Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / December 2004

Why do my hamsters live a month, the most,in the crittertrail cage. I feed
and bed with only the stuff at the pet store.

I came across this very useful piece of information during my hamster searches
on the net. Don't remember which site I found it on but thought that I would
pass the information along to you guys, in the hope that it may be of help to
some of you out there.

Oh dear; we thought hamsters would be easier.... and following the
sudden demise of my son's last hamster we're concerned about the current
one:
We've had this one for about a week. She (Jeska) is probably about 8

I know she's getting old but Bam's furniture removals on her ground floor
are becoming a little extreme <g>...
http://community.webshots.com/photo/116098454/221997602SSewOc
Lorna and the rodent clan.

My syrain just had 15 babies. yes i have 15 extra cages (30 acctually).
They are cute. Also this is her 2nd litter and she seems to be good with
them. She is a good mom. Her sister is working on her 1st litter but she
has a few more days. Oh yeah, i breed hamsters.

In memory of Ginger the off-topic prairie dog (and honorary hamster).
From the Albuquerque Journal (also reprinted in my hometown Santa Cruz
paper):
"Scientist Says Prairie Dogs Have a Language All Their Own"

Hi~  I've found a pet shop that has males, but they don't know if
they're Syrians or Dwarfs.
I'm just as un-knowledgeable as they are, so my looking at them tonite
would probably be a mistake.

i have bought a crittertrail two cage but i want to know if i buy a
syrian hamster will it be able to fit through the tubes ?
can anyone help me pleaz before i buy a hamster ?
keilia

...with the 'excess' litter-siblings in their genetic experiments ???
1-  Are these the ones that end up in animal shelters ?
2-  Do breeders have dozens of friends, relatives, who want hamsters ?
3-  Do they find a market to sell them to (pet stores, ads...) ?

Anyone else have any luck getting these two pets to be friends?  Mine love
each other, they kiss each other on the nose, and Chip chases around the
cats when he's in his ball.  I wouldn't trust the cats alone with him, but
they love playing with him when I'm around

These are the hamsters in local shelters as of 11/30/04.  If you have any
questions, feel free to ask :)
North Central Animal Control
888-452-7381

I have a couple of hamster-care books here at home that say it's safe to
feed hamsters vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower.
The one thing the book doesn't say, is if they should be cooked first.
Can someone tell me if I should cook things first before giving them to my

I have been reading this group for  a few days and I wanted to step out
of lurkdom and say "hi" and perhaps ask a couple of questions.
I am the new parent of a Dward Hamster, about a month or so new.
I have one of the S.A.M. cages, but I decided to add on so to be able to

Hi I have just found out the worst thing for a new breeder. The shop sold me
two female Hamsters. GRRRRR. I live in alabama and am wanting to find someone
with a male or is wanting to sell one to me.Also can you have two female syrian
hamsters together.

First, thanks for taking the time to read and respond to this post. My
family and I have been reading all about hamsters and we think we are
ready to welcome a little guy (or gal) to our home. But, we would like
to buy him/her from a breeder (close to Irvine,CA) :D we are looking