Hamster Scuffle

5th July 2008

I came home on the night of the blackout, & found Baby Hamster walking around the apartment! I was shocked, because I thought I had locked his cage with a fastener! Well, apparently he managed to push the door open slightly so that there’s a gap & he squeezed out of that gap. As you can see, now I’ve even taken another measure by adding that coil to secure the side of the door.

BH scuffle

When I was about to put Baby Hamster back in, I noticed Daddy Hamster was out too!!! He busted out from a cap that’s located on the top of the cage. He figured out how to turn it & popped it out! So, the tape is to secure that yellow cap.

DH scuffle2

I put both of them back without thinking much about them. What I didn’t realize until this morning was that they were out long enough to spot each other & had a fight with each other! Daddy Hamster got away with only a small bruise on his nose, but Baby Hamster has a biiig fresh scab on his chest & 2 fresh scabs on his side. I feel so bad for him because I didn’t notice his bruises sooner! But I’m glad that they’ve all dried up. I couldn’t get a picture of Baby Hamster’s bruises because he wouldn’t stay still. But I’ll keep checking up on Baby Hamster because it seemed that he was the loser in the battle. On that note, Tubby’s nose is healing very well!

O, as I already mentioned about Daddy Hamster & Baby Hamster fighting, I have to let you know that Syrian hamsters are solitary animals. They can’t live together, otherwise they would fight over territorial issues. They can live together when they’re young up to the age of 6 weeks old, but they have to be separated afterwards. Remember, 1 Syrian hamster per cage! Dwarf hamsters can live together.

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2 Responses to “Hamster Scuffle”

  1. admin Says:
    July 5th, 2008 at 1:15 am

    Hope they’re okay!

  2. furrybutts Says:
    July 9th, 2008 at 9:45 pm

    Oh, poor Baby! Hope he’s better now :)

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