Bestest Comments: Hamsters

Hello, If your hamster is lost try putting the cage on the ground and checking it at night. My hamster was lost for one week; we tried this and it actually worked!

I bought a hamster for my daughter 6 days ago. Today she gave birth to 3 babies! She has thrown one out of the nest. I phoned the pet shop and they told me to keep them for 3 weeks and they will take them . Should they sell pregnant hamsters and not tell the customer they are pregnant??

Recently i realised that my dwarf hamster has a cut near its neck and its losing hair around its neck.im afriad something would happen to him?Any advice please?

Hi, my name is u2 and I live in the philippines. I have 5 teddy bear hamsters and 1 siberian hamster. I want my female teddy bear hamster mated by the male siberian but the female teddy bear hamster doesn't want to, can u help me?

I think this page is really cool. I just got an dwarf hamster half an hour ago.She bites me a lot but she is so cute. Your page on dwarf hamsters is amazing and I'm just a 9 year old. Maybe you should make a kids corner for new younger pet owners. I also was wondering what their favorite treat is, because I have to buy one. Anyway your websight is fanaminal. And having all animals is a good idea because not everyone has a hamster. Thanks for your time!

I have had my hamster for 7 months. I still remember the day I got him when he chewed his cardboard box and ran off down the street. I cannot tame him. I have tried everything like scoop him up in a cup and place a sunflower seed on your hand and let him walk on it, but it will not work. Also he has chewed 2 cages down to the core and he has lots of toys and he never drinks. He is a syrian hamster. Also, his cage always stinks. I always clean him out. I change his food every day but I still find that hard because he will bite me. My mom says I will have no choice to sell him if I can not tame him please help me!

i have had a hamster for 7 months i can not tame him i have tried everything like leave him alone and then pick him up but i am soooo scared of him he bites every one he has always been nasty we have brought 2 cages but he has chewed them all please help me!!!!!!!!

Hi there just got a baby black bear hamster today for my daughter. He is very sweet but he squeals a lot! Is he afraid? Obviously moving to a new home is stressful for it. How do we tame it so we can handle it a lot?

My hamster has a red a and it was black before. My hamster is old but has had 6 babbies. His name is mojo, hope you have an answer.

Hey, I bought a campbell's russian dwarf hamster named Dolce (Doll-chey) 10 days ago and noticed that the whole 3rd level of her cage was completly soaked after about 5 days, and that the whole right side of the main floor was too. and I was wondering if somebody knew of a certain reason why that would be? thanks

I am going to buy two baby golden hamsters at petland and it will be my first time. I have some questions, how expensive are they to keep and what recommendations do you have on some good products? Here's the names for them; kagura is the male's and sakura is the female's. Please Email me what you think I should do. From, Katelin

Hey, I'm kinda worried about my hamster. Her name is Sammy. She is a girl. Anyways she has this little black spot on her stomach. Some of the websites say it is scent glands and some say it has something to do with hair loss and i should go see the vet. I dont know what to do. So anyone who knows alot about hamsters and has any idea what this is then please comment back before this thing on her stomach gets out of control! so please comment back!:D

Dear, animal-world. I am thinking about buying my first ever baby golden hamster. But I'm worried about money for food, cage, treats, milk and other things. And I don't know how much milk and when to feed it milk. And I need some advice about how to bathe it and about if its teeth or claws get too long. please help!

Question: if i have a panda hamster: named Raider, are they known to bite their fur? or can it be something else?

Hello, I have had and bred hamsters all my life, and I have never seen this! I bred my adorable sweet and gentle black and white banded male, Julien, (Devastated when he died shortly after the pups were born.) with my equally sweet peach and white banded female, Mabel. Eight were born, and three are peach and white banded like mom, but the 5 others are brown and white banded. I'm ecstatic that they are brown, because I love the color, but I'm also a little disappointed that they don't look like their daddy, because I miss him so. Will they turn to black as they grow? I am giving some of the babies to new homes, and if you are close to Snohomish Wa 98296, are welcome to take one or two. (Must be same sex if two) They are adorable and gentle. No biters, except mom, lol she's a little sensitive right now obviously. :)

