@catacombs, i cant believe you ate the pellets

yeah right... i got a question, do you need to do something on the worms before feeding hamsters? except gutload, is it necessary to clean them first?

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Added on June 26, 2008, 12:15 am@nezumitaro

raw white tofu or fried one?

@crazymouse

thanks for your comment, i got it
btw, do u mean habitrail staple food is not a good one? i've been feeding my hammies with it since my first rearing hammie. just that i feed them additional food recently like fruits and vegies, also some other treats like doggie biscuits and oats, currently thinking to feed them with mealworms. would the diet be too complicated? 

If you wet the worms it'll turn black and die... That's why they need moistuer through fruit and vege. Otherwise we just need to sprinkle water let them drink.

You feed dog food?

This is the new baby boy who are with us for the last four days. He can now started to climb on our hands when we put our hands into the tank, although he just wanna to get out from there.     No more screaming for the last 2 days when we touch him.     He is eating very well, eating fresh veges and Nutri Smoothie everyday and dry food as well. We are still think of a name for him.






This is how Kiko look like when she is eating: This girl is getting chubbier everyday with Nutri Smoothie  


This pic shown she is freezing up when I stroke her back during her heat, can see her tail and backside is up:


Wanna share my cousin sister's hamster, she bought her from Pet Shack 3 months ago. Staying in a 2ft tank and have a Living world Home and Wodent Wheel Junior with him. Staying happily now with his owner, getting cuter and chubbier.

Name: MOMO
Age: about 5 months
Breed: Syrian
Color: Golden Banded
Feeding: Nutri Smoothie and Harry Hamster, mealworms sometimes



Saying 'Hi!' to Joan and Jack...

This is the syrian i got from petshack. name it brownie.
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This is Jojo, the syrian u guys said badly structured and look like a mouse.
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This is also jojo....
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This is Momo... nth much to be said bout it. a bit greyish banded. dunno wat to call. =.=
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sorry for the blur pics... using a 1.3Mp handphone camera.

yeah nezu they are just like wat u said. haha...
i like jojo the most still. coz he is a gentle one. and i just dunno la. got the chemistry. hahhaa...

If you wet the worms it'll turn black and die... That's why they need moistuer through fruit and vege. Otherwise we just need to sprinkle water let them drink.

You feed dog food?

yeah, dog food. just one small piece in a week only, they're high in protein.. but they didn't eat any last time, yesterday night they ate a piece, finally 

just feed them vegies n fruit is enough? that's really easy to keep 
@nezu

high protein dog biscuits? no as well? 

can but dog food is contain fat too.. so if take alot means fat alot also also its better be balance rather side to 1 food

okie, thanks   

do you mind give me a lesson on how to make my hammie chubbier?? so far i had only seen so many 'basic supplementary' but i don't really see any diet to pump the hammies.. that's why i'm trying to give all kind of food to see which really works to pump them...

btw, my hammies are already 4 months or elder, still can be chubby? thanks in advance 

Cannot grow in size but still can be chubby~ The secret is... Just feed Nezu's smoothie. In there got all the essentials they need. My Roche semacam bola now in 3 weeks only.

See.

hazzy how ur hammi? start trying the Nutri-Smoothie?

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Tissue, paper towels, all no harm as long no perfume, colour or printing. Hamsters won't eat the tissue. They would chew on it.
Yes, get the dwarf type. Any smaller and it could cause serious damage to the spine. Not all hamsters run readily, so give it some time.
If the butt is constantly wet, then it is wet tail. The hamster would still eat but be quite lethargic with heavy breathing. It is hard to cure and can die in a day or 2.
Try and feed better food lah. Prestige and Harry Hamster, I don't see it as expensive.... summore I have many hamsters and gerbils and I am a student using my own pocket money..... just don't use your cash for stuff that is not important lah. Sometimes I don't even eat lunch just to save my bit of cash to buy Prestige and Harry Hamster.
Hamsters do not sweat. They DROOL. If it is normally around the mouth and chin, then it is drooling to cool the body down. Anyway, hamsters that drool means they are too hot.
Watch carefully. Jamien already gave you an answer about petshop hamsters and space and dominance.

