hie everyone...

i jus got my first winter white today in my life....hehehe......

This is my WW hammie..name Hermes..


Currently i am feeding him Oxbow healthy feed, uncle Taro Smoothie, and fresh vegie and fruits daily..

Any other thing??

He is stayin in a small cage now...plan to change to habitrail Ovo..

Ya, nezu suggested me tank also...but i nid a small but tall cage, tat's y go for the habitrail ovo... since can put attachment and make high high..i ony got one WW.. tank my room got no more space to put.. too many cages... T-T..

Btw, mealies right..how often and how much should we feed?

ya, i feed 1leaf vege, 1 no leaf, 1 sweet and 1 no sweet fruits daily as nezu taught me.. all together in very very tiny portion only...

blurjoey, feed oats in small amount... how small? i only got 1 ww..

rolled oats, erm..good....i got a lot.. i use it as my mealies's bedding..

hmm, wonder why would u raise up this ques..... since front page already loaded with tons of informations..

i also using habitrail ovo... my hermes run on it...but he is WW...

would it be too small for syrian?

but ww can use right? T-T

i think a lot hammie actually like to bite if u use wire cage..

this is one of the reason people prefer to use tank..

tat's the reason people don use wire cage lo....

there is one thing u can do.. ----> change the housing from cage to tank lo...

i tot we are not suppose to use pine bedding???

In pine, the main irritant is abietic acid, sometimes called sylvic acid. Hamsters exposed to cedar and pine wood over long periods of time have shown a clear link with chronic chest disease1. There is also a possible link with cancer and liver damage but the results of various studies are unclear and conflicting

Pls read
http://www.britishhamsterassociation.org.u...rnal/cedar.html

* There is no reason to believe that the effects in rodents are any less significant and indeed they may be more significant given that rodents have a high metabolic rate and short lifespan.

It stated the claims of unsafe bedding for pine is less compiling compared to cedar, yes is true, but there is possibility too~

For me, i prefer to play safe and nt to take the risk even there is only 0.1%, since there are other safer bedding such as breeder celect or eco straw....

Most of the wood shavings available in Malaysia are Pine. The only Pine shavings that is safe for hamsters is Kaytee. Chipsi Super and Chipsi Classic is ok coz made of spruse and fir trees, not as bad as pine and cedar. Chipsi Extra is better coz made of beech wood.

Quote from Malaysia Veterinary Forum.

This post has been edited by eric138: May 13 2009, 04:14 PM

I jus change the bedding to Oxbow Eco Straw 2days back for my hammie... will see whether it's good or not... Becoz it's known as the absorbant power is higher than Breeder Celect..And its 100% safe for animals..

Wil come back to everyone after a week..

hahaha..really ah.... Good ma...since it's hay...hahahaha...

My hermes don care bout it also.....

realized a lot people saying their hammies grow big lumps nowadays.... aiks... better send it to vet to check up...

Could it becoz of the bedding is not change often???

Organic food...So far i only know there is a organic treats which is Oxbow Organic Barley Biscuit....

But food i don think so... You can try the Oxbow Healthy Handfulls or Oxbow Regal Rat... I am feeding healthy handfulls, kinda good, Hermes getting fatter and shinier the fur...waakakaka...

Blurjoey feeding Regal Rat, u can ask him for feedback..

Organic Bedding... I jus put the Eco Straw Bedding 3days ago..so waiting to see whether it's good or not... But it's made of 100% wheat straw, so it's safe to be consume.. Blurjoey's hammie eat the bedding...

Btw..what bedding are u using?

Which vet you brought it to? Sad to hear that...aiks...

Ya, some bedding is not really good.. Esp those with a lot dust...not good for animal and not good for human too..

Diet is very important actually, the diet you feeding reflects on their health directly. Quite a number of us feeding our hammie Uncle Taro Smoothie, and the feedback is good. U can get it a try~

Next time u can try hand & paws.. if u really don like the unfriendly receptionist...

What cage u using????

Smoothie can be purchased at Pet Shack

blurjoey,

regal rats good ma? ur hammie like it?

BC is rm22 for 6litre.. if u compare to chipsi, BC of course harder..
Feedback...i used BC for all my pets...it last long, and less messy..

Oxbow bedding is 9kg, rm85.90