why cannot buy scented one? hammies don't like em?
i have another question, what is those oat thingy for? some come in leaves some more... are they edible or just for bedding?

oh my goooooodness...i just bought 1 new pack.. arghhhhhhhhhhhhh

hey guys, robo can let them run free out of the cage? mine are super active, i'm afraid can't get them back after they out...

yeah, thinking of getting a long and wide box.. anyone experience they just run free and never come back?

anyone here raises robo?? i'm having 3 siblings here...

Long story cut short:
i suspect there is a female among them, which i don't wish them to inbreed and i wanted to seperate the female. however, i have difficulties to differentiate which one is male or female, where they looks REALLY similar to me. i've done all the research i could by googling but i can't really get a clear picture to differentiate them yet.. trust me, i can differentiate other species but no robo.. could anyone help me out here? in the sake of hamsters, please..

thank you in advance

yes, i agree. it's about 4 months or older, i can actually see the genital thingy and anus, but they all looks so so so.. i mean no difference at all.. all of them =.=

i found few sites that show the photo for robo and dwarf, but they are much more obvious, i mean, mine are like, no difference to me, so i wish someone could give me a better picture of how does it looks like..

ok.. i'll try to figure it out again, but i don't really like to catch them.. they don't like it actually. i feel like i'm making them hate me again and again.

got it! but i'm quite afraid to cup them, as they'll become bitey.. i'll try my best to check it, ultimately, i don't wanna see them inbreed. thanks everyone who helped!!

actually i've been raising them for a week only.. but i'm afraid about the case of inbreed, that's why i wanna make sure they're all MALES

i got bitten just now, when i tried to cup them.. at least two of them bite me and both of them got frightened and keep running from me, like they were running for life... just like the day they came to me.. sigh

i've been tracing threads since 3 weeks ago in this topic, to refresh my knowledge about hammies. but i couldn't get myself a real clear picture of their sexing... i even look through the old versions but still cannot get the point.

i mean i do know how to differentiate hammies from male to female, but not on ROBOs. i used to raise syrians, unquestionable, their sexing mark is remarkable OBVIOUS.

anyway, i managed to check thru the 3 siblings, yet, still looks real similar. =.=
is that both robo male and female have a genital mark looks like "jj"?? i wonder how come all 3 got... i thought female should have "vagina"?? but they all have 1 anus only =.=

mod, pls modify my post if found offensive.

i almost have them on my palms, but i guess i frightened them every time i grab em... so sad

i knew i'm a bit hasty to grab them but i just wish to seperate them, i cant find a real obvious way to differentiate them.. other than the distance of genital and anus, is there anything i can spot?

thank you everyone, especially jamien, i know you tried so hard to help. thank you so much!!

alright.. i guess i gotta let them be for now.

i wish i'll never have such experience.. feel sorry for you and the babies... it must be a hard time to both you and your hammies

indeeeeeed, their mustache is one of the most attractive features i could find in robos.

and their slightly longer legs, hype-fast movement, and also... 'huge butt'.. hahaha

is that ok to let hamster in a bowl of tissues?? i mean, it's no harm if they eat the tissues??

is there any exercise ball, specially made for robos? i bought one at petfamily, seems really big for a robo, and it's purple in color =.=

of course i feed them, with habitrail staple food and fruit & vegie sometimes.. but they seems to hate the pellet inside the staple food, never eat them, even they chew it into pieces... is that for rabbit or gp?

i guess i should start giving them a roll of tissue papers? i had a emptied roll in the cage, they'll chewing it daily, and it looks quite artistic when you look at the 'pattern' of the roll

yeah, they always bang everywhere, i worried if they will get dizzy for too much banging..
but i'm quite sure they won't destroy the ball yet, for now at least
i'm quite amused while they run the ball, they look so cute, n clumsy sometimes, because it's still a new toy to them .. haha

so i guess mine is already the smallest of all, just wonder if i could get a smaller one. but robo sure looks small in the ball right?

about the ball, i found robo's legs are too tiny that their legs can slipped to those air holes.. looks dangerous to me

so they eat pellets? last time i threw all the pellets they left over, about 1/5 of the full bowl, what a waste, i thought robo doesnt eat pellets. i will try to force them to eat pellets when their food is almost finish this time...

my late syrians love pellets too, Yuu is not weird, if so, mine also weird lor

yes, the cylinder thingy, according to jamien, "You betta let them have some for the sake of themselves"
Just kidding, it's good for their health, i mean.

i've been feeding my hammies with habitrail, recently i tried delicate, totally the same thing to me..
otherwise, try get some vegie and fruits for your hammies if you find they're bored of staple fruits. feeding fruits and vegies once a while is great choice, but just once a while, you can google out which fruits and vegie that they like most.

about prestige, the price is killing me, not really a wise choice for a poor student like me

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Added on June 25, 2008, 7:11 pmi'm glad to hear that... i was worried about my robos when i can touch their legs from the air hole..

i should try 'teaching' them to eat pellets, no more food wastage!!

This post has been edited by kmao: Jun 25 2008, 07:11 PM

it's true just rm8 @ month, but i got feed my hammies with fruits and vegies, so i think should be fine to them.. currently i'm thinking of to feed hammies with mealworms, is that really good to make hamsters chubby? and anyone knows where to get it?