Albino is not a disease. The dying young part is another type of gene(ANOPTHALMIC WHITES), Eyeles and Teethless white die young,...... how come? Read....

http://www.hammysworld.com/index.php?p=eyeless

http://www.hamsterific.com/SyrianHamsters.cfm

i was told it isnt suitable to use cat litter as bathing sand because cat litter has a kinda chemical might be harmful to hamster.... but if u talking about paper based cat litter can la... if those coloured biji biji ones, better dont lor... jz go to the beach and get some beach sand back.... filter and baked it to kill all the bacteria...

i'm using filtered beach sand as litter tray lar.... didnt bake coz dun have oven....
anyway, i'm using separate tray for litter and bathing sand.... bathing sand i use chincilla sand... litter tray only use beach sand...

Ok, got it. So albino refers to pure white? I got that definition from some websites, may be it's a misleading one.

I was told that chincilla sand is not that suitable, as it's too dusty for hamster. Well, correct me if I'm wrong.

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I've seen lots of solid white with both kind of color ears in Ipoh before selling at RM7 and the uncle told me since I bought something from him, he can discount for me

Chinchilla sand is ok, Chinchilla dust is bad.

Cat litter can be used for toilet sand, not bathing sand and it has to be the non-clumping type.

Yah, it's not a rare colour loh..... I see often.... hahaha... of course out of KL always cheaper. KL everything double in price heheheh.

Catacombs said cat litter is poisonous ... ? Is it ?

The clumping ones are.... if you get those with additional perfume, dunno what chemicals to reduce smell.... those are dangerous.... so far Frisian non clumping cat litter is safe. I use non clumping cat litter, no animals have died loh.... I use for quite a long time already.

Why do not get clumping? Coz clumping cat litter is clay that will bind when wet. So if a hamster eats it, it can get stuck inside the intestines or throat or cheek pouches.

Choose cat litter that is said to be natural, has no chemicals or perfume

oh... i 1st time see ma. =.= sorry for my jakunness... kakakkaka

just now putting them together...
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but i watch them playing so they wont mating, then seperate they when i'm about to sleep..
is it ok to do that? or just seperate them for 2 months?

OMG, she put the hams in small tank like that.. they are not fish!!!
she put the water in a bowl somemore

This post has been edited by tina_yess: Jul 17 2008, 01:58 AM

To be safe, do a proper seperation. You can reintro back after 2 months plus. I noticed that if a robo accepted a particular male as a mating partner, she will most likely accept him again.

BTW I've actually observed the daddy robo licking and taking care of the babies when the mummy's out eating and exercising. This happened sometimes. The daddy will go lick the kids and put the nest nicely before sleeping there.

It happened when the mummy robo gave birth in the plastic house and made her nest there. I didn't know she had babies cuz she didn't look pregnant and was active as usual when I interact with her. It was about a week later when the babies started crawling around that I knew. Ad I noticed the daddy taking care of the kids so I left him in.

i didnt let the mom having exercise and i didnt put the wheel inside the tank last time, coz she put the babies in the wheel and round the wheel, OMG!! hiks... ok, will seperate and reintro them later...
will do some research before she breed again..

chin sand is ok.... chin dust isnt....

cute cute...

Wah, scary mum.

Actually I would advise people to take out the wheel when their mummy hammies gave birth. but some of my robos are very attached to their wheel.

Like Fat Fat, she will become inactive and stressed when I remove the wheel. When she gave birth and I took out the wheel, she ignored her litter for hours. After I put back the wheel and she ran on it for 5 minutes, she went back to attend to her litter.

But I saw her ran on the wheel before with baby Ben still sucking on her nipple. She was running like normal and he was drinking like nothing is happening. That time I so panic. Wanna take out the wheel but it'll stress her. Scared I frighten her and dunno what will happen to baby Ben.

That was one of my most agonizing moments of owning robos...

Lol, maybe u can hold the wheel so tat it wont turn, later she ll move away ma...
Anw, pic of my button mushroom.... Izit satin or normal long coat syrian?


*Sorry for the small cage, im saving money*

dont seem to me like long coat syrian...

anyway, ur cage is way too small.... u need more than double the size of ur current cage...

if budget is limited, try using storage bin... can be bought from tesco, giant or jusco... those places alwiz have promotion items... my toyogo storage bin bought for 10 bucks only.... way cheaper than its running wheel...

Well.... Its a long coat syrian, but its female nt male
So, the coat is nt too long...
Bout the cage, i ll change it within 2weeks time

Ryo, take a picture of her coat, not her setup.

Anyway, I don't dare ta kacau her lo. I wan her t feel as relax and happy as possible and scared stress her. Plus I scared she frighten and drop ben or bite ben.

toyogo bin= =

i have been searching for it.. jusco [wangsa maju] dont know hide the bin at what place = =

i cant find it.. have to go there tomoro again

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Added on July 17, 2008, 2:45 amdont know why my sugar feels nervous on my hand, always trying to escape, only just now..

she wont stay still and moving very fast on my hand.. like she is scare of something

is that she smell the scent of male syrian on my hand ????? cause just now i play with my housemate's male syrian, but i wash my hand before touch her

This post has been edited by anderyna: Jul 17 2008, 02:45 AM

Eh, actually i wan2 take pic of her bt.... Camera suddenly no battery
And card reader fren took back ady
So... Tats the only pic i have at the moment


This post has been edited by RyoKenzaki: Jul 17 2008, 02:57 AM