keeping a pair of hamsters

last SG · 2007-04-01T01:22:19+00:00

Hopefully, no one is keeping hammies of this kind.

joyanz SG

tot of keeping hammies again... after my local ham ham died 3yrs ago. tinking of buying 2 hammmies so tt it will not be so bored.

last time i c my local ham ham v loney in the cage. v kelian. feel so sorry tt it is in the cage alone all the time. so i will try to set it free to run arnd in my hse under my supervision. but v tired leh.. got to run after the ham ham coz scared it will disappear into some corners or eat something which might chock itself.

so i tot of buying a pair to keep each other company. BUT i scared it will c each other bu shuang then fight! then got to seperate 2 of them. any suggestions which hamster breed will not fight wif each other?

FireIce SG

u can let it run ard the house in a running ball........

so u will know where it is and it wun go missing in corners and behind shelves

if the pair has been staying together since young, they wun fight.......

joyanz SG

last time i got use a empty plastic cylinder, poke some holes on the cover, then place my ham inside, cover the cylinder tight. then, i put the cylinder on its side so that it can roll when my ham run inside. its kinda fun for my ham ham for the 1st few times. soon it got sick of it n stop running insider the cylinder le. it rather slp inside Sad if feel tat the running ball thing is quite similar to those running wheels in the cage. quite boring lei. so i let it run free in the hse. luckily i din buy the running wheel coz my ham get sick of it so soon. DIY more fun rite.

allentyb SG

do remember to separate the two hamsters apart in different cage…...

OasisBlue SG

how u gonna catch it if you let it runs freely.

joyanz SG

no…..... i wan to keep them 2gether so can ‘pei’ each other. seperate them v cruel n loney de…................

allentyb SG

then remember to grab some popcorn, and watch them fight whole day, bah

joyanz SG

i kneel down n run behind it lo! make me look like siao char bo. if i c like my ham ham gona run into a corner le.... i faster stretch my hand to catch it. haha. in the end duno who is getting a workout instead coz i will be sweating like hell after tt.

the Bear SG

they have to grow up from babies together else they will fight..

actually, even if they grow up together, they may still fight... have a spare cage if they do yah? the fights can get very vicious...

and maybe they sleep in the tube or ball coz it's daytime? hamsters are nocturnal Very Happy

joyanz SG

yup... n prepare for a small box(coffin) for the loser ham rite. Laughing

allentyb SG

just keep an eye on them..........

if they fight......

its best to have another cage

when they get used to each other, then pick them together lor

joyanz SG

Originally posted by the Bear:
they have to grow up from babies together else they will fight..

actually, [b]even if they grow up together, they may still fight... have a spare cage if they do yah? the fights can get very vicious...

and maybe they sleep in the tube or ball coz it's daytime? hamsters are nocturnal Very Happy [/b]

dats y i dun dare to buy 2 hammies. if i keep in 2 seperate cage my family gona kill me cos they dun like animals. so max no of cage i can haf i 1 or not my mum n dad will start to sing song liaoz.

FireIce SG

it's not difficult to keep a pair or a litter of hamsters together

read up more here
http://www.petwebsite.com/hamsters.asp

joyanz SG

the best is hope they love each other n no fighting pls!! hahaha. brotherly/sisterly bonds.

Kenashi SG

most hamsters won't fight since they have been kept in the same cage b4 they r sold.
once in a blue moon when they do fight, just separate them from the fight n chase them to separate corner of the cage, soon everything will be back to normal
from the personal experience of having seventy hamsters at the peak Mr. Green

mr_sotong SG

knn.. i still remember some1 crushing his own hamster to death in sch.. Laughing

the.owl SG

post in animal forum

Mr.Burble SG

i used to have two female dwarf hamsters. bought them as babies from the same mom. over time, one grew fatter than the other. one day, woke up to find that the smaller one was eaten by the larger one. it was just skin soaked in blood. Sad so sad. dunno why lidat.

TXian SG

My hamster died yesterday!! Sad

I tried keeping two hamsters together before. According to my in-house hamster expert aka bf, cannot keep two same sex (especially male) together if they were not brought up together. Chances are, one will die real soon.

However, I tried to keep two opposite sex one together and my male hamster turned horny and tried to rape the poor girl several times till the girl got fed up and retaliate. Both got badly injured.

Actually hor, hamsters you just give them lots of toys can le..they don't really like company..

soulwinner SG

I felt sad as my beloved hamster died from cancel 6 years ago... Very Happy