memang very hard to happen..if you get your hamster from home breeder it wont even happen

That's why it is very important to get your pet from reputable breeders, we wont know whether they are good or not by what they themselves claim as, visit them!

hi all, may i know what is the earliest age of hamster so that it can make babies?

my friend say it is 4 weeks old, so need confirmation here

i tink the earliest is better bout 2month la..but plz do research b4 u breed

This post has been edited by NeaRDeatH: Feb 16 2008, 05:58 PM

4 weeks old is too early. But i do think 2-4 months. But 2 months abit early like mine, if the girl give birth to 5 or 6 pups, only a few survive like mine.

This post has been edited by abang brother: Feb 16 2008, 05:59 PM

oo.. i see. thanks for the info ya!

btw, im not planning to breed. i'll seperate them when they reach about 8 weeks old

A new addition to our hammy family:

Shasha the black eyed cream syrian. Bought her from My Pets in Ipoh





Saw some black eyed goldens in My Pets also. All very nice colors.

Today came back from Ipoh and found JackJack's testicles was healing from an injury or something. Anyone seen anything like this before? Anyone know any vets that can treat hamsters? I found that he didn't eat much of his Prestige that we left for him when we went to Ipoh.

See the right testicles there are wounds healing.


This post has been edited by sangels: Feb 16 2008, 06:55 PM

could it be a bite mark?

yup looks like he got bitten...
i was into hamsters about 10 years back and during those times there was very little medication available locally for hammies. Hence, i've used the 'yellow solution' - iodine i think, the kind that ppl use for cuts on me hammies quite often. No ill effects, but there are probably better alternatives nowadays.

WOWWW.....so cute....i want it too....but Ipoh....so far.....

waa.. new family members ar sangels?
very nice colour...solid colour izzit? how much did you buy?

Wah wah nice!!! Same as my Verena~

Btw, can see your tank looks like?

We got a new 2 feet tank from JTL last night when coming back from Ipoh. The pictures of Shasha was taken when she is a cardboard box we used to transport her home from Ipoh.

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Added on February 17, 2008, 11:33 amYes Shasha is a solid cream syrian with black eyes. We bought her for RM12 at My Pets in Ipoh. There also solid golden syrians there... But Shasha was very cute and manja. Plus she is quite tame.

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Added on February 17, 2008, 11:36 amAnyone encounter this above with their hamsters? We tried cleaning the wound with some anti-septic and JackJack was in pain and started to poo non-stop. The wound looks like a small hole. Think he bit he own testicles.

This post has been edited by blurjoey: Feb 17 2008, 11:38 AM

soulx, dont want to add new family member too?

wonder where can find solid color one here in KL,lol

Is it possible???

yeah....bcoz he can reach it,maybe itchy or smthing else,lol

Yes he can. All my syrians can bend a C shape to lick their testicles. Something like how dogs or cats do it. But not sure why he bit his own testicles in the first place but the vet said it could due to irrations to his testicles.

JackJack is on antibiotics to help subdue the inflamation of his testicles.

The vet is in Taman Segar, Cheras. They also treats small animals besides dogs and cats.

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Added on February 17, 2008, 7:02 pmYes it was irritated due to something but not the 'something else' you are thinking

This post has been edited by blurjoey: Feb 17 2008, 07:05 PM

Hamsters sexually mature at 5 weeks old, but if WW or Robos, 8 weeks can already breed. You should start separating at 5 to 6 weeks old.

Hahaha, saw your Shasha that day. I also got a black eyed cream. I'm hoping to breed solid sable soon, the dark sable but I need to find a dark umbrous female to breed first heheheh....

Did you send me a MMS?

From the pic, is a bit hard to tell. You should try Hands and Paws vet. Ask jtl to give you the contact and directions, dr Jenny should know how to treat as she has done quite a number of treatments on my small animals. Dr Jenny is in on Mondays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Could be over licking, causing an irritation which let to an infection. Sometimes that could happen.

@reanne....remember the hamster i bought from you looong time ago? he just passed away yesterday. =(...may God bless him...

Awh... He lived full lifespan eh, about 2 years?

RIP little fat one.