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Subject: BS: Hamsters From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Date: 03 Nov 03 - 07:25 PM hamsters.john |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Ebbie Date: 03 Nov 03 - 08:26 PM Run. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Peace Date: 03 Nov 03 - 08:37 PM Stampede? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: artbrooks Date: 03 Nov 03 - 08:40 PM Less than a pound dressed out. Not worth the trouble. Get a cat. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Date: 03 Nov 03 - 08:58 PM tig got a new hamster, called Chloe. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Ebbie Date: 03 Nov 03 - 09:35 PM Good for you, John. Many happy days to you both. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: LadyJean Date: 04 Nov 03 - 12:06 AM The biggest fight my parents ever had was when my father put the hamster in with the hamstress. It resulted in five hamlets, and mother was mad for days! Now, if you want a rodent for a pet, I reccomend a fancy rat. They're cleaner, more intelligent, and much friendlier. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: GUEST,Ely Date: 04 Nov 03 - 12:18 AM I prefer rats and guinea pigs. Bigger, yes, but much more intelligent; they have a bigger range of emotions between "asleep" and "biting the crap out of your fingers". |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 04 Nov 03 - 01:18 AM Gerbels john Gerbels
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull Date: 04 Nov 03 - 02:43 AM It's Gerbils gargoyle, learn to spell.johm |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Wilfried Schaum Date: 04 Nov 03 - 02:48 AM Why not rabbits? If you're fed up with them you can feed the family with them. Wilfried |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Metchosin Date: 04 Nov 03 - 02:58 AM nyah, hamsters bite and make you bleed....rats don't bite, are friendlier, more affectionate and easier to find if they get out of their cages.....but they are harder on the budgerigars. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Roger the Skiffler Date: 04 Nov 03 - 04:03 AM Are this band playing in Hull, JOhn ? RtS9) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: open mike Date: 04 Nov 03 - 04:55 AM their page says they do play at the springhead in Hull |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Dave Bryant Date: 04 Nov 03 - 05:15 AM LadyJean, I'm surprises that there wasn't a bloody fight in the cage. Hamsters are not very social and the females are much more territorial than the males. It's therefore usual practise to put the female in with male - otherwise the female will attack. John - you've left it a bit late this year if you want to fatten it up for christmas. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: GUEST,Crystal Date: 04 Nov 03 - 06:36 AM I had a hamster with an unholy attraction to bras. You took the little sod out and he'd be up your arm and down your top in seconds. On the plus side they swing from the cage bars! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Dave Bryant Date: 04 Nov 03 - 06:55 AM It took a lot of training to get him to do that - It's just a pity that the battery on the micro-minature video camera didn't last longer ! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: GUEST,MMario Date: 04 Nov 03 - 08:45 AM rats don't bite? since when? Guinea Pigs are the best or the rodentia for pets as far as I'm concerned. But don't believe those tales of "They don't climb" - they are perfectly capable of it! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Mrs.Duck Date: 04 Nov 03 - 11:17 AM We have two chinese hamsters called Bill and Ben. Trouble is they are so alike we keep saying 'is it Bill or is it Ben?' They have their own flowerpots too!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Little Hawk Date: 04 Nov 03 - 12:32 PM Hamsters...always a delightful subject. Most of the hamsters I've ever known did not bite...but some do. I think it depends partly on the vibes you send them and how well they know you. If a hamster did not bite Clinton Hammond, for instance, I would be very surprised. :-) - LH |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Gillie Date: 04 Nov 03 - 07:15 PM I was one of the first to meet Chole!! Delightful, if a little shy! Farthing (kitten) thought she was wonderful (Magician) Gillie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: LadyJean Date: 04 Nov 03 - 11:53 PM They did fight, and then they made hamlets. I was 6 at the time, and was not allowed to watch. We had a long haired male cat, who liked to sit on top of the hamster cage. One day the hamster got fed up with him, and bit his bottom. Long haired male cats, while very affectionate, and very good natured, are very dumb. Things like that happen to them. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Sorcha Date: 05 Nov 03 - 12:20 AM ROF, here, LadyJean! How funny!!! Personally, I like whistle/guinea pigs, but I have cats.....and the cages need cleaning too often for me. And, actually, the rats bred for Lab Rats make pretty nice pets. NOT so for the huge 'sewer rat' type......no thank you very much......AND---get your rodentia VACCINATED FOR RABIES!!!!! (ps--can you spay/neuter a rodent? if so, you should.....no more hamlets) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 05 Nov 03 - 02:01 AM Thank Goodness! nobody has mentioned Duct Tape so far in this thread... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: hesperis Date: 05 Nov 03 - 03:14 AM Duct tape is good for keeping the cage door closed. But they'll chew through the duct tape too. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Roger the Skiffler Date: 05 Nov 03 - 03:56 AM ...to get back to music: the Hamsters always pack Jagz, they're appearing there next Thursday 13th November. RtS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Dave Bryant Date: 05 Nov 03 - 05:07 AM Gillie - your spelling of Chloe proves that John's spelling problems are actually contagious - perhaps hamsters act as the carriers ! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Tig Date: 05 Nov 03 - 09:11 AM Don't know where jOhn found the name Chloe. Her name is Globe and she is a pretty little white and smokey fawn colour. She is providing hours of entertainment for the cat population who sit on the chair arm watching her! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Little Hawk Date: 05 Nov 03 - 05:47 PM Now if she gets on the exercise wheel, she'll be a globetrotter! - LH |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Cluin Date: 05 Nov 03 - 11:05 PM Gerbils, eh garg? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 06 Nov 03 - 08:50 PM Duct-tape.
