hello everyone hammies lovers
i've had a winter hamster for abt 8 months now, his name its squeaky. thanks god he is rather healthy and active (cos i have enough pain with sick turtles ) .
squeaky is different from the other hamsters i've had before, he makes a whole lotta noise (that squeaky sound) and up to now he is still very aggressive in his own cage (i can't grab it out or he'll nibble! ). he does funny things like climbing the cage and falling asleep hanging over there, and he loves to attack a small white furry puppet i hung in his cage, he'd attack it whenever i approach the cage. and if i talk to him he'll squeak loud in response .
however if i take him out and stroke his fur for a while he'll get all tame and turn around to let me scratch his side he even falls asleep outside the cage sometime.
but i'm really preplexed at how aggressive he is!! is it normal??
also: how do u normally clean a hamster's fur? i used to bath him but neither him or me liked the process, so now i use white bunny powder and whipe him with a wet towel, he looks more white after but dunno if he is more clean....


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uh oh but i can see my post in the thread already, confused
so do you have any idea on hammies weird personalities

aight, thanks squeaky is scolding the maid right now, i can hear him from the sitting room (about anyone in my house can hear him )

your hamster does his toilet everywhere?? thats strange, squeaky always uses one corner of the cage for peeing (although i think he poos anywhere.. but the poo doesn't make the cage too dirty or smelly humm i think...). sometime he changes the corner... i guess for hamsters is normal to set a "toilet" area, but mayb they take their own time to get used to the place and find the suitable spot first... mayb ur hammie is marking his territory...

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Added on July 3, 2009, 10:32 pmhe randomly scolds everyone around his cage if he is in a bad mood ... and yeah... he scolds me abt everyday when i get bak home, mayb cos i reach home late hahhaha

This post has been edited by common snapping k tat: Jul 3 2009, 10:32 PM

ahia... if like this then don't worry. as far as i know hamsters take care of their own toilet and are rather clean animals... ur syrian will probably find his way to the WC by himself hahahha but for sure he will poo a lot when u try to play with it... mmm that's all abt pick up and throw

oh uh... is it u got a scorpion and a tarantula.. do they make responsive pets (kiddin )? how do u handle them.... freaky...

oh ya, nvm, it was juz curiosity hehe looking forward to see ur syrian

you ppl seem to hav a lot of tricks to tame hamster, but as it is hamsters don't like to be handled and they are the happiest in their chages...
i've had squeaky for 1 yr now and i tried a lot of tricks but never managed to impose any control on him ....
he is the fiercest WW in his own cage (100%bites if i wanna pick it), but when i manage to take him out he can be very tame, at the point that he rests on my bed and let me pet him freely but just if he is in the mood!
so u see... hamsters have their own personal rules and moods,
the more u respect them the longest and healthiest they stay.



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sometime grunt means he/she is pissed off or in a very bad mood.... no playing with a pissy hammie
my hammie grunts at abt everyone, not that much at me lately tho...

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Added on July 15, 2009, 12:23 amyeah i've been bitten really hard when trying to clean up squeaky, he did nto agree with my methods i guess
but he is a WW so rather small, not so much blood spilled. i think you must have disturbed ur hammie from sleep or mayb ur hammie is feeling sick (stomachache, other ache... something), that's why it attack u. animals don;t attack without reason... normall men do that...
dun be sad, try make peace with ur little one k

This post has been edited by common snapping k tat: Jul 15 2009, 12:23 AM

hey did anyone notice their hammie drolling or sweating under the chin when doing exercise, playing in the hamster ball etc? cos squeaky gets his chin and below a bit damp after playing with me or in the ball... btw i introduce a new wooden shelter for squeaky and he pee on it =.= preferring to sleep behind the wheel, hanging on the cage bars... crazy rat :-p