Pet Forum / Mammals / Hamsters / February 2007

Hey Group!
Haven't seen any activity here for a week...possibly all our critters are
doing just fine....or possibly my ISP is being uncooperative...hope it's the
1st choice :)

Please could anyone advise me on the best way to encourage our eight
week old syrian hamster to use the whole of his cage not just the
tubes. He has a big cage with several tubes and a large running wheel
incorporated but only sleeps and toilets in a small part of the tube,

In just a few days we`re expecting a new addition to the family.
Hambone`s daughter had another litter and we have been promised another of
his grandsons.
He`s sure to be soft and fuzzy with long hair, like Gumdrop. I hope he`s

So I never see my hammy on his wheel and wondered if he uses it...  I would
put shavings on top before I went to bed and in the morning they were gone
but that didn't prove he actually ran on it.. he could just be going in and
moving the wheel a bit and the shaving would fall... ...

Our dear little Fudge left us this morning while in Judy's hands.
He came back to our store when a lady and her son returned him for biting,
so needless to say, he came right home with me that same day.
He was very defensive of his home early on, though we could pick him up in a

Hello HamFans,
Miss Cheeks got a Wodent Wheel (senior size) a few days ago. She loves
this wheel, it is the perfect size for her, however too much of a good
thing sometimes isn't so good. She as run herself so much that she has

Well I am new to hamsters, video and posting to youtube, so I figure I
would take them all on in one shot. Below is a link to a short video of
my ham. If you have two minutes you want to kill, check it out. She
might be the next hamster star!

All of the cage discussions have expired on the server, so I get to ask
the question you must have heard a million times: Who makes a nice,
large hamster cage!
I have a large size syrian hamster who I think needs more space. The

Never knew a hamster could "talk" through a dog!  The newbie did it last
night.....one of my neighbors has a dog named "Karma."
In past, when I've talked to this hamster, he just kept on doing whatever he
was before I talked to him.