it's been a while since i did my last Q&A video so you guys know the drill i asked you on instagram
to ask me any questions and today i'm gonna be answering them
getting right into it did you ever feel like quitting youtube?
every day
i'm just kidding um there are some days though where i really do feel like i
just want to shut down my account, get rid of all of my social media
and move off the grid and never speak to anyone ever again
that's very dramatic but i also think that a lot of people feel the same way sometimes
what pet cams do you use for your hamster's enclosures?
so if you didn't know each of my hamster's enclosures has a security camera inside of it because
i have a lot of anxiety around my hamsters and i need to make sure that they are live 24/7
or else i will panic
so the cameras that i use are the Wyze v3 security cameras
they are small cubes that i've attached inside of the enclosure where the hamsters cannot reach
and it will just record onto an sd card for me and i can watch back whenever i want
how many cats have you had?
so i have had four in total
the first cat i ever had was named Tigger and he was a male tabby cat
then I had Cali my female calico cat
and then we come to the two that I currently have we have Sadie my dilute calico cat
and then JJ my black fluffy cat
what pets would you never get?
so i really hope my answer doesn't offend anybody
and also don't hold this against me who knows what could happen in the future but i don't think
i will ever get rats or mice
and there's a couple of reasons for this i have quite a few friends that own rats and mice and have for quite a few years now
and so i have gotten to witness their experiences first hand
and it's kind of turned me off of wanting to own them
the first thing is that rats and mice both have significantly short lifespans very similar to hamsters
the other thing is that they also are very very prone to health issues
hamsters are also are prone to health issues but i noticed just that rats and mice seem to just be even more
prone possibly
um and then the third thing is that they are social animals
this means that they always need to be
bonded with another and with a short life span and health issues you are always going to be bonding
and bonding is so stressful to do
at least with rabbits when you bond to your rabbits together you know that you're going to have at least
a very long time before you're going to have to bond again because their lifespan is longer
with rats and mice their lifespan is just way shorter so you are
going to seem like you are always constantly bonding animals
and i- i just don't think i can handle that
how can we show love to our hamsters?
so i personally think the best way to show a hamster love
is not necessarily like holding and petting them or giving them affection because
majority of hamsters don't really like affection but i personally think that the best way to show love is to
give them their basic care needs um give them a varied diet
give them all of the enrichment they need to keep their brains stimulated and
you're going to end up with a happy and thriving hamster if you do those basic things
have you ever been recognized in public by a fan? if so what's your best /worst fan experience
so i've only been recognized in public once so far
and it was a really great experience it wasn't something that i was expecting because i've not been recognized before
um if you're currently watching this video hello it was so so so lovely to meet you and i do apologize if i seemed very um
shook or awkward i'm just a very socially awkward person so i apologize
favorite plant?
so i technically don't have a favorite plant anytime somebody asks me what my favorite plant is i kind of just switch it up
never let them know your next move
but for today we will say
for today
for today we will say
that my favorite plant right now is the hoya compacta this is like a vine plant
and it has very very compact crinkled leaves i think it's so cute
do you plan on moving out of your apartment?
so as you may know i currently live in a condo this is my first home
i pray that i don't have to live in this the rest of my life
my goal is to eventually get a house and hopefully the dream is to also get some
acreage or land so that i'm able to own other outdoor animals like some, ducks chickens
and a highland cow
i love them so much and obviously a dog
have you ever thought about fostering animals?
so this is definitely a thought that has crossed my mind and it is something that i would love to do
because there are so many animals
that are in need of foster homes but currently because of my living situation
my home only has so many rooms and i would like to either have a specific room
or at least a section in my home where i could have the foster animals so that they are not mingling in with my
pets that i currently own because they kind of have to be a little bit quarantined i also don't want
my pets i currently have to be affected by any other animals or get sick from them
favorite rabbit breed?
so i don't actually really have a favorite rabbit breed
whatever rabbits are up for adoption whichever one is going to suit my home and lifestyle is
probably the one i'm going to go with but
in the future i would like to adopt either a flemish giant rabbit or a rex rabbit
has your hamster ever bit you?
so yes of course i have been bitten before um i don't actually remember
how many times i've been bitten
there's definitely been quite a few times in the past but the most recent one would be with Mabel when
she was free roaming in the bathroom and i had the play pen set up
and she was trying to lift the playpen and i decided that it would be a really good idea to just put my hand in the way
um and she latched on to my pinky
and then it was gushing blood so that was really great
what is your favorite color?
so my favorite color used to be like the same color as this plant pot back here
um it has since changed so my current favorite color is actually sage green it's kind of similar to my nails
i have a bunch of new like sage green clothes so that is the current
little phase i'm going through is sage green
what triggers your anxiety?
so my anxiety revolves around social situations so things like phone calls,
video calls making appointments,
making new friends or meeting new people these are all things that
trigger me which is really upsetting because there's a lot of things i'd like to do in life
but i often will not do them because i am too scared
um i get really into my head about thinking like how to talk to people or when to jump in and put your opinion in
i have a lot of things to say a lot of the time but
for the majority of my life i'm a very silent quiet person and i let everybody else talk
because i'm sitting there going okay when should i say this
thing and then like the moment passes and i'm like oh i can't say it now
so um yeah that's my life um i wish i didn't struggle with that
i wish i was extroverted instead of introverted
how do you manage so many pets?
i think this really varies person to person like one person may be only
able to take care of one to two pets
whereas another person could be fine taking care of 20 pets it also depends on the species
currently my limit would be seven pets which is what i currently own
i think if i got any more pets unless it was like a fish or something i think it would be pushing myself a little too far
currently with the amount of pets that i have even on my lowest low days or when i'm sick
i still am able to get out of bed and give them their basic needs like feeding them, giving them water, doing a bit of cleaning
so i'm still able to do all of those things um and if i got more pets i don't know if i would be able to do that
do you have a boyfriend?
i do not i'm as single as a pringle which i don't know where that exactly came from because
pringles are literally in a can with 50 other pringles and that is not very single
to me um
but the only boyfriend that i currently have is JJ
what do you do when you're on vacation? do you have a pet sitter?
so i actually do have a vacation booked for january 2023
and i'm going to be gone for 10 days
i do have a very very trusted friend who is going to be coming and staying in my place and looking after all of my animals
she is somebody who has
watched a lot of my videos she knows the basic care for each of the species and she also owns
her own animals so she is very capable of doing basic things for my animals
i'm also going to be making sure that the animals care is going to be extremely basic
there are things that i do for my pets currently that they don't necessarily need to be done they can go without for 10 days
so i also am going to be doing a video when the time comes more about this because people always ask
what do you do when you go onvacation and have so many pets
what is your zodiac sign?
i am a Capricorn and i actually am the cut-off date
of a Capricorn i was born January 19th
and it's funny to think if i was born one more day um i would be an Aquarius
but i think um i actually fit the capricorn
whatever it is i think i fit it pretty well
which is your dream plant to own?
i don't really have dream plants i usually just have a list of plants i would like to obtain and if i get them
then that's great
one that i currently do want is an elephant ear which i am going to be getting because my
friend's mom is going to be giving me a piece of hers i just really love
big huge tropical plants those are my favorites
and the last question is do you think you'll have hamsters your whole life?
so it's really really hard to see into the future and what the future is going to look like
i could literally die tomorrow
fingers crossed that doesn't happen but it is a very big possibility
but i do think i am always going to have at least one hamster i really do enjoy the hamster hobby
i love being able to have really huge enclosures and filling them with enrichment and making them look really natural and fun
and even if the hamster is one that doesn't like interacting with humans i still would literally be fine with that
because i find it really rewarding to just give a hamster
a good life even if they don't want to interact with humans just knowing that they're happy
and they're not being put into like a small critter trail cage
so those are all the questions i'm going to be answering today i hope you guys have enjoyed
and i will see you guys in my next video bye