Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / October 2005

I have a dwarf hamster who is 3years old now (I always seem to get lucky
and get hams that go on forever) and his bottom two teeth have fallen out,
he has had a stroke and his back legs dont work very well.  Anyway my
question is, he finds it quite hard to eat his food so I have ...

Today I Came home and i found my hamster laying down i though he was
sleeping but when i touched him he did not move. Hes breathing and his
eyes have some sort of goopy thing on them and everytime i move him he
kind of moves his legs and twiches his nose. I dont kknow if hes dying

My teddy bear Syrian, Stanzie, managed an escape tonight. She's
somewhat of an artist now -- I upgraded to a Crittertrail 2 in August
after she managed to break the red plastic tap on the right side off
and pry the roof open. On her Crittertrail 2, there are 2 openings in

Hi people
I just learned yesterday that Hammie probably has a cancer of the adrenal
glands and possibily a tumor on his belly. Hammie's immune system is going
to be weakened and he's probably going to go a little bald. :-(

Hi people
I've posted here before about Hammie. Hammie had some eye problems that went
away but they came back. His right eye is swollen and closed up. I took
Hammie to the vet today. The vet said that Hammie probably poked his eye in

I am a hamster newbie. We got one recently for my daughter. We got the
hamster a wheel that attaches to the habitrail. At first she used the
wheel for exercise but now all she does is store her bedding and food
in it. We keep emptying it and she keeps filling it. She is also

Hello everyone, I'm new to the group, well this is my 2nd posting!
We've got an 8 week old syrian, had him nearly 3 weeks.  Sometimes he
comes to the door when we open it and he'll take food from our fingers,
other times he runs away and hides, anybody know why?

So our last hamster.. Walter a female fancy we adopted as an old lady..
first she was in a school and then taken home by a student... there she had
a good home, and of course the child lost interest and we took her for a
week, and decided to keep her..  she was quite the cutie.. ...

It`s so good to see your name here again.
We have mised you very much. Myself and Katgirl,Opatennant and Jodylogic
speak of you often.
Unfortunately the three of them are unable to access this NG. Signman still

I sat up with Bebop untill 3am this morning.
He just stared at me, barely blinking. I warmed him in my lap
ontop a heating pad. I slid him inside a warm fuzzy sock.
He looked so pathetic, yet cute.

My hammy is a new mom of about 9 cute little hammies (since 23rd
august). She keeps on digging out and throwing out her bedding
(Carefresh) from the cage, even if I add some fresh bedding in there.
Is that normal, or is it something wrong with the bedding? She's never

Last night Prailene died.
He was a really sweet Syrian hamster. A light brownish caramel color.
The same as the sweet mexican candy his was named after.
He was over three years old.

Can anyone help?  I've got an 8 week old hamster.  I can get him to
take food out of my fingers, but if I put food on the palm of my hand,
he runs away.  He always comes to the door of the cage when I open it,
but runs away if I put my hand in.  How do I get him to go on my hand.

My furry little friends use their running wheel as the toilet. They drop
their solids and pee in the wheel. It's becoming a literally daily event to
clean the wheel. There is a potty attached. Every time I clean the wheel I
put some droppings in the potty, but they haven't gotten ...