perhaps u can pm her directly?

it could be a sable banded, which is black too btw.. just that it's a different gene from the 'black' syrian..

ps/ waa 3 ppl reply at the same time

This post has been edited by jayniel: Jun 27 2008, 01:06 AM

it's totally up to ur own judgement whether u want to feed it in one shot or separate into 2 times.. if ur hamster is not a big eater, then better separate to 2 times, or more, dependind on how much it eats per time..

u can put it in their food bowl and serve to them while still frozen, it will melt quite fast.. i heard it's ok for adults to feed on cold food, but not for babies.. not too sure about this..

i saw the syrians too few weeks ago.. the syrians are even more expensive than the dwarfs, which is abnormal
i also saw a gerbil with the tail 'missing' and a wound at that tail part.. guess some staff pulled it by the tail.. and it was still for sale..

tat's y i dislike mid valley pet shop.. they got so much money y dun wan send the staff for training? even my bf knows more bout hamsters than some of them do

This post has been edited by jayniel: Jun 27 2008, 09:29 PM

hmmm, my experience with a runaway robo is not like ur syrian le.. i run to the left, the robo run to the right.. very very difficult to catch back even after spotted the robo..

so tina_yess, i suggest u get some ppl to find with u.. cos robo is very small, very hard to notice.. close all holes like ur toilet floor hole, in case it drop inside.. close all doors while searching, so that it doesnt escape to another room & make ur search even more difficult..

robo and RC ar.. hmmm... i dun think can cross breed lar.. one is so big, one so small.. if got also, will produce cacat pups or the babies die in womb.. the fella lie 1 maybe?

imagine if pair a female robo + male RC, i dun think the RC is able to chase her all around the cage, cos robos run so so fast.. also robos are hard to breed, they're very very choosy of their mates.. even if breed, the babies will die in the mother's womb, and the mother may die too, cos the babies are so BIG..

if it's a male robo + female RC, alamak! i think he'll do worse than Nezu's boyboy.. the male is half the female's size..

hie,

get at least 2 robos.. since robos are social hamsters, they prefer to stay in pairs or groups (sngle sex i mean).. and don't worry about the pee being smelly.. robos pee very little.. cos they drink little.. the Pet Shop in Sunway has taken in new stock of hamsters, there are robos too.. if u want an aquarium/guppy tank, get at least 1.5ft and above.. it wont be cruel, it's the best housing for hamsters..

1. in terms of size, Syrians are the biggest.. other species are dwarfs, namely the Winter White, Russian Campbell, and Roborovskii

2. There are many reasons for this.. Syrian's solitary instinct does not appear till a certain age (Syrian pro pls confirm how many months).. Those syrians u see in pet shops are babies, that's y they can tolerate living with each other.. And note that i say ''tolerate'', cos they don't enjoy it at all.. If u observe closely, u'll see injured Syrians in petshop tanks, some dead too.. Besides, hamsters are active at night, so obviously u wont see them fighting when u visit the petshop during the day.. Another reason is, those Syrians are sooo packed & crowded that they feel too stressed to fight over territory..

3. 1.5yrs to 2.5 yrs (depending on many factors ie. diet, health, etc).. but Robos can live up to 4 yrs..

4. Think about it this way.. Syrians wants their OWN territory.. as long as there's another hamster together with it, it wont feel happy at all.. that's y we say that Syrians are territorial..

MINIMUM is 1ft tank for dwarfs, and 1.5ft for Syrians.. and this minimum is not so good lah.. we recommend u to use 1.5ft tank for dwarf hamsters and 2ft tank for Syrians.. floor space is VERY important for hamsters, not height.. so don't need to get those cages that are very tall but have minimal floor space..

hot of cos not good lah.. if too hot, we humans also can faint le.. hamsters are so small, they cant take it as much as we can.. get a good Silent Wheel, then don't have that ekk ekk sound when they run the wheel.. also if u get more than 1 hamsters, sure gonna be noisy de..

shayne does petboarding.. go ask her..

Nezu, i curious leh.. Wodent Wheel no sound, then the vaseline for wat ah?

ur room sure have windows & fan rite? put the hamsters in a cool & ventilated area..

This post has been edited by jayniel: Jul 1 2008, 04:44 PM

oooh, i see.. thanks for clarifying

get at least 1.5ft tank ya.. don't get those for small fish 1..
for their water, get a hamster water bottle, fill it with water, and hang at the corner of the tank.. of if u want, u can drill/burn a hole in the tank for the water bottle's spout

i also wish to buy since last time when jtl announce.. but if i buy for 1 hamster, i'll feel bad for the rest.. but i cant possibly buy 7 wodent wheels, i no such money i can bear with my current wheels, put oil loh.. now my aim is to spend more on their food, get them best food if possible.. wheels, next time lah..

how come singapore can got so many types of syrians leh? they import from the west or the mutation happened in singapore?

ps/ nezu, we wont die.. but will sakit perut only

This post has been edited by jayniel: Jul 3 2008, 11:13 PM

hi Reanne, so long never appear dy.. but i guess u gonna disappear again
thanks for the info though!

sigh, his attitude reli makes me dun wan buy dy.. wanna ask the hamster's sex also need so much persuasion...

ps/ oh ya, i just saw his other threads.. apparently other buyers have issues with him too..

This post has been edited by jayniel: Jul 4 2008, 07:41 PM

hmm, stainless steel? or those with paint? it's poisonous when the hamster bites the bars, u know?

also i feel hamsters kept in a cage are more territorial than those in tanks..

i'm not sure about the stainless steel hamster cage le, got such cages ar? the chewing stone doesnt help much, cos to them, the metal bars taste nicer..

i've seen the ZooZone2.. it was crazy huge! what makes u buy such a big enclosure ar? hehe..

well, 2ft tank is 2ft in length lo..

there could be many reasons y a female hamster would bite.. first, it could be an RC.. or, it's pregnant..

This post has been edited by jayniel: Jul 5 2008, 12:45 AM

lolz, JackJack is never satisfied, keep wanting to come out
his feet must be very strong to jump that high..
how old is he?

pregnant hamsters tend to be more aggressive, just let her be.. humans also like that ma
if can dun kacau her, or else she'll be stressed..

ya u can buy a container for the sand, or u can buy a bathroom for hamsters, fill with bathing sand & put inside ur tank..

to litter train, first u gotta get litter sand.. usually some hamsters will automatically pee there.. but some may not, so u have to take the bedding with their pee & place in the litter sand..

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Added on July 5, 2008, 1:17 amerr, (N)3..
any other angels? especially taken from top.. want to see her color properly, cos now, the color is a bit confusing..

This post has been edited by jayniel: Jul 5 2008, 01:17 AM

nolah, toilet sand for pee pee.. they don't need bathing sand cos they groom themselves quite frequent wor.. i've seen some syrians groom so long until i'm tired watching.. haha, they're clean fellas

syrians, even though u say can live together.. even if really can, even if really got luck, why would u wanna do that to them? u think they enjoy it?