maybe they bite coz your finger have food smell..
for me, tame is that they they dont scare of you...

corn cob, which brand??
tame for me is:
- i can play with them (no panic)
- plus they will not bite me if they are RC hamsters

For me tame are (based on my hamster, each has a degree of tameness):
1. I come near and put my hands in the tanks, the come sniff sniff (not biting) instead of running for their life.
2. When your hands in their cage, they will step onto your palm or at least walking on it instead of running for their life.
3. when u try pick them up, the will not turn their body and try to bit you or run for their life.
4. When u manage to pick them up and onto your palm, they will not fly out of your hands, instead they will explore and sniff sniff. No biting.
5. You yourself is not nervous like hell waiting to be bitten because you know they wont. You can feel their trust in you actually.
6. (this is only MoFo), when you poke poke them they just ignore it or they just try to sniff sniff your finger/hands because they want to be pickup.

I never been bitten by any of them. Well, the babies tried before, but I back off when they get agitated and sakit hati with me I still dont allow my 9 yrs old sister to pick up the rest of the babies, when she came visit, only MoFo is allowed to be pickup by her (under close supervision) because I know MoFo won't bite if he is accidently been roughly handled.

This post has been edited by missgeek: Jan 22 2008, 03:00 PM

I feel so much potential in the hamster owners today. Back when I was breeding ppl complained about the price. Now everyone seems to want to grab them. If anyone wants to learn about syrian genetics and about the BHA standards or even start a project on it, don't hesitate to ask.

This post has been edited by Reanne: Jan 22 2008, 03:18 PM

http://www.thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?...928&sec=central

Article in the star about rodents for CNY

Yerr... So many ppl are going to have mice. Why not rats? They're so much better than mice and hamsters. It's year of the rat after all, not year of the mouse or hamster.

This post has been edited by Reanne: Jan 22 2008, 04:05 PM

I'm searching for fancy mice around kuching, so cute liao. =(

LOL.... too bad rats are not in demand.... if they are, sure I won't have any available anymore hahahah..... Rats are much nicer than mice.

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Added on January 22, 2008, 10:30 pmNot all robos are friendly.... it is their nature to be scared and cautious of everything.

Anyway, you should change your cage into a tank. It is dangerous to keep robos in the cage you are using. Habitrail cage is fine but not the one you are using.

Why they do not climb the ladder when you modify with cardboard is that it is hard to grip while climbing....

Yes, they will. If the injured WW is in another WW's territory, the strong one would protect and defend its territory by fighting off another.... it would kill too.

RCs from petshops are rarely tame.... they are the best to be in colonies but if you get those that are from petshops, they will bite..... the RCs from breeders do not or can say rarely bite.

This post has been edited by crazymouse_yyh: Jan 22 2008, 10:30 PM

best is stil ww.. won't bite

pose n smile~ :folding arms: i rest my case..
here i come babe.........

aaaaa~ i'm a proud hamster owner!

This post has been edited by jayniel: Jan 23 2008, 01:52 AM

why is WW start to attack others even though there are siblings?? juz curious

Sometimes wws will suddenly not get along with their siblings even though they are the same sex. The exact reason is unknown, but it happens. If one of them gets pregnant and behaves like that, then it's because she's becoming very protective over the place where she will raise her babies. Sometimes it can be due to dominance. That's why we recommend that it's better to keep them alone, if really itchy to get more than one, get single sex pairs, if fight then separate lor.

Come, feel so free, let's share some old time pictures of baby syrians.

Golden, red eyed white, silver grey and blonde.


Both versions of silver grey, red eyed white and golden.


Het silver grey, silver grey and golden.


Eeee... All posing for the camera!


Sibling squabbles


Vanilla! SH Black Eyed White, owned by Crazymouse


May day! May day! Run while you can!


Feeling cheeky


Get in the bowl! Everyone!


Ah! We're all aboard!



This post has been edited by Reanne: Jan 23 2008, 08:29 AM

We're bigger now!


Where's my nose?! My nose!


LH Black Eyed White


Oreo! Solid black


I have a skirt!


My mama says I look like a horse. My first batch of het silver grey, female.


Loretta! One of my biggest het silver greys, 6 and a half inch from nose tip to tail.


This post has been edited by Reanne: Jan 23 2008, 08:39 AM

this pics of baby syrians is a new batch one ar?
very cute looking syrian.. and very rare too
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sorry didnt see the dates..
too focus on the cute little things..haha

This post has been edited by sOuLx: Jan 23 2008, 01:54 PM

Read properly la... Old pictures la... Also there is dates on the pictures that says 2006...

Anyway yesterday Fumoffu bit off the suction cup for the Safari Wheel Now he got no wheel to run in... Anywhere to buy back that suction cup?

Reanne, I like the silver greys and whites. Too bad can't these rare colors anymore...

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

r they both male? i encountered the same problem before.. this doesnt happen to my female siblings tho.. just separate them..

ps/ can i feed the yolk of hard-boiled-egg to hamster ar? dunno how to make scrambled egg

This post has been edited by jayniel: Jan 23 2008, 11:17 AM

well...it happen for both sex..huhuhu..at male part i oledy sperate them coz they fight very ganas one..huhuhu...but at female side i tried to teach them not to fight (bout 2hours i tink ) ..when they wanna start a fight i blow at their face them coz they dont like people to blow at them..n finally its work..they dont fight ne more

last time i tried to feed them with scrambled n oso hard boiled but seem dat my WW and robo dont like them much and end up wasting it

This post has been edited by NeaRDeatH: Jan 23 2008, 11:32 AM

wowwww...so cute......

yesterday my creamy one just pee on my hand,haha
now im a bit phobia to touch her,

Pee only you already phobia to touch her? If poo then how?

^^" I only feed boiled eggs to my hamsters when one of them give birth. Then only they will eat. otherwise they don't enjoy it much... And they don't like the yolk lar. They always only eat the egg white.

My robos climb onto my hand. They will jump off and climb back and jump off and climb back. Seem to be their favourite game. But they take food from my fingers la. It's so cute when it stands up and takes the food with its hands. Sometimes my female likes to nip my fingers, not hard hard lar. Just softly but i think she just likes to. She nips and climbs on my hand. Very much like a habit.Consider tame a not ar?

its ok if poo bcoz its in solid state......but pee is in liquid....
so far three people had been the victims including me,haha

maybe i need to let her grow a little more?