Comments on: Our elusive baby hamsters http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/our-elusive-baby-hamsters/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:04:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Catherine http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/our-elusive-baby-hamsters/#comment-11 Catherine Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:22:00 +0000 http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/?p=14#comment-11 My Dwarfies have never been outside and my place is warm, but they still hibernate when it gets cold outside here. I have used grow lights, heat lights and lights on timers to change day length, but when it becomes bitter cold outside they sleep. I am guessing that yours will get sleepy,but not do a full hibernation. Catherine My Dwarfies have never been outside and my place is warm, but they still hibernate when it gets cold outside here. I have used grow lights, heat lights and lights on timers to change day length, but when it becomes bitter cold outside they sleep. I am guessing that yours will get sleepy,but not do a full hibernation. Catherine

]]> By: John http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/our-elusive-baby-hamsters/#comment-10 John Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:40:00 +0000 http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/?p=14#comment-10 I don't think the links worked properly in my last comments so just in case:<br/><br/>discussion fourm is:<br/><br/><br/><a HREF="http://www.animalloversweb.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?" REL="nofollow">Discussion Forum</a><br/><br/>and the new blog address is:<br/><br/><a HREF="http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog" REL="nofollow">Blog</a> I don’t think the links worked properly in my last comments so just in case:

discussion fourm is:

Discussion Forum

and the new blog address is:

Blog

]]> By: John http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/our-elusive-baby-hamsters/#comment-9 John Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:29:00 +0000 http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/?p=14#comment-9 Ours are kept in our house and we have not had any hibernating hamsters, so far. We are new to Russian Dwarfs though, so you never know we may get a surprise this year.<br/>Although, contrary to Diane's (my wife's) opinion the house is usually pretty warm and rarely drops below 20oC. So I don't think we should get hibernations, should we?<br/>We have got the discussion forums going now on our website at:<br/>www.animalloversweb.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?<br/>I will be posting more about the baby hamsters there and would be very pleased if you wouldn't mind contributing more of your expertise there.<br/><br/>I'm also having to move the blog to a new address, but have managed to import our old posts and comments. The new address is:<br/><br/>www.animalloversweb.com/blog Ours are kept in our house and we have not had any hibernating hamsters, so far. We are new to Russian Dwarfs though, so you never know we may get a surprise this year.
Although, contrary to Diane’s (my wife’s) opinion the house is usually pretty warm and rarely drops below 20oC. So I don’t think we should get hibernations, should we?
We have got the discussion forums going now on our website at:
http://www.animalloversweb.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?
I will be posting more about the baby hamsters there and would be very pleased if you wouldn’t mind contributing more of your expertise there.

I’m also having to move the blog to a new address, but have managed to import our old posts and comments. The new address is:

http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog

]]> By: John http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/our-elusive-baby-hamsters/#comment-8 John Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:17:26 +0000 http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/?p=14#comment-8 Ours are kept in our house and we have not had any hibernating hamsters, so far. We are new to Russian Dwarfs though, so you never know we may get a surprise this year. Although, contrary to Diane's (my wife's) opinion the house is usually pretty warm and rarely drops below 20oC. So I don't think we should get hibernations, should we? Ours are kept in our house and we have not had any hibernating hamsters, so far. We are new to Russian Dwarfs though, so you never know we may get a surprise this year.
Although, contrary to Diane’s (my wife’s) opinion the house is usually pretty warm and rarely drops below 20oC. So I don’t think we should get hibernations, should we?

]]> By: Catherine http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/our-elusive-baby-hamsters/#comment-7 Catherine Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:46:00 +0000 http://www.animalloversweb.com/blog/?p=14#comment-7 Aren't they the greatest parents on the planet, after 7 years of studying them I am still impressed.Un-named is definitly the mother. She is establishing who is boss. They are matriarchal and territorial.My (80+)Dwarfies here in Canada do a full hibernation when serious cold weather hits. What do English Dwarfies do? Catherine in Toronto Aren’t they the greatest parents on the planet, after 7 years of studying them I am still impressed.Un-named is definitly the mother. She is establishing who is boss. They are matriarchal and territorial.My (80+)Dwarfies here in Canada do a full hibernation when serious cold weather hits. What do English Dwarfies do? Catherine in Toronto

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