Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / June 2005

My 2 dwarf hamsters, Rocky and Smokey have passed away. They where found
in their cages, unmoving and curled up. According to the pet store they
where both from the same litter.
Rocky was one who would climb onto our hands and bite if we attempted to

Ok. I have two dwarf Campbell's hamsters. One is male and 4 months
old.  The other is female and 2 months old. They are in a 20 gallon
aquarium.
Originally I just had Hammy (the male). Then I got Snowball and they

Well, earlier this year I was asked to join a hamster group on Yahoo.
I decided, heck, why not.  The group wasn't really about exchanging
information, and there were a lot of un-hamster-educated people on
there, but I figured if I could inform even one person on there, no big

Hi everyone;
My children have 2 hamsters.  They share the same cage and suprisingly,
get along very well.  Well lately, we've noticed "lumps" on their
underbellies towards there bottoms.  I tried to determine if they were

My hammy Nita has some pretty long bottom teeth.  Apart from going to the
vet and getting them filled ($) i was wondering if there is anything else
i can do to try and get them down a little.  She doesn't seem to like
wooden blocks very much, or anything wooden.  She loves the metal ...

His left eye is closed for some reason. There is a little bit of crust. His
other eye is seems perfectly fine.  I wanted to put a drop of eye drops in
his closed eye but he keeps moving and it is impossible. What should I do to
help my hamster?!

I love watching my hammie sleep..he is so cute. :-) I notice that sometimes
he twitches his whiskers and moves his eyes as he sleeps.  I know humans
move their eyes during REM sleep. This is when we dream. Do hamsters have
REM sleep? I wonder what he dreams about?

My daughter has a hamster that chews at his feet ,to the point where they
bleed. We're thinking allergy but don't know from what. She uses cedar and
she's going to get something else and try that. Has anyone ever had this
happen to them? She has other hamsters from the same ...

I'm new here. I don't remember exactly how old my hamster is, but I think he
is over 2 yrs old. Lately he's been sleeping a LOT. I stay up late, but I
still never see him come out from his "nest." I'm worried that he might be
getting old or is sick or something. Can someone tell ...

I awoke this morning to find 3 tiny bundles waiting for me.
Spammy seems to be a good happy mother and all seem well.
Ed

Well, many of you may remember that I ham-sat a little Syrian ham this
past Christmas - Harry.  He was the ham in the pre-school class at my
daughter's school.  Turns out the teacher is leaving the country to go
home and Harry was in need of a forever home...he is joining us

i am looking to get a new hamster and had a question about using the
home i used for my previous one...
i believe my last hamter (q-tip) died of wet tail..and i dont want a new
one to contact the germs or anything...so i was wondering how i go about

i found her dead on thursday in her wheel that she loved. i guess
having hard time dealing with this. mitiz was my first hamster  i had
since  i was a child. i will love and miss her for ever always.  i don't
know what esle to say.

Hello, I have been away working in America, and while I was there
unfortunately one of my boys died.  It was the one who I believed was the
oldest in the world - Becks.  His daddy who was looking after him, found
him curled up asleep, he was over four years old, not bad for a dwarf, ...

My hammy died recently, and I am contemplating getting some more.
When I went in the pet shop today he had three boys (all dwarfs) now I
dont want to separate three brothers but would three be ok to keep
together, I know you can keep 2 together, which is what I have done in the