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 How Big Are Your Hamsters? |
| Posted by TeddyMisty - 01-27-09 15:58 - 65 comments |
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I've always thought that Teddy is a big hamster but I found out last night when I weighed him that he is only 149gram so perhaps he is not so big after all cause I know other hamsters can weigh around 200 grams.
I think the fact the he is long haired creates the illusion that he is big 
so how big are your hamsters, lets weigh them and find out  |
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| Bulgy Eye? |
| Posted by Rolo0207 - 11-25-09 13:03 - 5 comments |
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Hi all,
For the last couple of days Missy has had one eye bigger than the other, one looks kinda bulgey? ...
Should I be worried about this, and has anyone encountered this before? Missy seems fine in herself (frantic breathing aside) and is otherwise normal.
Thanks!
T  |
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| Henry's Nails Are Long |
| Posted by Ilovehoney - 11-24-09 10:03 - 3 comments |
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Hi
I noticed my Henry has long nail's. I noticed this when I got him too. I think he has nails that grow really fast. My past hamster Honey used to have nice sized nails.
I've heard you can cut hamster nails, right? but oh dear dunno how I would cut them, his toes and nails are so small and I don't think he'd keep still for me to cut them anyway. I think it would be too fiddly, unlike my guinea pigs nails.
What should i do? I don't want to go to the vet for them to do it, they'll probably charge me alot because it's a fiddly job.
I want to do it myself. Has anyone cut their hamster's nails before? if so, what did you use, and how did you keep your hamster still whilst doing it?
Or should I just leave them. He should have a rough surface or something to walk on now and again to help file them down abit but I dunno what to use. And if I used a nail file carefully on them, i don't think he'd keep still.
or maybe it's normal for them to be that long. How long should a hamster's nails be?
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| Drinking More Than Usual |
| Posted by Genie - 11-23-09 18:28 - 9 comments |
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Hi Guys,
I've noticed this week that Sonney is drinking at least twice as much than usual. He has a lot more urine in his shavings as you'd expect with drinking more but it's not darker than usual and doesn't smell different. Other than the drinking he seems to be fine, no lumps bumps, odd behaviour or hair thinning.
He is starting to slow down now he's past middle age, he has some gray hair and he like a snuggle more than he used to (he used to be like holding a jumping bean when he was young).
Is this just a sign of old age or should I be worried?
Cheers,
Genie |
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| Omg.. Food?! |
| Posted by GingaMilla - 11-23-09 17:34 - 8 comments |
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Well today is the day i'm having to clean kiki out and i grab her house and opening it and what do i see?.. yes, loads and loads of food all in one corner?! why the hell.. She was putting loads and loads in her mouth yesterday once i refilled because i thought she ate it all but this wasn't the case.
How come she is storing so much food and hardly eating it it seems? |
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| Hamster Food Brands |
| Posted by whitesnake - 11-23-09 10:43 - 5 comments |
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Hi
I got a little bored yesterday so i started looking around the web at different hamster foods, for both Syrian and Dwarf. came across two brands which i would like to hear from anyone that has used them
the first, and i'm sure i've seen this mentioned around the site... is 'Bunny'
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/rodents/food...ter_food/110216
available in both 'Hamster Feast mix' and 'Dwarf Hamster Feast mix'...
the second is 'JR Farm'
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/rodents/food...d/jr_farm/33292
they do two varieties... 'Hamster feast' & 'Wellness-Food Hamster'
I am always looking at variety when feeding any of my pets and so would like anyone's experiences with either brand 
Thank you
Andy
I appreciate a lot goes down to the individual hamster and the only real way is trial and error... but it never hurts to ask! |
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| Introducing Gilly |
| Posted by furrypolka - 11-21-09 21:28 - 12 comments |
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After a very unfortunate start to his life with us (coming down with wet tail after only two days), Gilly is now much better and is looking healthy and bright and well again. This is the red eyed cream banded boy we got from Pets at Home a few weeks ago, he is still on dry rations only and we have only just started handling him after his illness, but he is a bonny little thing and he is already fairly tame. I have to say that the manager of our local store was very concerned about him and he does appear to really care about the animals he sells, and he has clearly been handled while he was with them.
Anyway here he is, still a little on the small side which is to be expected given his ancestry and his start in life, but I hope he will get stronger soon.
