no... i put the tank in living room...
how come he can escape from the tank?? hikssssssss... sob sob...
i guess he run away already...

mine is robo...
i bought him a new "housemate" about 10days ago...
so he wont be lonely, then now he run away...
now what should i do to my new robo..

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..

Tina relax. He did not run away. It is in their instincts to escape and explore. I used to keep my robos in a tank in my living room too. Yuu manage to run out also. Very weird. Ends up that he climb on the wheel, balance on the turning wheel, and grab the side of tha tank.. Then escaped.

I couldn't find him on the day he ran off, so I thought gone case cuz my living room has 2 big doors open. But 3 days later, I found him wandering around under the table where I put the tank. I think he got hungry. There were 2 very large open doors and he didn't run out. For 3 days.

So what you should do now, is put a small box with shavings and food at those dark narrow corners. Check every once in a while if your robo went in. They won't travel too far without food I think. My robos were smart enough to run only in my living room when they escaped. They know they have a steady supply of food in their tank.

hey guys, i managed to get a packet of mealworms, and tried to feed one to them each, well, they seems to like it very much.

but still, the mealworms disgust me 

i tried to touch them... bit by bit, actually the great mealworms(superworms) are same species as the mealworms is it? they disgust me the most!!

by the way, is it i gotta gutload the worms for at least two days before I feed to hammies? what should i feed them?? vegies? and how to determine whether they are healthy or edible? i have 3 robos here, how much should i feed them daily?

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Added on June 28, 2008, 5:54 pm
rodents like to hide in dark area, try to find them under cupboard or somewhere less light. and also somewhere with small wholes that they could reach. i hope they're not robos... syrians are the most lazy.. they rather take rest after a few minutes walking

What you fed your mealworms equals to what your hammie get from eating the mealworms, well, practically...

Choose the largest mealworms so that it won't have enough time to turn into pupa.

Worms won't sick oso lah i guess
Never know an insect which could be ill like fever

Yes, we ask you all to gutload 2 days before feeding so that they can poo out all the dunno what food the mealies shop give them and fill themselves with nutritious food you want your hamster to intake. Which is fruits and vege la.

Robos are really small... Maybe 2 each a day?

haha, those white ones mean they just shed their skins, so it's white. the darker ones are the ones that are going to shed. If i'm not mistaken. 

oh and if they just shed their skin, means it's easier for your hamster to digest as the exoskeleton is softer. 

Yup I think so too~!

Roche particularly likes mealies that just pupate, still soft and white but already a pupa.

My mealies with me for 3 weeks jor, RM 1 still not finish. Almost everyday now will find mealies that just pupate.

Well... The idea is, whatever you feed them go to your hammies. Based on that, the question is, do you want to feed a lot of bread to your hammies?

But the human not eating mealies ma.

What I mean is, your hamsters will get the nutrient of the things your mealies eat. In other words, if your mealies eat fruit and vege, your hamster will get the nutrient of fruit and vege from eating the mealies.

Understand?

Wet Tail is a fatal disease. Even if you bring it to a vet, the chances it will survive is just 50%. Hammies suffering this disease can die in about 48 hours or less.

Wet tail disease can be transmitted from 1 hammie to the other, so you must be careful when you buy a hamster. If you see one hamster in the place you buy have wet tail, most likely all of them are already infected. The bacteria causing this can even be transferred to your other pets if you are not careful. But it can't be transmitted to humans.

if your hamster has wet tail, it will look like the tail is covered by brown liquid. They also may refuse to eat and then sleep all the time. Also will have severe diarrhea. Those very serious case maybe will have breathing problems.

The only thing we can do is early detection, and hurry to bring it to a vet. Then pray and hope it can get better.

hey does anyone know whether brussel sprouts are ok for hamsters?

i have 2 syrians, they never bite me.. i put my finger on their mouth also dont bite. i tickle their tummy also dont bite  

It depend for the hammy i guess.

MY pudding rarely bite now because damn lazy want to bite finger.(Last time bite me & my dad finger so many times)

My saphire bite me sometimes,but taste bite only lar

My sibling Pearl never bite me until now,instead they run onto my palm.xD

take both of them  

i can keep ur robos, hueueuueueueuue    

kmao, get a syrian! If you want someting diff from your robo, get syrian lo. Syrians are not dwarves, are bigger and nicer to hold, and can tahan interaction. I like to see my Roche panjat panjat when I call her name.

hhehhe they are still far away from the standard size:)

u feel they are big , cos our syrian in market is too small.

Actually if you read those British hamster breeders, they do feed cooked meat and also lots of veges and fruits. They also have something that looks like Foo's smoothie.

Plus you must also know that the hamsters they have their are of good genetic line compared to those here.

I like this hamstery in Leichester UK, called Chocolate Hams. Just look at the size of their syrians and also those rare colors they have there      
http://chocolate-hams.piczo.com/?preview=y&cr=2&rfm=y