Talk:Chinese hamster

Pest In California
Why is the Chinese hamster considered a pest in California? Caps lock 19:37, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Because it is a rodent. Rodents aren't considered to be pests. Should you buy two chinese hamsters together when they are both female? Do they like having a partner? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.97.157.229 (talk) 12:48, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Neutral Point of View flagged
This article uses personal pronoun 'I' in the section about Hamster housing, and states many opinions without references in the sections "Housing", "Interconnecting Hamster Housing" and "Litter and Bedding". These sections are also un-encyclopaedic, reading more like a personal recommendation page regarding Hamster care.

I would also suggest that this information is more relevant to the general Hamster page, rather than this page about Chinese Hamsters and needs to be Wikified!

Mebirdo (talk) 15:06, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Question about dwarf
I thought the proper name for them was Chinese Dwarf Hamster.

Is it proper to simply call them Chinese hamsters? Or is there no difference?

Thanks. --Thatpeachgirl7 (talk) 01:23, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Dwarf hamsters only refer to the social phodopus (sp?) species. So no, it is not proper to call them Chinese Dwarf Hamster. Solri89 (talk) 21:02, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Hamster vs. hamster pedantry
There is no consistency between the capitalisation of 'hamster' in this article, should it be Chinese Hamster or Chinese hamster - my guess is the former but what is the correct version. If a consensus is reached this should be standardised. In fact the o of ovary is capitalised which doesn't seem right - if the intention is to emphasise the origin of the o in CHO maybe this would be better seved by simply underlining the letter? Azo bob (talk) 14:59, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

The ovary issue is on the CHO page which equally has these problems Azo bob (talk) 15:01, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

pets shop
Can you have the chinse hamsters cage in youre room?Italic text —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.45.90 (talk) 18:25, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Sure. You might consider them to be kinda noisy at night though. Solri89 (talk) 21:03, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

confusing text
"quite a few biotech drugs are still being produced by putting the gene for the protein into Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO cells), which then produce the protein"

what protein? also, this part of the sentence does not follow the part preceding it. Acgator09 (talk) 23:44, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Chinese hamsters clinging to your fingers
The article calls it endearing. I've seen it referred as that in other articles also. Well, it's not endearing to the hamster. The reason they cling as they do is because they are terrified of falling! Out of all the different hamster species I've owned, they are the absolute most terrified of falling. Solri89 (talk) 21:07, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

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