How often should you hold a hamster? This year has flown by and I cannot believe that our little Syrian hamster, Oscar, is about to turn one (yes, the kids are planning on throwing an extravagant...
Category: Health
Reasons why hamsters chew on cage bars A persistent rotating hamster wheel is enough to send you insane but equally as annoying is the relentless sound of a hamster chewing on its cage bars. It’s...
Hamsters are risk-takers and so chances are that at some point, you are going to drop your hamster. This exact scenario happened to us recently when my daughter tried to hand over our pet hamster to...
Following a recent experience where our pet hamster Oscar refused to come back when let loose in our sitting room, we decided to look at alternative ways to exercise him. And, having visited the pet...
What size wheel is best suited to your hamster? A hamster wheel is certainly a popular addition in our house, with our own little fur ball going crazy on it all night long. But what are hamster...
What to do if your hamster can’t open its eye – hamster pink eye
Pink eye in hamsters Last week we were abruptly awoken from slumber by a cry from our eldest daughter that poor Oscar couldn’t open his left eye. As dramatic as she made it sound, conjunctivitis...
