Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / November 2005

We have a hamster and we may have to travel abroad for a few
weeks this winter or spring.  Somebody have to take care of
our hamster while we are away.
We can ask some of our neighbours to feed him, and we can

My hamster is always peeing in his running ball.i was just wondering how i
stop him from doing it.and i also want to know if u can bath a hamster in
regular sand from outside?

Down below is my first post introducing myself and Little Bear... he's about
4 months old
My question for all you hamheads.. is,
Little bear has a little grass house I bought that is kept in the lower

Greetings all.  I am writing about my little Bert.  Bert is 30 months
old and a charming old man.  He still seems rather healthy but he is
obviously aging.  He has taken to sleeping for much longer stints.  The
last ham I had that made it to this age was a female I had as a child,

Signman and Tanner here.....
a new male Syrian short-haired hamster has joined our household.  He's
grey-brown at head and butt ends...white in the middle.
He's approximately 2-3 months old and a little skittish...am hoping (fingers

I just buried Scruffy. She was our oldest Syrian of two years. A sweet girl
with longish brown and white fur.
She must have had a stroke as near as I can figure. She had really slowed
down over the last few weeks

Maxine is a Syrian that I got about a week ago. We've just started
taming her.
Here are a few pictures of her:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31178256@N00/tags/maxine/

I bought a 3m.o hamster from a pet store and had her for about 2mounths.
Then one day i noticed she was acting weird and that her fur was all
wet-looking,. The think is, she bit me, she wasnt active, and i think
its my fault, i found out she had wet-tail. is it my fault she got it.

Hello, we have 3 hamsters, 2males and a famale.  We have had them since
May.
A few days ago the female hamster was acting perculier, she just stood
their not moving in my hand.  When I stroked her she lifted her behind

My son and his gf bought a dwarf hamster a week ago.
They were told it was a male but she had 6 healthy looking babies today.
What should be done in terms of care for the mother and babies and what age
should the babies be separated?

we have a 3 month old hamster that is constantly knawing at bars despite
having a lot of toys which are swapped around regularly and being let out.
She has worn away the fur on her face and is about to go into the skin.
Besides getting a new non-wire cage for her,is there anything ...

Posted a while ago about my elderly hamster who was having trouble eating
and walking.
I found him dead in his cage this morning.
Ron was 3 years old, quite old for a dwarf, and I will miss him a lot.

Hi. My mice had a fleet of babies. I seperated the father from the mother
and babies to prevent another pregnancy.
When the babies are old enough to be weaned and told the sex of, will it be
safe to put the male baby mice in the other cage with the father? After all,

I bought Saya a few weeks ago, and I'm a little concerned because she
doesn't seem to react to sound. All my other hamsters have reacted to
sounds like hoovers, a gentle tap on the cage to get their attenion and,
of course, the sound of food being put in their bowls :)

Hi guys, I am new to hamsters and to hamsters related forums. Anyhow
just wanna say "Hi" and hopefully some of you can help me save my
syrian hamster.
I bought a sable syrian hamster 3 days ago. The shop assistant told me