Should have tried it on ferro last night.

@janiel: yes it is troublesome and smelly. but it wore off in the morning. thank god!

Then the female will be waiting and waiting while thinking, "come on... What's taking you so long..."

Toilet sand is for hamsters to pee ad poo in. It's rougher and slightly bigger than bathing sand.

Bathing sand is for hamsters to roll in and clean their fur. It's very fine and might even smell nice since it has various flavors.

My robos poo in the toilet sand and bath in the bathing sand. Fat Fat seems to have found the difference and everyone follows her.

Anyway, for syrians you only need toilet sand. for dwarves must have both lo. It's recommended that you leave the bathing sand for them whenever you change their shavings and take it out after half an hour or less.

But my robos loved bathing sand so much I had to leave it in. They will all mogok and jump into bathing sand bowl when I try to remove it from the tank.

It's actually very simple. They sleep together because it is cold and huddling together is warmer. And they fight because they're syrians and they don't like each other. Syrians are solitary by nature. Just because they sleep together doesn't mean they need or want to be with each other. If there were other places your syrians could go, they would not be together but you force them to be together when you house them together.

To avoid injury and possibly death, please separate your syrians soon.

Just curious but who told you syrians can live together?

Well, as I mentioned earlier, cages, they can keep for a long time. Syrians, no one wants them when they get older so must clear off fast. They'd tell you anything to sell more so they don't rugi.

If you think properly, she isn't exactly lying. You asked her if they can be housed together. Petshops house them together. It can be done. But the syrians are not happy like that and are under a lot of stress when they're housed together. It frequently leads to fighting, injury, disease, death when housed together.

So can they be housed together? Why, yes. But if you want your syrians to survive, not get hurt and be happy and not kill each other, no you can't house them together.

Feed a lot of vege and fruits. But make a slow introduction lar so that your hamsters don't get diarrhea.

Feeding Uncle Taro's nutri-smoothie also helps make hamsters chubby.

I notice that good quality dry food also helps them gain weight.

I left my hams for about 4 days and left them 2 bowls worth of dry food each with a full bottle of water. They survived ok and still recognized me when I came home.

@aeon: I think that just means you have winter white hamsters. Pet shops like to create fancy names.

@soul: Well, I just get my hamsters to climb on my hand. That step is very important because that probably determines how tame your hamster is. Then when they get on my hand, I just pet them and brush them with a toothbrush. I am still trying to get them to do tricks but Roche don't get anything besides "hang" and Ferro just looks at the treat.

Well, I keep telling him "stand" while dangling the treat a little above him. He just stays very still and stares at the treat.

Lol, if you mean in an amusing way.

Dwarves can only be handled for a period of time each day. Most of them aren't very comfortable with humans petting them too much.

Syrians are ok with it frequent handling. But I have a better time teaching Pastel tricks than my Roche and Ferro.

Well it depends on how hot the enclosure is for your hams.

When my robos were placed outdoors, they drank a lot. Robos tend to sweat a lot. So they need to drink a lot. When they lived indoors, they drink less.

A small 100 ml bottle is more than enough. Just get one that doesn't leak ok? Or the one that comes with habitrail cages is good too.

Basically small size bottles lar.

BTW what breed are you interested to get?

Why don't you just get a tank criollo? The sound and habit of them chewing bars are so unpleasant.

Anyway, a guy just put some RC hamsters up for adoption. Anyone interested can go have a look.

Well, that's part of taming. It just doesn't happen overnight, soul. Give her some time. She doesn't know you yet.

Put some food on your hand and try to tempt her to get on your hand. make sure you keep your hand very still. When she gets used to climbing on your hand for food, try to move it a little higher. When she panics, let her go back into her cage. And try the not moving hand thing again.

Love = patience + sacrifice.

Patience will yield a good result. Patience is a virtue. Understand that your hamster will get freaked out by a giant hand right?

If you like to pet and cuddle your hamster, I suggest you get a syrian.

Dwarves like robos are small and quick. They're harder to tame and are more challenging. But feels very satisfying whn you tame them enough to all climb into your hand at one time.

She means robos, ander. My hand tamed robos are usually ok with strangers but will be more cautious then when I handle them myself.

Of course getting a fatsoso is good but other syrians don't hurt either. I don't regret getting my Ferro and Roche. If you can't wait then get from pet shack.

And I'm quite sure yesterday was Roche's first heat. I handle her everyday and that's the first time I smell something that bad from her.

That's not encouraging. Maybe lar I missed her first heat. Cuz yesterday's smells reqally bad...

sorry guys, was busy. Anyway, roche's heat was sooooo smelly... Like petrol leak or something la.

I'm not coming for the gathering lar. I'm working on that day. There's no way I can come.