hamsters

Nikar SG

hi,

just curious. u all got see this kind of little animal that looks like a hamster but i don't think it's a real hamster leh. or maybe it's a real hamster?

i saw it at a pet shop and was thinking of buying it, but the owner doesn't seem to know anything. Rolling Eyes

so now i'm trying to do some research and identify the animal first.
it's very small and can fit well into the palm of a 13 year old kid, and it looks almost like a hamster. it doesn't have a tail and is like a furry little round ball, though. very cute!

thanks!
nikar.

dragg SG

wow, could be anything.

sinicker SG

... it’s a young hamster.

Nikar SG

no leh, because the shop owner say the thing has been around 2 - 3 years already(somemore it's still the same size, like it's destined to never grow, just like ants and certain type of animals).

by the way, 1 hamster around how much?

thanks!
nikar.

sinicker SG

depends on the breed.. the roborovskii ones are the most expensive.. abt $35 each. they are very small and very active. if u let them loose ard ur rm, good luck catching it. the cheap ones are the syrian hamsters, abt $8-10 each. they're big and easy to tame.. the rest are ard $18 - 25.

hamsters can last abt 1-2 years, depending on how good an owner you are. i've had 15 hamsters already. Laughing

PeRsEuS SG

Guinea pig?

DrTech SG

dwarf hammies… i think.

thinkdifferent SG

What colour does it have?

laurence82 SG

got pic?

Nikar SG

thanks sinicker and perseus!
after looking at some photos of roborovskii hamsters and syrian ones, i think that rodent must be a roborovskii hamster, because it's round and chubby like them, whereas the syrian ones are longer in their body and not so round.

by the way, a full grown roborovskii hamster is how large?
can fit into your palm and still got room for it right? if yes, then it must be the one i'm talking about.

but got this roboroskii website says " The smallest, fastest and cutest of dwarf hamsters. Easily recognizable by their light brown coat, white underbellies and endearing white "eyebrows".

the one i saw has grey shades of fur(from dark grey to light grey all around), not brown. got any other type of dwarf hamsters anot?

also, how come their life so short one? i thought at least 3 - 5 years?
1 - 2 years very short leh. Rolling Eyes

thanks,
nikar.

sinicker SG

nah, my hamster nvr lasted 2 years. longest was 15 months.

sinicker SG

Originally posted by Nikar:

but got this roboroskii website says "[b] The smallest, fastest and cutest of dwarf hamsters. Easily recognizable by their light brown coat, white underbellies and endearing white "eyebrows".

the one i saw has grey shades of fur(from dark grey to light grey all around), not brown. got any other type of dwarf hamsters anot?

thanks,
nikar.[/b]

did it have a long black line running along the back?

seow SG

The bite from them painful?

Nikar SG

by the way, guys.........does SG sell those winter-white dwarf hamsters?
u can see it here : http://www.roborovskii.com/info/winterwhite.html

thanks!
nikar.

Nikar SG

did it have a long black line running along the back?

yes, i think so! there were some black lines here and there! what is it???!!! Shocked

somehow, i think that hamster i saw cannot be a roboroskii, because it's very gentle and tame, sleeps all the time and don't move about much. once, i went to the shop and got the owner to take out the pet for me to hold, and it doesn't run around the shop or jump around or anything; it just stay in my hands and stuff.

thanks!
nikar.

sinicker SG

ahh.. it's a russian dwarf hamster! it can come in various colours and patches of colour. as long as that long, black line is there... it's a russian dwarf hamster! used to have two of this, one male, one female. gave birth to 7 babies.. one albino(very white, pure white, very nice), two light brown ones and 3 dark grey ones...

sinicker SG

got sell.. u just need to go to some high-end pet shop. abt the same price as roborovskii hamsters..

alfagal SG

hee hee my CoCo and XiaoBai was like 2.5 yrs old
Hamham was more than 2 yrs old...

Nikar SG

maybe it is. but are russian dwarf hamsters exactly as the one i described?
not very active(unlike the roboroskii) and really small(a lot smaller than your computer mouse).

thanks!
nikar.

alfagal SG

albino v hard to come by isnt it? surely quite ex?

i like e black bear one..totally black, but looks like wearing 4 white socks on its leg Very Happy

too bad my mum doesnt lik me to keep them anymore. though she totally hate them when i first brought them home..she adored them in e end..talked to them everyday!

e funny thing is, she would weigh them..that time i had two, so had four numbers...it really came up in e 4D! too abd she din buy..lucky hamsters i have..