Pine is poisonous to hamsters. Please change to corncob, or recycle paper based beddings like breeder celect, Back 2 Nature, etc.

genetic problem? hmm...wat kind of genetic problem?
wat i know from his last owner is...Toph's mother was pregnant to his batch not long after her 1st delivery...around 1month plus like dat..
it was accidental

does short gap between pregnancies affect the nature of the later pups? like Toph?

and the ex-owner also told me though Toph can be handled well by her, he is the most 'naughty'/'active' one...

don't know what she meant by that...
is that why my Toph is so scared? hehe....i hope its not the gene...hopefully it's becoz he hasnt get use to the environment....uhuhu...

I think that the previous owner didn't handle Toph properly till he is scared of humans.

It takes time to tame and gain their trust. Do it slowly. They will eventually let you hold them and climb your hand.

need some advice...its about time I change the bedding but with the babies in them...how do I do it? I still cannot touch the babies rite? Its been about 10 days.

umm.. i think better try not to clean the cage yet... if you really need to, change the beddings from the area away from the litter.
if need to pick up babies, rub spoon with the old bedding b4 u scoop them..

but if me, maybe i dont dare do that heheheh...

@Aeon: Don't change the bedding lor. I usually wait until their eyes open and they can run around to do it. I wouldn't wanna cause the mum to have unnecessary distress. This is why, when anticipating the delivery, I change the bedding a little close to it. In the mean time, just be patient lor.

Wah!!!! Great!!!! Got Nutri Smoothie in Powder form..... Then outstation people can buy, also people who don't have transport in KL area also can buy for their hammies. I WANT!!!!

Check THIS out.

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wah.. so nice.. so I can finally order through postage!

but I can clean the other things around it rite? Like the tubes...silent wheel...

weeeeeeeeeeeee~ nutri smoothie is powder form ~~~~~~~~

I usually try not to disturb the whole set. Actually why are you so eager to wash your ham's stuff? It smells very bad?

a lot of dung around where she likes to sleep...tube there. Just thought it'd be good to clean before she lie there again on her belly...and the babies get their milk from the mom's belly...

Oh, that wan no need to worry too much. In the wild, babies actually ingest some of mum's poo to get back some digestive bacteria that helps them break down food in their stomach.

Will your mama ham be stressed if you remove stuff from her cage? If not then should be ok lor but not so recommended. I will prefer to wait till they're about 2 weeks old.

Actually how do we know if the hamster pregnant or not ar? Just curious to know.

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, good news~~~
got powder smothie for hamster? pricing how much???

what do you do when they're big enough?

Don't know yet la. I saw it in the sale thread. Maybe you visit there to know more? Scared others thought I'm advertising here.

hehe, thx for sharing...i posted there edi...

Yesterday around lunch time , I went into the same old pet shop that I will always lurk around when I'm free. As usual , I'll browse through the shelf to see those new thing and I saw the gnawling stone aswell. Though of buying it but decided to get it later on and proceed to see those hamster. I'm very suprised that all the workers are doing their routines on changing bed , changing aquarium water , feeding and so on. As i said , I had proceeded myself on the hamster section , so I'm there to witness how they change the bed.

The fella who works there never hold them on their belly to lift them up , he just pull up their neck part and THROW it into a box. Yes , THROW it. For those who tends to bite , he use the Litter scoop and press at their center of the body and lift up to the glass and then pulling their neck and THROW into boxes aswell. Those hamster is yelling for help and I'm feeling helpless over there.
I really hope I got extra time and make a difference for those hamster.

Since I can't do anything about it , I decided to leave as it's time to go back and continue with my assignment . Just when I'm leaving the shop , I saw the boss there checking stocks on the shelf , no wonder all the workers suddenly so hardworking.

Actually , should I tell the boss about it ?