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How much does your hamster weigh?

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#1 ·
Just wondering because i weighed my Syrian last night and she weights just over 200 grams!! I looked up the average weight for a female syrian and it said 100 - 150 grams?! Not sure if this means i have an obese rodent on my hands :eek: but she doesn't look overweight! She's a bit round around the bottom area and loves her food but definitely isn't overweight.

Those who have taken the time to put their hammys on the scales, what does yours weigh?
 
#3 ·
woooww, 200g is a BIG female hamster lol i breed syrians and weigh all my hamsters regularly but have never even had a syrian female reach 200g even when pregnant with 13 pups.

think you may have a hamster that needs a diet or had a pouch full of food at the time lol
 
#5 ·
i just wieghed my hamster biscuit she is a female syrain hamster and she is a little on the fat side at 150 but she is 6 days preg the normale weight for a syrain is around 130 grams so i would put her on a diet of around a small table spoon of food a day and one small dog treat ( no garlic or onion ) a week as this is good for protien hope that helps :)
 
#7 ·
well bred syrians often reach over 200g, even females, breeder hams are much chunkier and bigger in general then pet store animals

woooww, 200g is a BIG female hamster lol i breed syrians and weigh all my hamsters regularly but have never even had a syrian female reach 200g even when pregnant with 13 pups.

think you may have a hamster that needs a diet or had a pouch full of food at the time lol
where do you get your breeding animals from?

hamster weigh in thread you may find interesting
http://www.hamstercentral.com/community/hamster-healthcare/444-hamster-weigh-thread-69.html
 
#9 ·
If your using kitchen scales ( the sort with a needle which moves on them), chances are its inaccurate. I weigh my 6 hamsters often to make sure their the right weight. I weighed them on Saturday with a kitchen scale, and my Syrian girl came to 200g, but one of my robos wouldn't make the needle move, and the one that did manage to, came up at a way too low amount to be right. so now i want a proper scale. You need some small weights digital scales, look on eBay, there's loads on there for about a fiver.
 
#11 ·
um, your hamster weighs more than 1 of my 8 month old rats
you rat is VERY under weight!
maybe not under weight, but that is a very small rat. :confused: My boys at 8 weeks weighed 240g-350g, my adult males weigh 500-700 grams. My sisters smallest female was 210g and she was tiny.
 
#12 · (Edited)
oh dear, my hamsters must be on steriods

we have had 2 successful litters as well as rescue hamsters and pet shop hamsters

only ever had 1 female less than 200g (she was close though @ 198g)

our biggest rat erm i mean hamster was lily, she was almost 300g! (about 296-298) she was home bred from snowflake and teddy who were both over 200g

another was about 260 at her biggest and several have been hovering at 240-250g

not only that but our males have been beasts, the biggest being 240-250g he was home bred from tinkerbell who was 260 at her biggest and shearer who was the smallest male weve had the smallest being 128-144g and this was a hyper only slept for about 3 hours a day and ran for the rest hamster, he was also our longest living hamster at 2 years 10 months, our biggest male hamster lived 2 years 8 months and the funny thing is he looked like a young hamster, there was nothing wrong with him he just suddenly died

this is lily and by the way the wheel shes in is a 30cm one, its much bigger than the trixie wheel she wouldnt be able to fit in a trixie wheel
 
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