Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / March 2005

We got a new hamster, Squeaky, today.  She is a very vocal hamster.  Every
time we look at her she squawks in protest.  I think it is going to take
some time for her to get used to her new environment.  I'm going to give her
a few days before I try to handle her.

Judy found this while shopping today with her sister, thought I'd
share......
http://community.webshots.com/photo/299300165/299301128HPUaGg
Hammy Easter!

Yes, I toddled down to the Furry Friends Shelter to be picked out by a
fuzzy friend. Almost expired of asphyxiation in the process, as it is a
multi-animal shelter, and I was originally asked to wait in the
room-of-cats, but I pled asthma and was show to the "rodent room" in the

I made an appointment for tomorrow night to get a new fuzzbutt!
I am going to the Furry Friends Shelter in Chicago - they ended up with
an abundance of hams and (shortly thereafter) babies.  They were rescued
from a neglectful situation, so I suspect some of those babes have a

eyes  r open can i clean w/o fear of them gettin eatin

I have put a photo of Piglet on photobucket.  Please take a look and
tell me what you think of him.
Thanx
Pauline & Piglet

Hi, Piglet gnaws the cage and has taken some of the coating off the bars
to leave bare metal.  Is the coating dangerous to the Hamster (Syrian)
if swolled?
Does anyone have any tips/hints to stop him gnawing the cage? I have a

Hello, I was reading one of my dwarf hamster books today, and I read a
sentence that says its okay to keep a brother and sister together without
fear of inbreeding.
My question is, will a brother and sister not mate or did i just

Dear NG,
My little hamster Lucy  ran more than 100.000 meters in 80 days in her
treadmill.
It took her 84 days to drink half a liter (about a pint) of water.

i am looking for information about teddy bear hamsters
what they are like and just normal stuff
u know information
if u can please also would like to see pics

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Do dwarf hamsters ever sit still so you can "pet" them? Mine just
keeps looking for an avenue of escape. Sure, it'll climb all over me,
but I can tell it's trying to see where to run to. If left on my lap
and not closely watched he will jump to the floor and run off.

On another group, I have just read that somebody has just discovered that
there is a warning on the side of the packaging of the Original Carefresh
that states it can cause intestinal blockaging. Has anybody else noticed
this? She lives in the USA, so it might not have reached the ...

Greetings.  I posted a number of messages yesterday (early) via google
groups and they appear to have gone into la-la-land.   Anyone else have
this problem?
Thanks,

Hey gang,
Im new here.  I just recently got a little baby Syrian from my girlfriend.
Her name is Freya.  I was wondering how long a hamster will stay "shy" of
the owner.  She is pretty young like maybe a month i think.  Will her