I just found this site and it's great!! We've been small animal lovers for four years, having a beautiful golden teddybear named Harry (after Harry Potter and because he was so hairy!), a darker brown syrian named Shannon (because she looked like my then 12 yr old daughter's best friend), and an albino rat named Pinky (my baby girl). They lived with us for three years each before they passed over the Rainbow Bridge, Pinky almost made it four! Now we have an adorble and sweet syrian named Godzilla(after a book my youngest daughter read about a hamster, "Godzilla ate my homework" highly reccommend it) and we had what we now call Mommy, otherwise known as White Paper, my 5 yr old's baby. She's a Russian dwarf albino. She had 7 babies, we didn't know she was pregnant when we got her...and we certainly had to keep the 6 that survived. So now Tookie, my now 6 yr old son, has White Paper, Naruto and Jimmie Johnson, My 8 yr old son has Jeff Gordon and Sasuke, my 10 yr old daughter has Meanie and cotton ball... the two girl babies. Just today we discovered Naruto is a girl! So now we have five new little pink jelly beans waiting to be named! We also have two anoles, american chamelions, Yukio and Minabi, those are my 16 yr old daughters's, and my husband and I have 3 cockatiels between us, Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, his, a natural color or grey, and two beautiful pearl, or yellow girls named Tweety and Sour Puss(because of their lemon cream pie colors and dispositions)mine. Thanks for a great site to remind me what to do as it's been a year since we had babies! Wish us luck coming up with names for our 5 new albino Russian Dwarfs! (I'm sure one will be Dale Earnhardt Jr!) :-D

My hamster is a winter white hamster and she is loosing hair but soft skin. We don't know what to do? I'm concerned.

Hey, I just bought a Syrian hamster yesterday and I still don't know what name I should give her. Any ideas? Can anybody give me some tips in how to tame her? I find it quite hard because she doesn't want anybody to touch her. Should I feed her sunflower seeds or the regular hamster food? I really need some help...

I would like to get one of your baby hamsters. We are looking for a family pet, but are afraid to get a hamster that bites. Where do you live?

Hi, my hamster is so cute. She is 1 in november and she doesn't bite anyone, she is funny. I want my mum to let me breed her but she won't. How can I convince her?

Hi guys. I have a Winter Gold hamster and it's about 4 months old and he is very very fat, any ideas for me to make it fit?

We just bought a Russian Dwarf Hamster as a pet on Thursday. Her name is Abercrombie. My daughter was a little disappointed because the hamster was a little nippy. We told her that once she got used to her new enviroment she would be better. My daughter just returned home from her first day at camp and went in her room to check on Abercrombie and she started screaming that Abercrombie had babies. We quickly checked and my son said he counted five. We really didn't want to disturb mommy and her new little pups so we covered up the top of the cage so it was protected from the central air. Wonderful!!! We visited this site to educate ourselves on raising Russian dwarf hamsters.

Hey, I just got a russian dwarf hamster(named Squirt) like two weeks ago! Then my little bro got one (named Pipsquiek) and hen my friend got one(named Lily)! They were all siblings and were very young! e didn't know what gender it was but the lady at the store told us they were too young to be pregnant. As it turns out, 3 days ago my hamster had two babies! Then this morning my friend called and said she could see one baby with her hamster! Im trying to convince another one of my friends mom to let her have one of the babies! We named the two babies Freddy and Lulu! They're so cute and I can't wait until I can hold them! This site is helping me care for my lil babies! Thank you so much!

In the "coolest comments" section, the person says that it is normal for a hamster to chew on their bars. Yes, it is common, but it is not a good sign! It means the hamster is bored! They can easily damage their teeth chewing on the bars. Give you hamster more excercise, more space, more (healthy!) things to chew on and it won't be gnawing on the bars.

I learned new things that I had not known before on this website. I used to have a honey bear hamster that died a month after I got it from PetSmart. The vet said that I did nothing wrong. I now have Panda Bear hamster from there that is biting and I have read the information on this site and I don't know why it is still biting after I tried the tips. This is very good website though.

This site is really cool and helped me out a lot. I accidentally bought, not one but two, pregnant russian dwarf hamsters. This site taught me how to care for them properly.

I am getting a hamster for my birthday and want to be prepared. So I've been looking at several hamster sites, but my favorite one is animal world.

Thank you for your help, I've just gotten a russian dwarf hamster 2 days ago. When I go to feed him he jumps and tries to bite me. He's bitten me 7 times in two days. Now I see I've been doing a lot of thing incorrectly. I rush to pick him up, I disturb his nest, I use a loud voice, I've messed with him so many times in 2 days, and I've squeezed him (oops!). I just hope he'll get better and so will I. But if he doesn't stop biting me with in a few weeks, he's going back to petsmart and I'll try a new friend. His name is pepper. He is brown, gray, and white AND VERY MEAN (maybe somewhat my fault) I hope he'll still adapt. Thank you VERY much!

Oh my gosh! How cute are those hamsters? VERY! My friend and I are going to get hamsters together. We just wanted to search up some things to find out more about hamsters. This website told us SO much more than other sites. Thanks animal-world.com.

Hi I have 2 Russian Dwarf hammies and I believe they are both males. I've had them for 2 months now and except for an occassional spat they seem to put up with each other very well. (They usually get up at different times so this might help). When they fight it is because one is trying to steal the other ones food when he drops the crumbs. lol I have hand trained them by giving them a sunflower seed everytime I pick them up so now all I have to do is go near the cage and they start climbing the sides of the cage trying to get to me. They make a purring sound when I hold them and pet them.

