Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / September 2006

Got a dwarf hamster of just over a year now, he lives on his own because
his cage mate died a couple of months back.
Anyway, ive noticed that the hair on the front of his legs up to where it
joins onto his body has all gone.

Hello all......i have a question about my hamster,,,,
im not sure what kind he is or anything....he is brown and white..i dont
think he is a dwarf hamster...
anyways myquestion is, everytime i clean his cage out, he seems to poop

Tonight our dear little Butters passed away while Judy held him.
We came home from work to hand out tofu and he didn't come out when we
knocked on his house, looking in we could see him barely breathing and not
moving.

I'm looking for funny, sad amusing true stories about hamsters for my
hamster project
Thanks
Judy

I am the proud new owner of a pregnant dwarf Russian Winter White. I'm very
concerned about drinking water for the babies.
I have a few questions I hope somebody will able to help me with.
1.What if the mother chooses to nest and give birth far away from the

My girlfriend's having her beloved Pip put to sleep today. It is the best
for him, he's got several tumours and is covered with sores and scabs, very
sad day though :-(
Bye Pip!

I lurk a lot, I think the last time I posted was about my two Russian dwarf
hamsters two years ago called Lenin (Because they are Russian) and
McCartney... it's such a thin line between clever and stupid.
Anyway, I have just got a new pair of female Chinese dwarf hamsters and they

I am tired of the commercial rip off blend of hamper food. These guys that
add those heavy pellets that don't even get eaten really aggravate me.
I would like to get other's recipes of what is in a mix that is best all
around food.

I have a 1-year-old girl hamster.  She lives in a Critter Trail Two
cage.  For the past couple weeks, Chewy has been stuffing her outhouse
with her aspen bedding.  She stuffs the outhouse so full that she can't
even get inside it later.  This week, however, not only is she stuffing

I'm pretty sure I've read that shredded paper is not suitable for hamster
bedding, yet everywhere I look on google, it's being suggested.
What's the situation?
Paul

So our little devil likes to remove all of the shavings from his pee corner
and pee right on the plastic.  We tried a potty thing but he moves that away
too...  makes for a smelly cage...  any advice...  He also stands on his
front legs and pee's upside down... no big deal   ...

OBITUARIES!
just a thought.
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Our little Siberian hamster died yesterday... we came back home and
when my daughter was to clean his cage, he was not moving at all, but
his heart was beaten and he was still breathing, they took him to the
ER and unfortunately they found out he had developed cancer in his

   I've never owned  a hamster before, and thought that I should get
some advice from some -more "experienced' hamster owners before going
out and buying the most eye-catching a hamster toys.  I plan to get a
Syrian hamster. But am concerned about what type of cage is the best

It is with a sad heart that I tell you, all my friends, of Solomon`s death.
You know he was slowing down and was just about to have his 2nd birthday.
Andrea was leaving for college this past morning and noticed him under his
water bottle.