Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / May 2004

my hamster make sound is she talk or not

I wish I could remember who posted it about using a ladle to get the
mini-badger aka dwarf Watermelon out of his cage. He wanted out last night
but was giving hubby a hard time getting him out of the cage. I didn't want
either one of them to get hurt so I told hubby about picking ...

Fudge figured out how to open that stupid door to the Critter Trail cage. I
was up at 2:30 a.m. with a leg cramp and both of the babies were in their
cages running on their wheels. When hubby got up at 4:30 the door was
opened. He thought at first that I had put her in her ball and ...

I am looking for some advice on keeping my daughters 2 dwarf hamsters
from smelling so bad.  There cage is cleaned thoroughly and regularly,
but the hamsters themselves smell really bad.
I read to NOT give them a bath (which is what I wanted to do), but put

I don`t know how much longer our Syrian male Raliegh will be with us.
He is about 40 months old. I bought Raliegh at the Petco near us when he was
a young adult.
He has always been a sweet and gentle hamster from the moment he came home

I am a new hamster owner, having just bought a blackbear hamster a week
ago.  Right away i realized that she was a very energetic hamster, who
sleeps only about four hours during the day, and about six at night.  Most
of the time she is running in her wheel, or out in the hmaster ...

Can anyone explain why our dwarf hams keep moving from their perfectly (in
my opinion!) comfy bed to their potty and then back again?  They do it some
point during the day and then work their way back down to the bed!?
The potty isn't very big but they all squish in at once, but ...

My hamster Nita just had her first batch of hammies, on the 8th of may, so
Saturday.  I walked in tonight, and she was just going crazy.  i checked
her food - full, water - full, so I couldn't figure out what it was, i
opened the cage to check the food some more, and she ran out of ...

I have a teddy hamster that is about 1 year old.  I have noticed over the
last day or two that his stools, which used to be very dark in color, is now
a very light brown.  Other than looking a tad chubby lately, he has been
acting quite normal.  There has been absolutely no change ...

In effort to prevent wet tail or any other maladies what are some
guidelines???
cage clean once a week?
how long exercise out of cage in floor wheel/ball?

(Topic stolen from alt.pets.guinea-pigs!)
The temp the other day was 18-20C, so we took the hamsters out for a play on
the grass when they were up for their food.  Bam loves being outside,
frantically pouching as much grass as possible (see pic)

Ever since I got my hamster Elanor in November, I've given her fluffy
bedding. Then I heard about it on this newsgroup. A quick search
revealed how bad this stuff is. So I took out all of the fluffy bedding
and replaced it with some tp. Glad to hear about it before she swalled

Firsst of all let me say  I was incorrect about Raliegh`s age. He will be
two years in October.
That makes quit a difference huh.
Raliegh visited the vet this week and she removed 30 CCs  of fluid from his

He use to be very active but now he harder move?? why? He is 8 months old.

my hamster, Petro,  suddenly started dragging his back legs behind him
tonight--it seems he can't move them to run or walk--he is fine otherwise
and is perky and eats and is trying to run, but his feet are not working
right--do u have any ideas or suggestions (other than take him to ...