This website is very good. It taught me a lot about my russian dwarf hamster.

Shannon -- the only female hamster I ever had squealed a lot. Squealing is a sign of fear in hamsters. My advice to new hamster owners is not to bother your hamster once you first take it home for a few days and put him or her in the cage. Let them adjust before you start handling them. They have no idea where they are or what that big thing is that keeps coming towards them (your hand)! Amrit -- It is normal for hamsters to chew on their bars. My first hamster made it into a hobby and nearly chewed all of the paint off the bars of his cage. There are several things you can try, like rubbing pickle juice on the bars (they usually don't like the taste) or finding alternate things for your hamster to chew on. Kukkiii might not like chew sticks, but he/she might like to chew on toilet paper rolls or blocks of wood. Also, anyone looking to buy a hamster, in my opinion, if you want a more docile pet, try choosing a male. Be sure to clean your hamster's cage at least once a week! Never keep any hamsters in a cage together unless they are dwarf hamsters and have been together since birth. Even then, beware of fights.

This web site is very informative. In fact, I did not know about the animal "HAMSTER". Moreover, in our Society we usually keep some common animals as pets such as Cat, Dog, and Goat; and some kinds of birds such as pigeon, sparrows, etc. A couple of days ago I came to know that my nephews, living in Canada, got a pet Hamster. Since I was unaware of this animal, I went through this website and found complete details of this animal. Thank you so much for enhancing the knowledge of people living around the globe about animals.

I have 3 dwarf hamsters, I have 2 Girls and one boy. They are so cute. They have bitten once or twice, but we still love them vey much. This website has helped me out a lot. thanks!

Hello there, my name is Denise and I have 23 Hamsters; 7 babies, 12 golden 'n' dwarf mix hamsters, 4 dwarf hamsters, and t new teddy bear hamsters. Great pets if you don't have a big house. They are awesome with my little girl and other pets like a zebra finch. They love to play and run all over my room. I have made a playground for my hamsters. It has wheels, food and water dishes, toys, chew toys, a little sand box, hay and much more. They love to go out on their ball and they will come if I call they're names, that's sweet huh? Thanks too this site for all the info and care tips...

my names zach. i have 2 hamsters. ones a black teddy bear hamster, shes so cute and her names daisy. also she has like a white flame looking thing under her tummy. i also have another hamster named diamond. i dont quite know what type she is but shes cute too. a week ago both of them had babies. daisy has about 13-14 and diamond has 7-8. jeez its going to be alot of work, but ill probably sell them and keep 1 or 2, maybe 3-4. kinda hard letting them go, but the animal-world site helped through some things. thanxxx =)

Hi, i have 2 cute teddy bear hamsters named Muffin and Pancake. Muffin is sweet and nice and loveable, but Pancake is mean. Pancake bites me alot. Oh Well. Anyway, if your looking for a small cut pet i suggest a hamster. A Teddy bear hamster! When they are adults, they are so furry! If you get a hamster you need to take good care of it. You need to feed it, water it, bathe it, make sure it has something to chew on, and clean it's cage. When you bathe a hamster you need to use Johnson's baby shampoo, and bathe them in a sink. Make sure the water is warm not to hot/ not to cold. Don't make the water deep! Remember that they have trouble swimming!

Hi there! I'm Holly. If you are thinking of getting a hamster you have chosen the perfect pet! These animals are sweet, loving, and adorable! About a year and 1/2 ago i got a BLACK BEAR hamster. She was so sweet (I named her tootsie). Although she died a couple of days ago (they live a short time) she was one of the best hamsters I have had! I think that all kinds of hamsters should be great!(as long as they dont bite alot). Anyway just to let you know, when you get a hamster you take on ALOT of responsibility! You have to feed, water, and excercise it. Also every or everyother weekend you have to clean it's cage. Oh and dont get worried if they sleep alot during the winter its probably kind of cold and they're just keepin' warm! Thanks!! (by the way I think this is a great site to get info. on!)

On Jan 15th,2007 my normal agouti campbell dwarf female gave birth to 4 babies. I bred her with an opal dwarf male with a very sweet nature. They were my first try at breeding and are now 3 weeks old and about to be weaned and separated from mom as they are bugging her to death. They are so sweet and love to be handled and go in their playpen with mom and all their toys. 2 of them are normal, 1 is an opal and 1 is a red eyed argente, her coat is ginger colored and she's so sweet. I named her scarlett because of the red eyes and intend on keeping her. From info found on line, twice a day I put a small glass ashtray with a piece of bread and warm milk which they just loved, also some hamster food and each a small piece of cheese and apple pieces. They thrived on this diet and are growing fast. Hope this helps anyone trying breeding for the first time, it's great fun and I love them all and have homes waiting for them. Scarlett already knows her name and my voice.

hi animal world!!! ive found your website has been a great help. im almost definitely getting a hammy, a syrian hamster, because my cousin has one and its so cute! she's called amber and has cinnamon and white stripes. she is really cheeky and has escaped lots of times. my uncle even had to destroy the sofa (he cut it in half) 2 get amber out!!! ): when we get our hamster we'll probably buy it for Christmas, mum says i have to buy the cage. dad says we should get one on ebay, and ive got the perfect one. its in the shape of a house, it has 3 roofs and has different platforms with tubes and tunnels leading to each one. i think it has an excersize wheel, but if it doesn't then i will be sure to buy one straight away. thanks again for your help, i'll read your website agen when i get my hammy, BYE

hi, and thanks to your website i learned a lot. i have a fat hamster and she's about a 1 year old, and she's been acting strange nowadays, but now i got the answer to solve the question thanks to you

hi! i have a baby dwarf hamster who is about 2 inches, almost. i feed him some fruits, and my friend told me about this site. it is interesting and exciting to learrn about these tiny creatures. well talk soon bye!

Hey, my name is Max, and I own 2 hamsters now. I have a light brown teddy named Virgil, and a little Russian Dwarf named Lilly. Virgil is a VERY smart,VERY sweet, and VERY spoiled lil guy. I've had him since my girlfriend got him for me on Valentines Day. He practically goes everywhere with me. He even sits and watches me type my movie scripts, or play video games, but now he enjoys sitting and watching Little Lilly play. I got Lilly on June 28th. She's a little scared right now, and I was looking for ways to get her to get used to me, and I found this page to be VERY useful. I've been trying out some techniques, and find them to be working beautifully. Me and Virgil thank this site for helping us tame Little Lilly, the newest member of our little family.

Heya my name is Kel I have a chocolate brown and Sugar white female syrian hamster called Phoebe Sugar-Ann. She is 1 year and 4 months old. I have had her for just over a year now but she's always escaping! She is quite a challenge as she can open her cage door, Open the lid to her ball, open her play pen lid with her teeth and climb the stairs!!! her favourite hiding place is under the dishwasher, which is very annoying. She's the cleverist hamster i know! Anyway i just wanted to say thanks as i found your page extremly useful and i am using the information on it to do a presentation on hamsters at school, but it will help me with mine too! Thanks again xxx kel xxx MWAH!

Hi! I have a teddy bear hamster. I love him. Since he is a teddy bear hamster, I decided to call him Teddy. I almost called him Hiper because we got him at Petco in a small box and he was very hiper. But I love how he has a habit of being fit. He's really fast. This website has helped!

Hi! This website has been very helpful! I've recently aquired a young golden hamster. Hes been doing great. I call him pokie from the comic garfield because hes just as cute as that teddy bear!

Hi my name is Brittney. i have 1 teddy bear hamster. His name is Muffin. He is a nice, smart, gentle hamster. He is very well trained and very healthy. This guide helped me because now i know what to do when my hamster gets sick.

im Glenn. ive had 2 hamsters, a short haired golden beigey gold hamster named munch, it died about a year ago. i fell in love with hamsters and got a teddy bear hamster named abe. i got both names from a video game (oddworld munch's oddesy) . Anyway abe was very afraid of other hamsters or people touching his things like trying to get him out of his cage. But this site helped me realize why and also every once in a while it would make very loud hissing nouses and freak out on her back, then i realized it was in heat. thanks.

hi my name is Julia and i am hoping to get a cute hamster soon. this site has really helped me get prepared! thank you so much! ~Julia

hi, this is Karen Keller I love the way you explain every thing so great. I am going to bye a female hamster at Susan's World of Pets, in Lewisburg

I needed some information about hamsters so i went on this website. Not only did i get some excellent info but i got praise fom my teacher for doing so well. I just want to praise the people who made this excellent website. Once again thankyou

its me Brock again. i pasted a comment about my hamster reene yesterday. well guess what, today i got 2 guinea pigs. they came from the same litter and their names are Fern and Buttercup. i love my pets more than people. your web is awesome. i also have 1 dog and i am 12 years of age. Brock

my hamster Renne opened his cage one night he was gone for 3 days. i found him in the ceiling. he got his name because the first day i had him he got loose, so we call him renee renagade "Brock"

This site has answered many questions for me. I have a Dwarf Hamster Binky and am considering getting a pair of Black Bear or Panda's at a later time. I'd like to raise at least one litter just for the wonderful experience. There are several pet stores in the area so getting homes for the puppies shouldn't be a problem. Thanks for being here! I'll be back to read more from time to time.

I love my baby Syrian Hammies. i have three, two week old babies (no longer with their mom). They are the so sweet, i love them! They are so fast on their wheel. to be so small they are sure fast runners. my Hammies name are Kirby, Care Bear and Honey. lol, sorry i should have said that in the first place. Oh well good bye for now, and thanks a lot! I love this website.