When WW fight, they are really aggressive. I have heard so many people that call me or msn me, say their WW died .... all from having 2 in 1 cage. So.... better separate if they become very hostile towards each other.
Those info are too generalised and I think they never really monitor the hamsters behaviour in captivity....... WW in the wild live in colonies coz they are all related! They are family.... so they have the same territory. If a fight starts, they can run far far away coz in the wild got freedom. What freedom and space do they have in a cage?

A lot of general hamster websites just generalize information. We here have experience, and I too breed WW and Campbells, I see difference in colony, hierarchy and fights….. Of course those sites say dwarf hamsters are social coz in the wild they live in family colonies. When we house them in cages….. it changes their behaviour.

Read:
http://www.petplanet.co.uk/small_breed_profile.asp?sbid=18
http://www.petwebsite.com/hamsters/dwarf_w...rs_behavior.htm
http://www.napak.com/dwarf_hamster.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A24833324

So if we love our hamsters, then better get one only coz there is no harm in that. They won’t die of loneliness, that type of thing only happens to gliders. WW and Campbells can only get along with siblings and if you get from a breeder…. If you get from a pet shop, even though same age and purchased on the same day, there is bound to be fights.
Veggie and dry dog/catfood is good.

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Added on June 25, 2008, 11:14 pm

Funny, you already answered yourself. Of course no website would say they have to be solitary coz they can tolerate each other. Those bolded ones are already your answer.

About sudden fights, this happens coz of space and how we house them. The wikipedia info has been edited by someone, but it used to say that WW are best kept alone if FIGHTS occur. We advice people to keep WW alone to avoid people coming into this forum saying "Help, my hamsters fight till bleed" or "One died, why ah?"

Isn't it better? Anyway, there is a website by a show breeder overseas that uses the word solitary.

Cannot grow in size but still can be chubby~ The secret is... Just feed Nezu's smoothie. In there got all the essentials they need. My Roche semacam bola now in 3 weeks only.

See.

okie, thanks   

do you mind give me a lesson on how to make my hammie chubbier?? so far i had only seen so many 'basic supplementary' but i don't really see any diet to pump the hammies.. that's why i'm trying to give all kind of food to see which really works to pump them...

btw, my hammies are already 4 months or elder, still can be chubby? thanks in advance 

yeah, i see that. i know nezu's smoothie is the best but i can't go sunway mentari every time to restock, and the smoothies can't last for too long right? let's say a month in fridge? 

I went to the pet shop just now, for an exchange of my WW.

After i put those WWs back into the aquarium, in order to see if they're accepted by the other WW or not, then all the WW come and sniff them and they like playing rugby, all menekan my WW. Very scare they will fight in the aquarium just now but I guess they accepted them as part of the family ?
See them like that i also lega hati, always fight in my cage i worry until cannot sleep last night

Then i brought back home a female Syrian.
Here she is :

they tried, but sikit sikit. i think later they gonna love it. have to finish the red devil first, then only i'll give the other flavor 
thank you for more detailed information 

HAHHAHA i like this pic... close own eyes.
click on my signy to find out more, at least u know how to keep, how long it can last and what ur hammi eating
it can keep for 2 mths, and there is a 'best before' date on the label.  and its must be keep in freezer not fridge ya. also there are are NICE members willing to help to delieve to some location. check it out.
hehe small small cute wor still bb.
take the water out, sure they will eat more.

I fast fast snap picture just now and let her settle her new home, damn she is cute !

I guess it's cinnamon banded ? Confirm not cream banded.
Maybe the orange transparent plastic makes her looks like a golden banded.

When i approach the cage she went into the wheel and run very fast
Showing off ?

bahah! my WW also love to show off.
when ever i called theri names they will straight away run into the wheel

bahah! my WW also love to show off.
when ever i called theri names they will straight away run into the wheel