Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / October 2003

Hihi everyone...
I used to have 2 winter white mottled (heard its a cross? anyway, that's not
the focus). Called them Picca (male) and Hammy (female). Hammy died
suddenly, with no appearent reason. No wounds, no injuries, no rashes. Just

We have several Syrian hammies that seem to be dropping dead (4 in the past
2 days). They were apparently healthy and young (under 6 months). Now I read
that hammies can hibernate, esp. when the room temp drops? Has anyone has
this happen in their hams? We picked up one of the two ...

Does anybody in here have family members who suffer allergies around their
little friends? My mum seems to suffer whenever she spends a short while in
my room. We think perhaps it is the wood shavings so wondered if anyone else
has had a similiar problem?

As I type this message I can hear my hammy rattling his cage bars,
frantically trying to get out-he does this every night and he gets really
quite noisy!
He runs up and down his ramp, pounds the bars, chews the bars, and stares at

I've just bought a new hamster to succeed Willow. He's a beige and white
long-haired Syrian with red eyes, absolutely gorgeous. I hope he's
alright though, when he went into the tank he just sniffed around for a
minute then went to sleep in the corner. I don't remember Jeri, Sab ...

Sadly, we've lost another ham within just a day of losing Storm.
Tulip was his sister, and passed quickly once we noticed she was not
herself.  She seemed to be in a similar state that Storm had been in, but
not exactly.

I have a few more pics of my slightly deranged long-haired Syrian.
http://www.hadez.org/cool_stuff/hamster/gallery.php3

Hello, we  just got our hamster last week and one thing I noticed poor
animal constantly scratches. We use dust free bedding and I have examined
it's fur for lice, but did not find anything unusual.
What could be causing this? Short of going to the vet is there anything we

I have an 8 month old hamster (Stuart) who is handled everyday by two of my
boys.  My question is that the family is going away on a vacation for 2
weeks with my mother taking care of Stuart during that time.  As my mother
is afraid that he will escape, she does not want to handle ...

After beginning to recover from his abcess, Nutcase deteriorated quite
rapidly over the weekend, and although we nursed him, fed him and
generally looked after him the best we could, his little body was
already very tired from fighting the abcess and last night he went to

I have two dwarf siberians and have a question(for about a week).
Flash, the slightly albino hamm, has taken to filling their running
wheel (enclosed on top of the habitat) with bedding and food.  Some
relatives think he is the male and he is nesting in preparation of

I've been browsing this news group for a while, but thought
I'd post a message.
I bought my 6 years old daughter a hamster.
To be honest, I think I spend more time with it.

Ok, I think that I know the answer to this one. Is it all right if I had a cage
/ pen that I could use for both of my hamsters without changing the bedding
each time I put 1 in? Because I want to have a play thing for my hamsters but I
don't want to change the bedding each time I ...

I need some help. My daughter has a new hampster, Sandy. We've had her
about 6 weeks. She is friendly, playful, and already tame to the
touch. Lately, however, she has been scratching A LOT. She stops every
five minutes or so to scratch. I checked her out pretty well & I have

I have not been able to post for a while but all is well here. Zippy had a
trip to the vets for a tooth inspection. Her bottom front teeth seem to have
disappeared but she is eating well and will have regular inspections to
check the upper ones. As she gets older she is more content ...