Sincerely, |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: GUEST Date: 06 Nov 03 - 10:01 PM http://www.oceanbluepools.com/hamster/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Tig Date: 07 Nov 03 - 03:39 PM She got a new haster house to sleep in today and one of those hamster balls to run round in so that she can now terrorise the cats by chasing THEM around the floor! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Peace Date: 07 Nov 03 - 07:39 PM Delicious! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: open mike Date: 07 Nov 03 - 08:58 PM chinchillas |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: LadyJean Date: 08 Nov 03 - 12:27 AM I hadn't thought of this for a long time. When I was in high school, the hamster from the biology lab got loose, and found it's way into the library, where the librarian (who hated animals) found it nibbling on a book. Having returned the recalcitrant rodent to the bio teacher, she put a sign up on the library door, "No Hamsters Allowed." She put it close to the floor, so passing hamsters could read it. We didn't have the internet in those days, so I don't know what the poor hamsters did when they had to do research papers. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Mooh Date: 08 Nov 03 - 09:05 PM ...make pretty good musky and pike bait, thrashing around on the surface the way they do, especially since it's difficult to find a bait shop that sells ducklings. Mooh. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 08 Nov 03 - 09:39 PM LadyJean, your librarian obviously had a subtle sense of humour. :-) Robin |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Little Hawk Date: 08 Nov 03 - 09:51 PM Most animals hate librarians too. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Wilfried Schaum Date: 10 Nov 03 - 02:12 AM LadyJean - now if that wasn't a good one! Shall tell it to my fellow librarians. Little Hawk - objection! Horatio and Little Max, dogs in the neighbourhood, love me intensely. It might be another case with the bird I chased off when I caught it building a nest in the shelves. Wilfried |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Cluin Date: 10 Nov 03 - 07:51 PM Rats! They're all rats! Now where'd I put that Warfarin so the kids wouldn't get into it?... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 10 Nov 03 - 08:58 PM My experience with hamsters is limited to the two of them that my son had as a child. The first one was obtained from a friend whose own hamsters had a litter. It had been handled and played with by humans from an early age and it never bit anyone. When it died we replaced it with one bought from a pet store. Bad mistake. It was the rodent from hell. Even the kids were glad when the thing died. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Peace Date: 10 Nov 03 - 09:56 PM They taste OK with a sharp sauce, moderate amount of garlic and just a dash of red wine--no more than a three. Watch for the legs, however, because they can cause one to choke. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Melani Date: 11 Nov 03 - 03:01 AM I now have four rats. I highly recommend them as pets. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Little Hawk Date: 11 Nov 03 - 01:30 PM Just remember not to put adult hamsters in the same cage. They don't all bite people, but they sure will bite each other. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Bill D Date: 11 Nov 03 - 02:16 PM Robin.. you reveal things about yourself by mentioning duct tape in a hamsters thread..*grin* |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: jimmyt Date: 11 Nov 03 - 02:29 PM Guest Crystal, Your opinion that Hamsters have an unnatural attraction for bras, in that if allowed they will go right up your arm in search of a bra..........reminds me of my teenage years, and as much as I try to remember, doesn't seem the bra was my optimim destination. I never cared for them necessarily when they were off, oh well, it was the 60's go figure! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Clinton Hammond Date: 11 Nov 03 - 02:30 PM A 'pet' that's cheeper to replace than feed... Have you noticed that a lot of pet stores keep hamsters, next to the white mice and the crickets? Know why? Cause they're not pets, they're food for REAL pets! A bunch of years a go, a chums hamster was killed by a viewing of John Carpenters "Prince Of Darkness"... Read into that what you will... we sure did! If I was ever gonna get a hamster, I'd have to spend about a million bucks on miles and miles of "Habbi-trail" tubing, and run it all over the house... I think that'd be pretty cool.... :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Little Hawk Date: 11 Nov 03 - 03:51 PM The Habitrail stuff costs a fortune, but it is entertaining. I used to feed the hamster through cardboard tubing from paper towl rolls. But my ultimate dream...I have always wanted to use hamsters to crew a radio-controlled sailboat and get them out on the pond in a brisk wind. I can just picture the little guys hiking out over the windward side as she rips along on a blazing starboard tack. Ditto for radio-controlled cars, larger slot cars, and airplanes...not to mention model rockets. Hamsters in S-P-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-C-E!!!!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Clinton Hammond Date: 11 Nov 03 - 04:20 PM Oh ya... but -I'M- cruel and heartless... Heh |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: jimmyt Date: 11 Nov 03 - 04:26 PM little hawk and clinton, Does it have something to do with those long cold dark winter nights in Canada ???????????? