Anyone have any experience of these? Been looking into them as I would quite like a Syrian hammy after my gerbils are gone and i'm quite smitten with the fluffy long coated ones!

Do they require a lot of grooming? (I'd imagine their back ends could get a bit messy)

Are they more susceptible to bad skin?

How easy are they to come across? I only ever see them on occasion in our local pet shop (not P@H, never seen any in there actually) and tbh they would probably be able to find a breeder who has them, they are quite good in that respect

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R.I.P Buster - Causing mischief over the bridge, sleep tight soldier

I reckon easy to come across he gets loads at our pet shop.. he had a lovely grey one in the other week and he was really really hairy.. And our fred we used to trim the hair off at his back end.. lol so he didn't look like the end of a rug running about..lol I guess it helped him keep himself clean too..
Never had any skin probs with ours..

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thanks

that's a good idea to trim them, would probably do that!

Now that I think about it I have actually seen them fairly regularly in our local pet shop, I just don't look quite as much any more because it's too much of a temptation

I love my gerbils to bits & I will probably have gerbils as well as the syrian but I would like something that's a little easier to handle, gerbils can be a bit jumpy and quick I also miss buying all the funky hamster toys

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R.I.P Buster - Causing mischief over the bridge, sleep tight soldier

LOL There are a lot of kinda half coats about.. But I have seen a few.. (teddy bear) hamsters ...

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I had one called Winston..he lived until he was 3.
The only issue we had was in his older age he used to get mats in his "bum hair" as we called it so we had to cut them out as he wouldnt sit still for a grooming.

He was amazing though, so friendly.

yeah just been reading up on that, it's hard to come across a fully long coated one apparently their coats are usually patchy or are more of a 'skirt' around the sides and back of the hammy..... I will find my full long coat though i really like the silver greys and the doves

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R.I.P Buster - Causing mischief over the bridge, sleep tight soldier

Are you local to me? if so I will keep me out out in our pet shop.. he did have a really nice grey long coat and he was a propper hairy.. not a skirt hairy..lol and if he uses the same breeder then he will prob get another in..

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i had a long coated hammy and he was the cleanest one yet i didnt have to groom him he did all tht himself
he was an escape artist though
lucky for him back then i didnt have any dogs :P

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Odin my beautiful KC reg GSD
Freya my baby KC reg GSD
Beefcake the bunny
Our little leopard gecko Sparticus

"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."

lol


Fred with his skirt before the scissors came out.. LOL

RIP Fred.. xxx

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My last hamster Bailey was longhaired, you do have to groom them a lot and they get sawdust tangled in there fur.

I ended up regularly trimming his hair meaning that there was no point having a long haired one.

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