Chinese Hamsters

Dwarf Hamsters are the perfect low maintenance pet for kids - in fact, they're perfect for almost any age. However, I would not recommend getting one until your child/children are aged 8 or over because they can be very speedy and wriggly and therefore can escape easily if in the wrong hands. I also know of incidents where young children have squeezed the hamster too hard and actually popped one of their eyes out! Not a nice experience! They cost about £5 to £10 and are very small - about the size of a mouse. I know doesn't sound too appealing but I think they're lovely because they don't have a tail and they don't squeak! There are other breeds of Dwarf ...  Read the complete review

I would definitely recommend the Chinese hamster as a pet. I didn't get my first one till I was 24 and I still have her nearly three years later. She is mental!! The Chinese breed are very small and much more mouse like in apperance compared to a syrian or roborovski breed. They are characterised by the fact that they have a tail. Only a short one mind. I found that the Chinese hamsters are a bit more feisty than the syrian for example. For such a small hamster mine has a big personality. Now you may think that strange for a hamster but she always comes to the cage door when you make kissing noises (how sad) and she takes the smallest seeds from ...  Read the complete review

I first had a Chinese Hamster at the age of 17 so quite a late starter for small pets! however it was a great decision. The chinese hamster is much smaller than your normal hamster and is probably a similar size to a small mouse. They are mostly greay in colour with a dark stripe down the middle of their back. They are very easy to look after and feed on normal hamster food. I found the few I had very very friendly and they very rarely bit me as long as they were handled straightaway so as to get used to me. I used to let it out of the cage on a daily basis and often sat on the sofa with it beside me! They dont live too long though and i think on average ...  Read the complete review

This animal was one of my first pets i named her choccy she was the best to me. these are very very friendly i found she barely bit me i have owned three and i find they are very friendly to handle and if u are a bit warey my advice is to wear a pair of gloves whilst handling these little hamsters thats what i first did. aslo be very carfull as they bite thorugh cage bars and can squeeze through them if they bit it down enough. because they have such a thick lair of fur. because a little mouse can fit through a pen the part where the ink and the plastic covering it goes through the part you hold basicly.And hamsters and basicly the same ...  Read the complete review

I'm surprised that I haven't been banned from my local pet shop, not by the shop themselves but by my husband. Every time I go to buy supplies for all my little friends I find myself feeling sorry for the animals that are kept in little cages where they can't hide from the prying hands and eyes of all the hoards of children (and adults) and so my collection of small pets seems to be forever increasing. Some of the latest furry friends that I've adopted and brought home are my Chinese Hamsters, Eeny, Meeny, Miney and Mo and now I'm going to tell you all about them, their personalities and how I take care of them. ---A bit about Chinese ...  Read the complete review