you need to gutload the mealies for 2days when u first buy them, before feeding the hammie. Put in vege+kibbles. then after that only feed, cause more nutritions
after that u have to feed the mealworms daily also. xD

need to put some vege in with the mealies, else where they get their water supply from?

can keep no worries.. but keep in a dry place.

$38 - $40. yes you need to get everything in the list for the bear.. 2ft tank , big wheel is a must oh..

this is the tank setup i always happy to see hahahha..

Superworm.... the exoskeleton is harder, mealworms are much better than superworms. PLEASE don't go and feed SOOOOO MANYYYYY lah. 5 Superworms is TOO MUCH!

Limit mealworms as they are very high in protein but also in fat too. So give about 3 to 4 a day. We even don't feed more than 10 to a joey glider and their protein requirement is much higher than hamsters. 1 superworm is equivalent to about 3 or 4 mealworms. So if 5 superworms, then the hamster can get obese and health problems faster. Maybe even digestion problem since the superworm exoskeleton is harder.

Yah, superworm is not suitable.

Ah, takes time lah. Won't tame so fast wan. Now mine, all would come to smell my hand already but they won't come to sit on my palm lah. Slowly, put your Ocha's favourite food in your hand. There are a few ways to tame. If you be patient and feed Ocha with your hands and always attract Ocha with food in your hand, he will trust you more. Another way is holding the hamster daily but if you just grab your hamster everyday, it would be tame as in won't bite you but it would always avoid your hand to be grabbed from the cage. So I would go for the hand feeding one. Just be patient and do everyday, it will take many days before he learns to trust coz at Pet Shop, normally they already got bad experience with hands liao.

Yups. That's the best way.

25 to 30 ringgit is normally 1.5ft tank.

2ft tank is roughly more or less around Rm40. Pet Shops near my place sell at RM50.

Plastic is expensive because of the quality. Never be stingy when it comes to housing your pets comfortably. If lack of funds, then get something 2nd hand or get storage boxes.

1 superworm a day.

The powder is suitable. As long is for animals then ok. Powder sold for us are bad coz contains talcum.

Good tank. Similar with my set up but I use flower pot for hide house....

Yes, you need to feed your mealies with sayur. Feed sawi, kangkung, apple, carrot. Make sure you feed apple slices with skin coz that contains calcium. You don't really need bedding unless you wanna breed.

Im going to put ur bear2 hamster in this one and get a smaller 1.5 ft tank for Kiki (the current hamster)

This post has been edited by IcedNyior: Jun 8 2008, 03:17 AM

@brother: Yes I handle the mealies. Sacrifice a bit mar, very troublesome to use tweezers lar.

@Jayniel: Yes I give carrot slices as moisture. All they do is dry up so it's easier for me to pick out rather than other veges that rot. Plus my hammies are ok with fresh (taking more daily. Smoothie also like taking more) but dry food still reject. weird.

It might be me thinking so much but my syrians seem to grow bigger and furrier after having them a while. Hehe...

Chipsi classic bedding smells like Chipsi Plus Green Apple, anyone noticed?
or is it cause my nose cacat.

This post has been edited by neshie: Jun 8 2008, 11:31 AM

But I remembered the apple one has a slight apple scent. Maybe it'll smel stronger for the hammies. I thought we weren't supposed tp use scented bedding?

Lol, i used apple before (when i was a super noob hamster owner), and i know the smell quite well. xD
so yeah, i bought Chipsi classic, smells like apple also.
and i remember last time apple scented chipsi had colourful stuff inside,now none at all. (saw at pet safari yesterday)

Good afternoon I've just got my boy boy syrians yesterday when my friend said she no longer can keep it due to moving to overseas to study so I decided to take care of him lor He is kinda guai,when i talked to him he will just stare at me not moving at all Hehe,so cute ooo~

But hor the prob is his mini water tank in which he can lick it to drink whenever he wants it. The water keep on leaking so easily that it wets his hay.I've already checked and changed it last night and this morning same thing happened again I do know that if the hay is wet,hammie will tend to get sick easily. May I know anyone do faced the same probs like me & any solutions other than changing his water tank? Many thanks

I think the best solution should be changing the water bottle. what kinda water tank u using? got brand wan?
Unless u wanna change the bedding everyday, i suggest u get a new water bottle.

No brand de wor,yesterday purposely went to buy everything new for him at pet shop nearby my house.
Mana tau the water tank leaked water de And hor hammie like to sleep cuddling themselves? My boy i noticed he like to sleep under the
rolling wheel. Will find a small cute house for him later on

ooo. hahaha. no brand de tend to leak easily. Even the living world brand also quite lousy. I checked living world website, they do have a better water bottle, but i don't see it in stores. It's better to get those bottles which have the spring loaded ball to prevent leakage.
Lol, cuddle themselves like how?

The water tank he is using it now got the metal ball inside but without any spring attached lor
Hmm..not into cuddling,just he like to sleep at the corner side. Have to change his hay again,wet again I wonder if i put a small mini cup inside his hay to replace the water tank,will it be better?Scared later he spill it out He is now sleeping quitely,just now woke up chew some food with eyes closed then sleep back again. Lolx

haha, mine also, easy to drip wan. ><
Hmm, mini cup not really recommended cause they can push + kick the bedding inside the water, and also it will be exposed to the air+dirt= more bacteria. Just get a new bottle and it will be fine.
aww so cute..

Ya,will find another better water tank for him later. Hopefully this time no more dripping type de lor
Hehe,yalor The 1st time I show him my hand yesterday,he sniff sniff then then bite my finger till bleed
I wondering maybe because he is afraid of my hand?I don't know how he have be treated in his previous place lor
But he is non-aggrasive type,just shy away only. But luckily when i hand him foods he still will come lor

Yah,wana ask about the sand bath.How is the process and the frequency using it? I saw got seller sells clothes for hammie,soo mini & cute But it is alright to dress them up? Will they feel uncomfortable? Somemore the rolling wheel he is using now is very noisy oh,at night i sleep that time he is busy exercising brrr brrr..hahax!

But I'm using living world bottle. The small 100 ml wan i got 2 for my syrians. The 500 ml wan is for my GP Micheri. Never leak lar. You just have to fill water till it's full full and tip it over all at once. Then when the ball is covering the entrance of the metal spout, it won't leak.

I bought before the spring wan. My robos and also my GP started drinking less and less water because the spring goes into place very fast, means only a little water come out. I think they feel reluctant to drink. But they very happily drink when I use back living world.

Hmm, syrian issit? maybe ur hand smell like food. or maybe he wanted to test bite but bite too hard?

sand bath frequency i'm not sure, but then i give them sandbath at random times. I dun put it in the tank itself, the sand will fall out de.
ur hammie will roll in it. very cute wan..
Get a silent wheel lor, or buy wodent wheel.

Hmm, when i move the cage the water will drip abit, but ok la i think, not like always leak.
ohh. i wanted to get those type, but quite expensive.

I think your hand smells like food also. Actually the biting happens with every breed of hammie.

Someone told me that syrians don't need to sandbath wor. Robos like to sandbath a lot so I leave the sand bath in their tank.

Syrian doesnt need sand bath because they really good in cleaning theirself,giving them sandbath make the fur look fugly with white sand on it.