I gave Betty a "bath" by wiping her down with a wet paper towel two nights ago. She was looking a little greasy and now she looks much cleaner. I noticed something again - when I pet her or scratch her back, she stiffens her whole body and sticks her tail straight up in the air. She stays perfectly still like this for her rubs, so I assume the ( Read more... )

I brought home a new Hamster today.

She's really shy and it's hard to deal with because my past hamsters weren't. I'm trying to be patient...

Anyhow, she's in heat -- the area around her cage smells like that thick, musky, hamster-vagina-juice. It really nauseates me. Do you have any advice on how to cut back on the funk? Also, do you think it ( Read more... )

ok, so sort of weird story/ question ( Read more... )

I was just holding my female dwarf hamster and trying to cut her nails, but noticed that my hand was smeared with a little blood... looking closer at the hammy, her vagina is a little bloody and I'm completely freaking out. She's never bleed before, she's about 6 months old and has has one litter. I wasn't holding her nearly hard enough to hurt her ( Read more... )

My brother just called me because something's happening to his new hamster. He says she has some kind of sticky liquid around her thing and that it stinks like hell. And it wets the bedding a lot. He's not sure if it's pee, but it doesn't look like. Also, she doesn't go out of her house and is not as active as her partner (he has two female syrians ( Read more... )

hey maybe you guys can help me out here ( Read more... )

stewie gave me a horrible scare tonight. i walked into my room to let her out of her cage, and she was just laying there motionless on her wheel. i looked closer and i could see that she was breathing, so i was slightly relieved. however, she's NEVER done that before. if she sleeps, it's ALWAYS inside her little hut. she's been acting weird ever ( Read more... )

Good Morning everyone...ok so the other day I bought the most adorable tan male siberian dwarf hamster. He is very tame and sweet. Whereas my female one has become quite vicious within the past week. She has bitten me a good 3 or 4 times, and made me bleed twice. I asked my boyfriend about if I was handling her wrong because he also has one and he ( Read more... )

My hamster Asia had her period a couple days after i got her. it freaked me out at first but i found a site online that said it was ok as long as it lasted just a couple days. it lasted only a day (from what i saw anyways ( Read more... )

Hi all! I have a health question about my little Cheeky. And it's behind the cut cuz it's a bit gooey.
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