Showing posts with label syrian hamster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label syrian hamster. Show all posts

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Pixie in her pink cage

I gave the hamsters a little bit of basil last night. The dwarves weren't too convinced, but Pixie loved it! She looks so big now that I'm more used to dwarf hamsters but used to look so tiny when I had bunnies, haha.



I love the white on her feet - it looks like she's wearing gloves ❤ Too precious!

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

What I feed my hamsters

There are a lot of different hamster foods on the market, but each and every one of them are very different in terms of ingredients. It's hard to get the right nutritional values for your hamster in just one package. Therefore, I mix my own hamster food by combining different commercial brands to get the right ingredients. These are the ones I'm currently using:


Left to right, top: MultiFit Hamster, Supreme Science Selective hamster, sunflower seeds
Left to right, bottom: Vilmie (rabbit and guineapig), JR Farm Dwarf hamster mix

For Pixie, my Syrian hamster, I use all of these but the dwarf hamster mix. I also like to add a few dog treats and sometimes dried banana or carrot flakes for treats. She used to get Harry Hamster, but I can't buy that brand here in Denmark and it got too annoying having to order the food every time. She still has some Harry Hamster mixed into her food mix though. 

For Kiwi and Mango, my campbell dwarves, I mix all of the foods in the picture, plus a few dog treats. The MultiFit mix contains dried mealworms, and the JR Farm mix contains proteins from chicken, beef and shrimps. Though I tend to remove most pieces of corn, carrot or peas from their food to avoid too much sugar.

Both breeds get fresh vegetables or herbs at times, plus some other kind of protein source, such as boiled egg or some meat. I'm not one of those people who give vegetables everyday, but I will try to do it more often since the hamsters like it so much. :)

Monday, September 14, 2015

Natural cage theme for hamsters

This is Pixie's previous cage setup, which has a natural theme. The only thing missing is a plant, but I didn't have any at the time... :( The plan was to fill the floor where the wheel is with moss, but again, I couldn't find any at the time.

The sandbath is actually a reptile water dish that I boiled and desinfected with pet safe spray, and I made the small ladders from branches from our apple tree. The small pieces of wood are also from the apple tree. Pixie really loved to chew on those!



Pink cage theme

Here is an update about Pixie! She has grown a lot this summer! Her color has become very orange and she has almost outgrown her wheel (I have got to buy a new one). Right now she has a super cute candy princess cage setup, while the sisters have a natural theme.




Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Pixie's fourth cage setup

I cleaned the cage yesterday and decided to change up the setup of her cage. I added a few of the new things I got for her, but kept the sand bath in the same corner. Unfortunately, Pixie thinks it's a good idea to pee in her wheel so it doesn't look very nice anymore. Good news is that it doesn't smell, at least...


Sunday, February 15, 2015

Pixie has grown...

It's been 2 weeks already! Pixie is 6 weeks old and has gotten pretty big :) I took a few photos of her in her new "kitten" sand bath (which looks more like a pink hamster to me). She really seems to love it! Here she is, my little princess:



Thursday, January 29, 2015

New cage setup

I have already changed Pixie's setup because I found a few things that I thought would look good in her cage. :) Everything is boiled and disinfected with a pet safe spray. I was thinking of maybe removing the toilet paper rolls and stuff, but she seems to like them so I'll leave them in. I'm currently looking for a few small rocks to place around her food dish.



Peek-a-boo




I offered a small piece of cooked egg this morning, which Pixie really seemed to like. :) Tonight I will take her out to play so we can get to know each other better. She's sleeping right now in her big wooden hide.

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Welcome home, Pixie!

I picked up Pixie today, and she's just sooo adorable! ♡ She was born on New year's eve, so she's only 4 weeks old and super tiny! She's really quick though, and very brave and active. She explored the cage immediately when I put her in it. She has no problems with hands in her cage and she even lets me pet her. :) I will wait until tomorrow to pick her up though. I want her to feel at home first. 

Until then, here is a photo bomb of the little princess: