so a viewer left a suggestion that i look through reddit's
r/hamsters subreddit um i am a little bit familiar with reddit
i am a member on there because i like to ask questions about
things that are just random in my life and i know nothing about
though one time i did ask what would be a good lens for doing YouTube sit down videos
and i ended up getting mansplained into
how to create a successful YouTube channel
so that was fun
so let's just take a look and see what is on this subreddit
what kind of hamster is this guy? a local family lost interest in their hamsters and we adopted them
they're mostly dark except for their feet, what you see here and the tips of their ears
i should also note that they have small white spots on their rumps
i love that word
~rumps~
so the hamster here um is a dwarf hamster and i would say that they are a hybrid dwarf hamster
because it is very very very very very
unlikely that the previous owners got these hamsters from an ethical breeder
so they likely are hybrid dwarfs
so on to the next post
got some info from the breeder but want to clarify
so i'm told not to give her any fresh food for two weeks to avoid wet tail
i'm thinking this is reasonable but also think it's a bit long she's
33 days old as of 2/19 she's friendly but isn't completely socialized yet
so it sounds to me that this breeder
is actually a
backyard breeder
you can easily tell because there are a couple of red flags the first one being
wet tail is not caused by eating fresh foods
wet tail is a bacterial disease and any knowledgeable ethical breeder is going to know that in fact
ethical breeders already are feeding fresh foods
the day the baby hamsters are able to eat solid foods
so they're already used to eating fresh foods
so there is no reason for somebody to have to avoid fresh foods for two weeks
the second red flag is
she's only four weeks old
that is way too young for an ethical breeder to re-home a hamster
most ethical breeders won't give out babies until six weeks of age and
a lot wait until eight weeks of age
none would re-home as young as four weeks
at four weeks old a baby hamster is still growing so so much and a breeder is going to be making sure
that they are giving them all the nutrients they need to be able to grow big and strong
as well as they are learning so much from their siblings at this age
they are learning how to
properly use their mouths baby hamsters are going to play fight with each other and they
may bite too hard and another baby hamster is going to squeak at them and they're going to say
hey that was that was too rough and the other hamster is going to learn
and this can be very helpful for when you are
handling your hamster because they're going to know how to properly
interact and not necessarily want to just bite hard all of the time if that makes
any sense
they're also just learning a lot from their siblings by copying one another
if one baby hamster's burrowing another baby hamster is going to be like
why don't i do that so they're learning so so much
i buy this substrate on amazon but this is the first time i got it packaged like on the right
is it a knock off? it was amazon choice. Anyone else use it?
so i've never seen it packaged like the one on the right
they would probably the first thing i would probably do is just email Kaytee and they would likely probably
they would probably ask you to check the batch number or see if there's a batch number
um which then they can identify if it is their
their bedding and not a knock off. i would hope that it's not a knockoff but it is a little bit sketchy
the way it is packaged
any name suggestions for this cutie she is around six to seven weeks old
bought her yesterday preferably something short and food-based since i already got one named Curry
so she is super duper adorable and the first name that comes to mind is
tapioca pudding
i feel like that name would suit her so well just based on her coloring
and it works with the food
name? theme?
my hamster ate kfc popcorn chicken will my hamster be okay?
she ate just one piece won't stop running around in circles. quite scared at this point
i can't tell if this person is
maybe trolling
the only reason their hamster would be like running around in a circle
would either be neurological issues or possible ear infection
but
a food definitely would not cause that
and while kfc popcorn chicken is really not the greatest thing in the world
there's lots of fats, seasonings, salts
it's very processed
it's not toxic to a hamster they they're not going to die from it
it's just they're not supposed to eat it's not a good thing to be feeding them
Just like it's not great to feed a dog kfc popcorn chicken
if that makes any sense it's just
it's not unsafe but you shouldn't feed it
please please help my pet sitter stole
my hamster my pet sitter stole my hamster during my vacation to another state and refuses to give her back
because her temporary enclosure is too small
i understand her concern about space but with that being said the hammy has a permanent DIY bin enclosure
that is well for her. She has expressed how obsessed her wife is with my hamsters
and now blindsides me with refusal to return her
what legal actions or any actions can i take
that
is insane
and i'm feeling like there might be some like communication issues possibly
i'm wondering if the pet sitter thinks that the enclosure
they were in is the permanent enclosure
and that's why they're concerned and tried to take the hamster
but if this person says that they have a DIY bin cage i mean i don't know how big the bin cage is
but
it sounds like the enclosure that they were in was just a temporary enclosure
and unfortunately no matter whats the situation is
if an animal does not look like they're being well taken care of you still do not have
legal action to just go in and take them from somebody that's why dog rescues can't just
go on to somebody's property if they see a dog chained to the porch you can't just take that
dog you have to go through like
permits or warrants to be able to take that animal
so
i definitely would be taking legal action because that person has no right to take your pet
if somebody
did not give my pet back when i
asked them to pet sit i 100% would be calling 911.
