Oic...but for hamster also same like glider?

one sweet fruits+ one nonsweet fruit + one green vege+ one non green vege...wont be too much fresh food for a hamster for a day? can give some examples of combination for that ma?

Ok then most probably gonna drop by at petshack to get the blueberry treat lol

ohh okk...will try ur suggestion

But yogurt may be later ^^

Thanks so much ar ^^

It's easy to get a hamster's trust, but once u make them defensive it's never the same again. Hope your hamster is fine

Erm... not too sure thou. More advisable to bring your hamster to a vet check up. Wont cost much also...below RM50 de... can try Hand N Paw.

I brought my hamster who has pneumonia there for 2times so far...each visit around RM30 only include medicine and treats.

So well try it tomolo morning ba @@

All the best to your hamster ^^

Siao Bai first video!!!

Hehe...is he cute?

This post has been edited by LalaBubbles: Jun 22 2009, 09:34 PM

hehe...siao bai can guai guai on sit on my hand and lick my hand only de...

He won't sleep on my hand de duno why LOL

Lisacrs u should upload ur gua gua video share with us here also. ^^

To upload video:
1. goto youtube website register an account.
2. Upload your video there using upload function.
3. Use the YOUTUBE function at lyn under more options page.
4. Copy the embed objects into the YOUTUBE function then ok de.

Hope that helps. Cheers.

This post has been edited by LalaBubbles: Jun 22 2009, 10:15 PM

Oic...lol

Then u gotta use a video converter program (example: AVI Converter) to compress the video file to a smaller format file such as mp4.

This post has been edited by LalaBubbles: Jun 23 2009, 12:11 AM

O.o congrats SCC...you got lotsa grandchildren to take care now hehe

"siao" in chinese can be means by small also and "bai" means by white. Siao Bai used to be WW Pearl white when he's young. But as he grows older, his coating change lol..

Cheers

LOL...always treat hamster as if they're ur real friends.

I do always provide them hide out places and privacy. Even u are gonna re-arrange his/her place, please inform him/her 1st by either make a noise or shake the cage abit. Give him/her sometime to get awake 1st...

It's pretty straight forward like how u treat ur family members/friends. Even everytime u wanna take them out from the cage or feed them food, give them some signals 1st. I usually will shake my food bottle which is fill with hamster food to make some noise to let them recognise... else if I can see them sitting there...I will put my hand/finger close to them...and wait for their response.

Anyway, there's always exceptional cases. Now, I do have a male WW which is rather fierce and defensive. He will bite and attack any unknown object which enter his territorial. I got bitten by him like 5times above and end up I gotta handle him with a pair of glove. I believed that he does live better alone without any outside interference. So I just leave him alone usually, give him food occasionally and talk to him like once a day etc...

So well it's important to understand every single hamster's behavior just like how u treat each friend differently

Hope that helps.

Cheers.

This post has been edited by LalaBubbles: Jun 25 2009, 06:19 PM

Erm...don't quite understand what mean by "keep on stuff himself for 3 winters".

Anyway, never bath WW with water unless under special circumstances such as toxic stain on hamster fur/body. Provide them sand bath is good enough. WW will do cleaning themselves de.

1. Are u keeping the pearl and sapphire together in a cage?
Answer: If you are keeping them together, usually the dominant hamster in the cage will be greater in size as he consumes more food than the others. This can explain the scenario for 1 hamster getting fatter(sapphire) and 1 remain thin(pearl).

2. Too thin or too fat?
Answer: If you ask me, neither too thin nor too fat is good. Hamster getting too fat means obesity already just like human and it's not healthy. In contract, hamster which is too thin also no good because might be lack of nutrients. So, do provide more high protein foods to the skinny fellow.

Actually, it's case to case basis. You need to consider other factors such as age, health, breed, gender and etc. Example, female hamster is usually smaller size than male hamster. Healthy hamster sure bigger in size also. Besides that, a 1 year hamster is expected to be greater in size than a 1 month old hamster. Moreover, WW is always smaller in size compared to other breed hamsters. As long as the hamster is living healthily, I don't see any problem there.

May be you can provide more details on your WW such as age, size(measurement), gender, living conditions, food, behavior and picture(if possible) to hamster forumers here so that we can make better judgment on your situation.

Cheers.

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Added on June 26, 2009, 7:15 amHehe...I just created my hamster blog

LalaBubbles Hamster Wonderland World Blog

Hope to get some feedback from you guys. Feel free to leave any positive or negative comments to assist me in improving my blog and hamster's knowledge.

Cheers.

This post has been edited by LalaBubbles: Jun 26 2009, 07:15 AM

For sexing, refer to this thread page 1 and look for the gender diagram. It teaches you the way to identify their gender.

How old are they now btw? If hamster below 1month usually harder to get their gender correct. But if it's above 2months, should be rather easy to identify the gender as male hamster anus part is obviously bigger to be seen.

It's necessary to identify their gender now. This is because it's always not advisable to have in-breeding. I supposed you bought them from the same shop and same batch, thus I predict that they are siblings. If it turn out that one is a male WW and the other is a female WW, in-breeding will happen very soon. Moreover, WW below 3months old should not be placed together for mating because they are just too young.

So, I suggest you either get their gender correct now or just separate them 1st if you really cannot be sure with their gender.

