today i'm going to be showing you guys how the hamsters have settled in including Waddles my
Chinese hamster I got at the end of July and Mabel and Dipper my newest additions
before they wake up i thought you guys would be interested in seeing how i make them
dried dandelion root as well as you guys have been wanting some cage tours
of their cages so i'm also going to do some little mini tours
in order to dry dandelion roots you're going to need to pick some dandelion roots
mine were from my parents backyard so i know that they were not sprayed with any sort of pesticides
so first you're going to want to thoroughly wash your dandelion roots and just get any mud or dirt off
then depending on the size of your dandelion roots you may want to cut them into smaller pieces
preheat your oven to 200 to 250 degrees fahrenheit and then put them in the oven for a couple of
hours make sure you are periodically checking on these and when they start to look dry then you can
probably remove them
dandelion roots have a lot of benefits they help with inflammation, they're
great for hamster teeth, they promote a healthy liver and they're just in general very nutritious
so here we have the three enclosures we have the DIY enclosure
the linnmon enclosure and above that we have the NiteAngel bigger world large enclosure
so first we have Mabel's enclosure first off she has her six-chambered
NiteAngel hideaway
and on top of that she has a mount fuji water dish
a rainbow chew toy
and the customized mystery shack that i made in a video before
in the corner there is
a wooden dish with some cork granules as well as a terracotta pot in it
leading out of that we have a bendable bridge with some moss tucked into it
as well as a nice chunk of pillow moss
in the middle we have the extra large grapevine wood piece
and then over here we have a birch
wood hideout
underneath the log you may be able to see Mabel's secret entrance to her burrows
she also has many different sprays in here as well as her cork log another piece of grapevine wood
a ceramic dish with some eco earth in it
she has the purple mushroom hide and i am going to
take that out because she is much too large for it
she has another cork log except it's against the glass
and then she has a palm tree bridge that leads to her wooden sand bath with her bathing sand
and then we have her 11-inch wheel which she will be getting the 12-inch silent runner soon
then we have Waddle's enclosure so first he has his wooden and cork-lined 11-inch NiteAngel wheel
he has this nice grapevine wood he loves to fly across that and then in front he
has a larger grapevine wood piece and he has the two-chamber peek away hideout on top of that he
has this really cute cactus and inside of it it has eco earth
in the center, he has a cork log
with another piece of grapevine wood draped across it
then he has his acrylic NiteAngel sand bath
which inside he has his little green hideout
beside that is very very covered
but it is a three-chamber NiteAngel hide and on top of it we just have a little grass teepee
the dish i use for his veggies and his water dish
then we have another piece of grapevine wood
a bunch of sprays and some pillow moss and then this little dish here that has cork granules
and then we have Dipper's enclosure so starting on this side, he has the six-chamber NiteAngel hide
with his water dish on top
as well as this mushroom hide that was from Petco back in
2013/2014
we have a seagrass tunnel and a cork log
as well as two pieces of a bamboo root
he has his 11-inch wooden and cork NiteAngel wheel
there is a little wood slice platform
as well as we got this seagrass tunnel and it has four entrances but one is against the wall
then he has some sprays of course and a very large sand bath i recently got a bigger one
for him and he has this terracotta hide inside of it and then coming over here we have a large
chunk of pillow moss
a couple more sprays
his dish filled with cork granules and then his
little secret tunnel there and that is the NiteAngel cardboard hay herb tunnels that
you can connect together
so it is currently 9pm and Dipper is awake.
One of Dipper's charastics
is that he loves his snuggle sack and many of you have asked what a snuggle sack is
this is exactly what a snuggle sack is
it is a sack that you can use for bonding
this one was sent by StrongBrew Hamstery but you can also get a bunch off of Etsy
not every hamster
is going to like them, Dipper here loves his and no matter
when you put him in he decides to almost
fall asleep every time and it is very adorable
so he actually is a very lazy and sleepy hamster
and i haven't had a hamster like that in a really long time so it's very interesting to see
how he is
Dipper is doing really well with settling in and he's listening very very intently currently
and he is still a little bit of a scaredy cat um sometimes sudden sounds or movements can
scare him a bit but he is quite tame as you can see and like i said he is a really sleepy boy
so he often will just fall asleep in a lot of places
you have a split end oh my goodness how is that
possible- do whiskers get split ends?
oh my goodness
you have a split end
what are we gonna do about that
do you wanna treat
so next we have miss Mabel
hi Mabel
you want to say hi to everybody show them how big you are
Mabel is a very big syrian hamster
you need almost two hands to hold her
so Mabel unlike Dipper hates snuggle sacks
she does not like to sit still in them so i don't use hers too much with her she will go in it and
then she'll want to come right back out so she's not like Dipper in that sense she also is a lot
more energetic she has a lot of things to do and no time for humans
do you have time for treats?
oh i think she's in heat
oh i can smell you from here miss
when Mabel first came here oh you're a little big for that
oh she's scent marking everything this is great
thats my camera
not for chewing
oh you want to be a vlogger
so Mabel has pretty much settled in really well and she thoroughly
enjoys her enclosure and she so far has not been unhappy with it which i'm happy about
and last but certainly not least Waddles
unfortunately Waddles cannot free roam in
the same way that the syrians get to this is because of how fast and how
speedy he is he is quite frankly so speedy and his size is very hard to keep track of
hi Waddles
you ready for your snack
let's see if i can get this on camera
what's this oh my goodness
okay you can have another one because you're so fricking cute
take it
okay one more but then that's it
then that's your daily limit okay here
oh that was so cute good boy
look at you
you gonna go in there?
no
you're so speedy what are you doing
sorry i can't see anything
oh my goodness
you're so cute and so curious oh i love you so much
you want to show them
how you can go on this come
show them how you go on here
say look at me on my log
he loves that branch
and he goes zoom zoom
you go zoom zoom?
wheeee
and then we go up this one
come this way
okay not on top of the wheel
this way
wheeeee
Chinese hamsters are so amazing, so fast, brilliant climbers
hey
just such a different hamster compared to all of the other species
very fascinating
did you unpouch your cheeks? you're so fast
i don't think Chinese hamsters have as big as cheek pouches as other species
no no no
so as you can see Waddles has been settling into his home
very well- what why is there the toilet paper there
oh Waddles buddy and as you can tell he Waddles
is a wheel pee-er so his uh cork wheel will need to be washed in a bit
and eventually i will have to replace the little cork lining which is simple enough to do
so i hope you guys have enjoyed this video and i will see you in the next one bye