Congrats V10!!!

Wah Ally, nice hammies! All look identical. Cute fuzzies~~~

@mecool: As everyone mentioned, your hamsters are a lil thin for 3 weeks plus right? They're not getting enough to eat. Always make sure that they have a lot of dry food, a lot of water. Your egg white can give everyday lor. I give everyday until I separate them. As experts mentioned, you can try syringe feeding for equal distribution of smoothies. Also, before you go out, give lots of fruits and vege. Not scared too much but scared too little mar.

I suggest bedding not be changed at all lar guys. It'll make the mum feel so stressed out to be in an environment diff from before while she's still with her babies (after 3 weeks can change). So if really wanna change wait till the babies turn 3 weeks.

If your hamster is sick you should bring to a vet lo. Survivor powder only helps give energy and protein. The sickness might not go away. (sorry nezu. not insulting your products. Just scared the WW got virus).

@unknownhammie: does it look like the eyes are stuck together a little? Maybe it's eye infection. Not sure what the symptoms are but hamsters are usually energetic when awake mar.

@mecool: boiled egg is protein source. You can give daily but make sure your mealie reduce number lo. They're quite small for 1 month. And their fur don't look dense. They're not inbred, are they?

You don't have to take care of them 24/7 wan. In the morning when you wake up, give fresh smoothie (enough to tahan until evening. ), give a lot of fresh vege and fruit, make sure their water bottle and dry food got a lot. You can buy LC vit syrup to increase their appetite.

At night come back, give another bowl of fresh smoothie, fresh vege. Give mealies also lo.

You adjust adjust a bit. Giive them a little bit more than they usually eat so that the hammies still have food if they decide they wanna eat more. Their growing period is very important to determine their health and size in future.

How many times has your female hamster given birth? How old is it?

if want a big and healthy hamster, should pump from a young age. All animals stop growing after a certain age. If pass that age, only can become fat, cannot become big.

The size has many factors lo, such as genes of the parents, type and also food we give.

Try wetting the suction area before you stick it on the cage. I do that and the suctions don't come off until I pry it off.

May she rest in peace. Whatever the cause, at least she is free of pain and suffering now. And you still have the male right? She'll watch you both from hamster heaven.

@unknownhammie: If just bought then could be that she was already sick before you bought her.

@ss88: How is the ventilation of your enclosure? Robos tend to sweat a lot and need good ventilation.

You wanna let go of them because they sweat a lot? That is irresponsible.

BTW have you seen them actually rolling in the sand bath?

Dug out some old pictures of my dear Pastel. He was one of the most beautiful robos I have ever seen (besides being a white face ). I just had to have him when I saw him when he was little.

He had very thick dense fur which he kept clean by frequently grooming and sand bathing. He was also very "manly". ahem... He grew to be big and had such cute looking wide ears. He was also the most intelligent robo I owned. My star trick master. Chubbiest robo I ever owned as well.

In loving memories, I give you, Pastel.

In Malaysia, yup. The sellers don't know about it yet. And those who do know hike its price sky high.

And thanks. He was a beautiful and lovable boy. Never had a more attention loving robo. He's one of the reasons why robos are my top hamsters.

You want because he's a white face or he's chubby?

Anyway, try your luck and look at pet shops selling robos. You might see one or two. I've only ever seen 3 and owned 2. Shop owners won't be able to help you out to look for one because they don't know about white face hamsters.

Good luck in hunting!

I honestly don't know because both my white face robos never produced any pups when I pair them up with normal robos. It could be that they're sterile or that the females didn't like them.

Ouch... Must hurt a lot. But getting bitten by a syrian isn't pleasant since they have such long and sharp teeth.

I suggest you use bribery. It's much better to get your hamster to think that you're a food provider, not a threat. Then from there, proceed from food provider to "interesting living thing".

Try cutting veges into long pieces and you hold one end and extend the other end to him.

@bytefreezer: no idea dude. Jus no pups. I miss my pastel.

Your robos are fine together. The best species of hamsters if you wish to keep many together. I've never seen "gay" robos no matter how many I house together (one sex per tank of course). And robos don't kiss. It just looks like our kissing. But thheir friendliness to each other is also one of the points of what makes them adorable.


This post has been edited by Jamien: Aug 23 2008, 03:47 PM

Well, what do you expect. You suddenly pop your new robo into a tank that she can clearly smell belong to other robos.

What you can do, is change the shavings and clean the enclosure. Deodorize the whole thing by putting a lil vinegar on it then wash. If can, re-arrange all the items in it so it doesn't look like the old cage. Then dump your robos in and see how it goes.

In garage sales I guess. WTExchange maybe?

Why wanna exchange?

What's the prob? Still can't introduce?

Well, think of it this way. Shavings are very warm. But the tank plastic or glass is cooling. So they pus shavings away when they're hot and gather shavings when they're cold.

Anyway, pine is bad for small animals. I suggest you not buy that brand agai. Get Chipsi Classic or chipsi super. And wood shavings of course is brown colour right.

This post has been edited by Jamien: Aug 23 2008, 11:26 PM

The stick or chew bar mentioned is basically a chew toy. wooden chew sticks and those like that.

You can try using it but it does not necessary solve your problem. If your hamster is only teething then providing a chew toy can help solve the problem.

But if your hamster is chewing because it likes the taste of metal, like many hamsters do, then it cannot be solved with a chew toy. Only changing to a tank will solve your problem.

BTW, Roche had her first heat yesterday. I took her out of the cage and plopped her on my brother's shoulder yesterday night. Then he was stroking her when he said "something smells bad". Roche never smelt bad so I picked her up and smelled her. Then there was a horrid musty smell... It stuck on my hands even after i wash with detergent.

This post has been edited by Jamien: Aug 24 2008, 04:02 PM