Me and Rye!

[Ambo]

Hello! My hamster’s name is Rye, he is a hybrid Russian dwarf hamster. He’s a year and a half old and his favorite treats are sunflower seeds. I’m super excited to be on the hamster forum!

 

[Maz]

Hello and welcome Rye looks so cute peeping out of his coconut hut there Looking forward to seeing more of him Is your first hamster or have you had hamsters before?

 

[Yorkie]

Hello! My hamster’s name is Rye, he is a hybrid Russian dwarf hamster. He’s a year and a half old and his favorite treats are sunflower seeds. I’m super excited to be on the hamster forum!

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Awww ,hello Rye

 

[Socks' Mum]

Welcome to the forum Ambo and Rye! Rye looks very sweet in his comfy nest

 

[Doodleham]

Hello Rye. He's very cute. My Waffles has that coconut hide too she loves it. Welcome to the forum.

 

[Ambo]

Hello and welcome Rye looks so cute peeping out of his coconut hut there Looking forward to seeing more of him Is your first hamster or have you had hamsters before?

thanks! he is actually my third hamster! my first one was a robo dwarf named Cinnabon and my second was a Syrian named Truffle.

 

[Ambo]

Hello Rye. He's very cute. My Waffles has that coconut hide too she loves it. Welcome to the forum.

thanks!! the coconut hide has seemed to be a big hit with my past hamsters as well.

 

[Ambo]

Welcome to the forum Ambo and Rye! Rye looks very sweet in his comfy nest

thanks! he has been nesting in the coconut hide more than burrowing recently which is interesting, but it’s fun being able to see him in there throughout the day!

 

[Maz]

thanks! he has been nesting in the coconut hide more than burrowing recently which is interesting, but it’s fun being able to see him in there throughout the day!

It's probably the heat A few hamsters are sleeping in the open or in their coconuts due to the current heatwave

 

[Ambo]

It's probably the heat A few hamsters are sleeping in the open or in their coconuts due to the current heatwave

oh i didn’t even think about that! does it still affect them even when there is air conditioning?

 

[Maz]

Well if you have air conditioning then the heat probably doesn't affect them As that should make it cool. So it may be that she either hasn't quite decided where to nest yet, or she just loves that coconut!

 

[ilguy]

You picked three great names for hamsters. Welcome little Rye! He's absolutely adorable

 

[Ambo]

You picked three great names for hamsters. Welcome little Rye! He's absolutely adorable

Thanks!!

 

[Rescued One]

Hello! My hamster’s name is Rye, he is a hybrid Russian dwarf hamster. He’s a year and a half old and his favorite treats are sunflower seeds. I’m super excited to be on the hamster forum!

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Shy Rye!

 

[Ambo]

I’m moving on from store bought hamster food! I’m finally about to run out of it so I bought a homemade seed mix that is much more healthier for Rye, super excited!

 

[Maz]

That sounds great Which one did you get?

 

[Ambo]

It’s the dwarf mix from chubbyhamstercheeks! It’s on Etsy.

 

[Maz]

Yes there are lots of good mixes now. I actually like the Rodipet Hybrid dwarf mix It is supposed to be tailored to diabetes prone species, but the Chubby Cheeks one seems popular too and you could give the occasional parsley leaf as veg, which is supposed to help prevent diabetes.

 

[Ambo]

Oh that’s a great idea! Are there any ways to know when a hamster has diabetes?

 

[Maz]

If they get it then their urine sometimes smells sweet, but behavioural changes or other changes may be noticed first. Don't worry though - not every dwarf hamster gets diabetes - it is just something they can be genetically prone to, but there's no way of knowing which ones will and which won't. So the key is to try and slow any possible onset, via diet. So avoiding sweet foods obviously, or fruit (fruit sugars). Veg is ok. The Parsley also sounds very promising as research shows it actually prevents diabetes in humans