QUOTE(IcedNyior @ Jul 12 2008, 01:53 AM)
im back people!

the moment i came home, my WW looks excited to hear me. Poor baby must hv been neglected when I was away. No one wants to play with it coz it bit my sister before. They do feed it when the food runs out tho
Added on July 12, 2008, 1:54 ambtw is a 5" wheel suitable for a ww?
Get 6 inch or 7 inch. 5 inch is for robos.
QUOTE(ss88 @ Jul 12 2008, 08:21 PM)
yesterday jz went to pet safari to get some hamster stocks...
suddenly..i saw these type of hamster,roborovski...but the unique of this robo is...it has all white surface...only a little bit choc line on his upper body...but have one only lorh....i think not white face,coz the choc color only a little bit only...i think it is robo type coz the body type,the leg,habit,the misai n the eyes exactly like robo....
QUESTION IS...
is this are what people called platinum robo???have in msia???or jz genetic problem???
thinking of buying it...but afraid it has gene prob...
Yes, there is a mutation called platinum and no genetic problems coz this is not from outbreeding with different species, it is just a colour mutation. The agouti colour is normally very little, white can be all over. It is super rare, just like the White Face coz it is a colour mutation.
QUOTE(coldfusionpower @ Jul 12 2008, 09:18 PM)
yesterday, go see a petstore .. coz my sis said got albino ferret. so go there to check it out .. and guess whats the first thing i see .. the worker there is clipping the hamster teeth with a nail clipper ..shish ..
Normal lah.... I also do heheheh.... sometimes it is needed. I trim my star tortoise's beak, my hamster and gerbil's teeth if too long or grow in wrong directions. Just rabbit and guinea pig need vet to do coz it needs a different clipper.
QUOTE(jayniel @ Jul 12 2008, 10:46 PM)
hmm, if u want to breed, better breed when the female is 4 months & above.. cos how if they breed now, and Ivory's health deteriorate & die young? when it's 4 months time, Ivory sure can accept Ebony as her mate.. right now, since she's slightly more dominant & there's a possibility of premature breeding, best is u separate loh, since u got another cage

Added on July 12, 2008, 10:51 pmi wanna ask ya, if the hamster's teeth naturally grow senget & overgrown, how to cut it? it grows at a very fast rate, so i must cut it often.. i measured my other hamster's teeth length & so i know agak2 how much to cut.. but i don't know cut using wat.. if use nail clipper, will the hamster feel painful? anyone encountered this?
the teeth is overgrown until she cant eat solid food properly.. she cant & dont chew on mineral stones.. anyone can advise? her teeth is very yellow too, i mean dark yellow..
It is easy to do teeth trimming, but you need to be extra careful and use the smallest nail clipper. I get the ones for babies. When clipping, you have to hold the hamster firmly by the scruff, pull back the cheek pouches and make sure you do not cut the tongue.
For newbies, better not do.
If your hamster's teeth are white, then it is either regrown or unhealthy. Baby hamsters have white teeh but as they grow older, should be yellow.
Yellow can be any shade, dark or light but it has to be yellow. This goes for rats and gerbils as well, even squirrels.
Not every hamster likes to chew mineral stones.... so I advice you to give cooked chicken bones. Give the drumstick bone, boil and clean it till dry. Then offer to your hamster. This is a tip for rats, which works well for most rodents.