Harry Hamster. Information about hamsters.
Dwarf Russian Hamsters
 The Dwarf Russian Hamster and Russian Hamster are one and the same but are a different species to the Winter White Russian Hamster.
Dwarf hamsters, baby Syrian hamsters and mice may find it difficult to climb vertical tubes. You can adapt Rotastak cages by fitting ‘mouse’ ladders to the inside of the tubes. It is recommended that these are secured with wire.
We have four dwarf Russian pet hamsters – two boys, “Bill & Ben” and two girls “Thelma and Louise”. We keep the boys in one enclosure and the girls in another.
They came to us as a result of a romance between the “Cassie” the hamster our grown up daughter bought, for our grandson’s birthday, and Cassie’s cage mate at the pet shop.
Ben and Thelma are very friendly and will climb on your hand when you put it in front of them. They do not try to run away when placed on the furniture or placed on our prone bodies.
Louise and Bill run a mile when they see our hands in the cage. The only way we can handle them is by trapping them in their exercise wheel and taking the wheel off its spindle with them in it. When they are out of the cage they will try to escape any way they can - the Russian dwarf hamster is a great escapologist.
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