Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / November 2004

Does anyone else have a hamster who is very annoyed when its cage is
cleaned?
My Biscuit is more curious than anything when he returns to a clean cage,
but Punkster is very visibly annoyed.  He starts chattering his teeth when

My hamster MouseGirl has undergone an extreme change in personality the
past few days.
She used to be quite easy to pick up, never minded my hand coming her
cages. I would always talk to her before I picked her up and she would

I've have been wanting to breed my hamsters for awhile now I got my
female about 3 months ago and I thought she would be ready. How can I
tell if she is pregnant before the 10th or 11th day? If there is a
way.........

I've have been wanting to breed my hamsters for awhile now I got my
female about 3 months ago and I thought she would be ready. How can I
tell if she is pregnant before the 10th or 11th day? If there is a
way.........

The APH 2005 calendar is finally here.
The single page, Monday to Sunday version is finished and online at
www.frodo248.servebeer.com/calendar
I am still working on the other versions.

I was wondering... my russian dwarf Rocket keeps doing flips in his
wheel... as in he stops but it doesn't. Sometimes he even gets thrown
out of it. He looks around for a split sec like he doesn't know what
happened, then goes straight back to the wheel. Is he retarded, is the

Just curious if anyone still had the single page version of the 2004
calender????
We've been printing out the months one at a time as we needed them, but now
I seem to have lost the pdf file.  =(

I have never posted here before, but I have a Teddy-bear hamster that
I will have had coming upon three years now.  I know he is fairly old,
but have been noticing some things that have me concerned, such as:
 - his belly skin seems loose and wrinkly (maybe weight loss?)

I'm getting a coupon book with a coupon for a free hamster in it, and I
might decide to go ahead and use said coupon.  I've been offered a free
cage (haven't seen it yet), so that's not really an issue.
I'm wondering if there are any sites people would recommend that talk

Let's boycot companies that unneccessarily test their products
on   H a m s t e r s...
"Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Jognson, Unilever, and S.C. Johnson.
They are some of the worst - they do lots of animal tests.

My friend has a hamster and its not too well at the moment.  The  hammy is
about 1.5 to 2 years old, it seems he *may* be constipated, and his stomach
is very bloated which is causing discomfort to the poor chap.  He's drinking
quite a lot and is eating some bits of food.  He's been ...

I saw some pics on the net that showed a hammy in a bowl of walnuts. I
was thinking that a walnut would be a good chew toy ‹ and cheap! A
couple of articles suggested hardwood limbs and walnut was a choice.
Has anyone used a walnut as a chew thingy?