What are some important things to know about a syrian hamster

Please if someone already mentioned something you are going to say, don't repeat it!! I'm a new hamster owner and i just wanna know!! Thanx!

Female Syrians who become old and have never had babies are prone to get Uterine Infections. One day they will just start passing blood through their girlie parts. Can be fixed very rarely if you get them to a vet ASAP for some Baytril antibiotics and then TLC. I had 2 hammy girls who were about 3 go this way, it was horrible.

Find a vet nearby that handles small animals. Also find another one if needed that is open 24 hours (like a vet hospital). Keep the numbers handy just in case.

Get a Hamster run about ball and they love it. But note here many hamsters die because owners forget their hammies are out or from falls from stairs in the balls or from knocking themselves too hard against the wall. Solution: HammyTrak - kind of looks like a big plastic Hot Wheels track that you snap together and then you can let your hammy have a safe run on the track with no worries. Never leave hammy in the ball for more than 20 minutes. they can get dehyrdated

Hamsters can die from being too hot or too cold or in a place too drafty.

get a hamster guide book at your local bookstore and read it

join some hamster message boards for help and for information MSN and Yahoo have them. Myspace has them.

They sleep during the day, so play with them at night.