Foto:Campbell Zwerghamster Blog

Ich habe mal einen Artikel über Goldhamster geschrieben, wo ich außer anderem darauf hingewiesen habe, dass Goldhamster für Kinder eher ungeeignet sind, weil sie sich einerseits nicht gern anfassen lassen, und anderseits enorm nachtaktiv sind. Auf diesen Artikel habe ich einen Kommentar bekommen, wo MyCampbell.de-Blogger meinte, dass ein Campbell-Zwerghamster etwas anderen Aktivitätszyklus als Goldhamster haben, so dass man ihn auch tagsüber häufiger zu sehen bekommt. Da ich sonst über die Tiere so viel wie nichts wusste, habe ich mich ein wenig informiert und möchte mit euch meine gewonnene Erkenntnisse über Campbell-Zwerhamster teilen:

• Campbell-Zwerghamster werden 2 bis 3 Jahre alt.
• Sie sind sehr soziale Tiere, und sollen deswegen am besten paarweise/in Gruppen gehalten werden.
• Campbell Zwerhamster sind eher zum beobachten geeignet, und nicht zum kuscheln; ABER man kann sie zähmen wenn man sich sehr viel und liebevoll mit ihnen beschäftigt.
• Zwerghamster sind nachtaktiv (wie auch anderen Hamsterarten). Sie lassen sich aber auch tagsüber blicken, um nach Fressen zu schauen oder etwas zu trinken. Haben sich die Hamster an ihre Herrchen / Frauchen gewöhnt, erkennen sie sogar ihre Stimmen und kommen aus ihren Häuschen um nachzuschauen. Trotzdem sollte man ihren Schlaf nicht mutwillig stören. Das würde ihr Leben verkürzen.
• Mehr Info findet ihr auf einem noch relativ jungen, aber ganz informativen Campbell Zwerghamster Blog

Liebe Grüße

Anika

Hammies can be are! very adorable. ;)

Her name is Chmurka. She belongs to Pyza/Klara, one of my “stranger-friends” who welcomed me in Flickr and YouTube (sites where I found people who can say and do all the ‘silly things’ about their little critter friends and yet enjoy the impunity of being dubbed as “crazy”).

Chmurka’s first year birthday. :D

I have known Chmurka for long as I knew her lady human friend. Such a very short time, one may say... But think of it the hammie way.

For reasons of space limits, and partly because of what had happened to my modem that made me incapable of interneting freely within the confines of my home, I gradually became less and less active in Flickr for the last seven months.

Yesterday, three days after uploading my “Nine lives” video on YouTube, I decided to check out on her latest posts; I was speechless upon knowing this:

Goodbye, Chimi… :cry:

Chmurka is not one of my hamster family – not my own, ‘technically speaking.’ But everybody who knew Chimi well loves her, for she is every hammie-lover’s sweetheart.

Don’t you think Chmurka is “mine”too?

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I love kids. That's why my summer job revolves around them, as well as my future career. Don't get me wrong, I have no intention on having children anytime soon. I need like a husband or boyfriend first.  I'm sure Tina would have a kid by now. I feel like she would have started young. I'd say she'd have a five year old daughter named Margarita (named for her love of tequila).

Margarita would totally come to the park I work at. I mean who wouldn't want to hang out with me for 4 hours and play fun games like UNO, Clue, Candyland, Guess Who, and kickball? Nevermind the Slip and Slide, water gun fights, and blackberry picking.

However, Tina would be a good parent. She wouldn't drop her kid off when there's a torrential downpour going on like some of the parents at my park. She wouldn't expect me to keep her kid dry despite only having a pavillion to protect us from any formidable weather. A few wood beams and a metal roof is not my ideal form of shelter from a thunderstorm. I guess the parents in my town just aren't as capable as my imaginary friend. If they were all like Tina, I wouldn't have had to give my sweatshirt to a little girl dressed in a tank top and skirt (in wet weather, with temperatures in the 60s). I don't care if you're a crackwhore. That doesn't get the Dorito cheese and Plaster of Paris off my sweatshirt.

