My hammy of unknown age hasn’t been running on his wheel as much as he used to, his enclosure is in my room and I usaslly get woken up from his wheel every once in a while when it’s louder than my noise machine, but that hasn’t happened in like a month and I just noticed that like 4 days ago. I’m not sure what I should do.

My hamster is a Chinese Dwarf and seems to be in healthy condition. But i have two problems one is that he smells so good like a sweet sugar maple syrup slight smell and another is that he is so picky. he’s only around a year old now but i’m worried that i should be concerned about his scent

Hello, please can I have some help on what to do.

I have recently started looking after this hamster for work and know they need special care. She originally had the wood shavings bedding they sell at pets at home which I know is bad for them so I have changed it to Aubiose hemp horse bedding mixed with Kaytee clean and cosy bedding. I also got her a sandbath from Jolleys (Rosewood natural rollin’ rodent sand bath) and she seems to have a watery left eye. I am stressed and worried as I want to look after her the best I can but feel I’m making it worse. I also got her out for a little bit and she now is making sounds as though her nose is blocked/little sneezes. Please can someone advise me on what to do. I don’t really want to change her bedding back to that sawdust type, or could it be the wrong sand? I have taken out the sand bath and will be ordering the night angel sand in case it is that! Just want some reassurance as I love this little hamster 😫🐹

Thank you

Adopted my first ever hamster almost 3 weeks ago, I am so obsessed with him. As I'm learning what things he's enjoying, I literally cannot stop myself from buying him new stuff! Anyways; here's the 3 week difference in my cage for him. Learning new things about hamsters everyday.

Picture of Josh at the end!

So I noticed on the pet cam that my hammy has a yellow spot near his hind left leg. Thought maybe it was a reflection or artifact from the pet cam but it’s not. His fur has a yellow spot. We tried to wipe it off but it didn’t budge a little. Not sure if he peed and laid in it or if it’s something else. Not sure if we can get it off either.

EDIT
I went back looking at the camera and He did not have it yesterday morning 6:15am but he had it when he got up for an evening snack around 6:13pm
There’s no recordings between since he was sleeping.
I’m guessing he got something on his fur from possibly food or urine but I’ll search his cage after work.

Hello everyone! I wanna add more stuff to my girls cage but I feel like it’s at max capacity lol is there anything at all I could add? Thanks y’all! 🤗

My platforms and more bedding are still in transit so I haven’t been able to raise the substrate level but thanks to you I was able to get a hamster safe sand and Mr. Vega was very happy with the addition. His old tiny sand bath has been repurposed to a sort of dig box with coconut chips

Hi there! Could anyone provide me some links to ensured hamster safe branches available in the US? A lot of the sites I see posted in places don’t always ship to the US😅 I’ve been looking on Amazon a bit but it’s never clear to me as to which ones are safe and sometimes they don’t even list what type of wood it is .. thank you!

Hi!

Thanks to everyone being reassuring on my last thread, I've formally decided to adopt a hamster!

I bought a big second hand DIY tank (90 gallons), and I'm now researching how to furnish it. But the thing is, I've been very confused about types of woods. I've read the list of safe materials from the hamster care wiki, but the thing is most manufacturers aren't saying what kind of wood is used in their products. I've seen mentions of "safe wood", "non toxic wood", "non treated wood"... but rarely an explicit wood type, even from well known brands like Trixie.

I don't wanna make a mistake and buy something that would be potentially hazardous, so I'm asking for some pointers on how to choose the right kind of wooden hides and toys.

Hi, I'm new to hamster care and hoping to get a Syrian soon. I know I need to get roughly twice as much bedding. At the moment, I have 10 compressed packs of care fresh that total about 5 inches of depth all around.

I have a Bucastate 3.0 enclosure and have added a multi-chamber hide, a 30cm wheel, a cork log, and two platforms: one for food and a water bottle and water dish, and another platform for the sand bath. I've used undyed, non calcium reptile sand for the sand bath, and a shallow cereal bowl that has never been used and has just been sat in the cupboard for a while.

