Syrain Hamster

The newborn pups don't have any fur, their eyes are closed, and they're still ‎cute.They can't see, or hear, but they can already smell and move themselves ‎around by theirfront feet.

If one does stray from the nest the mother will scoop ‎him up and return him, don't worry, hamster mom's know what they're doing. ‎

Resist the temptation to pick them up. The mom won't like this and it could ‎even cause her to abandon, or even worse, eat the babies. Just watch them ‎and wait around two weeks before handling them. ‎

Most hobbyists do not advise housing a female for more than one day. The ‎female is the dominant sex and may kill the male. In general, these hamsters ‎do not do well if they are caged in the company of others; they are even ‎known to fight against the same sex. There are always exceptions, however, ‎and some hobbyists have reported housing males with females without any ill ‎effects.

Hamsters can become accustomed to the sound of your voice, and will show ‎various degrees of response. It may even be possible, using treats as ‎rewards, to train the hamster to carry out some of its natural activities.

Never stop growing. Without something to gnaw on, the teeth will grow too ‎long and may overgrow the jaw, making eating impossible. Always provide a ‎hardwood block or a hard dog biscuit, and see which it likes better.

The Syrian Hamster comes in a variety of colours some more commonly seen ‎than others. The most common colours are golden, cinnamon, black-eyed ‎cream, red eyed cream, sable, mink, dark eared white and flesh eared white. ‎The rarer colours seen are ruby eyed cream, dark grey, light grey, silver grey, ‎blonde, black eyed ivory, red eyed ivory, black, beige, blue mink, chocolate, ‎dove, smoke pearl, lilac, rust, copper, yellow, honey, tortoiseshell, yellow ‎black and mosaic. The hamster coat also comes in patterns, which are white ‎based and combined with another colour.

The coat comes in various lengths and textures. They can be shorthaired, ‎longhaired, rex, satin and hairless. The rex coat is slightly curled or wavy ‎depending on whether the hamster is short or longhaired. The satin coat is ‎glossy.

The cage itself could be furnished with items, such as a wheel, to provide ‎exercise for the hamster. Some hamsters do not like wheels or the hamster ‎balls that they can run around the house in. The ball is better suited to the ‎larger hamsters like the Syrian. As hamsters love to burrow a box filled three ‎quarters full with shavings is ideal so they can burrow and tunnel as much as ‎they like. They also like to climb. It is possible to provide plenty to entertain ‎this hamster with using household items, such as toilet roll tubes and boxes.

Names
Golden Hamster, Fancy Hamster, Teddy bear Hamster and Standard ‎Hamster

Lifespan
On average the Syrian Hamster can live 2 to 2.5 years, there are exceptions ‎to this with some living longer and others shorter lives

Size
On average the Syrian Hamster is 15-20cms long and the female is larger ‎than the male.

Average Litters Size
The Syrian Hamster can produce, on average, 8 young. Litters of up to 20 or ‎more have been recorded.

Popularity of the Syrian Hamster began when a new animal model was ‎needed for laboratory research.

The Syrian Hamster is one of the most common hamsters sold in pet stores ‎today.
‎ Sadly, the Syrian Hamster has been extinct in its natural environment since ‎the 1980s.

Study of the Syrian Hamster in its native habitat indicated that in ‎the wild they displayed fierce territoriality. They were so aggressive that they ‎would attack any intruding body whether it was another hamster or another ‎animal. The captive Syrian Hamster still displays aggressive behavior to other ‎hamsters.
For this reason it is not recommended to house more than one ‎Syrian Hamster in a cage. This is not to say they do not make good pets. ‎They do, particularly if they are handled a lot from a young age. In the wild the ‎Syrian Hamster is a burrowing animal.