Yes, for life. Don't worry, they will not get lonely. They prefer to live alone. The reason they fight is because they don't like to stay with each other. So why force them?

What breed are your hamsters again Aeon?

What breed again? The only breed that actually likes company until I can almost say as NEED company are robos. All the others do fine on their own. Especially not syrians. Syrians NEED to be alone.

If you don't want to breed them please separate them. Syrians don't like living together and can breed a lot. I'm sure you're aware that 1 syrian needs 1 tank. If you don't separate them soon, you'll need to buy 10 more tanks as opposed to 1 more that you have to buy now.

I'm interested. We are talking about RC nutrition and smoothie right?

This post has been edited by Jamien: Aug 27 2008, 12:09 AM

Lol, my syrians like red devil the best. Although they haven't tried cool and crazy yet.

Anyway, I'm just interested because I didn't know RCs needed special diets. Who knows, I might get a RC one day..

So for anyone who believes in nezu's products, you can continue feeding. With those that don't basically just don't feed la. It's really just that simple.

Sometimes I feel sad that my robos never had a chance to eat smoothies. At least my syrians get them.

Then use the switch methods cage. Basically let each robo stay in their cage for a week. Then switch the robos to each other's tanks. Switch it for 2 weeks and try another re-intro.

Actually I agree that it's insufficient food or nutrients. This happened in Pet Family. I saw 2 syrians gang up on 1 syrian and when I tried to remove the 3 syrian by chasing them away (after opening the stupid lid I found out I wasn't tall enough so I have to quickly scout for a stool) and by the time I got them off, they already killed the poor hammie and are tearing into his insides and eating.

@goldfries : I dunno much about WWs since I don't have experience with them but from what I heard, it's not that they will fight, but chances of them fighting is awfully high so better be safe than sorry lor IMO.

That's what I meant from insufficient food or nutrients. It means not enough food or nutrients by the way. When they don't have enough food or a certain nutrient, any animal will resort to finding a means to get it, may that be looking for it or cannibalizing a fellow hamster to get nutrients his body can give.

Err... Can I ask you what it is that you're trying to feed them? The cereal? Any cereal isn't good for your hamsters.

Then i suggest you stop feeding that. There was once a case when the petshop re-packaged human cereal like honey stars and coco crunch and sold it as hamster treat. It could be happening for you too. And human cereal is not suitable;le for hamsters. It makes them obese in a SUPER unhealthy way.

I saw about RM 22.90 at zooological Pets Supplies (was just in there cuz s happen to be around that area). Pet Safari also has Prestige but I don't remember the price.

Hi, congratulations on being a new owner! And they're so lucky to have such an understanding owner like you. If they really are syrians they should never be housed together. So good job!

btw, another member's WW hamsters are named Ebony and Ivory too.

My female is also a lot tamer than my male when they firs arrived. It depends on how your hammies were brought up, as in how much human contact they had. Roche was born in a home breeder's place so she's a lot tamer than my Ferro whom I bought from a pet shop. Although now they're both very tame lar.

Taming doesn't happen overnight. Bribe them more often and try to handle them daily for half an hour or more. Let them be comfortable with the idea that you're their provider.

Love = patience + sacrifice. Good luck!

That's crazy. It'll just make your hamsters bite you. I'm sure the shopkeeper was just playing around and joking with you.

Why don't you use actual shavings for bedding? Hamsters use shavings quite economically wat.

for robos i suggest u use the bribe and trust. Put a lot of food on your fingers and put your hand on top of teh shavings and temp your robos to come et it. Slowly everyday, put the food a lil higher up your hands until they climb onto your hand to get food.

When they're used to climbing on your hand for food, try lifting yor hand off the shavings a bit. If your robo gets frightened let it run back to the enclosure. Put your hand back on top of the shavings and try again.

Your robo will get used to the fact that your hand moves. I feel this taming trick to get your robo to clamber into your hand is very important. It enables quick removal of your robo from its enclosure if need be. and makes transporting them away for cage cleaning so easy. Why chase them when you can make them come to you?

^ Well my robos and my syrians, and even bitey RCs respond to me using my technique. You can try lo. It's a bit time consuming but very useful and worth it.

But don't expect it to happen all in 1 day.

Love = patience + sacrifice.

Good luck!

well it might happen. for robos that are often hand caught, they usually scramble whenever they see a hand.

use a big tank. don't use cage. My robos don't chew but metal barred cages aren't good for any kind of hamsters. I would like to change to a tank but my mum won't let me.

Jeabjean, can I ask what kind of hamster food you usually feed your hamster? They look unusually "chubby".

Just my personal opinion but they both seem to have stomach problems which most probably come from the food they eat.

And treat is treat, don't feed too often. My syrians only get a single treat once every 2 weeks the most. It's a lil cruel but treats are actually not necessary to have a healthy hamster (in my opinion). Also, brocolli causes gas build up in the colon. Not good to feed a lot.

My hamsters have only ever eaten brocolli once in the time they've been wit me, and only very little of it.

This post has been edited by Jamien: Sep 3 2008, 09:06 PM

Wow chin, your hamsters are really cute! And the picture looks clear lar. Wait for the WW and RC expert.