Winter White dwarf hamsters - my children's pet

Despite their mother protest, I proceed and bought this little hamsters.
My children was delighted, and happy.

Their mother imposed a stick law regarding the 'rat' keeping.

i) Keep the 'rat' outside the house.
ii) Make sure no unwanted or smell / odour come out from that 'rat'.
iii) Strict hygiene control, "you wash the 'najis' yourself".
iv) Don't let her see the 'rat'.



The Chinese Hamster (Cricetulus griseus).
Winter White dwarf hamsters


The wild colour is greyish brown above with a black stripe down the spine and a whitish belly

This coloration, combined with their lithe build and longer tail, makes them look "mousy", in fact they are members of the group called ratlike hamster.




A Chinese hamster's body proportions, compared with those of other hamsters, appear "long and thin" and they have (for a hamster) a relatively long tail.






(Reference: Wikipedia)


We have two of this hamsters (not of same size - the pictures shown here is the bigger one (my son called 'Buntat'). Although it look tame, they can fight with each other. Off course the smaller one loose, and there was a small wound at the back- that my son applied a 'minyak afiat' to heal it.
So, I have to buy another housing to keep them individually.




- inside the orange ball