My grandma said that she wanted me to get a second winter white in a few months instead of a Syrian because my winter white needs a cage friend :( had to explain to her why that is a No
Right 🤣 my cousin has a false map turtle and I will be taking over it in a few months and I already have a box turtle Aaaaaaah the work I love putting into my animals rather then my social life
Mood. My little sister has 2 red eared sliders and 1 the other one we were told it was a yellow bellied slider but she completely lost interest in them but I love them and I'm trying to get them under my care
@@katie_awad exactly I've heard this about so many animals like birds high care snakes iguanas monitors fish and even extreme exotics such as lions tigers monkies bird of prey fennecs etc yeah no exotics require special care and that's way some domestic animal are put under the term exotic such as birds ferrets hamsters and fish
The female hamster i just rescued from craigslist was a Christmas present to... didn't last very long with them now she has a happy home in a large enclosure
kelly klaege That happened to me too, his name was Mars he was black and white Syrian. But I bought him from Petco, the next hamster I get I will buy him/her from Craigslist. 🥺
I rescued two mice from a pet store. The employee seemed so happy that we got them as pets. They were not in ideal conditions, and had almost no entertainment...
I had a dream where my dad got my brother a hamster but it was a Guinea pig and it had a cage maximum of 110square inches and it killed me inside but luckily it was not reall
Here’s a laugh for you all: The person we rescued our hammy from told me she kept him in a small cage so he wouldn’t get “too big”. And then sent me a photo of a guinea pig and told me that’s what happens to a robo in a large cage. 🤪 He’s happy & healthy now in a custom 24” x 36” glass enclosure 🐹
I bet the water is pure green and can't be seen through at all, they have the wrong bulbs so the shell is misshaped, there is absolutely no enrichment of any kind, and the water is less than 6 inches deep. I feel so bad for the turtles without even seeing them.
@@toocoldtobother7271 they are a ton of work. Taking good quality care of them is considered one of the hardest common pets to care for, you know excluding wild animals or really exotic pets.
When I was younger I used to go into Pets at Home (a British pet shop) and beg my mum for a mouse or hamster or gerbil. I am so happy that she said no back then because now I have one for myself I realise how much care, attention and research they need.
You know munchie? You have really helped me with hamster care. At first I was like "oh it's a small hamster it doesnt need much space" oh boi I was wrong. I learned so much on this channel and now i have a IKEA detolf for my dwarf hamster💕 Greetings from germany 💫
@@reaganwalsh2672 your the reason why crittertrail cages are still around. your giving your money to that company so that they can make more horrible habitats. always do your reasearch before you get any animal.
Wow, that's kind of regretful that the mom at least asked good questions about enclosure size and payed attention to the hamster's size, if only she had looked up that information at an animal welfare website instead of asking a random teenager working whatever retail job would hire them without any training in animal welfare
I'm in University housing that doesn't allow pets for at least two more years, but you made me want to get a hamster so bad 🥺 But I'm going to be patient and wait until my situation allows me to take care of a little Hammy properly and then get one 😊
Pepper does seem to be a common name for hamsters. My dwarf hamster was called Pepper, but we changed it to Pumpkin because she was surrendered for adoption on Hallowe'en. "Surrendered" would be a generous term, because she was actually dumped in a pet shop in a carrier bag... honestly, the way some people treat animals makes me sick! Good luck Princess Penelope - you're in safe hands now.
you'd be surprised with how stupid people are :/ adding to what Pet Palace said, someone walked by the guinea pigs at my job once and said "awww look at the bunnies!"
Aw Penelope is adorable! And just a message to say “MUNCHIE Your amazing “ !!! Keep up the incredibly work you are doing! These animals are soo lucky to have you x 💕
"Uh...hey, I need to buy food for my pet human." "Oh you have a pet human? Sorry ma'm we don't have any human food. But we have some deadly nightshade salad for pet cattle!" "Wait what"
Watching these really makes me feel horrible for the critters I had when I was a kid in the 70's. There was so much we didn't know and so much the animals had to deal with because of a lack of information. At least now I won't let anyone I know make the same mistakes we did. Just a question, is it okay for Chinese drawf hamsters to click constantly? We got two females for my son a bunch of years back, both were sweet and very friendly but one always clicked constantly.