I don't have a kid though. I have a hamster named Benita. I wouldn't put it past her to be popping out a few kids herself soon.

Yeay yeay! He's back!!! So much more bigger and fatter than last time I saw him. SO CUTE!!!! LOVE HIM!

I sure do MISS Fatty though. :(

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NOTE: Hamsters’ gestation period (pagbubuntis ) is 16 days (6-12 is the normal number of pups per litter); average lifespan, between 2 and 3 years.

(‘By batch’ sila kung dumating, kaya ‘by batch’ din sila kung lumisan. :P )

My nine living hammies.

How are my 9 hammies doin’? (a rundown):

Panapanagang (1 year 9 months 22 days). The elders (Hamsters are already considered seniors when they reached their 18^th month).

Mochawonka (♂). Eldest male, therefore the family chief. :lol: He’s gaining weight lately. The Hall (made available to all members as a hammy-gym) was reserved for him from 6 to 7 am, and most of the evening hours.

Mochahontas (♀). Grumpy grandma’s bites are not that ‘nasty’ anymore. (Obviously, the “Lola” had passed on some of her temperament trait to granddaughter Syma!)

Isnohontas (♀). To both humans and fellow-hamsters, the peace-loving momma remains the most amiable of all. She’s been spending most of her time sleeping, but insists on getting out of her cage when awake.

PanapanaIIgang (1 year 7 months 22 days). The new oldies are only 60 days younger than their parents, Mochawonka and Isnohontas.

Wigwam (♂). Still young-looking. Always wary and suspicious, ready to bite (not so hard – “nip” is more appropriate) if handled against his will. Very responsive to odors of his kind – male’s musk makes him gnash his teeth, female’s scent excites him so easily (this behavior is typical).

Teepee (♀). Ispidbol’s widow has a cyclical mood shift. Shows hostility toward her fellow-hammies except when she is in heat. The most vocally expressive among them.

Boolagang (1 year 4 months 16 days). Two of the three surviving male offspring of Mochahontas (A third white male named “Hamty” is still living with his foster owner). These two ‘boolaboys’ are the new ‘record-holders’ (you may want to check this out – The Lupindilayks).

Bebong II (♂) and Berio II (♂). The ‘Dugyot’ (unGroomed) Brothers :lol: are the most hyperactive. Physical growth seems retarded. Sharing cage, still no sign of serious fight or struggle… just like that – carrot- and wheel-olympics :lol: (see video).

Chochobebes (1 year 1 month 17 days). The offspring of the late Isnobol. My youngest hammies have reached their ‘midlife’ last month (June 4).

Syma (♀). The once-bitey hamster has been learning to deal with humans. Meticulous regarding her food and toilet habits. Active in the first few hours after midnight, making all sorts of noise when I and my wife are about to sleep.

Amboy (♂) shifted his daily sleep-and-wake schedule. At about 12 noon everyday (when all other hamsters are sound asleep), the once-thin and timid little hammy is persistent to leave his cage for a four-hour ‘workout’ in The Hall. The fact is, he is right… he’s quite big now for his homecage wheel.

Quite similar to linked cabs on a subway rail? -- passing so swiftly, coming and going in quick succession (s'ensya na sa ni-sampol kong tweyn... 'indi ako makaluwas para manyut sa MRT eh). :P

:lol: IT’S JOKE TIME! :lol:

GOD created...

On the first day God created the dog. God said, “You will look after the man’s house, you will be his best friend, you will eat whatever they give you! Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you a life span of twenty years.”

The dog said, “That’s too long to be barking. Give me ten years and I’ll give you back the other ten.” So God agreed.

On the second day God created the monkey. God said, “You will jump from branch to branch, you will do silly things, you will be amusing! Entertain people, do monkey tricks, make them laugh. I’ll give you a twenty-year life span.”

The monkey said, “How boring! Monkey tricks for twenty years? I don’t think so. Dog gave you back ten, so that’s what I’ll do too, okay?” And God agreed.

On the third day God created the cow. God said, “You will work tireless from sun up to sun down, carrying heavy bags on your back, you’ll eat grass, you will not have intelligence! You must go to the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer. I will give you a life span of sixty years.”