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Cluin Date: 11 Nov 03 - 05:07 PM Aw, the Habitrail stuff would just distribute the hamster poop more throughout the house. My niece had one of those little balls so her hamster could roam the house, banging off the baseboards and furniture legs all day. It was funny watching the little shitballs bouncing around inside there, sprinkling down on the little rodent. Not so funny when one worked its way out of one of the airholes to get ground down into the rug later.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Peace Date: 11 Nov 03 - 07:12 PM jimmyt: Of course you weren't interested in touching the bras--they were on fire. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Little Hawk Date: 11 Nov 03 - 07:21 PM Clinton is a perverse, depraved, sociopathic guitar monkey who needs to be locked up in a high security institution. I hope to get down to Windsor one of these days and catch his act. - LH |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Cluin Date: 12 Jan 04 - 04:10 AM Hamsters on the sauce. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Sweetfia Date: 12 Jan 04 - 08:46 AM My first two hamsters where great, they where really friendly. But then i got a breed of hamster called russian dwarf, ya know the really tiny ones. It was an evil little bastard! The only time i could feed it was when it was asleep, otherwise it would run like hell from the other end of it's cage to bite me!!! It was only about the size of my thumb too! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: GUEST,noddy Date: 12 Jan 04 - 10:42 AM Hamsters ...nothing have you seen the size of Marmots? Mind you they taste nice! Had some on holdiday. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: GUEST,Crystal Date: 12 Jan 04 - 05:23 PM Rotastak housing for hamsters is NOT escape proof! The same can be said for any hamster cage not made of eighteen inch thick renfourced concrete. They are certainly inventive when escaping! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Charley Noble Date: 12 Jan 04 - 05:31 PM Some of my best singing friends are Hamsters, from the Press Room in New Hamster. Cheerily, Charley Noble, co-owner of Dilbert the Mouse |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Charley Noble Date: 12 Jan 04 - 09:01 PM We've been very busy this holiday season training our mice to guide a sleigh pulled by our Maine cooncat. It hasn't been an easy job but patience seems to have been rewarded:Click Here! Let's see your hamsters do that! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Phot Date: 12 Jan 04 - 10:26 PM Talking of hamsters on boats, does anyone remember Tails from the riverbank? Wassail! Chris |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Sorcha Date: 12 Jan 04 - 10:41 PM Charley, LOVE that...want a Maine Coon Cat real bad.....cost big bucks tho...send me one? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: LadyJean Date: 13 Jan 04 - 12:06 AM I would never allow myself to be photographed in such a position Musetta Rustycatte Flufftail LadyJean's Superior Tortie Cat She sits on my lap while I'm on the computer, but until today, I didn't know she could type. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: SueB Date: 13 Jan 04 - 01:50 AM Hamsters are fine, Hampsters are better: Click here and wait a little - |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Charley Noble Date: 13 Jan 04 - 01:16 PM LadyJean- Tejitu is sitting in my lap as well. She's the cat that actually brought Dilbert into the house one winter morning. She believes in "catch and release" and after hearing "activity" in the kitchen I found Dilbert backed up against the sink base on a rug and Tejitu trying to roll the mouse up into the rug. It was clear to me that Dilbert was someone's escaped pet mouse. I decided to intervene and we now have a new addition to the household, although we don't really let them play together except in Photoshop. I find the probablity of Dilbert surviving his escape astounding. The image did make a great holiday card. "Tejitu" in Ethiopian means "full of mead or spirit," a common name for a bargirl. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: JudyB Date: 13 Jan 04 - 02:44 PM Sorcha - I think genuine authenticated Maine Coon Cats do cost quite a bit. Tejitu (and her "sister" Tilahun) came from local animal shelters (their "brother" Gashay is a stray they adopted when he started hanging out in our yard). I don't think Teji is a purebred - but there's a lot of Coon Cat in her. Another option if there's not a cat that seems right for you at the local shelters is to get in touch with some of the big animal rescue places and see if they can put you in touch with someone who has a rescued coon cat. There are actually groups that specialize in rescuing and finding homes for various breeds of cats and dogs - surprised me when I learned about it. You probably won't get papers on a cat you get that way, but you might get a big cuddly cat. JudyB (Teji's other person) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: JennyO Date: 14 Jan 04 - 11:02 AM I thought there was something awfully familiar about that card - and sure enough, there it was in our collection of Christmas cards - good stuff Charlie! Jenny |
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Subject: RE: BS: Hamsters From: Charley Noble Date: 15 Jan 04 - 08:42 AM Jenny- We had fun putting the card together. Now we have to figure out what to do next year. We do have two other cats that didn't make the final cut and they've been sulking. In the meantime, my mother's new cat, Grendel, is making a big dent in the flying squirrel population in her old farmhouse. She's nabbed three of the little critters. Flying squirrels are much smaller than your common wombat, and they do glide more smoothly. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
