A little off topic I guess, since I just got gerbils, not hamsters. Oh well. Better an off topic message than no message at all! ;) The story: A co-worker's...
You are right, they're not hamsters but still they are cute. I have 5 males and 3 females and I love to see them running all about their cage and on the...
I just love hamsters. I have a Teddy Bear hamster, and I just added a pretty funny home-made movie clip to the Files section. He just loves to dance to...
I am looking at letting my son choose a Teddy Bear Hamster for his birthday. I was looking at getting the CritterTrail Three for it but I picked up a magazine...
I was also wondering if there was a rule of thumb as to how to guess how old they are. For example going to a pet store and them telling you that he/she is 4...
Hi and welcome to the group. Yes, Teddy Bear hamsters are syrians. I wouldn't put a Teddy Bear hammie in a CritterTrail. When I had a syrian hamster, I...
Ok so wire levels are ok you just really don't want the bottoms of the cage to have wire? I was concerned about their little hands and feet getting caught....
I have to add something. When you get a wheel, make sure that the wheel has criss-crossed wires on it....our hammy got his little foot infected by the plain...
IF you look at this link, this is a mesh wheel which is a lot easier on the little hammies feet: http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C% ...
Hi I have read a lot about raising Syrian Hamsters and have a few questions. I have read that the time to separate the babies from mom is at 21 days and then...
I bought some hamsters, a male and two females. One had Wet tail when I got it, I struggled with curing it and it died. It was a female. I got two more...
I am helping my dad harvest his cranberries right now and am wondering if anyone knows if it is OK to give cranberries to hamsters (and gerbils). I've seen...
hi Ive decided to get a hamster and would like to buy it a really, really big cage. Unfortunately Im not finding anything big enough in the stores. Im trying...
Wow, that's ginormous. I've never seen anything like that but you could adapt Finch cages that are about 30WX18WX15H inches by placing one on top of the other...
I looked in the cage and one of my females had babies. Surprise! At the time I counted seven of them. I put a wooden hamster thing in there for her to crawl...
Congrads on the babies. I love baby hamsters. It's so much fun to watch them grow. Tina rabbitsmcgates <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote: I looked in the cage...
Where are you from? Pets At Home in the UK do a range of fairly large hamster cages. I'm not sure they're quite as large as 4ft by 2ft but they can't be far...
Hi all! Just wanted to introduce my hammies and myself. I'm Pam from MA. I share my home with my hubby, 3 children, dog, 3 cats, 30+ gerbils and two long...
Pam, welcome to the group. It's a great group and the people here are very knowledgeable. I live in PA. I always wanted to go to MA. to visit. I have a long...
hi Since I'll just be getting one hamster (unless I find a type that get along in groups), I would like it to be something special. Is there somewhere that I...
Thanks to everyone who offered advice on where I could find a large hamster cage. Since I live in the US, I couldnt really turn to the UK for cages without...
Well I looked into the cage that I referred to in my last post and unfortunately it wont work for hamsters. Although the wire part has a tray bottom, the...