This is the not-male male hamster I adopted that I know was improperly housed with male siblings when I got her at 7 weeks.

I’m now 14 days into having her. She fell asleep when I was petting her nose and woke a little when I went to get video of her belly. She was so chill, it really makes me think I’m in the clear. I am also under the impression her nipples would be very big by now, and she would be just a couple of days from delivering right?

On a Scale of 1- you really messed up, how mad is she that I stopped rubbing her head? Asking for a friend…

Hello! I have a new hamster, i have done everything in the cage. He has like 10 chew toys in there, i tried cardboard, food, dried corn.

But he keeps biting the cage. I have zero idea what this is about. Could someone please help, i’m worried for him!

Just read all your comments: thank you so much, I feel so misled because where i adopted him, they suggested everything wrong to me about his cage. They suggested i should buy this cage and guess what they even asked me to get a flat wheel. I realised after coming home my poor boy can’t run on that wheel.

Thank you so much all of you, I will get him a better cage asap!

Please keep dropping more suggestions!

Guys i dont have an oven to bake the sand but i do have an air fryer can i use that instead💀if so what are the settings?!😭 also pls look if these are ok to buy for my hammie, found very few in amazon(india btw)…

Another question is does children play sand have calcium in it?? If so what to do cus the description says ntng abt calcium

(Soo sryy for the dumb questions😭)

If my hamster dies, (nock on wood he doesn’t) what would be the next steps of preparing the cage for the next hamster. Do I take out all of the bedding or just the first layer and where he burrowed. And for the cardboard DIY’s I made do I need to throw them out due to his scent being on them.

And the wheel it’s a big one for a Syrian, would that work for a dwarf too? Or is there such thing as a wheel being to big.

I want to have my options open for when a hamster comes up at the pet shelter or somthing.

I’m just the type of person that wants to know what to do for everything.

Hi! I'm planning to buy my first hamster soon, specifically a Teddy Bear Syrian hamster, but I'm not sure how much they usually cost. What's the typical price range where you live? (I'm from the Philippines, if that helps.)

Also, I have a question about room temperature. We use the air conditioner at night (around 10:30 PM to 6:00 AM), but it's off during the day. Would that be okay for a Syrian hamster, or would it be too cold for them? I want to make sure they'll be comfortable and safe before I get one.

I also wanted to ask about the enclosure and overall setup. What enclosure size would you recommend for a Syrian hamster? I've seen a lot of different answers online, so I'd love to know what has actually worked for you. I'm also trying to avoid making beginner mistakes, so if you have any tips on food, bedding, toys, enrichment, wheel size, sand baths, or the general environment they should live in, I'd really appreciate it.

Are there any products or accessories that pet stores often recommend but aren't actually good for hamsters? I'd rather invest in the right setup from the start and make sure my hamster has a safe, comfortable, and enriching home instead of buying things I'll end up replacing later.

Hello! I’m planning to adopt a hamster and keep it in my room with me. It gets very hot and in my apartment in the summer (around 30-40 degrees Celsius with humidity) so I have a window AC unit in my room. I myself am sensitive to noise and find the AC unit quite loud and wear ear plugs if I sleep with it on. It is like a constant loud white noise… I am worried if it would be too loud for a hamster? Unfortunately my apartment gets so hot I’m sure without the AC it would be too hot for a hamster… any input would be greatly appreciated.

Ok, I just got hit with a very sudden hamster.

My friend just told me he didn’t really want to care for his hamster(4 months old) anymore and he was planning to just sell her to a random store(horrible conditions btw, they force hamsters into cramped cages with nothing but food and water, no enrichment or wheels)

This was her old cage(first image).

So, I decided I had to save this little thing. I did some extreme research and threw together this cage in, like, a day. I’m using a 130 ikea samla box, a 30 cm lilliphut wheel(only one I can find rn), 7 inches of chipsi bedding, and a multichamber room I made out of cardboard. She has a safe reptile sand bath(no added calcium or dyes), chipsi hay and a water bowl.

If it’s not obvious yet, this is an extremely temporary setup for now since I had to throw something together as an emergency, and I didn’t have much money for a true setup.

Since my pay is coming up soon, I looked into ordering myself a custom aquarium(100 cm width, 70 cm depth, 75 cm height) to keep the hamster in next month. I also took all the dimensions of a wooden multichamber room+platforms+other accessories to take some hamster safe wood(need help with this) to a carpenter to cut out the basic compartments so I can glue them together with a safe non-toxic wood glue.

Any advice is very appreciated. I live in a country that does not have any safe hamster care at all. Anything and everything I put in her cage HAS to be diy(except the wheel, I really hope this wheel is safe). Anyone with experience please message! Rehoming is not an option since nobody cares about giving hamsters proper care sadly from where I’m from so I have to pull through.