Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / January 2005

Hey humans . . #
My hammy Biscuit recently seems to sleep with bout a quarter of her
body hanging out of her house, she looks dead literally, (shes not for
future reference)

First of all, I cudn't find any post for gerbils and wasn't sure I
should post it to this one?  
I want to know are gerbils good pets?  Are they also good pocket pets?
Easy to tame them?  I heard that gerbils can be nippy and not good pets.

        I am new to dwarf hamsters having recieved supposedly two males for
xmas.The dwarfs were from the same cage in the shop and i think quite young
and introduced to the new cage at the same time.One dwarf is chocolate and
white mottled with the dark back stripe ,the other ...

I've been a member here for a couple of years but I haven't actually
posted anything in a while. The reason I'm posting now is I got three
little robs just after Christmas. I got all three from the same tank (I
was only going to get two but there were only three left and the lady

Set up this new news account -  news.readfreenews.net  (using port 119 )
Its a free read only service.  Posting not allowed and it doesnt allow any
binary groups. No sign up or password needed.
It carries alt.pet.hamsters and I see all the posts.

We have two dwarf hamsters, purchased at the same time from the same cage. I don't
know their sex. They have always lived together. They sleep together consistently.
Lately they have been fighting with increasing fervor. One has wounds on either
side of its neck, not bleeding or ...

Our friend Jody, as some of you know, was nearly run over by a car just
outside Wal*Mart
yesterday. She is bruised up pretty bad but no broken bones, thank God!
She is in terrible pain from the impact and hurts from her neck and

Hamtaro has moved out of the Palace.
His new home arrived this weekend.
We went to Target and purchased a large one story condo.
There are no steps, ramps, or tunnels anymore,

Hamtaro's cage is everything a hammie can dream of... But
He is getting on in years and I am concerned that he will need to have less
arduous way of getting to the loo and cage and the access to water perhaps
should be easier. The Current water bottle is the only one he's ever used

Hello to all,
   I recently purchased (or saved) a beautiful Back Bear Hamster.  I've
had hamsters before, most recently a Chinese Dwarf Hamster, but never a
Black Bear Hamster.  I've heard that B.B.H. are more docile and not

I have noticed that alot of spam and some viruses on this group ,also some
people from aol not being able to view messages so i have set up a yahoo
group (similar to this) were you can store pixs and files and easily share
info between group members.I havn't done much with it yet ...

last year I got 2 boys
now I know one is not (this is good because I did think one was gay)
any suggestions on up keep of the babies
taken the boy out now in new cage (this was given free from the shop I got

Named for the 3 kinds of fudge Judy makes around Christmas time, his
coloring is like no other ham we've had before.
Another returned ham with a heart of gold and a gentle nature.
Living in a Crittertrail Mini until we can get him a tank.

Does anyone know where to find floor plans or design ideas for Hamster
habitats?  Just wanted to take a look and see what others have done to make
their little buddies a nice home.
Thanks,

She is having computer problems - I got Hilary's message to her via AIM.
 She can post, but not see posts.  She has called AOL and is going to
try and disinfect her home 'puter per Hilary's instructions.
So don't worry, and she'll be back soon.