Talk:Winter White Russian Dwarf Hamster

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i think there is a big mistake in the article:

"They enjoy each others company and are possibly the most communal hamsters in terms of living arrangements."

On pages like http://www.petplanet.co.uk/petplanet/breeds/Hamster_-_Dwarf_Winter_White_Russian.htm http://www.petwebsite.com/hamsters/dwarf_winter_white_russian_hamsters_behavior.htm or in (german) books like Judy Fox: Mein Zwerghamster zu Hause Bede 2003, ISBN 3-89860-027-0 you can read that they can be kept together but often fights occur.

This page has lots of errors and needs to be re-written by experts.

For the natural history of Phodopus sungorus, please refer to Steinlechner, 1998 [1]

Also, large volumn of research done by Wynne-Edwards: [2]

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I agree with the above comment on them often disliking company and changed the text. Simon A. 14:15, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Heat

I just got home from buying two of these animals and have just found out that one has died. The reason is obvious, there should be something in this article about traveling home with the Hamster in cooler temperatures. One of the hamsters I bought died of a heat stroke. Punk18

[edit] winter white russian dwarfs

we have just bought three russian dwarf hamsters and although they seemlike young babies they do not grow very big when adult Does anyone know if there is a way of telling the age of these pets —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.7.115.111 (talk) 15:10, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Social? Removed!

"Winter Whites are not sociable and won't live together peacefully unless they are siblings, but even then, the hamsters might fight fatally. It is advised to keep them single, as in wildlife each of them has a territory of 12km²." Many places only sell them at pairs for a reason. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.180.61.186 (talk) 23:01, 21 May 2008 (UTC)