Hamsters

Hamsters are fascinating cute little creatures that serve well as pets for the younger child, but also adults too!

The big hamsters (right) are the syrian hamsters. They are individuals and will only be friendly to one another during the mating season, and even then 70% of the time they will fight. When they are babies syrian hamsters are furless but very soon they will grow fur and at 6 weeks they are ready to be taken home as a pet.

Their average lifespan is 2 years.

Dwarf hamsters are so much different to their cousins the syrians, they actually prefer to live together. As their name suggests, Dwarf hamsters are very small and are often coloured grey. A dwarf hamster is a name in fact given to a group of hamsters: Russian, Chinese and Roboskis.

Long haired hamsters have of coure, long hair! More of a similar size to Syrian than dwarfs, they take a lot more care than any other breed through grooming alone!

A Hamsters diet is usually nuts, raisins, corn, and other things like that such as sunflower seeds or dried grass. Sometime though, you can give them small treats such as chocolate drops (bought from a pet shop) or bits of carrot or egg.