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I'm sick of that little guy gnawing away through the night and filling his little cheeks with food instead of eating it so I think it's time to get rid. I've been toying with the idea of getting a gerbil instead and wonder if anyone else has made the transition and how they managed it. I have 12 kids so space is at premium in my house.
Thanks 😉
Richard Gere may be interested.
Iirc gerbils are social, just like Russian Dwarf hamsters, unlike Syrian hamsters.
No. I always follow the recipe exactly.
They need different widths of gaffer tape, other than that the nighttime cheek filing is the same.
We had a Russian Dwarf hamster and fat a American Chipmunk.
We only recently found out that the hamster had been controlling and blackmailing the chipmunk through social media
Should I be looking for my Mick? Is confused.
Instead of a gerbil, have you considered getting one of the newer, more sociable cross breeds of hamster that are now available? They are called "xHamsters"
A quick web search will tell you all that you need to know 😉
Gerbils are sociable so you'll need at least 2, ideally female. You'l also need a tank 2/3 filled with sawdust to allow then to tunnel. On the plus side they are very entertaining pets and can be handled without too much risk of biting unlike hamsters...
It didn't fly as well.
Say what?
YOU HAVE 12 KIDS and the noise from a hamster chewing bugs you!!!
REALLY?
When you say 'get rid', what exactly are you planning to do with the little fella?
Not after the last time.
Took ages to get the residue out of his fur.........
All in good humour saxon dude. Much love x
12 kids - sounds like the hamster isn’t the only one gnawing away and filling his cheeks.....
Although if he had been filling her cheeks there wouldn’t be 12 of them 😂
gerbils are social, just like Russian Dwarf hamsters
I had three Winter Whites. Turned out that their notion of being sociable was trying to kill each other, ended up having to get three separate cages.
Russian Dwarf hamsters
Anything like Filigree Siberian Hamsters?
Cut the tail off the gerbil, voila....a hamster.
Used to keep gerbils for a number of years. Gerbils need to gnaw at things to keep their teeth down - so they will be gnawing at a piece of wood or cardboard as soon as they are awake. (i used to get people at work to bring in toilet roll inners for them to gnaw on) as well as chunks of wood. They can be good escape artists and can be buggers to catch once free - though some just faint if they are in an open space. You'll need an old glass fish tank to keep them in - things like rotastak they just gnaw to pieces (even with the metal protection rings on ends of tubes) They are pretty friendly and don't normally bite - they might give you a warning nip if they are distressed - if you ignore that then they will really bite - it's no fun trying to shake off a gerbil that is embedded in the end of your finger with blood pissing out everywhere. As said before they are sociable - i found that keeping males together was a lot less fraught than keeping females. The females i had were always fighting (but that of course could be down to just the individuals involved) They are pretty clean - they will have a toilet area completely separate from their sleeping area- plus because they are desert animals they hardly pee at all. If you need further info just pm me.
Armageddon!
Just tastes like chicken to me
Hamsters not sociable? Ours loved the dog. 🙂
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I thought this was going to be about alternative power sources for the forum...
I tried replacing our hamster with a gerbil but the wife smelt a rat immediately so I had to change back
(Actually, we had a few hamsters over the years and they were great - start handling when they're babies and they "never" bite. They also used to do awesome acrobatics on the wire bars of the cage)
Yeah this is joke thread, please stop with the serious responses 😆
@epicyclo I don't know how anyone could tempt fate like in that photo you posted... What if the dog suddenly bit off the best part of half a hamster? I'd never forgive myself and I'd find it hard to be upset with the dog, for a situation I was the creator of!
What if the dog suddenly bit off the best part of half a hamster?
You'd be left with a ham for dinner.
Next thread..." Sudocreme on a Gerbil...how best to get it out"
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What if the dog suddenly bit off the best part of half a hamster?
You’d be left with a ham for dinner
Ermm surely the ham would be the best part and you'd end up with ster fry instead?
I remember our old hamsters when we were kids...they used to climb upside down across the bars...I used to pick each finger off the bar, one by one until they fell down.
...also any ever squeezed a hamster in there hands (bulging eyes)
no wonder they used to bite.
oh...when you forget they are in there plastic ball and you come speeding into the room and accidentally kick the ball across the room.
I hear you can freeze a hamster them bring it back with your own body heat?
Hamsters will bite if you disturb them while asleep. As my mum once found out after poking my hamster. As I pointed out at the time, if someone poked her with a large stick while she was asleep, she’d be likely to snap at them too!
I tried the gerbil upgrade, but the forum didn't go any faster.
The forum never goes faster.
n0bodyofthegoat
I don’t know how anyone could tempt fate like in that photo you posted…
The hamster loved the dog and was trying to jump on to its head. That's why I was trying to hold tight to the little rascal, otherwise he would have ended up flicked across the room when the dog tried to find him.
Dog also liked the hamster. Anytime it escaped she'd corner it between her front legs and the hamster would stay there.
The dog is a wolfhound and they are very good natured.
My little brother was bought a gerbil when the hamster got down the hot air heating and died in a heating vent;-)
The hamster was fine the gerbil spent all night chewing it's way through the bars, noisy little git.
It always amazed me how athletic the hamsters were. Great pets for a responsible kid.
Gerbils are sociable so you’ll need at least 2, ideally female. You’l also need a tank 2/3 filled with sawdust to allow then to tunnel.
Is exactly what I was going to write. It's great to be able to see the tunnels they make and it's a proper environment as opposed to animals bunged in a cage.
Didn’t work for topgear.