Are Hamsters good Pets??
Registered User
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 4,136
Likes: 0
From: Saratoga
You can actually tame them and teach them stuff.
All you have to do is handle them a lot when they are young so they find out who the "master" is or in other words "who feeds them".
I used to have 10+ hamsters. I would stick my hand in the cage and all of them would run up to my hand and just wait on my palm till I brought them out. Kinda cool.
Just be careful if you bring them home because if they are not used to the evironment, they get sick. Called the wet tail disease. I had a hamster die from it. It's curable and all it takes is a good eye and anitbiotics. If their excrement is wet and is all over their butt, they are infected with the bacteria which resides in the intestines.
Watch out for that.
Other than that, they are very cool pets.
All you have to do is handle them a lot when they are young so they find out who the "master" is or in other words "who feeds them".
I used to have 10+ hamsters. I would stick my hand in the cage and all of them would run up to my hand and just wait on my palm till I brought them out. Kinda cool.
Just be careful if you bring them home because if they are not used to the evironment, they get sick. Called the wet tail disease. I had a hamster die from it. It's curable and all it takes is a good eye and anitbiotics. If their excrement is wet and is all over their butt, they are infected with the bacteria which resides in the intestines.
Watch out for that.
Other than that, they are very cool pets.
Thread Starter
Registered User
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 1,259
Likes: 0
From: representing the LBC
hmmmm interesting thanks for all the feedback except for you sickos talking about eating them. thats sick.
but yeah im planning on getting just one and i want to get that ball thing you can put the hamster in so i can watch its punkass rolling around everywhere. i dunno about names thought, what would you guys suggest?
so far i got:
Killer
Mr. Rabbit
Anjo
couldnt think of anything else. well i guess ill have to wait and see what happens with this pet. geez my house is slowly turning into dr doolittles place. i got 2 dogs 1 cat 1 bird and now a hamster soon.
chris
but yeah im planning on getting just one and i want to get that ball thing you can put the hamster in so i can watch its punkass rolling around everywhere. i dunno about names thought, what would you guys suggest?
so far i got:
Killer
Mr. Rabbit
Anjo
couldnt think of anything else. well i guess ill have to wait and see what happens with this pet. geez my house is slowly turning into dr doolittles place. i got 2 dogs 1 cat 1 bird and now a hamster soon.
chris
Thread Starter
Registered User
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 1,259
Likes: 0
From: representing the LBC
Originally posted by mrkim019
Plus, cleaning those balls is a pain in the ass.
While they are rolling around, they sh!t in the balls.
Plus, cleaning those balls is a pain in the ass.
While they are rolling around, they sh!t in the balls.
chris
Registered User
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 4,136
Likes: 0
From: Saratoga
NONONOO!!!
I had a set of those tubes that almost span the length of 10 feet, up, down, in length.
It went up, sideways, down, you name it. It was fun to watch the little guys play in the tubes for hours, getting stuck at dead ends, going around in circles, etc.
Buuut....i realized...they do their bathroom duties in the tubes!! After a week or so, i smelt something funny. Turns out the urine mixed in with the poo and made this thick gunk that seeped through the air holes and dropped down into the carpet.
Not a happy sight for me and my roommate. Plus, cleaning those tubes is a pain because you gotta take apart EACH and EVERY tube to get it clean.
If you want more hamster stories, ask.
I had a set of those tubes that almost span the length of 10 feet, up, down, in length.
It went up, sideways, down, you name it. It was fun to watch the little guys play in the tubes for hours, getting stuck at dead ends, going around in circles, etc.
Buuut....i realized...they do their bathroom duties in the tubes!! After a week or so, i smelt something funny. Turns out the urine mixed in with the poo and made this thick gunk that seeped through the air holes and dropped down into the carpet.
Not a happy sight for me and my roommate. Plus, cleaning those tubes is a pain because you gotta take apart EACH and EVERY tube to get it clean.
If you want more hamster stories, ask.
Thread Starter
Registered User
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 1,259
Likes: 0
From: representing the LBC
Hmmm,
MrKim what would you recommend for a home for the little guy then? Im thinking just get some glass tank or a cage or somethin like that. is it true that they also excerise on the spinning wheel thing too?
chris
MrKim what would you recommend for a home for the little guy then? Im thinking just get some glass tank or a cage or somethin like that. is it true that they also excerise on the spinning wheel thing too?
chris
Registered User
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 4,136
Likes: 0
From: Saratoga
THEY ALWAYS USE THE DAMN WHEEL. 
It gets annoying at night when it's PITCH BLACK and you're trying to get some rest before the midterm the next morning. You hear a soft but still loud *squeak*squeak* in the background. Sometimes I stick a pen through the wheel to anchor it. But usually I let them play since they are so damn cute.
If you are going to have just one hamster, you don't need a cage THAT big. I don't recommend a glass cage because hamsters like to climb walls and hang from the ceilings. I had a wire cage before the tubing and it was just fine. You can stick ur finger through the cage and they nibble on your finger. But get a wire cage. Make sure to get the right bedding too. I recommend the bedding that comes from shredded egg cartons. I forgot the name of the brand but that absorbs the odor a lot better and it is really soft. Most of my hamsters loved corn and sunflower seeds so I purchased bags of food that had a lot of corn and sunflower seeds in them. But to start off, just get a bag of random assortments and see what he/she likes.
I can't stress playing with your hamster enough. You need to handle your hamster a lot for him/her to get used to you and her living environment or else you're going to have a pretty crappy relationship with your hamster. I don't know how young your hamster is going to be but it is best to get a hamster when it is really young so your hamster can get used to you a lot quicker. THe older they get, the harder it is to tame them.
Hope this helps. Feel free to ask more questions.
It gets annoying at night when it's PITCH BLACK and you're trying to get some rest before the midterm the next morning. You hear a soft but still loud *squeak*squeak* in the background. Sometimes I stick a pen through the wheel to anchor it. But usually I let them play since they are so damn cute.
If you are going to have just one hamster, you don't need a cage THAT big. I don't recommend a glass cage because hamsters like to climb walls and hang from the ceilings. I had a wire cage before the tubing and it was just fine. You can stick ur finger through the cage and they nibble on your finger. But get a wire cage. Make sure to get the right bedding too. I recommend the bedding that comes from shredded egg cartons. I forgot the name of the brand but that absorbs the odor a lot better and it is really soft. Most of my hamsters loved corn and sunflower seeds so I purchased bags of food that had a lot of corn and sunflower seeds in them. But to start off, just get a bag of random assortments and see what he/she likes.
I can't stress playing with your hamster enough. You need to handle your hamster a lot for him/her to get used to you and her living environment or else you're going to have a pretty crappy relationship with your hamster. I don't know how young your hamster is going to be but it is best to get a hamster when it is really young so your hamster can get used to you a lot quicker. THe older they get, the harder it is to tame them.
Hope this helps. Feel free to ask more questions.
