Im going to get a teddy bear hamster soon and does anyone have any care tips?

Question

include what food not to eat and what it can eat and etc. Please Help soon! :]

Answer 1

Be careful not to scare it to death.  When I was around 2 or 3 my parents got my twin sister and I a hamster each.  According to my mom, they probably died of heart attacks because the 2 of us use to run around and scream sometimes.

Beyond that, make sure you feed it the right food.  The 2nd option to why the hamsters died was that my parents didn't feed it the right food.

Yes, I know.  Poor hamsters.  I was like 2, give me a break.  I've had several hamsters since then and they lived long happy lives.

Answer 2

Having a hamster takes a big responsibility. I remember when I first got my hammy, Chino (Cappichino). I love her very much :)

Well, best cage you should get is probably a wired cage. I you can probably go to a local Pet Smart to get a cool cage within you're budget.

I feed my hamster Fiesta for hamsters and gerbils. Tiny handful and that should be good for 1-2 days. If she doesn't finish it all, try lowering her portions. If she wants more higher it by a bit. Hamsters can eat a lot of fruits and veggies. I'll try to list some I feed her. Remember to cut them into bite-sized pieces!

Fruits:

Apple (seedless) *

Cherries (de-stoned)

Cranberries

Grapes (seedless)

Lychees

Melon (not watermelon)

Peaches (no stone)

Plums (no stone)

Raspberries

Raisins and sultanas

Strawberries

Vegetables:

Asparagus

Broccoli

Cabbage (small amounts)

Carrots

Cauliflower

Celery

Clover

Courgette / zucchini

Cucumbers *

Dandelion leaves

Green beans

Lettuce *

Cooked peas *

Spinach

Sweet corn / corn on the cob

Turnip

Water cress

Proteins and other foods:

Bread soaked in low fat milk (good for babies and nursing mums) *

Cooked minced beef (make sure there is no fat or grease)

Cooked poultry

Cheese *

Cottage cheese

Grasshoppers and crickets (only feed one at a time)

Mealworms

Eggs (boiled or scrambled)

Unflavored dog biscuits *

Baby food (low sugar)

Tinned dog food/cat food (small amounts)

Sandwich ham *

Cooked plain brown rice or brown/wholewheat pasta

Museli

Nuts and seeds (no almonds)

Foods To Avoid

    * Almonds (Contains Cyanic Acid)

    * Apple Seeds

    * Canned food

    * Chocolate

    * Candies

    * Chips and Junk food

    * Pork Products

    * Potatoes (Raw)

    * Raw Kidney Beans

    * Eggplant

    * Fool's Parsley

    * Grape Seeds

    * Avocado (Contains Cardiac Glycosides)

    * Raw Rhubarb

    * Tomato leaves

    * Oranges or Tangerines(no citrus fruits)

    * No watermelon (the water content is high causes diarrhea)

    * Cherry Stone

    * Peach Stone & Leaves

    * Apricot Stone

    * Lemon or Lime

    * Jams and jellies

    * Spices

    * Garlic

    * Onions

    * Leeks

    * Scallions

    * Chives

    * Pickles

Fruits and veggies should only be fed about once every three days (or they'll get diarrhea like my hammy did) . The optional protein foods are probably fed only once a week or less. I'm not sure because I don't feed my hammy a lot of that.

Clean the cage every once a week and you should be fine. Before buying a cage, try to see if it is escape proof and wont endager you're new addition!

Have fun with you're new hammy, and if you need anything more go to www.hamsterific.com which is a good reference site.

Answer 3

handle it every day to make it tame. you can feed it toast bread crackers carrots hamster food. and get it a little box and get sand in it and to let your hamster burrow and not get bored.    

Answer 4

do not put it in a plastic cage they will chew through it and get out

Answer 5

There's care info here

http://www.geocities.com/calhamassoc/New...

and

http://www.petwebsite.com/about_hamsters...

and

http://www.petwebsite.com/symptom.htm

Answer 6

Generally the small rodent pellets are the best food for hammys.  However, diabetes is growing in syrian type hamsters now as well as the dwarfs.  I'm pretty convinced that my golden has it, which limits her food options a lot.  A LOT of hamster foods, most in fact, have some sort of sugar or molasses added to them, which is no good, and unnecessary.  The Hazel Hamster brand of food from Supreme petfoods seems to be sugar free (I got it at PetCo I think).  However, it does have corn & peas in it, which are high starch.  If you get this sort of food, you can feed the full diet to hammy, and if there are no signs of diabetes, great.  If you do see signs (excessive thirst & peeing...even more than is normal for most hamsters) it is easy to pick out all of the corn & pea pieces to cut back on some of the starch hammy ingests.

Fresh veggies, in small amounts, are always good as supplements and treats, but shouldn't be the whole diet.  Some food in pellet form is good because it helps with tooth wear and can be stored away for a day or two as hamsters like to do.  My hamster seems to really like green beans, green lettuces, zucchini, and carrots.  She enjoys some fruit like apples, blueberries, and nectarine, but I can't give her much because of the suspected diabetes.  Fruits should be considered treats because of the high sugar content in them, regardless of whether your hammy has blood sugar issues or not.

Mostly make sure that you have an aspen or paper pulp type of bedding.  Pine & cedar can make hammy sick.  Fresh water, and lots of it, is really really important.  Hamsters will get bored if you don't give them toys, a wheel, and things to do, which is when they will really start to chew on their cages.  This can cause broken teeth, abscesses, and all sorts of other things you don't want to deal with.  Toilet paper tubes are some of the easiest and cheapest hammy toys available.  Wood chews from the pet store are a good way to keep hammy's chewing behaviors safe (they need to chew, but not on metal).  Definitely handle your hamster every day, talk to it so it will recognize your voice.  It may not let you pick it up right away, so just keep your hand in the cage for it to smell and get used to.  Eventually it will warm up to you.  Better to go slow than to have a nervous hamster accidentally bite.