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| Some How I Ended Up With The Pandabear Ham Too |
| Posted by hammiehamham - 11-21-09 05:58 - 16 comments |
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Well, I got a call about the Pandabear hamster with nerve damage it can't walk straight he flops over on his back all of a sudden and seems really wobbly. They said he was born that way, but I don't see how he could have lived like that, but they were going to ship him back and so I shelled out $15.00 then ran and bought him a little bin cage. I'm taking him to the vet Monday morning. What should I expect? He's such a sweety I hope he can live and not have to be PTS. He rocks back and forth pretty badly too. He eats anf drinks well enough i've been holding him up and using a seringe to make sure he gets enough water as well as keeping him warm, he climbs around and seem a bit shy, but curious so keep him in your thoughts poor baby. I'll try and post a video and pic later. Anyone have a hamster live through this kind of thing? |
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| Health Question For Syrian |
| Posted by Sera - 11-19-09 05:34 - 5 comments |
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ok my new hamster little bear insists to run on top of the wheel...honestly it scares me to death but i need a second opinion ...should i take it out? maybe its just the wheel itself that doesnt run well so im gonna buy him a new wheel his wheel is one of those cheap plastic ones that came with another cage but its REALLLY scaring me for him to be running on top of his wheel should i take it out for now? |
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| I Did It Again! |
| Posted by hammiehamham - 11-19-09 04:48 - 9 comments |
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She is an orange-white hamster from Petco..yes yes I know pet store. She is a teddy bear hamster. I had gone there for an emergency water bottle and turned the corner near the hammies and there she was staring at me...i was just gonna talk to her for abit then head home with the bottle, I looked at there pandabear hams and one looked like it had a stroke it couldn't walk straight it would fall on its back and so on it made me wanna cry.., but the guy came around to give them more water and saw him grab her tail and pick her up with it. He then proceded to toss her into the cage next to her full of males I was horrified I went over reached in picked her up and took her to the check out. $38.00 for a water bottle, a food dish and her. Luckly I had an extra bin cage set up for emergences so..I don't know what to expect i've only had dwarf, granted 6 dwarfs, but I know next to nothing about Syrians or teddy bears or anything, but I couldn't leave her seh put her paw against the glass and looked at me..I even tried to buy the poor panda bear, but they refused..she runs around and tries to almost climb out of the bin, but she runs on her wheel and eats so I hope she is okay. I'll watch her and hope she is otherwise healthy..any tips on teddybear hams? i'm at a loss with her..but not once did she bite me! |
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| New Foster Baby Not Eating |
| Posted by scotia - 11-18-09 08:46 - 27 comments |
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I have taken on two more foster hamsters, till they find new homes. One girl is fine, eating everything in sight, but the other one, a tiny teddy girl is not eating or putting on weight. When i got her on saturday she weighed just 33g!!!  (and im pretty sure a few grams of that is her fur!) I have tried normal hamster food, baby food, cottage cheese, carrots, cucumber. She nibbles on bits of carrot and has tried a tiny bit of the baby food but im worried shes not getting enough. Does anyone have any other ideas what i can give her to tempt her to eat?
She has had a very stressful few days, (was rescued from drunk teenagers on the street in the middle of the night), so im hoping its just taking her a while to settle but any ideas to tempt her would be much appreciated. Thanks |
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| How Much Exercise Does Your Hamster Get |
| Posted by Pickles - 11-17-09 23:17 - 7 comments |
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Hello all,
I hope you don't mind me posting again but I am curious as to how much exercise your hamsters get. I try and give my two as much as possible, they get at least an hour a night in their balls and are handled too. I don't like putting them in the balls to much but they did chew my carpet a lot and so I think a ball is safer.
Any comments gratefully received.
Pickles |
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| Not Again! |
| Posted by Eriel - 11-17-09 09:24 - 7 comments |
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Hey guys
Yet another incident with two of my syrians, Leon and Rio. I always put Pixies cage on top of Leons so he can't push the lid open and escape. but yesterday, I left Pixie's cage only halfway on Leons and forgot to put it up properly, so Leon escaped...and somehow right into Rio's cage!!  I leave the lid a little off of Rio's cage so he gets enough ventialation.
so this morning, I find a quiet Leon sitting on top of Rio's wooden castle, and Rio running in his wheel.
Poor Leon, he had two tiny bloody patch near his nose, and another one on one of his foot. Rio got it worse, he has a scratch on his right cheek and one or two bitemarks on his left side. None of the wound seemed very fresh, the blood was dried on all of them. And none of them seemed too big, but still..
Both of them seem to be acting fine otherwise, eating and walking / running normally, both ate their "painkiller" raisin happily...
I feel so so horribly bad, I love them both so so so much, I can't believe I let them down again 
 I did not have a chance to clean any wounds or anything, but planning to check them out immediately when I got home at 6 pm.
Any idead what I can use to clean the wounds and what else I should do?
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| New Addition And Strange Noises |
| Posted by Pickles - 11-16-09 23:27 - 8 comments |
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Hello everyone,
I recently lost Lilly to a stomach infection and despite several visits to the vet and various treatments we couldn't save her 
So, on sunday my fiancee and I took a trip to the local rescue centre where we saw 3 very lovely syrian hamsters. The only thing about the hamsters is that they are twice the size of any other hamster that I had seen before. Anyway, I couldn't resist them and adopted one and brought her home yesterday. Her name is Wilber, I know it's a boys name but she looks like a Wilber.
When Wilber was rescued she was taken by the animal shelter along with her 2 sisters and six rats. Immediately they were checked by the vet and given the all clear. Although to me she looks very over weight (but i could be wrong) she is so big i have to hold her with two hands and she is in a rat's exercise ball.
Sorry for the long blub but my question is this: Whenever I hold her she makes some very strange noise like a popping sound, definitely not teeth chomping or anything like that. Does anyone know what this is? It is very strange. Wilber is a golden syrian and has black eyes also but the black lining around her eyes seems to have bobbled. I know she is over a year old so do you think the noises and bobbling is a result of that or something else.
She was seen by a vet yesterday to get the all clear so I didn't really want to take her again.
Any thoughts would be very much appreciated.
Pickles |
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| My Henry's A Messy Boy! |
| Posted by Ilovehoney - 11-16-09 16:46 - 4 comments |
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haha! my new hamster Henry is definitely a messy hamster than my girlie hammie Honey was. 
When I come down in the morning and look at his cage, on his platform of his cambridge cage, he poos and wees all over it during the night whilst he is out playing. And his wheel is all sticky with wee. I think he wees on his platform and still goes around in it! LOL ewww. I have to wash the platform and wheel.
Messy Boy!!!! He does wee and poo in a corner at the bottom of his cage but sometimes i think when he's on his platform he can't be bothered to go down to his wee corner LOL
so my Henry is a messy and lazy lil' boy! but I love him and he gets away with it really coz he's got such a cute face when he looks at me  
Do you have messy hamsters? and are all the boys more messy than the girlies? |
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