Hello from Scotland!

1WomanArmy · 12-06-2014, 03:44 PM

Hello all I have just joined, in the hopes to find a hamster breeder in central Scotland.
A little about me, I had a beautiful male golden Syrian hamster I named him elvis, he had the best personality he died aged 3.
I then had a beautiful long haired white and ginger male hamster named aslan as he looked like he had a mane! I got him from a local pet shop chain and he died about 7 months later.
I then got a beautiful long haired pied Syrian hamster who I named button. He wasn't quite black and white, more like grey and white. I got him from a local pet shop and within a day he had given birth to 6 gorgeous babies. Obviously female! I had to go back to the pet shop chain they apologised and they loaned me 2 extra cages. I split the males and females and fell in love with one of her babies who was very long haired, and chocolate in colour with red eyes. I named him nismo. The rest I rehomed.
I had to trim his hair a lot as it trailed along the floor behind him. Button died at age 2 and nismo died 2 years later.
I wouldn't consider myself knowledgeable. My "speciality" is fish, I breed live bearers but to my 5 year old daughter, that's not a real pet

And that's how I found myself here! Due to being on a fish forum and having years of dealing with the horrendous quality of the pet shop chain, I'd rather not go there so have been trying unsuccessfully to find a breeder near me.
I have already attempted Babyboos hamstery but the web page is unavailable and the email address fails. Help! I am after winter whites or a tortie Syrian.
If anyone can help then please get in touch, I will definitely be hanging around.
Sorry for the essay and again hello to all!

**kyrilliondaemon** · 12-07-2014, 10:55 AM

Welcome to the forum

POLAR WHITES · 12-07-2014, 10:57 AM

Hello and welcome to the forum,

1WomanArmy · 12-07-2014, 12:15 PM

Thankyou. I am looking at the rotastak cages, since they slot together with tunnels and can be massive! It's been a few years since I've had them. I went in and seen the dwarves today and they are the cutest. My little one was like "the stripy one! I want the stripy one!" So she likes them. Only because it came up to the glass to see her!

**kyrilliondaemon** · 12-07-2014, 12:52 PM

I'd suggest considering maybe not rotastak - you'll find most on this forum prefer to avoid modular cages. Rotastak can work well as part of something if you don't end up with a syrian so big the tubes're dangerous but a lot of us find a single big space easier for the ham and more practical for us when it comes to caging

Its good your daughter likes them

1WomanArmy · 12-07-2014, 01:05 PM

Oh I see. It's the dwarf one we are after not Syrian. I always had the rotastak cages, they used to always make the highest compartment the toilet! So it was easy to clean. I do find that since they like being active, the different levels give them something to do. I will need to rethink that then.
If my 4ft fish tank didn't crack(happened whilst moving, absolutely devastating) I would have used that with sand and sawdust! Will keep looking. Any recommendations?

**kyrilliondaemon** · 12-07-2014, 01:32 PM

Even for dwarf hams rotastak isn't always the best I'm afraid

Its a real shame your fish tank cracked while moving, they can be brilliant cages otherwise

How big a cage are you looking at? Most cages on zooplus are highly reccomended

Hamster Cages | great selection at zooplus

TraceyH · 12-07-2014, 01:45 PM

I have the Ferplast Kios for my dwarf hamster. Seems a good sturdy cage and the ham loves it.

1WomanArmy · 12-07-2014, 02:00 PM

I was looking at this
http://www.petplanet.co.uk/product.a...9P98J4SH6TDX5B

But now thinking of this?
http://www.petplanet.co.uk/product.a...XgVxoC-3fw_wcB

But the gap is putting my off especially for Houdini dwarf hamsters!

**kyrilliondaemon** · 12-07-2014, 02:52 PM

The medium zoozone'd be great, you can always mesh over the bars to make the gaps smaller - lots of people do