Teddybear hamsters are so cute! My ham david loves this site too!

We just went and bought 2 Hamsters today. This is the first time we've ever had them. We have 2 kids and they are getting a kick out of them. We are going to be real happy with them! They are quite amusing. I want to thank Animal World for the information since this is our first time. It has been real helpful. I'm sure we'll continue to be Hamster lovers!

i want a long haired hamster. i will name the girl athena or the boy zeus. i have a cage setup and everything. this site really help me figure out what to feed them and everything i need to do to keep helping them, so thanks really..!!

I thank you for all the information that i got off your site. i found it very useful and solved some problems that i had with my hamster.

I want to get a dwarf hamster, and your site gave me important information. Thank you very much!

I am an owner of hamsters. I own 23 and babies on the way. The things you told me were things i needed to know that the pet store never said. I want to thank you. Your site was very helpful. AshDawn

Hi, my name is Kimberly and i just got a male teddy bear hamster a few days ago. His name is Nestle. This my first hamster,and his coloring is blond ,and white. he is so cute. he is only 3 months old and believe me he sure acts like a baby! I found this site so helpful, now i know what to look for when my hamster is sick! thanks again, Kimberly 2005-7-15

Animal-world is all around awsome! It gives you all the information you need.

i think that this is the BEST website here and i tried it and it really WORKED thanks a LOT

hi my name is victoria. yesterday i finally got a hamster after begging for one after like 3 years! I named my hamster babiie. my hamster is very small and very cute and will always be a babiie to me plus, whenever i talk to it i call it babiie or babz. I came on your website beacuse I wanted to know why my hamster wont let me touch it! When we first brought it home my mom took it out it went crazy n fell on the floor but luckily it has no damage. I think that might be half the reason its not very trustful with humans now. But hes only a few weeks old and whenever I pet her or try to pick her up she turns her head quickly which makes me think she's going to bite me so i pull my hand away fast. But now im getting the hang of it and when she does that i just slowly pull my hand away from her. I think shes starting to have trust in me because she doesnt seem so tense anymore. She loves to run around her cage and climb up the bars and go on the top of her wheel. Shes very entertaining to watch and shes also very clumsy! She loves to run in her wheel and thinks shes the greatest thing in the world! Im dying to hold her but I cant until shes used to me!! And the strangest part is my chu wa wa dog that hates every other animal in the world, loves babiie! He'll watch her and keep a close eye on her and we even have pictures of them together! I used to have a rabbit and even then I wasnt as excited as a hamster. Im excited to hold her and cant wait! Ill keep you posted! thanx for your information on your site.. i think the part about handling the hamster will help me out alot! thanks! ur site rockz! xoxo

we just purchased 2 teddy bear hamsters for our kids, ed and eddy. this was a great site to learn about hamsters.

hey im lisa. im getting a golden hamster. this site helped me so much now i know exactly what to do. thanks!

hey im ellie and our 7th grade science class is doing a project om hamsters and this site REALLY helped. so THANKS!!

i have a wonderful russian dwarf hamster! It is well-mannered, active and an all around great hamster. If your think about getting one, try this one out for size. Our little buddies name is fleapit (named by my kids) and is great family pet! She has NEVER bitten us once, even with all the handling with young kids. We refer to this site for all the care and feeding needs and questions for the proper maintaining of our furry friend. Thanks for having a great site!

This Is the best website ever!! It has helped me out alot with my pets. Thanks!

i really learned a bunch of stuff about hamsters that i did not find in books or other sites. thank you.

i have a winter white russian dwarf hamster and a blonde panda bear hamster. he actually does not have blonde fur but black(i guess its just a joke). this site is great for hamster lovers! THANKS SO MUCH

Hi, My name is Brea. I bought my daughter a teddybear hamster for being good at school.(something that is very hard for her to do). Stinky has made such an impact on all of our lives. My husband carries him all over town in his shirt pocket. (while he does this stinkys name is Pocket Mouse.I never knew how much joy a little rodent could bring into our lives( as well as keep my daughter out of trouble at school.) I threaten to take away Stinky if she isnt good. By the way my daughter is 7 years old and this is her first pet. Thank you for this sight. You are doing a wonderful thing. Keep it up.

I just love them! Im thanking this site for helping me know how to breed!

You gave an answer to a problem that might have gotten bad if we hadnt treated it right. Thank you SO MUCH!

Your site is very nice, compliment!

