Habitrail stuffs there as they have a lot there.

This post has been edited by sangels: Jan 13 2008, 02:14 PM

Yep..Their hamster stuff is quite limited compared to some pet shops

This post has been edited by frostfox: Jan 13 2008, 02:18 PM