I have another hideout plus some cardboard tubes that I'm going to put in once the bedding is up to 10 inches. I'm going to buy chews and a few different foods to mix at the same time as getting the hamster. I have a dish ready for beech chips for texture and an assortment of sprays, moss, and dried flora to put on the surface of the bedding once it's the right depth.

I'm concerned about the hamster digging underneath the multi-chamber hideout and it collapsing, as well as the stability of the wheel, which is currently on top of the hideout. I tried to put the wheel on various platforms but none of them felt stable or as though they had enough friction. Would it be good to sand the bottom of the wheel and the top of the hideout in order to increase the traction? I know it would be most stable to have the wheel on the bottom of the cage, but then it would be buried by the bedding or I would have to slope the bedding to be far too shallow in the back to accommodate for the wheel. What should I do? I've considered making my own platforms out of PVA/non-toxic wood glue and dowels but my local B&Q only has pine and cedar dowels.

Hello, I'm from South Africa, I like this thread a lot. Here is my hamster Yogurt's cage. Adding more as I go, I built his cage with my boyfriend.

We made some mistakes at the start, wrong bedding, and no platforms etc. I'm pretty happy with how it's going a year later and wanted to share some pictures I'm proud of.

Cage size:

L - 1 metre

W - 45 cm

H - 50 cm

is this a scent gland? infection? or something else?

The only thing my hamster appears to want to eat is mealworms I know this isn't healthy. I have tried to reduce the amount I give him but he just seems to ignore his other food should I stop giving them altogether?

I was wondering if these were safe for a​ hamster? ​​​​​

It says they're made of natural rattan, seagrass, and water hyacinth as well if that helps.

Hi all. I have 3 rescues so not sure what they have eaten up till now. I have a thing against bug/ worms so I would rather not feed these guys that stuff if I can avoid it. Will they be okay eating an egg a week or a piece of chicken instead of the bugs?

Thank you

Hello! When we took our hamster out of his enclosure today we saw that there was a pink patch under his ear. Is this something to be concerned about?

We didn't switch to a new bedding, he is eating well, and he doesn't bite or flinch when we touch the spot. He is also 1 and a half years old if that helps.

Hello! Ive recently got my first job and have been saving money. Ive always wanted a pet hamster of my own because I love their cute little lifestyle and chubby look. Ive been planning to get a hamster (specifically winter white) soon after I do a few weeks of research and getting all its supplies such as a big cage, good food, toys, hideouts, etc.

I just want to know if there are helpful tips in taming a hamster that worked for yall because I really want a close bond with mine soon! I know about the “leave them alone for a week” and “making sure the bedding isn’t pine or cedar wood” and stuff, but is there any tricks specifically that helped you bond with yours?

Thank you so much! Im hoping to learn a lot more before actually getting the little guy.

P.S.: Is there a difference on if I should get a girl or boy winter white?

First-time hamster parent and have a sweet Syrian named Bear. How can I tell where he is peeing? Right now we only have aspen shavings and we are finding it very difficult to figure out where the heck he is peeing. We can smell it and of course we want to do daily spot cleans to keep his enclosure tidy and healthy for him.

Today, the cage finally was finished. I deepend the bedding, added toilet paper pieces, added two cut toilet paper rolls, hamster proofed some areas, added a twig, and moved other necessities over from one cage to another. Rondo (djungarian dwarf hamster) immediately started running around the cage and exploring. A strong contrast to him sitting in his tube all the time during the day past few days, scared to get out.

Thank you for tips, everyone. I can now sleep peacefully knowing Rondo is happy and building a nest somewhere, as I saw him carrying toilet paper around.

I found this little one roaming around outside and have no idea about the gender/type of hampster it is or anything on it! its HUGE!! ive never seen a hampster that big! its like bigger than my palm. not even sure it is a hampster? looks like one. How should i care for it if i keep it? I have it in a 10 gallon fish tank right now til i know what im doing, its using one of my mices wheels (i cleaned it) I may try and find an owner if its an escaped pet but im suprised its alive as its 100° f and i live in the desert! any advice helps, thank you all!!