Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / February 2004

First off, this is not an advert - I just saw the below product on an online shop under the 'hamster treat' section, and was wondering whether hamsters can actually eat grass?  Novel idea.
[richcy]
"Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim, is not an honest ...

I took in three Syrian hamsters awhile back from someone who wasn't keeping
them properly and one just happened to be pregnant. I now have 4 male and 4
female golden Syrian hamster babies that would like a new home. They've been
handled and are completely sweet and docile. I have ...

We had a new addition to our horde yesterday, another almost all black dwarf
that we've taken to calling "Little Miss Pinky Feet", or "Pinky" for short.
She was one of 6 babies returned to our store.
She looks a lot like Onyx, our black male dwarf, though has more brownish

The big question in the back or our minds,
Do females die before male hamsters

My hamster is 2 1/2 years old. Just recently I've noticed a lump under one of his arms - that arm is now lame and useless.
I've monitored him carefully and handled him and he seems to be in no pain whatsoever. He continues to eat and drink water as normal, and is still curious ...

Hello!!
I've updated photos of the dwarf family, who now have names:)
Papa is named Dexter, a normal colored dwarf.  He's tested negative for UTI and
diabetes!! He just needs a follow-up test sometime this week, and then he'll be

hi all. just got my first hamsters today.
in the cage came a wheel. is it ok to use. or is it better to go without?

Just wondering if anyone knows of any hamster rescue centres in Cardiff or
South Wales.
After listening to your stories of adopted hamsters, I'm thinking of
providing a good home in my area.

We have had one teddy bear hamster die of wet tail, we only had her for 5 days. We cleaned the cage and everything in the cage.  We got two more hamsters, thinking that perhaps it would help to alleviate stress if there were two who were already accustomed to each other. Four ...

Shes holding her own at the moment. I think it was definitely a mild stroke
and the vet says its most likely.  Shes still extremely weak on her right
side but able to potter about in her playball quite happily if a little
slowly. Its definitely easier for her to get about in it as ...

The other day I found out one of my hamsters got out and I had to get to him
before the cat did. today a friend stops by and tells me he was really
sleeping. I pulled back the shavings and he was breathing, just not moving.
Any help???

I rescued 5 baby hams & 3 are in their forever homes, 1 is still too badly hurt
to go to his & the other one SCREAMS!!!! Then bites as hard as she can...I
kinda feel for her because she is petrified!!! Any ideas for a beautiful, sweet
name?? She is kinda peach/honey colored & a real ...

I've been busy taking photos of our Syrian, Silver, and the 3 new dwarf brothers that we are fostering.
But first, I have to say that I am in no way advertising the brothers by showing these pictures!  I just know that when a new ham gets introduced here, everyone wants pictures. ...

I am trying to get pictures of everyone....It's not easy, they sure do wiggle
around a lot while I am snapping photos.
www.rabbitadoption.org/hamster.html has the pictures I have so far. I'll try to
take the rest tonight.

Quark does a handstand to pee!!!! It's like he doesn't want to get his little
butt wet.....
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Vincent  6/27/01