The cow said, “That’s kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. Let me have twenty and I’ll give back the other forty.” And God agreed again.

On the fourth day God created man. God said, “You will be the only rational being on this earth, you will use your intelligence to control other animals, you will dominate the world! Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. I’ll give you twenty years.”

Man said, “What? Only twenty years! I tell you what: I’ll take my twenty, and the forty the cow gave back and the ten the monkey gave back and the ten the dog gave back, that makes eighty, okay?”

“Okay,” said God, “We’’ve got a deal.”

So that is why..............

For the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, and enjoy ourselves;

for the next forty years we slave in the sun, working and carrying the load on our backs to support our family;

for the next ten years we keep jumping from one child’s house into another, doing silly things to entertain the grandchildren;

and for the last ten years we look after the house, eat whatever is given to us, and sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

:mad: Buset!!! :lol:

“Life is like a coin. You can spend it anyway you wish. But you can only spend it once.”

Anyway, after a month of squabbling we finally came to the appearance of a serious bite-mark on a rump. At that point we separated the bitten creature from the other two, swabbed its rump with a cotton bud and tepid water as per the advice in one of our hamster tomes. It's the first example of the amazing healing ability of these little creatures that, within two weeks, it was impossible to tell which one had had the bite.

Somewhat reluctantly we separated the two cages with the bitten creature in one and the other two in the other. I tried using the Savic tunnels to allow them access to each other's cages, by running dead end tunnels from one cage into the other from both directions. We hoped perhaps to re-introduce them at a later date, so wanted them familiar with each other's smell.

A few ad-hoc experiments put permanent pay to this idea. Firstly, on the day of the Great Escape (see another post) we decided to see if the two remaining hamsters would be friendly towards each other, so we opened the dead end tunnels. Almost immediately a fight broke out and we had to squirt them several times with the mister to separate them, so intent on mutual harm were they. Of course, we had totally lost track of which hamster was which, so when we finally found the lost hamster we had no idea which one it was originally housed with. Introduced to both caused further brief fights, so we ended up with three separate cages.

A few months later we bought a wire enclosure for them, mainly as a play space for them during cleaning. It was possible to manipulate the eight linked fence segments to form two adjacent boxes sharing a double wall. A little experimentation showed that one hamster would try to bite the other ones through the bars - and the other ones would bite back in kind. The double wall allowed us to move the pens apart to stop them actually reaching one another.

However, one particular pairing ignored each other. Hopeful we'd found a pair that could co-habit, we opened the linking corner and a fight promptly broke out. Oh well...

To this day all the hamsters will enthusiastically bite the bars at each other across the gap between the cages if they come within close proximity (and if it's light - they seem to need to actually see each other, although I've not thought of an easy way to test this). I don't expect they'll ever co-habit - we're too wary of fights causing injury to keep trying introductions, but I can't help wondering why we had so little success in this regard when others have brood mates co-habiting.

Sleeping Brownies
Pic pertama masih dalam posisi normal. Gambar ini diambil pada saat dia ada di kandang Marukan di bagian atas. Emang sih posisinya normal, tetapi tetep gak lazim, karena lokasi tempat dia tidur adalah toilet :-) Sedangkan pic kedua adalah pada saat Brownies ada di kandang Habitrail Safari, salah satu posisi favoritnya adalah menjepitkan diri dibagian atas. Hehehe .... sangat tidak lazim.

Sleeping Alice
Pic pada saat di kandang Habitrail Safari di lantai satu. Dia tidur di pojokan dekat toilet.

Sleeping Tammy
Hamsterku satu ini memang paling unik, lihat saja bagaimana dia tidur. Pic pertama saat Tammy ada di kandang Marukan, menjepitkan diri diantara wheel kandang lantai atas. Dan tetap dengan menjepitkan diri di belakang wheel, pic kedua adalah saat Tammy di kandang Habitrail.

You have probably already seen this on every other blog on the planet by now (it has viral video of the year written all over it), but what the hey?! Here it is again:

I really hope that everyone in the world with a pet rodent and too much free time on their hands copies this idea... Hamster Bubble Bobble anyone???

via Cute Overload

This is hands down the best hamster cage ever built.

