Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / February 2004

Chanel is a rescue Syrian named because she was #5 in rescue. She was always
very gentle and quite a character. A couple of months ago, she developed a
weakness in her back legs, but no other symptoms. We made her comfortable,
cleaned her when necessary and returned her Wodent Wheel ...

After returning from buying pet supplies on Saturday, we found one of the
glass hamster aquariums overturned and broken. It sat on the top of the
entertainment center with items on top so the cats shouldn't have been able
to get up, but... I was quite concerned about Cole, the dwarf ...

I'm new to this NG, and have been a lurker for a while, and just wanted to
introduce myself. I run a Hamstery in the UK, and have over 150 hamsters. I
have Syrians, Winter Whites, Chinese and Roborovski's. I also show some of
my animals, and have come second in their classes on a ...

Thought I would introduce us:
I'm Lorna from Scotland, and I'm a recent psychology graduate, though my
focus was more on critters than on humans at university!  I've been keeping
small animals most of my life, and Bam is my third hamster and my

I just wanted to wish everybody (& their hams) A very Happy V-day!!!!!
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Vincent  6/27/01  
Dorothy 6/4/03

Iam new to this group. And first time hamster owner. So please excuse
me for my basic questions, though I looked around in the Internet but
didnt get proper answers, Iam posting it here.
I have 2 5mos old female hamsters. Goldy-locks is short haired, light

I found this searching the net today. It had me rolling about laughing, I
hope the link works.
http://www.topica.com/lists/DiscordantCollywobbles/read/message.html?mid=1712915503
John Matthews

I have a question about the two dwarves I have that are going to get separate cages.  I was thinking about getting a different kind of cage for the second cage so that when I clean the cages, I can switch which cage the hamsters are in so they would get a different style of cage ...

Please can anyone help me and my Crici?

I have a question about one of the dwarves that I got last week.  There were originally 3 brothers, but one has since passed away.  Since this has happened, the more dominant one (KIbbles) has been getting increasingly mean to the more submissive one (Squibbles).  The dwarf that ...

Thank you for the advice on the wart question re our little Siberian
Hamster, Niki.  We took her in and had it taken off and she is doing
just fine.
We have a new question - her toenails are very long; soft but long.

Does anybody know what breed my Hammy is? Here's a picture of him...
http://jodypellerin.ath.cx/Our%20Pets/index3.htm
I know he's Syrian....
I'm trying to figure out the genetics of the parents because their litter

i have two sirian hamsters. ( 9ish weeks old ) i got them together but since
learned i had to seperate them.
since seperation they have started to knaw ( spelling? ) the bars at night.
i know this can mean they are bored. but they have a wheel in each cage and

One of the last survivng babies we had born here from our first pair of
dwarves passed away peacefully last night.
Cocoa was one of Snowball's many children.  A lovely little girl who used to
like to instigate things by going up to her sisters and getting them to turn

I have an 8" Run-Around wheel (wire), and the 8.5" Comfort Wheel (plastic) for
my blackbear. ...details for both at superpetusa.com... I have them both in the
cage... they're both getting used a lot, and provide a nice activity alternate
through the night.