Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / December 2003

I have a boy syrian hamster who is just over a year old.
While we were out playing tonight, I noticed that his claws are getting
quite long.
In his cage I have a sandpit and a garden rock, but it doesn't seem to be

Hi. My dwarf has seriously long fingernails. I never seen this on a
hammy before. do i need to trim these or will theywear down eventually?
Truthfully he will not hold still for me to even try to trim. She is so
tiny and squirmy she is like trying to hold a wet noodle   hahaha. is

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am sooooo sick to my stomache!
I did some research, and discovered that the hamster can go into hibernation (LOOKS EXACTLY like they are dead) so we (me and my husband) decided to pull Teddy from the garbage outside, where we placed him in a towel, and in a ...

I know I do not post here much, but I do read often!
We are fairly new hamster owners, and we just have a REALLY bad out come with them.
Each hamster is for our almost 6 yr old, though I take care of them, she talks & pets them.
Stepping back about 4 months.... We got our first ...

we've put a couple new pics up, two of a marshmellow and three of Trip our
new member.
i'm practising with the camera so forgive the bad lighting!
http://community.webshots.com/user/jpoki

I've had my robo hamsters smirnoff and pigwidgeon for 2 weeks now,
they are about three months old.  Just a few days ago I (and others !)
have noticed they have been a bit smelly, this started just a day
after I cleaned their cage , does anyone have any suggestions why this

How do you know when you hamster is pregnant?

Hi. my new hammy is the hardest to tame yet. had him 4 days and he still
will not let me pick him up and i do not want to force the issue. he
lets me pet him a little. still cannot get him to eat out of my hands.
any ideas on how to tame a stubborn hammy?

I'm new to this forum so please forgive me if I ask questions that have
already been discussed.
I have a 5 week old Dwarf hamster and I have a few questions (I'm finding
contradictory information on the Internet):

i have 2 golden syrians but they start to fight as they are bigger wat shd i
do cos myhouse do not have enough space to seperate them
give me some advices @98480920

Do hamsters (Syrians in particular) eat hays? If they do, which is best for
them?
Gerald

My friend Lenny bought a new hamster a while back, not knowing she was
preggie( She was thin and very active).
Anyway,she had five little ones. we put her home in a walk in closet so she
was not being disturbed by the coming and going, disturbing her only to feed

Tippy, who had been with a foster since about October has been adopted!! She
was at another rescuer's home, and she was able to find her a great home!!
And, I have someone interested in another ham... I wonder who it will be:)
They're still debating between which one to get:)

I know that it has been months since I have posted, I am sorry that I have
missed the happenings here, but I need some support....
Our Lizzie (now 2 years old) is sick.... I thought that she had wet tail so
ignorantly I used the OTC "cure". Of course it did not work, so today she

We are very sorry to announce that our belove Syrian hamster, Speedy, passed
away this morning. It appears that he passed away pacefully in his sleep.
He has been our constant companion day and night for the last two and a half
years, and we mourn his passing. We hope is in heaven ...