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Feeding hamsters

Hamsters are omnivorous, which means they eat both vegetables and meat. Their natural foods include grains, seeds, vegetables, and insects, and they will like corn, oats, or wheat mixed with dry dog food. Premixed hamster food from a pet store has complete nutrition, but some hamsters won’t eat it.
Their favourite foods are foods native [...]

Taming hamster

You’ll want to handle the hamsters on a daily basis if you want them to be friendly. When you handle, make sure your hands are clean. Strange smells can frighten some hamsters, and other smells might convince them that you are something good to eat.
When you first begin to tame your little hamsters, just [...]

Handling hamster

The best way to pick up a hamster is cupped in the palm of your hand with the other hand over its back or rump to prevent it jumping off your hand (and possibly getting injured). Especially at first, it is best to hold your hamster just above your lap or some other soft [...]

Dwarf hamster

There are 25 species of wild hamsters, some of which are also kept as pts. Chinese and Russian hamsters are small, mouse-sized animals living in China, Northern Europe and Asia. Adults can be kept as single-sex pairs, either males or females.
Hamsters are active, inquisitive animals. Provide platforms and ladders to climb, and tubes and boxes [...]

Other syrian hamster

Angora hamsters have long, soft hair. Generally pale in color, the hair is the longest in male animals and forms a skirt at the side.
Rex hamsters have a short, soft wavy coat that feels like velvet. Satin golden hamsters have shiny, silky hair.
Angora hamsters must be brushed regularly – use a soft toothbrush. Hamsters become [...]

Patterned Syrian Hamster

Golden hamsters have been bred in a number of different fur patterns. The Tortoiseshell is blotched with a solid color, yellow and white. Banded have a white band around the middle of their body. Spotted or Piebald hamsters have white spots.
Hamsters are most active at dawn and dusk, especially from 8 to 11 pm. Provide [...]

Solid-Colored Syrian Hamster

Syrian Hamsters have been kept as pets only since the 1940s. They are now popular throughout the world and breeders have produced at least 100 varieties. Solid-colored varieties include Cinnamon, Gray and White.
Wild hamsters live in underground burrows – twisting tunnels with chambers used as bedrooms, storage areas and toilets. Hamster homes made of tubular [...]

Syrian golden hamster

Popularly known as Golden Hamsters, these small rodents were first found in the Syrian desert. Most pet hamsters are descended from a single family that was collected in 1930. Today, Golden hamsters are bred in light, dark and normal varieties.
Keep in a cage of heavy duty (chew-proof) plastic and metal grilles, that is at least [...]

Yorkshire terrier

If you like small dogs with big dog attitudes, you may want to consider a Yorkshire Terrier. These dogs are so sure that they are just as big and bad as the other guy, that they will not hesitate to take on a Great Dane. Of course, this doesn’t mean that Yorkshire Terriers aren’t lap [...]

Standard Poodle

Some people take one look at the fluffy, immaculately groomed Standard Poodles in the show ring and discount them as silly, shallow dogs. However, the Standard Poodle is considered by many people to be the most intelligent breed in the world, with the reasoning ability of a three year old child.
These dogs may look like [...]

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