must thank ma. u help me make decision de mah. summore so nice call me..
put more bedding ya? hmm oke. how often do you people change bedding wan ah? =/
i'm having winter white.
planning to get syrian after i collected enuff money (and after getting the cage frm u) xD

Once a week for me plus cleaning the cage.

Im also planning to get plastic tank & get 1 more ww or syrian....

oh, same lar then. i thought you people change like, few days once den my bedding sure finish fast.
omg syrian! i wanna get oneee.

go adopt from nimeewon
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/443156/+180
she still got 4 syrian to let go.....
golden n cute little syrian.....
not bad....

not wet tail...
just like they pee improperly pee and then make their tail looks wet and dirty...

I thought all hammy like to lick2 clean itself???

Like mine today almost 3 times cleaning her fur on the sand bath
Very hygine hammy...lulz

my robo male wan likes to eat his own POO....HELP me.....izit hygenic??? i noe tis when i catch him , and he start voimiting out the stuff he ate..i mean like store in the cheek la....rodents ma....kinda smart.....how to solve this poo eating problem?

my hamsters eat poo too.. poo is good as it contains bacteria which can help them in their digestion.. let them be, they do this in the wild too

WAHHHH......EWWWw...hehhee.........i tot they play until retard jorr.... =P ....

Hamsters with wet tail are generally lethargic with a loss of appetite and generally stop grooming. They have a very fluid diarrhea, and develop a wet, soiled and matted area around the anus and tail. The diarrhea causes them to become dehydrated, so their eyes may appear dull and sunken. They may sit "hunched up" and be irritable because of the abdominal discomfort. In serious cases, blood may be seen in the diarrhea or around the anus, and/or the rectum may protrude out of the anus because of the constant straining.

if it doesnt fit the above symptom, maybe it's just pee..

wet tail = hamsters tail r wet.

i just dunno what happen...
they like to sleep in the bathing sand rather than using it~~

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Added on May 4, 2008, 4:33 pmwhen they have their tail wet,
they become less active.
so i have to take out the wheel so that they wont pee in it and get themselves dirty and wet~~

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Added on May 4, 2008, 4:34 pmwet tail can be a fatal disease

This post has been edited by RY yeeyee: May 4 2008, 04:34 PM

sleeping in the bathing sand is not abnormal.. some hamsters just don't know how to use the bathing sand.. do they become less active ONLY when their tails are wet? or r they inactive all the time?

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Added on May 4, 2008, 4:41 pmdun feed ur hammies too much fresh foods..

This post has been edited by jayniel: May 4 2008, 04:41 PM

No need take out the wheel 1. It's the same wether taking it out or not.

u are thinking too much ady..
haha....let them play with the wheel ..
they will clean themself once they feel they are dirty..
so don wry too much la....

Can One keep the hamster and G. Pig together in 1 cage? coth are vegetarian should be no prob right?

This post has been edited by tanling26: May 4 2008, 05:42 PM

Ofcoz cannot... Diff breed cant stay along together.

Feel sorry for the poor hamster which going to be put with the G.P together in the same cage. I really don't understand whether the person who do this is having common sense. Just like keeping a chicken and a doggie together in the same cage... Maybe this person wanna kill the animal purposely or dunno any basic thing about the pet he going to have or he is that poor to afford another cage.

And who is the smart person on earth tell him hamster and G.P is vegetarian??? If he consider chicken fish and worms is not meat and all are veges... Then hamsters and G.P are vegetarians... Wonder what people is thinking in their mind now...

This post has been edited by sangels: May 4 2008, 05:57 PM

I've got a question,

Why do the fur of some Roborovski hamsters look wet? Is it a disease or some sorta complication? I've noticed this condition in the pair of Robos that I've kept and also many at pet shops I've visited.

tanling, you cannot do it this way. First consideration is size. Don't you think a big guinea pig and a small hamster will cause problems staying in the same cage? The hamster may be stomped to death. And it's very stressing for both animals mar. In the natural world in the wild, we won't find 2 different kinds of rodent living together.

Secondly is their diet. Hamster's food differs from guinea pig's needs. Hamster's food got seeds. Guinea pigs cannot eat seeds. Not to mention, GP needs vitamin c enhanced food. They don even eat the same stuff. The GP pellet is also bigger than the hamster's.

Some more how to fit hamster's play things into the cage. The GP will just go around knocking it over.

So you should never put 2 of these species together, ok?

@liette: Ah, I think it is the robos perspiring? Or maybe their body not so clean? This problem is eliminated when I put a permanent sand bath area for my robos. Try it?

This post has been edited by Jamien: May 4 2008, 06:08 PM