double check if the babies is buried under the bedding?

hmmm...mine is a syrian hamster...i call him Toph hehe.... how to spend time wif him? i put food into his bowl, put my hand nearby, he snif2 then go away....tried to pat2 him....now no more jerking when i pat la...but stil ran away from me.... do i hav to do dat every day? hmmm....tomorrow go kacau him like dat again la....should i? or should i not? neways, thanks for your advice ya...feel better... whole day today very depressed with Toph's behaviour hu hu hu

yup, checked and double checked..they're gone. Can't imagine this after 5 days...but now that I look at it closer, those two that are gone are smaller than these 3. Like not growing well. Maybe they really didn't survive?

Love=Patience+Sacrifice is the best theory that I use for all my pets. It works well.

@Aeon: It depends on the mum. If she was stressed out for some reason she can start eating her kids. Just leave her alone with her kids. You really can't save them if she won't care for them.

@odd_mochi: Syrians are easy to tame. The same as any breed, I use the bribe method. instead of chasing you ham, make him come to you. Put your palm on the shavings. Then put food at the tip of your fingers. Lay very still and eventually he will eat the food on your finger.

After a few times, move the food higher up your fingers. Make him step on your hand to eat the food. Continue going higher and higher. Then finally, when he's used to climbing on your hand to eat, move your hand a little off the shavings. If he escapes, let him. Then try again with your hand on the shavings. He'll get used to some movements.

Then he's tamed. Remember, give him lotsa patience, and understand that he is a hamster and you're much bigger than he is and he has many reasons to be afraid. put yourself in his foot.

Toph as in the earth bender in avatar?

hamster is cute

david... Pets Wonderland is a section where you share information and love for animals. "hamster is cute" is not really sharing.

Do you have a hamster? maybe you'll be getting one?

i have 1.. 3 Syrian de.. all very fat =P

wah. post pictures la. hat are their names? their age?how you house them?

now using laptop... don have pets.. i already adopt for few years since form 1... they now very big already.. almost forgot their age.. but all also male..haha.. atcually.. plan to buy 1 male & 1 female, let them born baby.. but i scare i cant handle it.. any idea? teach me lor =)

Why you wanna breed them? What do you intend to do with the babies? I'm sure you know syrians are solitary and all have to be caged separately. You got that much space and that many cages for 5-6 babies?

cuz i wan get some experience to take care them when they breed.. born baby... of cuz, if i let them breed.. sure i must separate them..

Unless you're sure you can keep and care for all the babies or you can find good homes for all of them you better not breed. You have to be responsible for the birth and the lives of the babies otherwise better don't breed.

i have 3 male hamster staying together.. but they are lovely sometime.. dislike each other sometime.. but all the time will be stick together 1..
am i need to separate them? if separate them like very bad =( they will be alone if i separate.. but don separate.. i afraid they fight till dead..

Please separate. They are hamsters. They don't have human compassion and don't feel like we do. The are solitary so they need to live alone. They will not feel lonely. It is in their nature. Like humans, it is our nature to need company from one another. It is cruel to take away our companion. Likewise, it is cruel to place the syrians together when all they really want is to be alone.

but they seem okok... together in the cage edi 1 years + also very lovely wor.. how? so u mean 1 Syrian live in 1 hse?.. wa if i wan adopt 5 Syrian ma need prepare 5 hse?

yes, 1 syrian 1 house.. I thought you just say that sometimes they hate each other? They got no choice but to tolerate the others in the house, but if they own their own house, they will be happiest.

so sad if wan separate them. i think i really not enough experience about it. But every time i adopt it.. also ok geh.. they very friendly.. =p

Sad? They will be so happy! Own house, own wheel, nobody to fight for food, fight for place to sleep.. you will see they will be happier

but my hamster cage is very big. 1 love to sleep in the paip. 1 like to sleep at the hse... .

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