Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / October 2003

I must admit... I got another hammy. His name is Patches. He's white
with a brown spot on his back, and one near his left ear. I seen him at
the flea market. He was in a tank with the words - "rodents / dwarves /
hamsters"

I would just like to let you all know that the  baby hamster Sugar
which I had pronounced a chicken is now forming a bond. Every night
this week I had taken him out and let him crawl all over me in the
bathtub. Just now I got him out by hand and was petting him without

I have a couple of tips I'd like to share and I think it would be great if
we started a thread about cleaning tips that help us speed up the process.
1.  I usually take all the Space Station tube parts and spray them down with
straight vinegar.

I wanted to ask for advice on what kinds of nutritional supplements
would help boost a ham's immune system.  In a previous post, I told
how my Fluffers (ok, my son's hamster.  But I feed him, clean the
cage, and play with him the most - so he's MINE!).   Anyway, he's

We have just got 2 lovley dwarf chinese hamsters. I was told in the shop
that they would not soil their bedding as they are clean creatures. However
after a few days the bedding is quite heavily soiled with urine and faeces,
any ideas??

My poor little Fluffers has demodectic mange!  The poor little guy has been
looking
less and less like a long-haired Syrian hamster since we moved to
Bakersfield, so I

I'm heading out in a few hours to get bedding for my two dwarf hamsters.
Right now I have them in Cedar shavings and I know it's not good for them
(they are sleeping in one of the habitrail tubes at the moment) so I want to
know what is the best for them.

My ham chews her water bottle metal tube and in doing so manages to
empty the water everywhere!
I recently got a bottle with a shorter tube to see if this would help
but it doesn't.

http://www.permutator-reviews.com/petco/small-animal-food-and-supplies/House
keepers-159085.html
I tried this in two of my hammies 10gal tanks. One I SAW eating this and
the other DIED before my eyes. I will admit the one that did not survive was

hi--we have 9 hamsters and one of them came down with what looks like "wet
tail" yesterday--does anybody have any suggestions for this?--i read online
about it and one suggestion was a product called "Dry Tail" which my husband
has gone to get--does anybody have any experience with ...