Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / April 2004

Basil photos updated!
We have now had him over a month which will make him around 3 months old.
He has grown considerably and his bum is now a great deal pointier than when
we first got him!  He is outgrowing his SAM cage so we'll be buying a new

hi all. i know it is a bit of a while yet. but thought i would ask this now.
how do hamsters cope in the summer?
is there anything i should be aware of?
thanks

I wrote awhile back about my crazy hamster who was quite the meanie.  She
would bite every human in the vicinity--right through your jeans if you let
her run on you.  If she were a dog she would have foam around her mouth
while baring her teeth and snarling with strands of drool.

This is my first time posting to this group, so it's kinda an
experiment.
My hamster's name is Peanut.  Peanut lives in a plastic container,
about 4 feet long by 1.5 feet wide.  It's a pretty good cage.  Peanut

Can someone please tell me how old a boy Teddie Bear has to be before he is old
enough to bread?
Thanks for any help
MsMac11166

Don't forget Hard boiled egg can be a good treat for our hammy friends!!!!
Happy easter everyone.....
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Vincent  6/27/01  

I notice that my hamster's food (from the pet store) is made up from
different things, there looks to be what look like cornflakes, crushed pea
flakes, molasses (I think) and seeds of various kinds. I notice that my
hamster always eats the "cornflakes" first, and seems to like them ...

Has anyone used "BED E BYE"
"A bouncy bunch of bedtime funHypo-allergenic"
"non-toxic vegetable based colors"
"environmentally friendly recycled paper"

I need a liquids proof camera with good macro, any recommendations?

These beasts can eat the flesh off a human in less than 30 seconds,
they are the meanest creatures imaginable on this planet.
Scientists developed them for the military, these cruel monster
hamsters can destroy a population of a whole country in a few weeks.

Today I came home from work to find 'Jane' in a bad way. I feel she must
have had a stoke :(  She was in a corner shaking a little bit with her eyes
almost closed. She was awake and not in her bed but she in looking
disorientated sort of wandering a bit. I tried to put my had near ...

http://img33.photobucket.com/albums/v99/apxmusic/newcagemod.jpg
nifty new tunnels

Well.. here's the latest count here..
3 Syrians (2 permanent and 1 foster)
6 dwarves (fosters... but have a feeling they'll be here a while).
Unfortunately Buster escaped from his foster home and never came back *sigh*