HI,

I have 2 Syrians. I recently got a rodent bathroom for them. But after 2 weeks as a toilet, it's a bed/food storage...Should I just leave it as it is or get another bathroom for them? Just changed it yesterday and they still put food inside =/ I change the sand 2 times a week as per the instruction on the bath sand packet.

Thanks for the info. Yeah, my sand is scented... Didn't know it was scented when bought, can't read the Japanese words on it....
But if they do their business in there and eat the food...Isn't it unhygienic? Will they get sick?


Currently I have 2 Syrians in a storage box, a 6 month old and a 2 month old. They get along fine. But I don't want to breed them. Previously bought a wrong sized cage(for dwarf hamsters, the biggest size in the shop), and the male killed the other female. I'm thinking of splitting the box [50(W)35(D)x30(H)cm] from | | > | | | Will it be spacious enough for them?

That Hammie looks like it's smiling =D

This post has been edited by DeinanCF: May 28 2009, 03:05 PM

Thanks again.
Well, mine's the long fur type. After I got the sand bathe it's fur didn't look as messy as before. Just worried about the urine in their food. Seen them eating their poo before, not worried about that.
Alright, just asking for opinion. Even though they're solitary, thinking of keeping them side by side.

my Hammie is not feeling so good and he looks tired/sick...i picked him up and he just sits only...not energetic at all... just noticed just now...i checked him now and then always saw that he moved his sleeping place... his eyes are not alert also...like sleepy/tired only..maybe because of the heat? Cos I left my window open during noon..made my room quite hot...worried...is this temporary because of the heat..or something serious?

help please

he died last night...11.48pm...I saw that his breathing changed from earlier.... held him in my hand as he went away...

The day before he was ok..still running in his wheel..since it was daytime I thought he'd be sleeping..so I didn't wake him up... he usually wakes up at around 10pm+...

The only thing I can think about now would be that he fell quite hard off my table the day before...my bf said he had a broken rib when he examined him(***after he died).. And he liked to store his food in his toilet/bath house... And he escaped quite a few times under my bed(enclosed bottom but there's a hole he can fit through) and eat the parquet under there...he likes going there..whenever I take him out to run he always tries to go under my bed, even with a hamster ball.

His cage was fairly clean and not due to change until Sunday..I give him filtered water... concerning his water..He didn't drink much... And he had quite a lot of food stored beside his water bowl...(processed green veg that I got from Pet Safari)(I know Vitakraft is around but i'm waiting for them to finish the veg and harry hamster mixed seeds...before I get it)

This post has been edited by DeinanCF: Jul 10 2009, 02:37 PM

he didn't show any signs....


***my bf examined him after he died..sorry for confusion..

This post has been edited by DeinanCF: Jul 10 2009, 02:34 PM