Hello guys,

I just updated my blog with a reader's column in there. I included a long article from my own experience in breeding. I found that most website doesn't include a full version from the start until the end.

I planned to include some details in mixing hamster...but gotta research it abit 1st.

Feel free to visit my blog and give me some feedback or things to be added in.

Lalabubbles Hamster Wonderland World Blog

Cheers.

Thanks so much sharkie

Will add those in shortly

For mixing hamster ar...

I think few months back... I reading some chinese forums on hamsters. They actually got list out all those possibilities pups which produced from different species hamster but the same breed. Example: WW pearl + WW pearl = WW normal ( black, grey) + WW Pearl White. There's a list like over 100 types of possibilities there, with pictures included. So I suppose Malaysia haven't reach that stage yet. Would be interesting if I can find back that forum.

Cheers.

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Added on June 26, 2009, 9:19 pmThings to be noted before breeding
7. Never mate hamster which are different breed. Example, breeding WW and Campbell is prohibited to prevent hybrid hamster being produced. Moreover, hamsters who are from the same family cannot be breed together as it might produce unhealthy hamster.

Procedures prior to give birth
Noted: Separate the male from the female cage after 14th or 15th day of a success mating. Do not keep or let the male and female meet until a month after giving birth. This is to prevent the female hamster from getting stress up, or worst get pregnant again.

Ok added

Thanks

This post has been edited by LalaBubbles: Jun 26 2009, 09:21 PM

2 Weeks Old only la...looks quite huge to me already LOL

Syrian always can give birth to so many babies hor...so envy My WW usually max around 5 pups only

Just pump them with enough nutrients food should be good enough to me

Good Job New Granny

Blackwood cat kibbles is no good for hamsters. If can please change it to dog kibbles. cat kibbles contains too high protein which the hamsters cannot take it @@

Hope your hamsters all living healthy and good

Cheers.

LOL why I count 7 only de?

my eye got prob ar?

hehe

All my WWs wake up when I walk into their room LOL

They will know it's food time

Their daily routine is like...

Sleep --> wake up --> food --> play with their toy for hours and get tired --> sleep again --> activity time( take them out 1by1 and hang around in the house) --> food again --> sleep again

hehe

This post has been edited by LalaBubbles: Jun 29 2009, 01:17 AM

Hehe...this is Tammy. LalaBubbles Hamster new family on last 14/06/2009(around two week now from the time I brought her home).

Hehe...I made a comparison with the pictures I took on her at the 1st day which I brought her home. And I think she grew at least 50% more in size compared to last time.


Pictures taken on last 14/06/2009.

Cheers.

This post has been edited by LalaBubbles: Jun 30 2009, 03:48 AM

it all depends...

If branded new cage will be around RM100-200, if wired cage will beRM30-50...and etc...

If 2nd hand branded...may be 30-50. If 2nd hand wired cage may be 10-30...and etc...

cheers.

This post has been edited by LalaBubbles: Jul 1 2009, 01:35 PM

Refer to my older post #34...

Erm...if you ask about PJ area, I can provide u more information. But, KL I didn't really do research there...

Food:
1. Pet shack - Uncle Taro's Smoothies & Vitakraft Items
2. Pet family - Furry Pal Hamster Food / Prestige Hamster Food - get 10% discount for members
3. Petsmore - prestige / furry pal
4. Pets Wonderland - but variety not many

Bedding & Accessories:
1. Pet family - 10% discount for members
Example 1 big bag breeder celect is selling RM48 there and after discount around rm43.20. Don't think other petshop can beat this price. So far pet family got cheapest accessories. Water bottle 50ml after discount only rm4.95. Alot hamster accessories choices at Pet family Taman Megah.
2. Petsmore - price slight high
3. Pet Wonderland
4. Ramsden Petmart Kota Damansara
5. Pet Galaxy Uptown - limited to cheaper quality only
6. Pet Lover Centre Sunway Pyramid - lotsa tubes extension there...bought 1 big bag like RM26 only which include around 15 connection tubes.

Cages:
1. Ramsden Petmart Kota Damansara - so far this shop got most variety of hamster cages. and they give like 10% discount on normal day and for closer customer is 15% discount.
2. Petsmore - alot habitrial products there.
3. Pet family - 50% defect cages selling there...but not advisible to buy at all
4. Pet Wonderland - Critter Cage selling alot there
5. Pet Galaxy Uptown - alot wired cages and can ask for discount...example Alex wired cages retail price RM39.90...I bought 1 before at RM33 only.
6. Pet Lover Centre Sunway Pyramid - alot different branded cages but look for discount period.

Hope that helps for PJ area members


Erm...You gotta observe yourself, but do not disturb them too much. You might not get the right time to see the mummy hamster breast feed the pups. Try to look into the babies see any milk traces on their body...but DO NOT TRY to touch the pups at this moment until 2 weeks later. Else, try listen to the pup's noise...are they frequent or just once in a while? If frequent, there might be a problem, may be due to hunger or wat... But, if they can sleep peacefully, everything should be fine.

Just try to observe them for 1-2days to see any improvement and do feed the mummy hamster with more protein food.

For more breeding tips, do refer to my hamster blog under bottom part I wrote some personal tips on breeding.

Hope that helps

This post has been edited by LalaBubbles: Jul 1 2009, 09:49 PM