Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / January 2004

I got some updated pictures of the hamsters on my website. I organized them
so it won't take so long to load the thumbnails. Here they are
http://jodypellerin.ath.cx/Pets/

Ps whats the Hamster Dance?

Why is our new hamster biting so much?

Happy New Year!
Sorry to all those who have lost hams over the past year, and all those who
have ever had to go through the loss of a hamster friend, our thoughts are
with you! May you have happy memories, and comfort in the love you gave your

Well I shouldn't have gone to the pet store because there was a beautiful ham
there just begging me to buy him.....I named him Quark
Also I went to the pound & adopted a puppy...He is a Husky/Golden retriever mix
He is exactly what I wasn't looking for in a dog but absolutely ...

My hamster just gave birth to what looks like a trillion babies.  To my
horror, she grabbed one of them and preceded to eat it like a piece of
apple.  (I think my 4 year old is now permanently traumatized.)   I
looked up online as to why she ate one of her young and found out if you

We finally decided that we were ready for a new ham after sadly losing
Nutcase last year. Today we went to the pet shop and found a beautiful
baby black bear hamster. He chose us, I think - we said "come closer"
to him and he did, then he waited at the front of his cage until the

Greetings hamster lovers
Apologies if this is an inappropriate use of this group, but I thought you
might like to take a look at my little cartoon, Advice for Hamsters, which
I'm sure you'l find both entertaining and informative, especially if your

Has anybody's hamster had the first born hammie of the new year?

I've been giving our new hamster a dog biscuit for gnawing on and he seems
to thoroughly enjoy it.
But, I'm wondering if this is enough for his incisor grinding needs. Or, do
I need to put some actual sticks in there for him to chew?

I found Fluffernutter dead this afternoon & I feel like a little light has been
extinguished from my life....
He was a beautiful ham & It took me 3 months till I could pick him up with my
hand but then he LOVED attention!!!

I got a new hamster today from Petco.
They said if the hamster is pregnant
I can return the babies. This is great,
a local pet store would never do this.

This is my first appearance here.
Got a hamster for my daughter about 3 weeks ago for her birthday.
Can't say I know much about hamsters so i'm hoping for a little advice.
She picked him out of his cage a few minutes ago and he was shivering, his

After months of whingeing, my 8 year old daughter finally persuaded me
to buy her a hamster.  As I had kept a hamster years ago, I was fairly
sure I knew what I was doing when we went to the pet shop a few days
ago.  However the hamster I had kep when I was younger was  a Syrian,

We got a hamster a couple months ago and really enjoy her company. She is
about 1 yr old and has had one litter of babies (with previous owner). I a
couple of weeks ago that she had a small bump on one of her digits on her
paw....since then it has grown pretty large. My husband ( a ...