Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / October 2005

I have just recetly bought a beautiful 5 week old syrian hamster.  but i,m
having a problem with her already she chewed a hole in the maze that adds on
the safari cage i have got now and she is trying to get out of chewing the
connecter on the side of the cage.

We got a 8 week old hamster recently that only sleeps buried under
sawdust,shes got a house with bedding in that she wont sleep in and ive put
bedding down in the corner that she sleeps in only to have her put it
somewhere else,as shes so little im worried about her getting cold ...

I recently purchased a brand new hammy from a pet store. I noticed that
they had their hammies on pine shavings. I have heard that pine is not
the best alternative for bedding, but thats all they seem to sell at
petstores. Is cedar an ok alternative? Can anyone recommend a healthey

    When I first got my hamster, whenever I tried to pick him up, he made
growling noises.  I felt like I was scaring him to death.
    He stopped making those noises for the most part.  Has anyone else
gotten noises like this from a hamster?

My first one. So far so good. She's pretty good about coming onto my
hands. Any advice about handling her? Thanks, Katie.

Please can you sign this and get everyone you know to sign it, this was in
the press in England today.
Live dogs, yes live are being used as sharkbait by being thrown over the
side of boats and dragged along attached by a line through a hook in their

Right now I`m trying to make My white Sryian male as comfortable as
possible.
He is cold and doesn`t move. I was just able to get some fluid into him.
He is breathing slow. I doubt he will make it throught the night.

I just got two pet mice yesterday and am having trouble telling the sex.
I've tried to pick them up by the base of the tail to get a look but can't
really tell. There is a distinct difference between the two, in that one of
the mice have a huge butt/bottom protruding back toward ...

Today our sweet little Fizz passed while in Judy's hands.
He was one of the triplets I had brought home last year, brother of Speedy
and Fuzz, who are both still with us.
Fizz was the smallest of the three, and the most friendly and social.  He

Hi, it's been a long time since I visited here. :-)
I'm glad to recognize some old friends like christine miho, pieman,
Hilaryand B. Roberts. I hope some of you might remember me. I had robo's and
2 winter white girls.

I'm worried about my hamster's eyes. They been closed and swollen for more
than a week now. Both eyes are closed, the poor little guy.
What can cause this? Hammie is getting pretty old, over 2 and 1/2 years I
think. Is it just age? Is there anything a vet could do? I don't have a ...