hi i am getting 2 hamsters around june 14 and i have a couple of questions /// my first question how do u know if there from the same family if the pet store doesant know will they be the same color or'''''''''''''''''''''''''' and is it ok to get differnt colors and put them together i really dont want to get seperate cages but i will if i have to'''''''''''''''''' and i am also thinking about getting rats are they nice the only thing i dont like about rats are there tail wat does it feel like and how much do guinie pigs cost at eather petsmart of petco and the same with hamsters and the same with dwarf hamsters and the same with rats i really need to know because i want to start looking thanks hope to get good awnsers
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Hamster Care Sheet.
Syrian Hamsters are the largest of the available species and need to housed singley.
Russian Dwarf, Chinese, Roborovskis and Campbells are the dwarf species that are usually available and these can be housed in pairs.
Hamsters are usually nocturnal and like to sleep all day so can be quite cantankerous if woken up during daylight hours. They are prolific breeders so care should be taken choosing sexes if you do not want to breed these wonderful pets.
Housing:- all housing needs to be safe for the animals, so choose something that is escape proof, large enough and is easily cleaned. Lots of plastic coloured tubes may look good but will you be able to strip down the cage easily to clean them all each week.
Think about platform and ladders rather than tubes.
Diet:- Hamsters are omnivours so a mixture of nuts, grain and biscuit with some fresh vegetables will provide the basic requirments of your pet. In the wild they would hunt and capture insects as well so try feeding crickets, meal; worms or locust ocasionally.
Fresh water should be available at all times preferably from a clean lick bottle.
Care:- handle your hamster as much as you can to keep it tame. If a hamster is left in the cage and not handled very often it may bite because it thinks you are attacking it. Don't ever feed your pet through the bars of its cage as then when some one puts their finger through the bars the animal will think it is being fed and taste the offered digit.
Clean out the cage every week leaving a small amount of the cleaner bedding so that the pet does not think it has come to a new place and make more scent so smelling a lot stronger. A hamster ball may be a good idea but don't leave him in it for too long as he will go to the toilet and he will not like to be covered in his own urine./ Hamsters are very clean animals and will use one corner as a toilet, this can be adapted to get him to use a latrine bowl or tiolet which makes it easier for you to clean him out, Place jar on its side in the corner he uses with some of his dirty bedding and he will use that. Make sure the jar is big enough so that he can turn round in it.
Please don't use man made fibre bedding ( fluffy bedding) as this is quite dangerous for small animals. They may get it wrapped around limbs which will cause consriction and loss of the limbs. They may also eat it, which can cause problem with their digestion if their gut becomes blocked. I recommend paper bedding usually made from waste from tea bag production. This safe and digestable.
You are so cute~!!
If you put regular hamsters in the same cage together, whether they're from the same family or not, when they hit their hamster teens, they'll attempt to kill one another. Really. Dwarf hamsters will live together in the same cage but the bigger kind hate each other's guts. I have no idea why! Gerbils and rats are more sociable and will live probably live together. Hamsters will generally cost about 拢10 or $20 depending where you're from.
hamsters will fight no matter what. guinea pigs are about 35 dollars at petco. rats are 5.99. hamsters are 9- 15 dollars. i dont go to pet smart. i think their tails are hard and kind of scaley.
good luck
You need to keep them apart if you don't want them to kill eachother. You could probally us a fish divider it worked for me if you don't want to buy two seperate cages.
If you do get hamsters make sure they are all females and if they are in the same cage at the pet store then they are from the same litter. DO NOT SEPARATE THEM FOR LONGER THAN AN HOUR THEN PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER ! THEN THE WILL FIGHT B/C THEY NOT LONGER RECOGNIZE THE GROUP SCENT!
hamsters need to live alone, they will fight when they hit three months, costs at petsmart 9-20 dollars depending on type, need good bedding low in oils like aspen or supershavin's,or they will get respiratory disease. cages available there too, and food. i find the syrians ie teddy bear, long haired short haired to be more social.
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