I don't think mine like it, the first piece I gave her till now seems untouch

Back2Nature is not cat litter...... it is for small animals.

sweat.. just bath her this evening, now she is wet again.. this time its not the wheel, but her house.. oh well.. >.<

hey there..

i tried to introduce my two WW just now by letting them play in an enclosed open space.. when they met they just all over each other, not sure whether its serious fight or friendly fight..

i've already exchange their cage for a few days to get them used to each other smell.. seems like it doesnt work?

is there any chance of letting them live togehter?

my ww also got some fight.. but just make noise only.. not really fight

mostly cannot edi .... My WW will fight also eventhough they stay with each other for almost 2 months edi ...
now the big hamster also bully the small one ...

i dunno why one of the hamster can suddenly afraid of another and Cit a lot all days. sometimes it lie down and four legs face up and shout when another near to it.

it happened to me last time also. that time it was 1 baby girl and 2 adult(1 is her mum(fiercer), 1 is her auntie ) at first just small case, just cit cit and sometimes will found there are small part of their body drop fur. but after 2 weeks like that End up fighting each other ... the mother bite the auntie till the auntie's stomach bleeding. So i force to separate the mother and left the auntie and baby girl stay together. and now this time the baby girl's turn to cit cit. the aunties used to be very timid and bullied by the baby girl mothers one. how come she bully the baby girl？

Its so hard to understand the hamster's world ... i really dun hav cage to separate them edi

mine don't eat other hay, but hay cake

try use the original one.. perfum not good for them

When you introcude a hamster you must put them in neutral ground and watch. In other words, you need to completely removed the old hamster's scent from the cage with through washing...then only introduce.

how much the cheapest and cutest hamster nowday?

syrian hamsters. =.=
hahaha... they are cheap and cute. and they are big enough to grab properly.

at first I was shock why syrian is cheaper, but it is bigger XD I didn't know syrian was cheaper because the first syrian I "know" is fatsoso liao XD

Syrian is the cheapest but must have bigger tank/cage, bigger wheel etc.... So, in the end... is it more expensive to start rearing a syrian? I don't have a hamster yet, but just curious...

I was reading "Breeding Ethics, Why you breed your pets?s". Are there hamsters in KL rescue shelters? I remember seeing rabbits in SPCA...

you are true, and syrian are bigger eater I presume, and if you feeding smoothie, you will feel it!

This post has been edited by iluv2zzz: Sep 24 2008, 07:17 PM

WW are territorial dwarfs. They hate new comers. All dwarf hamsters hate having new comers into their homes. Switching cages and tanks, and letting them smell each other is pointless. The correct way of introducing is putting them in a neutral environment, like a freshly cleaned cage or new one. Put nothing but just wood shavings inside and let them get to know each other. If 1 attacks, that one is the bully so you must watch out. Fighting always have squeaks, they chase each other to get a bite. If it is a squabble, it would just be a bit of rolling around. When fighting the attacker would target the neck, face and bum.

If I were you, I would just let the WW have their own individual homes. Why? They are happier. By introducing and letting them fight, they would just be stressed up. WW can only live peacefully if the cage they are living in is more than 1.5ft, with lots of hiding places and space. Siblings or WW that are introduced when very young only can live with each other. If introducing a younger one to an older one, it is gonna be super duper tough. As we do not speak nor understand hamsters, we can only assume alot of things. The best thing to do is just let them live alone.

SPCA won't accept hamsters. PAWS and SPCA put down rabbits if they do not get adopted. So how about hamsters? Some people would either resell or donate back to the pet shop they bought from or they just set them free into the wild, as if a hamster could survive in our jungles.

Chipsi Classic, apple and lemon.... they are all softwood... fir,spruce and pine. The ones with the apple scent and lemon scent is not treated properly to get rid of the phenols, they use the perfume to cover up the phenols smell. Chipsi classic has no perfume, so the treatment for the wood is slightly better, coz they have to try and dry out the harmful oils. The perfume is also harmful. People may think it is nothing, but you imagine yourself living in a room with air freshener being sprayed every minute in your face for 24 hours a day? About your question.... why use another type of wood? Pine, fir and spruce is cheap and easy to get. That is why there are so many pine wood shavings in the market. Try looking for Aspen, damn hard to get here and is more expensive.

Chipsi Super is also made of softwood. Chipsi Extra is made of beech wood, which is healthier.

Yups.... chipsi mainly uses fir and spruce, but sometimes pine also termasuk coz these woods are all soft woods. On their pack, they just print soft wood. I have been smelling alot of wood shavings for the past years... and I can only trust Chipsi and Delikate coz so far the phenol smell is not as bad as other brands. All of the cheap woodshavings are not so safe for our animals. That's why some people go for corncob or the recycled newspaper bedding. My hamsters are using Healthy Pet and Breeder Celect now.... I can see their health is much better, fur grow longer, then they are easier to potty train.

wow, i gain alot of info here...
this afternoon, i went to CTY aquarium at penang...looking for hamster bedding...not much to choose...n i can't find the breeder celect and back to nature...
jus got scented chipsi brand and unknow brand...

so i decided to buy the corn cob bedding (living world)...hopefully i made a right choice...

jus a question, i find that the corn cob is slightly rough then wood shave bedding...will my hamsters feel not comfortable with that?

p/s: i jus got my robo late evening...

Hamsters have padded paws, dwarfs being more furry padded than syrians..... corn cob is ok to use. You made a good choice coz it is much better than wood shavings.

I bought the cat litter because I found that corncob isn't decomposing fast enough for my compost

Still got quite a bit of CC to finish though

You know when my bro bought it, he totally had no comment but a lotof dots because suddenly see meow meow picture instead of small animals.

thanks for sharing

erm, decomposing for ur compost? wat is that?

Making rich black soil for my plants of course