Hello my name it Hannah. I am going to get a golden hamster for my birthday and I cant wait. I used to have a dwarf hamster but it died last year (2004)...i think it got bit by a spider because it was fine at night and the other day before it died...i made a little grave for it and I hope it is happy where ever it is now. I cant wait though because I love hamsters the are so so so cute lol, I also enjoy reading about everyone elses pets! :)

haya, i found a new pet shop the other day and my boyfriend left me alone for 3 hours...well, what was i supposed to do? i got 3 winter white russian dwarfs, 2 females (wiggy and bed head)and a male (mow-hoc)...i only wanted 2 maximum and next thing ive arranged to breed them for the shop, tee hee! my boyfriend wasnt impressed seeing as we had no transport other than bikes to get home in...errr, i had to leave my bike and get the bus (",). he wishes i was more sensible, haha, i just love cuddely animals! 5 months ago i saw a cute doggy litter...5 months ago i came home with doggy (bubbles) and persuaded my mate who lives with me to get 1 too (rocky), hehe. my boyf werent happy then either. but the happy ending is he loves them all and is glad i got them...awwww!weeeeeeee!!

Hi my names Jasmine! i think your sites brilliant and it really helped me to look after my hamster. I have an albino hamster called snowey. she is my second eva hamster! i think hamsters are so cute and they are my fav animals. from jasmine age 13

This is the greatest animal sight Ive ever seen!

Hi, My name is Lori and I have a teddy bear hamster named Go-Go. He is very cute. I have had him for over a year now. He is doing very well. Not a sick day in his life! He has had a cold, though. Runny nose and having a hard time breathing. I found this out that he was having a hard time breathing because he was curled up sleeping on my piano bench and he had his mouth open while he was sleeping and his nose was running. When I had my dwarf hamster, Tugboat (she died January 8, 2004), I took her to the vet and the vet said to give her just a nibble of pediacare cold and allergy medicine from a dropper and it worked. I would give her just a little nibble when I would see that she was having a hard time breathing. It could be months in between. I gave some to Go-Go that day and he is doing fine. I took Go-Go out of his cage and he likes to crawl inside my printer (where the paper comes out) and curl up and fall asleep. He is in there sleeping now and he is so cute. He looks like a little lion cub. Sometimes I comb his hair so that he looks like a real lion.

i have not gotten a hamster yet but i came on here and it helped me so much, and i hope it will help you too sherriden wharton 11 years old

I have a hamster for biology and your website helped find what i needed to know about the little critters. THanks a lot for everthing.

Well, Stuie is feeling better. I took him to vet but I realize that I knew more about hamster then that stupid vet at Eagle Pass. I took him to Del Rio where the Vet told me not to give them fresh food for a week and thats how he got better. Thanks god. Well, Stuie, Star and me are getting along good I let them go free in my room when I clean the cage. They are so easy to find. Well bye Thanks for this web site it realy helps to know stuff.

Your site is as cool as my three hamsters, Basil, Rachel an Wendy. Basil is a golden teddy bear hamster and rachel and wendy are iential twin russian dwarf hamsters lots of love immi

i used to have a teddy bear hamster named Fluffanuter (Fluffy for short) but it dies of constapation! my sisters both had one too! ones was chocolate the other frisco! chocolate dies too! but frisco was let into the woods before our family moved! the 2 who died we buried in the garden! frisco for all we know could have started a new species (between a chipmunk and a hamster!

I got a female teddy bear hamster named Anabelle, (Annie for short) for my birthday. She is really cute! She looks kind of unusual because she just looks like someone took a little white hamster and dipped its head in something orange! She is really sweet,(that is, unless you wake her up). Her hobbie is to EAT EAT EAT EAT EAT EAT!! She really likes sunflower seeds and vanilla yogurt!

I have a teddy bear hamster named Go-Go. He has been with me since the end of September, 2003. I love him alot. He is almost like a person. If he sees me come into the room, he wants me to pick him up. He reaches out to me in between the cage bars for me to pick him up. He is so cute. He gets away with everything because he is so cute. He chews my pillow cases so my pillows have holes in them but I am getting new pillows. He is too big for a wheel to be put into his cage but he has a 12" comfort wheel that he uses when I have him out of his cage. I bought him some stuff at Build A Bear Workshop because alot of those things are just the right size for him. He loves the blue checkered puppy dog house that they sell and I take him for walks with the travel back pack that they sell. Lori P.S. I read somewhere if, after the female has her babies and you have to absolutely touch them, you should mix your hands in the stuff you use to line the cage, i.e., shavings, corn cobs, etc.

