http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/ Honey Hams - Diabetic Hamsters Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:01:08 GMT HarmnyAngl@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6746 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6746 I appreciate your scientific skepticism, Linda. Lies travel on the Internet as quickly as truth and much misinformation passes from source to source without Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:34:02 GMT Linda Price http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6745 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6745 ... slightly shorter than their natural span, so from 2-3 years for healthy hams to 1.5 to 2.5 for honeyhams. (new rumors & old rumors - wish I had some Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:13:34 GMT Mark Nielson http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6744 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6744 Hamsters aren't espescially long-lived creatures. Even non-diabetic, healthy ones only last a year and a half to two years, though many good breeders who read Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:58:26 GMT HarmnyAngl@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6743 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6743 I hope somebody with more experience can answer this. Sugar didn't last more than a ear. I didn't diagnose early enough, nor did I know all I have since Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:51:27 GMT Beth Spirko http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6742 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6742 I read somewhere on the 'net that max expectancy of a diabetic ham is slightly shorter than their natural span, so from 2-3 years for healthy hams to 1.5 to Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:16:26 GMT C Edwards http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6741 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6741 Hi thanks for the explanation. Just wondering how long they are able to live if diabetic and treated quicky? ________________________________ From: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:48:35 GMT HarmnyAngl@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6740 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6740 No. That was a total over a five year period. i rescued one solitary one-year -old who wasn't diabetic. after she died I bought two, one disbetic, one healthy, Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:36:03 GMT pinklady7341 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6739 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6739 Thanks for letting me know how many you have had, did they live together? we had 4 in a 4 foot glass tank, now 3 as Misty died a couple of weeks ago. Sometimes Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:51:19 GMT Kim http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6738 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6738 Thank you very much for the info. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:26:20 GMT HarmnyAngl@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6736 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6736 I forgot one other healthy one. Canape and Chibi wee not diabetic. Sugar (ironic name), Clark and Eddy were diabetic. So that's three out of five that were Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:55:23 GMT C Edwards http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6735 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6735 thanks for replying, its worrying to think all your hamsters but one were diabetic, how many have you had? ________________________________ From: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:32:55 GMT Linda Price http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6734 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6734 ... diet recommended in this forum. Any Purina dealer *can* order it for you if they want to. You can see a dealer zip code locator at this site. It comes in Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:56:01 GMT Kim http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6733 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6733 I have been unable to find a source to order PMI ProLab RMH 3000 rodent diet recommended in this forum. I live at least 2 hours from any metropolitan area, on Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:39:46 GMT HarmnyAngl@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6732 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6732 I don't recall that they eat more in the winter, although it makes sense it burns calories to generate body heat. I only have had one non-diabetic hamster to Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:53:42 GMT Beth Spirko http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6731 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HoneyHams/message/6731 Every russian dwarf I've had was a bit nippy. The difference between all the others & Vladamir Teppes Von Dracula (Vlad for short) my Honeyham, bites