Cashew is plotting
okay i saw this
and i had to share it
because this is a chinese hamster
but they just look so different
without
the testicles
i'm just so used to seeing them and it's like half their body
but a female chinese hamster doesn't have them clearly and i'm like
they look so different
puppy rol's leg was badly broken at the vet,
he is currently splinted up and very grumpy about not being able to run
any advice from anyone who has had a baby break their leg he's over tuned so we're particularly worried
so i actually have also had a hamster who broke their leg her name was Aspen
it's really great that your vet was able to
put a cast or splint on the leg because when i took my hamster to the vet
the person that looked her over was a "dog cat" vet with
small animal experience and he was like no you cannot put a cast or anything on the leg
it's not possible and i knew it was possible
but anyways
what i did for Aspen is that i had a smaller hospital bin cage for her
so that i was able to still access her because she needed meds i think it was twice a day
and she didn't have a wheel in there i tried to limit the types of accessories that i put in there because
you really want to focus on them healing that leg
and it's really hard because hamsters are so active they just want to like run around
and it was super sad to see Aspen just look so bored
so one of the main things i had to do was try and provide a lot of different food boredom breakers
and things to do with food so that it would kind of keep her busy
can you use a small pet store cage as part of your setup
my daughter wants a hamster she had her heart set on one of those
stupidly small crittertrail cages with a bunch of tubes
after watching several Victoria Raechel
videos i've convinced her to let me build a larger enclosure but she still wants to get a tube cage
to set on top with the tubes running down into the main living area
is that in any way a good idea or would it just be a waste of sixty dollars
that could be used for more toys and other enrichment
personally
i would find it quite a waste of money because you can use sixty dollars
towards so many other enrichments for the hamster
and crittertrail cages just aren't the safest enclosures
they are barred enclosures they have really just no bedding depth
the hamster can chew on the bars they can also climb the bars which they can easily injure a leg
and a lot of the times the tubes that companies make are just they're not wide enough
and often what happens is a hamster can get stuck depending on the species
or a hamster can have their cheeks full
and they try to fit through the tube and they're squeezing themselves through it
and it can actually cause damage to the cheek pouches because
seeds can be pointy and if that accidentally
punctures the inside of the cheek you could possibly be dealing with an infected cheek pouch
not a fun thing
the best thing i would say to do is instead of using like a tube cage
maybe you can get those connectable cardboard NiteAngel tubes
and then you can connect those and put them in the enclosure it's not going to be on the outside but it
still is on the inside and you can watch them go through it
i would try to explain to her the reasoning as to why the crittertrail just isn't gonna work
out and why it's not best for the hamster
once she actually has the hamster in the proper enclosure and you have all this enrichment
i'm sure watching the hamster just interact with all of those things is going to be more interesting
than seeing them go through some plastic tubes
teaching my hamster fruit ninja
oh boy this is weird to ask one
of my friends has two hairless cats
that they've accidentally taught to play fruit ninja i recently discovered that my robo hamster hamlet
can use my phone and iPad this has got me wondering if i could teach him how to play fruit ninja
or some other similar game. i'll probably look for some slightly more sound based games
because i don't think he'd be able to keep up with something that requires that much vision
so i don't know how well it's gonna actually work
if you've ever had your hamster run across a touch screen
you'll know that they got those four paws
and they're gonna touch everything it's gonna click everything
it's gonna delete apps they're gonna be in a different language and
you're like
thank you hammy
so i don't know if teaching them fruit ninja is going to be
exactly possible it's more possible for cats
because cats are predator animals and when they see something moving they tend to want to tap it
with their paw, a singular paw not all four paws
so that's why it tends to tends to work
but i mean it doesn't hurt to try
DIY hide no making required wooden box file from Ikea.
Painted with hammy safe paint to make it able to be cleaned
so actually in IKEA Canada they unfortunately don't sell this file folder anymore
which sucks so much because i used to have them and they were great for like
platforms or hideouts they were awesome
the one thing i did learn about them is that you have to cover that little side hole
because a dwarf hamster is definitely going to try to fit through there and a syrian hamster
may also try to fit their head in there and you do not want a stuck hamster
that can be a really scary thing
so a really simple solution to that is just you can buy those circular
wooden circles from like the craft store and all you have to do is just glue one on there and
there you go 100% safe
so there we go that was my unsolicited advice to some people on Reddit
who may not even ever see this video but hopefully maybe you have the same questions
and
i was able to help you out
but i will see you in my next video bye