Then you need to provide more food for your mama hamster. Taking care of all her pups may be putting too much of a burden on her. Give more protein and fresh yar. Don't worry she'll be fine. Just give her a long maternity break after her pups grow up.

@odd_mochi: use live mealworms. nothing beats the live ones. Fruits and vege we sure buy fresh. Got dried ones or pickled ones but they're not as good as fresh ma. And as XiaoDan say, live ones can gutload. Means your Toph can get protein from the mealie juices and also some minerals from the food you gutload the mealies with. 2 birds with one stone.

This post has been edited by Jamien: Nov 16 2008, 02:44 AM

thats why u hav to giv extra care for mummy hamster. provide her more protein~

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Added on November 16, 2008, 10:31 amsudden death is easy to occur for hammy.. my fren's ww was doin great, chubby nice coat... but then suddenli it just died.. there is no injuries at all.. i duno why...

This post has been edited by mikelim2020: Nov 16 2008, 10:31 AM

hmm would like you ask a question...2 questions actually

what noise would annoy/startle your hamster the most? HEheh...just wanna know..

second ques, it is very obvious that most people here said 2ft tank is the recommended house for syrian [mayb apart from others like zoozone etc].
but why 2ft tank? if becoz the base big, there are cages with big base too...

but then again the argument will be cages are not so good for hamsters that likes biting cage because the paint might cause impaction in the intestine... apart from this, got any other reason y ah?

eventhough both cage and tank can put toys in it....compared to a cage that has [for example] 2 storeys...tank like do not have much things for hamster to do [climb to 2nd floor etc]...

hehe i just wan2 be clear about this....who knows in future got ppl ask me...then i know exactly wat to explain hoho...

tq

by the way, today will be Toph's longest car ride...45mins-1hour...hahah...
kesian him...hopefully he'll be owhkay....

Any loud noises around their surrounding will make them stress and frightened. Actually more people prefer 2 feet tank as it is easier to clean than cages. But you will have to spend more money for their accessories to be placed in the tank. Like you said, hamsters love to bite their cage's wire. They are actually trimming their teeth. You can prevent that by using tanks. Do not worry if your hamsters won't be able to trim their teeth by using tanks as you can always buy accessories specially made for trimming hamster's teeth and place them in your tank.

Besides that, hamsters love to dig. If you are using cage for your hamster, I'm sure that the bedding will definitely drop out everywhere through the cage gaps, which is quite troublesome Don't worry if they'll get bored in tanks, you can always place a wheel, something for them to chew, hamster's tunnel, house etc for them to play on. Hope this helps

Actually when hammy bites the cage's wire is because of the salty taste from the rust and also when they are really bored. And the rust is poisonous to the hammy in long term consumption.

And you no need to spend money buying accessories for them to trim their teeth. You can give them toilet rolls or kitchen rolls. FOC some more.

You can also get them a piece of drift wood from those fish shops for really cheap and it will last very long.

Getting those multilevel cages is not only time consuming/hard to wash and it is more expensive than a 2 feet tank.

This post has been edited by sangels: Nov 16 2008, 12:51 PM

OMG....What should i do now?

Just now i vacuuming the dust and grass around my hamster cage, i didnt notice that the cage is open, i was vacuuming under the sofa and suddenly i heard 1 loud sound thing been sucked into the vacuum. So i look around i saw the cage is open and my White WW missing, so i quickly open the vacuum and i saw him inside froze cant move like that. Quickly take him out then clean him, he was shocked then the nose bleeding, i took a piece of tissue help him clean clean.

Very worry le, almost wan cry...i scare he will die.

OMG Why so careless?? How's your hamster now?

Just finish clean all the cages. Forgot to close the ovo cage only.
He like shock like that lo, The nose got blood stain, i think already stop bleed.

Haiz, sad...almost wan to cry.

what food got good source of protein? I'm only giving some carrots and white boiled egg...

egg whites and tofu are good sources of protein

meal worms, and dog/cat kibbles, boil chicken too =)

I guess smoothie is out of the question?

You can add Nezu's Protein Powder into the smoothie. We got a sample during the hamster gathering. Our syrians like it a lot with the smoothie as topping

Calling for ALL hamsters and their owner:

I'm thinking of having a gathering for all Fatsoso owners and invite Mama Foo to see her products after about 3 months of re-homing. I'm sure she misses them so much by now and wanna see them as they are so much bigger since she last saw them. PLEASE give me feedback so that I can arrange place (Hopefully Pet Shack agree to lend us the place ) as that is the place where all Fatsoso being separated from their 'family'. I'm hereby to ask all the owners to PM me if any questions or suggestions regarding this event. You always welcomed to put up your suggestions here.

For all other hamster owners and 3rd batch Fatsoso waiting list candidates are also welcomed to the gathering with your hamster (if you want). Come join us for the fun!

SUGGESTION:

Date: one of the Saturday in December (13/12, 27/12) (pls list down which Sat you are available)
Time: 1pm - 5pm
Venue: Pet Shack - Sunway Mentari

ACTIVITIES:
- Door gifts (Things that are very very useful for you and your hammies and you can't get it outside with money )
- Demonstration of syringe feed by Nezu
- Food testing (for hammies) [Thanks to Nezu for sponsoring smoothies in different flavors)
- Small makan time for HUMANS
- Get to see and play with chubby and big size healthy hammies

- please edit this post with your name and available date at below as reply-

1)Nezumitaro - 13/12 & 27/12
2)Vegas - 27/12
3)Mikelim - 27/12
4)Sophiera - as long as is not 27/12
5)Blurjoey & Sangels - with Pillow and Puffie
6)Anderyna - 13/12
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10)

THANK YOU

Actually for those who using the aquarium plastic tank for the hamster. Did you all close the lid?

Yes.. I do close the lid. It to prevent midnite rats or cats to attack urs hamster.

This post has been edited by babypao: Nov 18 2008, 12:30 AM

hoorah~ I see the baby hamsters walking around the tank. Their eyes look opened. How long more before they can consume staple food like Prestige?

I do.. I scare she escape by climbing her wheel or house or water bottle or.. cannot imagine..

yes, hamsters are smart creatures, i saw my oreo trying to climb up his wodent wheel

my hamster don like to drink water =(
but they like to eat cucumber..lol