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[emu_lover]

he is going in the study which is 2 rooms away from where i sleep so hopefully noise wont be a problem.

[Candybar]

Good idea,good luck with it

[Dickyp]

They drive you mad at night squeaking, I tried WD40, stops squeaks apparently, my a**e, I sprayed it and it screamed even louder and ran around the cage like a loon.

[Chuckster]

They drive you mad at night squeaking, I tried WD40, stops squeaks apparently, my a**e, I sprayed it and it screamed even louder and ran around the cage like a loon.

You're evil, evil I say!
I'd get a budgie. Sings and chats to you during the day, quiet at night.

[Candybar]

They drive you mad at night squeaking, I tried WD40, stops squeaks apparently, my a**e, I sprayed it and it screamed even louder and ran around the cage like a loon.

me too tried that and baby oil,hamsters fur look cool though

[Jack D]

gawd no not wd40 to oil wheels, use margarine or olive oil something like that!

[Dickyp]

gawd no not wd40 to oil wheels, use margarine or olive oil something like that!

I got it wrong, I thought it was the hamster squeaking.

[aimee]

Ive been offered someones hamster as they can no longer give it the attention it deserves.

its a 9months white syrian male...

whats peoples thoughts on them should i say yay or nay

aawwwwwwww


say yes!!!!!!!! say yes....there lovely cretures

[declan]

They are very nice with a few fresh vegetables and a baked potato. Gas mark 10 for 20 minutes should do it. Not really a full meal but ideal as a snack.

Also recomend them fried, on a small portion of salad, olive oil, lovely

[handcuffsready]

Oh dear... brace yourself bud. The tooth ( ) about the Tooth Fairy

The people at wikipedia really got conned there

The tooth fairy does exist

[Obsidian_Eclipse]

Change of subject - many years later. However I need some hamster help!

Our hamster is nearly 2 years old now. He still looks and acts half his age but no longer looks after his claws. We've put sandpaper down in his cage (the type used in budgie cages, not glasspaper which you'd use to sand wood as it may hurt him )to act as an abrasive and wear down his nails a little. However... He's taken it upon himself just to eat the sandpaper, which is fine as at least his teath are wearing down.

Unfortunately he's hyperactive and never stops moving around, it near impossible to hold him steady so you can clip his nails - probably end up clipping his leg off! He's very amiable and has never bitten either of us but just wont hold still (even if you pin him down he'll wriggle free)...

My question. Has anyone else found a way of clipping or wearing down a hamsters nails? Anyone drugged a hamster???

[Godfather]

Blimey, a thread from the past! Sadly hamsters rarely survive anaesthetics as they are so little, and they simply don't like sitting still for a manicure! I had a hamster wheel lined with snadpaper once, you could probably make your own, as they run round they wear down the claws, but don't leave it in too long or you will have to rename him 'stumpy'

[Dani6079]

Change of subject - many years later. However I need some hamster help!

My question. Has anyone else found a way of clipping or wearing down a hamsters nails? Anyone drugged a hamster???

Yes my hamster had a very happy xmas when my mums ex overdosed it on meds lol I dont recommend it though. A trick I use with my tortoises (same problem they dont sit still long enough) is to put their food on a stone or small slab even a tile will do the trick but means every time they get something to eat they walk across it.

[Dickyp]

There are ways of clipping hamsters nails, they need to be scruffed very tightly. Be accurate with your clippers though, small mammals don't tolerate blood loss very well.

Brst thing to do is make an appointment with a Vet Nurse in your nearest practice and let her/him do it for you. Although at two years old, and this post is 5 days ago he may already be dead I suppose.

Change of subject - many years later. However I need some hamster help!

Our hamster is nearly 2 years old now. He still looks and acts half his age but no longer looks after his claws. We've put sandpaper down in his cage (the type used in budgie cages, not glasspaper which you'd use to sand wood as it may hurt him )to act as an abrasive and wear down his nails a little. However... He's taken it upon himself just to eat the sandpaper, which is fine as at least his teath are wearing down.

Unfortunately he's hyperactive and never stops moving around, it near impossible to hold him steady so you can clip his nails - probably end up clipping his leg off! He's very amiable and has never bitten either of us but just wont hold still (even if you pin him down he'll wriggle free)...

My question. Has anyone else found a way of clipping or wearing down a hamsters nails? Anyone drugged a hamster???

[Jonesey]

There are ways of clipping hamsters nails, they need to be scruffed very tightly. Be accurate with your clippers though, small mammals don't tolerate blood loss very well.

Brst thing to do is make an appointment with a Vet Nurse in your nearest practice and let her/him do it for you. Although at two years old, and this post is 5 days ago he may already be dead I suppose.

Yep best thing for em is a vet nurse , then they can get bitten by the little things , I don't tolerate blood loss very well either !!! my little ones got one of each sex hamster , the males alright laid back chap he's no prob , but the female one will have your hand off the second it knows your there , ive taken to using a falconary gauntlet to do anything with it. I just think its perminantly hormoning , lol .

Edited by Jonesey, 20 March 2008 - 06:10 PM.

[LS18]

My girlfriend's hamster died on sunday. He was only a year old. RIP Seb

[tomj]

Is it a myth or are hamsters generally really smelly? - serious question!!

[King Scotts]

Is it a myth or are hamsters generally really smelly? - serious question!!

No, if you clean them. Hamsters are rather clean animals.

[David]

We never cleaned my brother's hamster, I never cleaned mine. They are very clean animals in themselves.

[King Scotts]

We never cleaned my brother's hamster, I never cleaned mine. They are very clean animals in themselves.

The cage dear...