sounds like agouti hamsters? brown with a black strip from head to tail.

@bytefreezer lucky huh

Actually i'm the one who attracted by dog... GR... but my house don't have space to keep it.. if nto sure i will get 1...

I got it in the pet shop at Giant, Senawang when i heading back my hometown with her.... we go in there to get some stuffs.. then when reach the pet shop, saw the hamster and she wanted to get it..

Chinchillas is a bunny???

This post has been edited by edwinlcw: Sep 15 2008, 03:33 PM

with dorsal stripes, could be winter white lor.

Luckily it's not flipping... Flipping is a condition where a hamster can't balance and will flip continuouslyfor its whole life... Very poor thing wan...

and lol, chinchilla is a chinchilla la. bunny is a bunny.

hmmm.... not idea whether is winter white or campbells... will post their pic for you guys to verify it.

lolz... sorry la... just started to get into the pet world... how's chinchillas looks like??

Yes please. Nothing is better than the real thing right? Hehe...

This is the chinchilla thread. Go in first page and you can see how a chinchilla look like.

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/514549

its weird though...brown color with stripe? The black color with stripe is definitely Winter White...but the brown color...dunno.

^ might be the case of a diff species. Maybe 1 RC 1 WW. Just yeterday when I was working in carefour, I saw 1 girl holding a really tiny cage with 1 WW and 1 robo in it.

Sigh... I was working so cannot tell them that they're notdoing the right thing...

This post has been edited by Jamien: Sep 15 2008, 04:01 PM

WW cannot mix with other?

The black 1 got abit of white color around its neck and the 4 legs and tail is white color as well

Before i snap the pic of the hamsters.... can i use flash when capturing their pic? thanks

This post has been edited by edwinlcw: Sep 15 2008, 04:12 PM

some can mix...some cannot mix. You just have to keep an eye out. Mine can mix so far...once a blue moon they fight (either that or play a bit too hard)

Mix WW? better not... even if they dun fight now, sooner or later they will still fight, no promised though.
Bout the flash, if u got bright lite, then dun use flash lo... if got no choice u'll hafta use flash. If the photo with flash came out loosing some detail compare to ur eye sight(eg lighter color or even diff color), then put a tissue or some white paper on the flash lite itself, this will make the lite softer and come out nicer photo.

Ok... will try to snap the pic and post it here tonite...

saw a white face robo in carrefour subang just now.

Grab it then.. heard is very rare....

so how much for 1 robo??

rm29.90 if i have not mistaken

but my place about rm40 or above...

So expensive ar? Normally the one I saw is around RM25-30 only..

they say is so rare to find the robo type...

Haha.. White face robo is hard to get.. Normal robo can be found anywhere.. Go some other pet shops and have a look lah.. Maybe there's cheaper one in other pet shops..

Please keep monitoring your hamster for its so-call stunt. if she continue doing it for many times then this is wat we called the back-flipping.

There are a number of genetic “disorders” which affect some hamsters.

The first is “back-flipping.” This is common in RC and WW. The hamster starts on his feet, does a complete flip backwards, and again lands on his feet. Sometimes they add a bit of a twist and land facing a different direction than they started from. (This is different than a hamster who falls on his back and may roll or “swim” around the cage on his back.) Back flipping does not usually show up until they are at least 5 weeks of age – sometimes later. With some, it gets extreme. They back flip during all waking hours. For these extreme cases, it is best to have a vet put them down.

The second is “pacing.” Again, around here, this is a common Campbells(RC & WW) disorder. These hamsters run back and forth across one side of the cage. Often, they only run back and forth across a few inch path. They will often beat down the shavings in that area with their incessant pacing. Again, this trait is undesirable, and these hamsters (and their relatives) should not be bred.

The third is “lap running.” These hamsters run circles around the perimeter of the cage. They too will beat a path into the shavings. They and their relatives should be retired from breeding.

The fourth is “waltzing” hamsters. This can appear in dwarves or Syrians. This hamster ran tight circles. It could not walk a straight line. Since these symptoms can also be caused by curable problems (like ear problems), these problems should be checked out by a vet. If the vet does diagnose this condition, it is probably best to put down any animals with an extreme case. Again, the parents, siblings, etc. should be taken out of breeding and all buyers of animals from this line must be notified.