Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / July 2005

The other night my little girl escaped from her cage and it looks like she
fell and broke her back on the way down, she's paralyzed from the hips down.
The vet says there's not much he can do.
She's dragging herself around and tries to run the wheel, but not much luck

My nephew had a syrian hamster for his birthday, the hamster is about  9
weeks old and its having difficuties
walking.
Please can anyone help me.

my daughter left for west virginia yesterday.we already have problems.
the little squirt knocks down his door.so sunday night i screaming
ralphy and ralph.lucky i found the little one .i was so freaking out.my
husband was going to replace if we didn't find it.he said got little

First some bad news, Munchkin my hamster for two years sadily passed
away a few months ago. She visited the vet but he said nothing could be
done as she dying from old age. I still miss her alot. I didn't plan to
get another hamster just yet, and i still have pavalova who is doing

please i am always looking for new and exciting ways to intrest my hamster
and keep her stim ulated
i am looking for any toys that i can make at home
or a inexpensive way to make toys

Hello everyone  I have a russian dwarf hamster i have had her for about two
years now.
For a couple of weeks now,  she has gone bald around her and back and on her
hined legs aswell

 I was playing with my hamster at about 2:30 a.m.  I picked him up to put
him back in his cage so I could go to bed.
He crawled up to my elbow, and put him in the bottem of the cage, the gate
was open he didn't want to go in so I open the top for him, he jumped off

This past Sunday, the 26th I flew to Little Rock Arkansas to visit Katgirl.
Unfortunatley the circumstances were not the most pleasant. Her mother had
just died on the previous Friday from a stroke.
She was only 56. But Kat is holding up well and taking very good care of her

she was aslo a black hamster. this one belonged to my daughter. we got 7
hamsters now to date. we buied her by mitiz. yes we were with her at her
last breaths.

Bam passed away in my arms at the good old age of 3 today.  She had been
showing signs of age and was ill over the last two days.  I'm so glad we
were with her.  We will miss her more than anything.  Rest in peace my
little one.

Hi, all!
It's nice to be back, especially after a move and - yikes - breaking my arm
shortly afterward (not move-related; it happened on my way home). I'm
finally back at work, making "real" money, lol! Unfortunately, I'm still

i,m really worried about my little hammie since i had her checked
over.  i,ve discovered she has mites so i went over the pet shop where i
bought her from and the owner who breeds these hansters  sujested putting a
tiny drop of ivermectin in to her mouth  to try and clear the ...

Oscar was a dilute Platinum male Campbells that came into my rescue in
January of 2004.  He was already a young adult then.. probably
somewhere between 4-6 months of age.  He came in with Tyson (his
brother, a normal Campbells) but unfortunately they had to be separated

Our hami has two days that has poop just a few drops and doesn't really
eat. We read in a book that he might be constipated and the book
suggested to give him some olive oil and lettuce. He ate a little
lettuce with a little olive oil, but this morning we didn't see more

hey iam about to get a new hamster but i havent decided what type yet
so my question to you guys is what hamster is the most friendlyest? if
there is such a thing Lol ( i hope ) and also i have a cage i baught a
while ago for a hamster i used to have and its a wire type cage i like