hamster names?

[rachel79]

Hi everyone, I told my 7 year old daughter that if she stopped sucking her thumb i would get her a hamster and rotastak pink palace for her birthday,her birthday is in november and she has asked me to think of some names, preferably for a girl hamster.
thanks, x

[bobtheturkey]

whiffey

[rachel79]

i like that sort of name bobthe turkey. my daughter wants to call it lisa?! we dont even know anyone called lisa!

[-Zorro-]

no Bob, whiffey just likes them running up his rrrrrs


Hamish the hamster

[wee-janine]

what about Barbie, Harriette,Honey?

[-Zorro-]

Harriet

[rachel79]

barbie, now i should be ashamed for not thinking of that! she loves anything pink and girly.

[rachel79]

i said chopper for a boy hamster and my old man nearly choked on his cup of tea!!

[kate1976]

Twinkle or Bubbles?

[missjef]

aww the rotastak palace things look very cool, though just a warning one of my friends who has lots of hamsters never gets anything by rotastak as they used to use them but found that the hamsters could get out so easily because of all the tubing and they could chew through them really easily! just thought i'd warn you, i was also going to get a big palace type thing for my hamster but didnt instead got a cage type thing which is as big as a bird cage with 3 levels!

as for names::
Ruby
Princess
caramel (depending on colour of hamster)
cupcake
popcorn
pumpkin
cookie

http://www.angelfire.com/id/jacheong/names.htm l
^this website might come in handy.

[rachel79]

i had a budgie called bubbles ( cos of westham ), but he died 2 years ago. i like the name ruby.

[PinkFizz]

Rosie,Pebbles,Fifi,whiskers,Lou-Lou

[rachel79]

fantastic website missjef. ill be on there all night, i dont mind though. what cage would you reccommend?

[bobtheturkey]

richard (gere)

[Neenee]

we have a hamster called Chloe.

have had one in the past called alf.

my friend has a hamster and they have called theirs,

stuart little. (my friends hubby is called stuart!!!)

we bought the place when we first got our one and descovered that due to the maze of tubes you do need a very large surface to support it fully, we took ours back and have this fantastic glow in the dark one.. its amazing!!

[raysparx1]

Albert or Maud are nice names.

[Neenee]

oops.. meant to say, bought the PALACE not PLACE! sorry!

[888sally888]

I like Roxy for a girl.

As regards to cages - dont make the mistake we made of getting a big flash plastic thing with lots of tubes because ITS A NIGHTMARE TO GET THE HAMSTER OUT to cuddle and hold. It makes them nervous and then bitey.

I would recommend a nice simple cage with a wheel that you can easily just put your hand in and get her out. And a nice wheel that is quiet!!

[missjef]

http://www.petspantry.tv/acatalog/tn_abicage.j pg - this is kind of like my hamsters cage (mines called Seymour).

http://images.solidcactus.com/neeps/code/large /MA-09025.jpg - something like that looks good too.

i cant remember the brand name of my cage, but its about the same size as a bird cage and i just got it from a local pet shop. Try somewhere like a big pet store they usually have a wide range.

The good thing with these cage type homes is that you just unclick the cage part lift it up then all the stuff in the bottom can just be tipped into the bin and then cleaned... where as the ones with all the tubes look very tricky to clean.

[whiffey]

LOFL !! :)

I actually really honestly have a guinea-pig called Bob, in a Blackaddery sort of way. I walk up to his cage and go "Bob !" in a high-pitched squeaky voice, and there he is for me. He loves tiny snippets of habanero.

Call it Bob.

[rachel79]

my nickname is roxy, and i quite like the name bob, however, i think my little girl will disagree.