Some hamster stuff ;)

**tikeyas_mom** · 04-17-2003, 03:30 PM

any one who owns or wants hamster will want to know this stuff..

I saw YellowLabLovers post about rats and I learned alot about them, Hamsters are alot like rats..

*Hamster sweat through there paws.

*Hamsters have 4 toes in the front and 5 in the back.

*Syrian hamsters are solitary, and Dwarfs are not.

*Hamsters can come in many colors, such as bannded, golden, tri and sable.

*Hamsters have a 16 day gestation period.

*Female hamsters go into heat once every four days.

*Hamsters can swim but shouldent get wet.

*Hamsters favoret treats are, yorgurt drops and bread soaked in milk.

*Hamster babies are called pups, *rat babies are called Kittens*

* Hamsters cannot eat chocolate it can kill them.

* Hamster have poor vision hamsters with red eyes have worse.

* Hamster see in black and white

* Hamsters are omnivores, but they don't have canine teeth, they can eat bits of chicken and beef, even egg. WELL COOKED!

* Hamsters can't vomit it is impossible.

* Hamsters can catch colds from humans.

* Hamsters have a belly button but they are more visible as pups.

BAD BEDDING!!!!

^Cedar, Pine, Corn Cob^

GOOD BEDDING!!!!

^Care Fresh, Aspen, paper based.^

* Male syrian hamsters DONOT help the mother with pups, the mother will kill the male syrian and eat all her pups.

* hamsters may eat their own pups, if needed.

* It is rare if a Syrian hamster lives longer than 3 years

*It is rare if a dwarf hamster lives longer then 2 years.

* Males are called "bucks"

* Females are called "does"

* Hamsters are nocturnal. If woken during the day it may result in a swift bite drawing blood.

* Hamsters show sertin signs when scared, such as lay on back and squeeling, along with biting, and peeing.

Syrian hamsters include breeds such as: Common hamster, Golden, bannded, Teddy bear, black bear, fancy, and panda bears.

Dwarf hamsters include: Campbells and roborovskis.

Campbell dwarfs have a high chance of getting diabetes.

Syrian hamsters have a high chance of getting wet tail. resulting in death is not treated asap by a vet.

SEXING!

sexing syrian hamster:

Female syrian:

Male syrian:

Female dwarf *winter white*:

Male dwarf *winter white*:

Skeleton of a hamster:

*Citrus can harm hamster very badly, causing bad indigestion and even causing death.

*Hamsters need their teeth trimmed rarely. a good solid unflavored dog biscuit or wood chew would do the trick just fine

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*Hamsters are very fun pets they need about 1 hour a day out of their cage to interact with their human.

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*DID YOU KNOW* that 1 hamster can run up to 8 miles pre night on a hamster wheel?

I hope you liked my hamster version of facts.

**koxka** · 04-18-2003, 02:39 AM

Very interesting facts, some I knew, some not. Like the Syrian ones were solitaire. But I have to disagree in the three years spam live, that's is in a natural environement as pet the can live up to 6 years if well cared. that what my first Hamster , a syrian one , did. He, called Totó, got a healthy -spoiled life ultill the age of 5 yrs. and 9 monts.
He certainly enjoyed eating yogurt, with stramberrys please! And he went nuts for apple's seeds and carnation's petals.

My last one , a syberian dwarf , called Shin-Xan went to the RB last week , after she got an abcess. We took her to the vet and got antibiotic shots and her abcees cleaned every day for one week at the vet clinic and then one more week at home, the vet teach us how to, we didn't want to stress her going back and forth .
As there was any improvement and getting tiny and the vet said there was many changes she developped a bad tumor , we, the vet, my partner and myself, decided to put her sleep.I hadn''t the heart to put her through more. She was one year and a half more or less, don't know how old she was when we get her. She was quite a caracther

I miss my Shin-Xan