For Parents, A couple of years ago my daughter Allison became interested in Hamsters. Now she is a true lover and also quite the expert. Although I am not a hamster lover I love the way she has bonded with her pets. Hamsters are also very cost free. They may only cost about 20.00 in supplies,every five months. I also love the visits from the kids in the neighborhood to see Allisons Pet hamster. For other tips Allison would like E-mails @ jacklinfamily@closecall.com

I read that female dwarf hamsters are better housed together than two males. If you change the room temperature once the female is pregnant you can determind whether there will be more females or more males, a hotter temperature - more males and a cooler temperature - more females. This is what it says on a website: It has long been known that russian fathers (both campbell and winter white) help care for the young and Dr Fred Petry in his book on dwarf hamsters reports that the survival rate of the young is 95% after five days when the father is present but only 47% when only the mother is caring from them. hamster timeline: day 1 - no fur, small, pink and hard to recognise day 5 - have their first taste of food, fur developing. day 14 - you can touch the pups and their eyes open. day 21 - It is possible to remove the pups. 4 to 5 weeks - the pups sexually mature. 2 months - the youngest advised to breed if wanted. Comment - The website was very useful to me, i like the layout!!

I have recently learned a very good tip for treating wet tail which is highly effective. even with some of the sickest hamsters. ive treated well over 20 hamsters with wet tail at the pet store i work at. all you need to do is feed the dri tail liquid directly to the hamsters through a dropper. about 8 drops. also add it to the water as directed.

I just wanted to say I got my first hamster a few months ago. I have a Black Bear Hamster named Willow and he is just wonderful and very friendly. He has only bitten when we first got him and very active. Recently he had to go to the Vet cause I noticed he might have wet tail. They kept him over night and are giving him antibiotics and hand feeding him. I have been reading sites that say even with antibiotics he could still die. I really hope not cause he is helped me out in these few months. I feel like he is my child and I talk about him all the time to my friends and co-workers. Just watching him is very peaceful. I wish I could own tons..lol This site has helped me alot with being a first time owner. Thank you

Hi MY NAME IS WHITNEY I JUST GOT A BLACK TEDDY BEAR HAMSTER FROM SCHOOL. i NAMED HIM MIDNIGHT THIS SITE HAS ALOT OF INFOMATION THAT CAN HELP ME TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY HAMSTER MIDNIGHT THANKS FOR THE GREAT INFO

I love this site. It gave me everything I needed for my project for school. I had a hamster but he died. Hamsters are so cute! Thankz!

I think this a really kool site i lurned alot about hamsters thanks~!

I just celebrated M.J., my fancy dwarf hamsters birthday. She is three months old. Before I had her, I had cats, dogs and fish. I never knew how fun it would be to raise a baby hamster. M.J. is very smart and tame. I play with her every day to make sure that she is not afraid of humans. I also make sure she gets plenty of exercise in a ball and a large, interesting cage complete with a wheel and tunnels. I think hamsters are great pets for responsible kids who do not have room for larger pets. I think you have a great website, too!

Hi, I would like to make a comment on how informative your website is. Thanks again, Magz

i think this is a really great website because i had gotten my first hamster and i was really nervous so my friend gave me this website and now im not so nervous than before thanx this is a great website!

Hi, My name is Ayanna. I just got a short hair hamster. This website helped me alot on how to keep her healthy. She seems very happy. Thanks for the great website!

Hi, I just wanted to comment about Wet Tail, and how the Dry Tail is not very effective at all. Wet Tail is a very fatal disease, and even with the anti-biotics that the vets give out, I read that 80% of them still die. My little one has Wet Tail right now and I am really hoping she will get better. Anyway, I just wanted to comment that if a hamster appears to have this disease, then the first thing the owner should do is to take the hamster to a vet, RIGHT AWAY. Hamsters can die within 48 hours of when the symptoms have begun to show. Thank you =)

Yes this web site helped me keep my hamster for a very long healthy life... thatk you! i love this site!

hey i really like your site. it has given me great information to help me with my new hamster that i am getting for easter. i already have experince with them because i had 3 other hamsters before this one that i am getting. My first hamster was named Norman but was really a girl! My second was named Smokey and my last was Chipper. I really love Hamsters. The information from this site was really helpful! THANKS!!!!! If you could think up any names for a new fairly young sandy coloured(light brown) Hamster E-mail me at megs_1990@hotmail.com or add me to MSN because i go online quite a bit! Thankx MegZZ_018

hi im kelly i have 5 teddy bear hamsters and am expecting more soon from nibbles and i have 7 dwarf hamsters and just recently added 5. my mum said i should sell them but no way. im getting some more after nibbles has her babies and if i never came across this web site i would never have got them! thanks!

Its a great website!

Hi. My name is Suzanne and I am 14. I have two campbells dwarf hamsters and I have found this website to be an exellent one. It is very informative and I give it a 9 out of 10. My female, Teddie, just had 5 babies. Teddie is an agouti and the daddy, Baby, is a platinum agouti and 4 of the babies look like the dad and one looks like the mom. I would not have known what to do without this site. Thank you so much!

hey, i am gettin my hamster on friday i am so happy and this site is alot of help to a first time owner. thankyou, Emma

I think that this web site is very informational. I am going to get a hamster this week and now I know what to look for if my hamster is sick, I also like the pictures on this web site. it encouraged me to get a hamster and not a guinea pig. If I were to give this web site a score out of 10, 10 being the best I would give it a nine and a half

well thanks to all you people who said all this stuff, it really helps me to know how to take care or a hamster. i had 1 before but it got out. but now my mom has agreed that if i can take care of my bunnys and a hamster i can get. oh and my hamster i am getting is going to be named sir speddy.

hey thanks alot! i am so happy i found your site! i am getting a hamster soon and your site was a real help in hand. keep doin your thing it rocks! P.S,you guys are AWSOME!!!!

