Mature hamster owner just arrived - well nipped

Pouchy · 03-05-2007, 06:36 AM

Hello, everyone, thought I would make my presence known on the forum. My age is deleted but is on the wrong side of the big $0, have one male syrian hamster called Asbo Hamsa kept in a Pennine Rat starter cage with extra levels added to make use of the space and two male dwarf hamsters called Light and Shade kept in a Feberplast Astro 3 which has two extra levels to increase surface area. These two are into biting everything so have to wear gloves. On the plus side its easy to move them - just put your hand in the cage , they latch on with ther teeth and then they can be carried anywhere!

suga · 03-05-2007, 10:21 AM

Welcome to HC. Your little hamsters sound like terrors :-P
How old are they, how long have you had them, do you have flicks of them. We looovee flicks here. Hope you enjoy your stay... :-)

Pouchy · 03-05-2007, 11:38 AM

The Syrians is about 10 - 12 weeks old, the two dwarfs are 6 weeks old last weekend.
The syrian is a banded chocolate male , the male dwarfs are grey (light) and brindled browny colour (shade).
Its fun when they nip. I just push them over onto their backs so they look like they,ve just died with their legs in the air. they click rapidly to show their annoyance.

suga · 03-05-2007, 11:44 AM

They all sound like delightful terrors :) The chocolate syrian sounds gorgeous.

SnuggleHam · 03-05-2007, 12:35 PM

Welcome to the community Pouchy, glad you have you with us! cant wait to see some hammy pics!

Holly · 03-05-2007, 12:41 PM

Hi and welcome from me as well

Your hams sound like characters - are their cages the ones from Wilkinson's? I toyed with getting the Wilko's rat cage for Mocha at one point as I was impressed with the space it gave. (As it happens it's good I didn't as he turned into a manic bar chewer despite having 3 linked cages to himself

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Pouchy · 03-05-2007, 01:20 PM

The cages are on display at the Housing section of the forum. I got them both on ebay, the pennine rat starter cage was second hand while the Feberplast was new.

Widowmaker · 03-05-2007, 02:32 PM

Hello and welcome!

Some dwarf hammies NEVER get out of the habit of biting.... my girls are more than happy to bite anyone and everything except me.. odd creatures. I have male friends who are terrified of them. See my profile for more!

And I'm heading rapidly towards 30 so don't be worried about being, er, slightly ancient

souffle · 03-05-2007, 03:49 PM

Welcome to the forum Pouchy. Your hamsters are all very young and with time, patience and regular handling I am sure they will tame up.

Hana · 03-06-2007, 10:13 AM

hi welcome to the forum, I like your cages they look great. We do like pictures here