Rodents are becoming an increasingly popular alternative pet choice. More and more people across the country are opting to keep them instead of going the regular cat and dog route. Whilst hamsters have been the most commonly kept pet rodents for decades, over the years, pet rats have also been gaining in numbers. Both rats …
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A somewhat common occurrence amongst hamsters and families that keep these animals as pets is that of the mother hamster killing and eating their babies. While this may feel instinctively horrifying to regular people, there is a plausible scientific rationale behind this. Mother hamsters, like most other nesting animals, are driven foremost by the instinct …
After deciding to add a hamster to our pet family, I realized I had a lot to learn. I didn’t know anything about their breeding cycles, or even how long pregnancy lasts for hamsters. After doing my research, here’s what I found out. So how long are hamsters pregnant for? The gestation period for hamsters …
Whilst I was looking to get a hamster for my two daughters I did a lot of research to find out more about the friendliest hamsters. The information I found was not always clear so hopefully, this article will help you make an informed choice. So which hamster breeds are the friendliest? There are a …
One of the first thing I thought when buying little Rocky from the pet shop was should I buy another one to keep him company. This lead me to the question can dwarf hamsters live together? Roborovski, Winter white and Campbell’s dwarfs can live together if introduced at a young age. Russian Dwarf hamsters can …
I still remember the day when I found my hamster cage empty. I was so worried and anxious. It took me five hours to find my lost hamster again and I’m going to share with you the best place to look and the home made trap I have used a few time with great success. …
They are every kid’s dream pet. But, do you know, all the pet hamsters originally have a lineage from the single brother-sister pairing of the Golden Syrian Hamster. Where do hamsters come from? The first recorded hampster on record came from Syria. They came to be described as the Syrian golden hamster. There was a …
I have had hamsters for many years. Every time, when a guest comes to my house and I introduce him with my baby rodents, the first question they ask is “do hamsters have a tail?” The answers is yes they do have tails and they can vary in length dependent on the bread of the …