I think this site is really helpful to all people who want a hmster and have a hamster and have NO idea what to do. Hamsters are great beginner pets. But u need to be gentle, but still play with them. They love that (when u play with them). I truely recommend a hamster to really anyone, especially children and people who r lonely with really no one else.

Hey I am michael-Ann, I am 12 years old, and i have a black bear hamster named Zalia. My friend Chelsea owns a Panda Bear Hamster named Zelia. They are so cute! My hamster is black with a white strip down the middle of her tummy. She is chubby but loves to be handle. She somtimes curls in the palm of my hand. I am glad i found this web sight. it taught me alot more about hamsters. I got my hamster august 17. Oh ya. Both my friend and me have girl hamsters. Thanks for the help! Ham Ham Power!

this site was very helpful, please keep updating about breeding hamsters, thank you again fiona and sid (my hamster) x x x

I just love your web site!Now I know where to go to get help for my Ham-Ham!I hope you keep puting more information up!thanks and Mepit{My Ham-Ham}says BYE!

Your website makes my hamster Jenny a really healthy one. I wish for more details. Thank you !

These animals are very quiet so they make very great pets for seniors!

I have a Teddy Bear hamster. He is really cute. A few days ago he got lost in my basement!!! My basement is really messy. Luckily I found him under a desk. That night I cleaned him and guess what he had stored in his in his pouch. He had 3 christmas bulbs, a piece of plastic, a piece of Lego and a marble!!!

Russion Dwarf hamstors do not smell like other pets. The are a little nippy but if you get them young they will be your friend! They love to run so they will have to get alot of work outs! These animals should not be by a draft and should be very warm. They love to pouch food in there cheeks and store them somewerels in there cage. These hamstors love to explore so you can get atachments for there cage. Another thing is that they love to be loved so you need time in your day to takecare of it.

Unlike Syrians who are happiest alone, by themselves, deep in a hole--dwarf hamsters like being with other dwarf hamsters and they quickly learn to love their human. They are like miniature micro dogs and will even lick your face!

I have two dwarf hamsters.The bigger one named "Digger" is white and my other the smaller one is named "Chewy" and is gray. They are both realy cute and are very easy to take care of. I recommend to have an exersize ball. I also recommend to give them something to chew on otherwise they chew out of a plastic cage and make very annoying sounds on a metal cage.

Toaday I got a hamster.I named it Tubby. He loves his wheel.It is a fancy hamster he was sitting in his dish when I got him. Tomorrow I will train him to use his litter box.Thank You for all the info.

I have a hamster. His name is Nifty. I just got him last week but he is great and fun to be with. I hang with him alot and my sister teaches her hamster(Cuddles) and Nifty how to climb up and down the stairs! I recommend hamsters to everyone!

We have 15 russian dwarf hamsters and the only reason we have that many is I made the mistake of putting a male and a female together, but still we love them all. We even have a deformed one but we took him to the doctor and they said he will be fine. One of the little hamsters just had a litter. Dont make the same mistake I made because after one litter is grown up there will be a new litter from the babies. They do breed with their siblings.

I was at first just doing some research on hamsters for a school project but I was so interested in the information this site gives. I have an albino dwarf and a golden hamster. My long-haired teddy bear hamster died on June 16,2003. I miss him very much but I know that my to other hamsters will make me happy. Well thanks for all the info . F.Y.I I got an "A" on the science project. :-}

My hamster just gave birth to 7 babies this morning. She is very nice and calm about it and will even let me stroke her well she is nersing her babies. Thanks alot for the information about hamster babies! It really helped! This is my first time experiance of hamster birth. It is very exciting. If any expert can e-mail me back and let me know a little bit more on :Hamsters diets well giving birth, more about the babies, etc, that would be greatly appreciated. My e-mail is : red_razzberry92@hotmail.com Thanks! If it could be ASAP that would be even better!

I have two short hair teddy bear hamsters, 1 male and 1 femail that I am going to breed in a couple of weeks, and I am getting 2 dwarf hamsters in a few weeks, I found your site, it was helpful to me and I am glad I took time to read it. thanks. ~Jenna~

Thank you very much im getting a teddy bear hamster not 4 a while until i no everything about them and i think i jsut learned everything it helped me out alot and i would again like to thank u for havin ur website up bubi thanks ~tanis~