Aquí vemos al agente RoeBourne asaltando una factoría secreta de las fuerzas aliadas.

Y yo, conmocionada, me voy a por un café.

Bueno solo comentar que sobre el 1:40 se pone a limpiarse y decir que eso lo hacen ratones y tal cuando se estresan, vamos que no sabe que narices hacer pero que "por sus huevos" pasa la puerta. ¿Creeis que lo conseguirá?

Lucy, unsere Hamsterdame, hat seit neuestem die nervige Angewohnheit, lautstark an ihren Gitterstäben zu nagen. Und wenn ich sage "lautstark", dann ist das auch wirklich laut, so laut, dass wir den Fernseher lauter machen müssen! :-)  Anfangs haben wir sie dann im Bad laufen lassen, und auch schon einen kleinen Ausflug in die Küche hat sie gemacht. Letzte Woche hatte jetzt J. die Idee, sie im Flur laufen zu lassen. Alle Türen zu, alle Schuhe in Sicherheit, und der Hamster wurde losgelassen...

but damn, she is fast... LOL

Beberapa waktu lalu, selama beberapa hari Alice dan Tammy selalu bertengkar hebat. Segala cara sudah aku tempuh untuk mendamaikan mereka mulai dari memberi bedak, memberikan ekstra makanan, atau mengajak mereka jalan-jalan keluar kandang. Aku benar-benar kuatir kalau mereka tiba-tiba luka berdarah karena bertengkar hebat.  Dengan terpaksa aku memutuskan untuk memisahkan mereka dan membeli kandang yang baru.

Kandang yang aku beli kali ini sama sekali tidak mengalami masa puter-puter antar pet shop dan browsing sana sini, karena aku langsung menuju ke pet shop terdekat yang ada di saharjo dan langsung menemukan kandang yang memang selama ini aku sudah mengincarnya tetapi hanya aku temukan di amazon.com, yaitu sebuah kandang Habitrail seri terbaru yang bernama OVO. Merk Habitrail yang bagiku sudah jaminan mutu membuat aku tidak berpikir panjang untuk segera membelinya dan aku tidak sabar merakitnya untuk Tammy.

Kandang Ovo ini berwarna orange terang yang sangat eye-catching. Dengan desain yang cukup futuristik, aku sempat bingung bertanya-tanya untuk apakah bola berwarna biru yang ternyata adalah botol minuman. Kandang ini lumayan kecil dan hanya cukup untuk satu ekor hamster. Ada tempat makanan di bagian belakang wheel dan semacam rumah kecil di bagian bawahnya. Tutupnya sendiri bisa dibuka dari depan dan belakang, dan karena selain ukuran tutupnya yang besar dan lumayan agak susah dibuka dan ditutup, kandang ini tidak recommended untuk robo yang terkenal gesit.

Kendala yang muncul adalah pada bagian bawah dari botol minumannya. walaupun sudah dipasang sangat berhati-hati, tetap saja ada lumayan banyak air bertetesan di bawahnya dan membentuk seperti kubangan. Untuk mengakalinya, aku biasanya menaruh tissue dibagian bawah lubang tetesan air. Selain untuk menyerap air yang menetes, tissue juga bisa digunakan sebagai mainan hamster (red = digigitin).

Karena memang kandang ini lumayan tertutup dan sama sekali tidak ada jeruji besi, bagian atas kandang atau tutupnya kadang tampak berembun dan aku biasanya kemudian membuka kandang lebar-lebar agar kandang tidak terlalu lembab. Tidak adanya jeruji besi juga membuat hamster tidak mempunyai bagian yang bisa digigitin. Dampak positif tentunya membuat kandang tidak berisik, tetapi dampak buruknya adalah hamster tidak mempunyai alat untuk mengasah giginya. Untuk mengatasinya, kita bisa menaruh selongsong tissue toilet atau memberikan mereka nibble stick khusus hamster.

