Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / April 2005

first of all, sorry for my english...
I've a problem with Jack, one of my dwarf hamster... I noticed that he
had overgrown nails, so I put a piece of sandpaper into his cage, and it
worked for 6 of his 8 front-legs nails, but there are two of his nails

Hi Hamster Friends,
This last times I haven't been able to visit the newsgroup regularly.
That doesn't mean anyone of you and your hammielies is out of my
thoughts. On the contrary!

I have noticed that my syrian aged 2 and a half years has got long teeth
now. Is this likely to cause him problems? He gets plenty of foods to knaw
on. just wondering if the old guy is managing the same. He does look so much
like a little old man now bless him

I have had many dwarf hammies over the years, and the child I care for has
just got two.  I am helping to take care of them.  
He got two boys, who were brothers, and they were 8 weeks old when he got
them, from a very good breeder.  They are now 12 weeks old and are having

Hi, I couldn't find any group post of gerbils so I decide to use this
one if that's ok?
We bought two new gerbils.  My son named the black one Speedy.  The
other one is white and silver.  I tried several pictures of it, but it

After reading the other postings about hamster names I had to
post this story. I have a LARGE female teddy hamster. I was
taking her in the kitchen for my wife to see. My wife was makng
marshmellow treats which of course requires the melting of

Either Hammy is gay or Snowball is a female. Why do I say this?
Because today while they were having their "together time" Hammy
repeatedly attempted to mount Snowball. He followed Snowball around
sniffing "his" tail and then snuggled up to Snowball's rear and stayed

we got a siberion hamster a few days ago. he is such a cutie. well seems
he making he self at home.we have no name for him yet! any ideas?

I suspect my new hamster is pretty old. His teeth are overgrown and
yellow. At least his bottom teeth are. His mouth looks like a hippo's.
Or a boar's. Young hamsters don't have this problem, do they? Hammy's
teeth are what I would consider normal. He is about 3 months old.

Our James has a small growth at the side of his mouth.  It looks like he's
smoking a cigar!  It has been there for about six months now and sometimes
it's small like it has fallen off but comes back.  Should we be concerned?
I thought his water tube was causing it so I cleaned it ...

Well, I now have a new family of dwarf rescues.
They came from an adoption event on March 5.  I had originally gone to
the shelter to bail 2 boys (who had a home lined up for them if they
were friendly, they were!) and sex the remaining hams.  When I got the

I had this up on my site for my lj posts but I figured that this group
might want to see some lego hamster housing
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Anyone else have pics of hamster habitats?

Hello my name is Kevin,I am the Caretaker and owner of 3 siberian
hamsters,and 2 Gentile rats.
I have set up a yahoo group area for all of you who care for and have
Rats,Mice & Hamsters.

My hamster makes barely audible squeaking sounds. He does it for no
apparent reason. Sometimes when he is in his cage he will just look
around, sniff the air and let out a little squeak. Today while I was
letting him crawl around on my leg he did the same thing. Looked over

my hamster had 6 babies 7 days ag o and she moved one out of the nest now
its all alone why did she do that?