A Few Questions On Dwarf Hamsters

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I PMed you, Sarah. I wrote down some common questions asked about hamsters and answered them. If have have any further questions that aren't on the PM I sent you, please ask! I love talking pets I hope the questions & answers will help you, along with my reply I posted earlier. Good luck with your new additions

Also, I would check out these websites:
http://russiandwarfhamsters.tripod.com/
http://www.afrma.org/hamster.htm
http://www.petwebsite.com/hamsters.asp
http://www.hamsterworld.com/
http://www.tolland.k12.ct.us/tms/clu...er%20info.html
http://www.hamster-heaven.com/
http://exoticpets.about.com/od/hamsters/

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I hope Im not to late. Please read all of this it is all true. if you have any more questions feel free to ask

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Dwarf hamster on the other hand may live together. There are Four Breeds of Dwarfs. There are Russian Campbell Dwarfs, Winter White Dwarfs, Chinese Dwarfs, and Roborovskii Dwarfs.

Some tips for keeping multiple hamsters are:

Make sure you have a large setup for your new hamsters. If you don't have a large enough setup then your dwarfs could fight for space.

A large food dish. Most dwarfs love to be able to sit in their food dish. But if you have a food dish that can't hold a bunch of dwarfs then you could be asking for a fight. Food dish's that would allow all of the hamsters to sit in at the same time are best.

Sometimes one or more of the dwarfs will be greedy. So the other(s) might not get enough food and then get angry. So if you find your dwarfs are not getting the right amount of food the answer is not another food dish. Why? Because now Piggy gets twice as much food. I would suggest seperate feeding times. Feed one and then take the other out. Then switch turns. But usually having a large food dish can help this.

Wheels. Never get the wheels that are actually made for dwarfs. Some are to small in the first place and well all the dwarfs can't fit on it at once. A syrian sized wheel or bigger is your best bet. Or having more then one wheel.

Water Bottles. Sometimes dwarfs will fight over getting a drink. So then you need to get another water bottle.

Multiple beds. Dwarfs may not want to sleep together all the time. So it is important that you have more then one bed for them in their cage incase one is chased out of its bed.

Gender. It is important that you have dwarfs of the same sex. Breeding is alot of hard work and takes a long time to learn. So make sure you either have all girls or all boys.

If fighting occurs and there is blood you must seperate them immeaditly. This means you must have extra cages ready incase of a fight.

Good luck.


Dwarf CAN NOT Have
Corn of any kind
Peas
Carrots
Fruits
Any store bought treats
Molasses
Sugar

And if any of these ingrediants are in treats/foods then they are unsafe aswell.

Dwarf CAN have
Anything a Syrian can have other then what is listed above.

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[Miss Z]

I used to have dwarf Roborovski hamsters, the tiniest hamsters you can get. They are generally very sweet and mine were tamed easily, but they are much quicker than their syrian cousins and take your eye off them for a minute and they're gone. Also, get them from a reputable breeder who you know is experienced. I got mine from a garden centre, and the people there knew next to nothing. At a young age, it's a little difficult to tell sexes apart, and I bought what I was told were 2 boys, a few weeks later and I had 8 hamsters Also, they MUST have a tank cage. They can squeeze through the bars of a normal cage with ease. If the cage you have is a bar-cage, do not put dwarves in it. Russian dwarves may be OK, I would check that at wherever you get them, but certainly not robs or Chinese hamsters. If this is your first hammy, I would recommend a syrian, but it is your choice. Good luck in whatever you decide.

[Christmas_Hamster]

Roborovkiis are very small. But Russian campbells are much bigger then them

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I went with her to get the hammies and I think the ones she got were Fancy Dwarfs. Half the stuff you typed I didn't know, and I'm sure Sarah didn't either

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Fancey dwarfs? No such breed just a nickname. Can you get pics?