Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / August 2006

My new hamster now two weeks with me just does not seem to getting any more
friendly. I have been trying to get close to him but after a mean bite
yesterday I am afraid he may just be one of those hammies that will not
allow anyone to handle him. I wonder how many others like him ...

So yesterday we had to go back to my old pet store to get food for our
cichlid (a fish we call "Blue") and lo and behold they have TONS of dwarf
hamsters in the tanks, way more than they should.
In the mix of fur, there were 2 males who were pure black , and 1 female.

he was my dwarf hamster.well my oldest.he was a bitter.but i loved him
anyway.this year not been good year for losing my hamsters. buddy is
number 4 gone. i thought i tell you all he was gone. my only drawf i
ever owned.he was a special little guy.i miss and always carry him in my

I'm new to the message board, as it was only yesterday that I got my
new Syrian, Captain Jack. He is a creamy color with black eyes.
We bought him a Critter Trail X which has a wheel on it's roof... which
he has taken to sleeping in! This is very cute but means that when he

Tonight our dear little Scruff passed away while I held him in my hands.  =(
He came home with me after being returned by a lady who's young son was
afraid of him.
I can't see why he would be afraid, Scruff was one of the friendliest most

Well, this morning I took my lil hamster to the vet & it wasn't good
news. Last wednesday he devloped a swollen nose....So I was hoping it
was from a chigger in the grass or something that could be fixed. But
unfortinly the dr said it's most likely cancer. :( I don't know how a

my hamster of seven months has been having some issues lately. A few
weeks ago I took him to the vet b/c he had someting wrong w/ his eye.
It was oozing and did not look healthy at all. I keep his cage
clean...SO the vet said a ceadar ship must of poked it. His eye was

Hi, just wanted to say I'm a 30 year old single guy with a hamster, so
they're not just for kids.
Also, I had a question .. I had to make a trip to London for 3 weeks and
left my hamster with a close friend to take care of.  She used to use a food

I leave a small portion of hamster food mix in my hamster's bowl each
evening. By the morning the whole bowl has gone and it is all piled up
in his 'bedroom' (most of which, is left uneaten by the end of the week
when I clean his cage).

He may have had a stroke. He was still kinda perky last week as I cleaned
his tank but last night he barely had the energy to get a dring and take
some walnut from my hand. He sleeps all the time andmoves real slow. He
coming up'on his 2nd birthday soon. I can`t say he`ll make it ...

Hi. I know all hamsters are nocternal people.  But this latest hamster
who started living with us from about a months ago sleeps day and
night.  Only time she is awake is between 7 pm to about 9:30 pm.  She
doesn't seem to like to be touched that much either, unlike other

My new guy seems to be continually scratching so much that he reminds me of
a dog with fleas. I am watching him this morning when he should be fast
asleep but he seems so restless scratching away and biting himself. He was
taken from a tank where the hamsters are kept inside a ...

We went to visit our good friends at S and S Exotic Animals
www.sandsexoticanimals.com
yesterday and found a cute little Djungerian dwarf hamster who needed some
TLC.

I have been looking for a hamster that is the size of the Syrians I used to
have but I am having a hard time getting anyone to tell me that is what they
have. I saw a beautiful pair of Black Bear hammies that looked like they
might be Syrians that may have been young. If they ...

Here some pictures of Maxine:
http://www.pbase.com/reub2000/maxine