Segi negatif yang lain adalah tidak adanya toilet, dan karena minimnya space aku hanya bisa menaruh kotak kecil tempat pasir yang menurutku terlalu sempit buat hamster untuk bisa berguling-guling.

walaupun begitu, kandang Ovo ini cukup worthed dan bagus, dan Tammy juga tampak senang dengan kandang barunya :-) That is the most important thing.

Mergem noi la hipermarchet, femeia probează cinşpe perechi de role ("asta e prea mare, asta e prea mică, asta e urâtă, asta e jegoasă blablablabla...") şi, până la urmă, o ia pe prima probată! Pe prima! Asta ne-a mâncat o oră. Eh, asta e, tre să ardem calorii cu stil, tre să fii şic pe role, ce dracu!

Mergem noi cu rolele acasă şi le punem în debara, unde dorm vreo 2 zile, că n-avem timp să ardem calorii chiar când vrem noi.

După astea 2 zile, ies cu femeia la ars calorii. Da nu oriunde. În spatele blocului, că acolo nu sunt maşini, nu sunt oameni, nu sunt gropi, nu e nimic. Doar câini. Eh, asta e, antirabicu e iefteneaua. Deci mergem noi în spatele blocului, unde ne învârtim preţ de vreo oră şi ceva pe o suprafaţă de 70x15 m. Simţeam cum cad caloriile. Ştii, când cad caloriile de pe tine, se aude sunet de tablă, aşa. Sau poate alea erau piuliţele de la rolele mele noi. Eh, asta e, noi să fim sănătoşi.

Îi zic femeii să meargă singură, să se înveţe cu rolele. Ea nu, că cică cade, cică s-o ţin de mână. O oră şi ceva. Şi când o ţineam bine, să nu cadă, cică o strâng prea tare. Când se clătina şi io o ţineam, că de ce mă sprijin pe ea.

Data viitoare dau calorii jos singur.

Auzi, nu ştii de unde fac rost de o roată de hamster de vreo 2m în diametru?

Tapi ada satu yang tak best.........suasana malam di luar rumah dah okay....tenang.. aman.. sunyi tapi di dalam rumah, masyaAllah....tak tahu nak cakap cam ner....nak tahu ape yang buat bising? Tengok gambar kat bawah ni......makhluk-makhluk yang tinggal dalam rumah kecil di dalam rumah I. Bukan I punye eh..kalo I punye tak de la I nak komplen. Tapi housemate I punye. I rasa makhluk-makhluk ni dahagakan kasih sayang. Huhu...ye laa..asyik terperap dalam rumah kecik tu...tuan dia pulak tak main-main ngan die....setakat bagi makan, budak tadika pun pandai ....dieorg tu pun kena di belai jugak. Sian I tengok makhluk-makhluk tu...nak keluarkan tak berani....bukan takut kena gigit...tapi takut kena ’gigit’ dengan tuannya. Huhuhu....

Dalam post ni jugak I nak perkenalkan....boyfriend I...dah masuk 5 bulan dengan dia ni....tapi skang ni baru finalised dh...huhu...nama pun dah dapat yang baru.....nama yang lama tu susah sangat nak sebut...I love you, GUMDROP.

p/s: sejak dok Putrajaya ni, Gumdrop dah tak banyak makan..save sikit duit I. Ye laa, kan makanan dia dah naik harga ;)

Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce you to a new member of my family.

Kevin Patrick Register is a four month-old long-haired Syrian hamster, commonly known as a Teddy Bear hamster. He’s wiley, energetic, and stops to pose for photos (just like his mommy).

It seems his shell-shock from the traumatic five-minute car ride from the pet store is finally wearing off. I am happy to announce that after a few hours and a nap, Kevin seems much more comfortable in his surroundings, and is now running like a maniac on the wheel. Although he won’t let me pick him up yet, he will let me pet him.

This hamster has proven to be a major hoot. It seems that Kevin is already attempting his first escape. His plan seems to involve wedging himself between the exercise wheel and the wall, thereby scooting himself to the top of the cage. When I catch him in the act, he gets flustered and runs as quickly as possible to the food dish, pretending that he has been eating the whole time, and I must have been imagining things.