its hammie time!!!!

[tikeyas_mom]

Originally posted by bckrazy
Butters is one of my favorite South Park kids too! he does remind me of Butters, he looks really sweet!!

this is a horrible story, but when I was 10 years old, me and my sister got two dwarf hamsters for christmas. My Dad got them from the pet store.. and a week after we got them, the larger hamster (mine, RainbowBrite) killed/ate the small hammy (my sisters, Cookie)! they were very well fed, drinking, had a very large cage with those fun tubs to play in they even had a big exercise ball.. the larger hamster also acted very strangely and he would bite everyone, so my Dad took him back to the pet store . that was the last time I had hamsters, kind of traumatizing. I felt SO bad for the poor little hammies and always wondered why RainbowBrite was driven to kill Nibbles?

are you sure that rainbowbrite was a dwarf hamster? syrian hamsters are solitary animals and will fight to the death when sexually mature. Syrain hamsters will kill other hammies as well over territory, like dwarfs or chinesse hamsters. syrian hamsters are alot larger then dwarf hamsters up to 3' or more when adults!... while dwarfs are tiny little buggers only staying at around 2' or less as adults.

[tikeyas_mom]

Originally posted by Logan
Is it true that dwarfs are the only breed of hamsters that will live together peacefully? (usually, I guess, but not in your case, bckrazy ) I've never had a dwarf hamster before. Aren't they supposed to live longer too?

sometimes dwarf hamsters can live together, but not always. they can be finicky about their territory. Syrian hamster cannot live together under any cercomstances...

the average live span of a syrian hamster is 2-4 years depending... i had one live for 5 years before!! but then i also only had one live for just over a year as well..

A Russian Hamster can live up to 2 years. The average life span is 18 months.. also an average.


the average campbell dwarf hamster can live to be about 2 years depending.. this is also just an average....

chinese hamsters can live to 2.5-3 years average..

[bckrazy]

Originally posted by tikeyas_mom
are you sure that rainbowbrite was a dwarf hamster? syrian hamsters are solitary animals and will fight to the death when sexually mature. Syrain hamsters will kill other hammies as well over territory, like dwarfs or chinesse hamsters. syrian hamsters are alot larger then dwarf hamsters up to 3' or more when adults!... while dwarfs are tiny little buggers only staying at around 2' or less as adults.

that is horrible! I've never heard of hamsters that fought to the death?.. they could've been syrians, we did get them from a pet store after all.. actually, I was talking to my sister about it yesterday and she said they were actually teddy bear hamsters, she thinks

[wolfsoul]

Originally posted by bckrazy
actually, I was talking to my sister about it yesterday and she said they were actually teddy bear hamsters, she thinks

Teddy bear is just a fancy name for a longhaired Syrian hamster. If they had long hair, I imagine they would have been Syrians...I don't think you can get longhaired dwarf hammies?

[bckrazy]

Originally posted by wolfsoul
Teddy bear is just a fancy name for a longhaired Syrian hamster. If they had long hair, I imagine they would have been Syrians...I don't think you can get longhaired dwarf hammies?

yeah, they must've been Syrian hamsters... I cant believe the pet shop would sell us two males knowing that they'd be housed together

[tikeyas_mom]

most petstore employees dont know that syrians cannot be housed together. i work at a petstore and before i came they used to sell syrian hamsters in pairs to many people... now i have taught alot of the employees that they are strictly solitary animals and they will fight to the death when sexually mature....

teddy bear hamsters, panda bear hamstera, black bear hamsters, regual hamsters are all the syrian breed of hamster . they were givin fancy names to make more money....

[DejaVu]

Yay! Some peeople that are actually hamster smart. Kudos.

Another sad fact.. most (campbells) dwarf hamsters in pet stores are diabetic. They need diet changes, should not be fed fruit etc, but the employees don't seem to take notice. Before breeding campbells, people need to get urine test strips and see if their campbells are diabetic. If they are, they should not be bred, as it is genetic.

[tikeyas_mom]

Originally posted by DejaVu
Yay! Some peeople that are actually hamster smart. Kudos.

Another sad fact.. most (campbells) dwarf hamsters in pet stores are diabetic. They need diet changes, should not be fed fruit etc, but the employees don't seem to take notice. Before breeding campbells, people need to get urine test strips and see if their campbells are diabetic. If they are, they should not be bred, as it is genetic.

that is very true!!! although i dont see what it has to do with the post?? lol

[DejaVu]

Well, we were talking about how pet store employees know noting, So I figured I'd include that bit of it.

[EssTer]

Aww.. Those are really great photos everyone

[luvofallhorses]

what cuties I used to have hamsters I might again someday!