What are your questions? I will try to help as much as possible. ~Sue AKA purecat ... From: Lucille E To: HoneyHams@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 01,...
... I'm sorry about that. I've just been preoccupied with other projects and haven't been keeping up with my ham-mail. No question is too basic if it helps...
How basic as other than taking her out and letting her round around in her playpen, or in between my legs while my feet are next to the wall and she runs...
They say to handle them 20 minutes a day to keep them tame. If she doesnt bite then hold her and pet her as much as possible. If she lets you reach in her...
When I have my "kids" out (one at a time, of course), I let them crawl all over me, inside and out of my clothes. They like to sniff where the others crawled...
I try to get Miles out of his "apartment" at least once a day for some play time. I usually just hold him and let him climb on me or on the bed, couch, or...
Thanks to everyone for replying to my inquiry.Skeeter gets about 10 minutes twice a day out of her cage. So I guess that is OK for now. And thanks for the tip...
Help!!! Where is the link for the pics??? Krisz In a message dated 1/2/2005 9:41:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Huh??? There is no left here. Are you talking about the group on Yahoo itself? If so, I have never been there, always respond directly to the e-mailed ...
... Now I understand your question very well, and in fact a few months ago I contributed to a hamster book on this subject. The honest to goodness truth is...
If you scruff the hammy with enough of the skin (you need to take a LOT of it) then the mouth just naturally opens and bares the teeth. I've never had to do...
I heard scruffing them too hard could cause their eyes to prolapse? ~Sue AKA purecat ... From: Barb To: HoneyHams@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 03,...
I would be really careful about scruffing hamsters. I've seen the results that can occur if you do it too roughly. It can prolapse the eyes. I rescued a...
I have always scruffed my hamsters for nail-trimming purposes but I completely agree with your comment that it must be done very carefully and so that the...
Hi John, Yes, when you scruff an adult the weight of the hamster will make the eyes bulge but that is precisely why you want to scruff and support at the same...
OMG, THAT IS GRUESOME!!!! Who could do a horrible thing like that?! Leaving the poor little guy in that condition. Couldn't a vet have rectified the situation,...
By looking at the photographs, I do believe that Skeeter is a dwarf. I have always had dwarfs, though, and haven't had any experience with syrians (but there...
Wow! Thanks for all the suggestions! By the way, Skeeter is a winter white dwarf, although she is "chubby" compared to my poor sick little Maggie who was a...
Sarah and Miles - I had a gray dwarf hamster named Mauzy that was the sweetest and gentlest dwarf hamster I've ever seen. Never a mean bone in his bone, so...
Hello everyone- On Monday of last week we went to a small in-home rescue and adopted my two dwarf hamsters. Their names are Robert (also known as Bob and ...
Shyla-Thanks for posting the pictures of all your cute hammies! Is that a plastic storage bin they are in? What is that shredded bedding? And what was in the...
Hi everyone, My husband and I each have a Dwarf Hamster, both female. Serbie is a Syrian, and Zip is a Campbell's - they are both so adorable! We also have 2...
Shyla, Your little ones are so sweet and they really have beautiful faces. Thank you for sharing! What color is Bob? I'm having a hard time trying to figure...
Hello Bon, and welcome to HoneyHams. I am, by far, not anything of an expert but unfortunately had hands- on experience with a diabetic hamster. The symptoms...
Welcome! And Thanks for checking out the group. I can tell you are a caring ham-owner! I just wanted to add that even if you can't get the strips right away,...
I'm not exactly sure what colors... I'm not very good with that. Bob is mainly that light grey color, except for his white tail and that campbells stripe down...
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