AboutNadia Vella Expertise I can answer several Hamster questions; types of hamsters, which hamster could be the best for a beginner, hamster illnesses - offering some homeopathic remedies, ideas how to furnish a hamster's cage. I've been having hamsters for various years and love hamsters!! Check out hamster-club.com
which is my hamster club for all hamster lovers!
I also wrote a hamster book which will help lots of hamster owners with all the hamster advice needed. Check out The Hamster Book - Hamster-Club Guide Book. Price: only €4.99! This hamster book is the ultimate hamster book for all hamster owners since it provides lots of expert hamster advice. This hamster book will help you with most aspects of hamster housing, feeding a hamster, hamster behaviour, hamster reproduction, hamster health and hamster important tips! This hamster book is also full of beautiful coloured hamster photos. ISBN 978-99932-0-721-4 Published in 2009. You may email me on nadia@hamster-club.com
Experience
Experience: Several years adopting hamsters, running a hamster-club in Malta which is hamster-club.com
I offer different natural remedies to help hamsters feel better when they are sick. Email me for more information about hamster concerns on nadia@hamster-club.com
Organizations Hamster-Club Malta.
Publications Hamster-Club Guide Book : ISBN 978-99932-0-721-4 www.TheHamsterBook.com Price: only €4.99! and
various articles featured in local newspapers and magazines amongst which: 'The Sunday Times', 'Times of Malta; Junior News', 'The Malta Independent on Sunday', 'The Malta Independent; Crackers Magazine', 'The Malta Independent', 'Phase Magazine', 'Taghna t-Tfal Magazine' (November 2009), 'L-Orizzont' and 'Il-Mument'. More information may be found here.
Education/Credentials Hamster-Club Malta - several awards won for writing hamster articles.
Awards and Honors Pet Shed Award, The Golden Award, Expert Author at Ezine Articles.
On 26th August 2009, I represented 'Hamster-Club' on radio RTK, in a programme named 'L-Annimali u l-Ambjent'. The programme’s name means ‘The Animals and the Environment’.
Question Hi,
How can you stop a hamster from biting his cage?
Answer Hi
Thank you for your question.
Hamsters need to gnaw. Hamsters have four front incisors, two on the top and two on the bottom that keep growing throughout their lives. Gnawing is necessary to keep those teeth sharp and at the proper length. You can't train a hamster not to chew things, but here are a few strategies to limit the damage.
You have to think carefully about the items you put into the hamster's cage Put the plastic water bottle into a metal protector. Or else, buy a flat-back style that does not have any obvious edges for the hamster's teeth to get a grip on. Be picky about the cage furnishings and hamster toys you buy, ceramic and metal accessories are gnaw proof, while plastic and wooden ones are not hamster gnaw proof!
Do you want your hamster to keep a roof over its head? A ceramic sleep house will outlast a plastic one any day.
Do you want your hamster to have a wheel workout every day? A plastic wheel could have a limited life span, but a sheet-aluminum one will last a hamster's lifetime.
If your hamster is a plastic addict, remove the plastic furnishings from the hamster's cage altogether. Otherwise, swallowed plastic splinters could cause your hamster intestinal upset and digestive problems.
Ceramic and wood hamster toys are much safer choices for hamsters with passion for plastic, although even these toys will have to be checked regularly and removed if they get too chewed to be safe.
Your hamster is going to chew, chew and chew! It's up to you to provide him with something owner approved to chew on. If you give your hamster chewables, your pet will get the gnawing it needs and it will be less likely to attack his cage or cage furnishings. You can buy lots of colourful, falvourful, inexpensive hamster chewings for your hamster to exercise its teeth on. Look for hardwood chews like critter kabobs, critter cubes, hamster bites, swiss chews or veggie sticks. Tasty hamster treats like nibble bars, alfalfa squares, dog biscuits and crunchy gnaw sticks do double duty.
Hamster gnawing is normal but obsessive gnawing is not. Compulsive chewing has more to do with boredom than with keeping teeth trimmed. If your hamster is exercising those chompers non-stop, then perhaps it needs a more expansive cage setup, more out-of-the-cage playtime and more stimulating toys.