She's so cute! I had a hamster with that color a long time ago. I miss owning a hamster. My apartment doesn't allow hamsters not sure why since they allow guinea pigs. Once we move I'd like to start owning hamsters again.
Denki Kaminari - yeah but i’ve had guinea pigs escape too. One jumped out of her c&c cage. I had to chase her around the room at 4am. The apartment had listed different species that we can’t keep, they missed guinea pigs. I actually found out on the new lease that we just signed that they now welcome all animals. As long as the animal is caged. Unfortunately i have 10 guinea pigs and 2 with special needs and tons of vet bills. So i won’t be able to get any more animals for a while. I do miss owning hamsters though.
Stories like this make me want to work at a pet store so I can give people true advice. Giving false advise is so dangerous. Thanks so much for rescuing little Penelope!
I have been working for over a month to take in neglected pets around my city and give them great care. I have so far taken in a rabbit that was neglected and being poorly taken care of. She wasn't getting enough hay and was only really fed pellets. She also didn't have the right size litter box, no chew toys,, and she had a waterbottle. She was never let out of her cage. I took her in and she is so sweet. I am now working to take in a guinea pig that isn't being cared for properly.
When you showed the pellets, I got so angry and just sighed and needed to pause and just calm me down ... seriously? Where is it for ignorant staff in that pet store? Thank you for doing such a good job! So many lives have it so much better because of you!
I know it's a bit unrelated to the video but I wanted to say that the red hair matches you so well, especially this hairstyle! You're very pretty And thankyou for everything you're doing with rescuing animals. I very recently adopted a gerbil from Spain that was kept alone for her whole life, she was 5/6 weeks old when I found her and 7/8 weeks when I adopted her.. Rescuing animals is one of the best things in the world, I'd love to make it into a bigger thing when I grow up.
I'm pretty sure my old pet rat was a Christmas gift. The SPCA found her as a stray in a parking lot in late January. She was such a curious sweetheart I can't believe someone abandoned her.
Hi , We definitely need more people like you 💜 you are amazing keep doing what your doing xx I love your videos and they really help me with my hamster xx 💜
I'm so glad I found this video! I had a similar wheel set up as that cage for my rat's and sadly never thought of that risk. I've fixed it now but i'm glad I found that flaw through a video then other ways.
Thanks so much for all your doing Muncie, honestly i can imagine that this job is not easy and your giving your time up to make sure all the animals in your care are getting the care they need x and you are really dedicated to your job x thanks so much x
Hello! Thank you so much for all the information you give. My son is wanting a Hamster in which I told him he had to earn 50.00 before i would even consider helping him get one. At first I was looking at critter tale cages on Amazon then surprise surprise youtube started recommending hamster cage videos! And I found you! I am so glad!!!! I cant believe all the stuff I would have done wrong if not for you! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this story especially talking about the cage, i dont have this cage but i have put in a new big wheel for my Ham ham and the top was close to one of his platforms so it made me realise that i needed to move the platform away from the wheel xx I also think some of the blame has to lay with the owner for not doing their own research, but you could argue that asking the employee is thier research, but a quick internet search or opening a hamster book would disprove anything thing that employee said!!
I feel like a lot of people do mistakes when they first get a penalty they have no idea what to do including myself I did a lot of mistakes when I started owning hamsters I think some Munchies and Victoria Rachel's videos I have learned so much from them and I'm thankful for that
I've never owned hamsters but I've hat rats and mice before. The stories these hammies go through break my heart! It makes me so happy to see someone caring for the little guys out there.
Honestly hamsters are more like male mice, some (dwarfs) CAN be housed together, but not recommend, they are protein based, and can be affectionate and smelly.
One of my first hammies was named Penelope! She lived forever and was super super affectionate. I miss her.. something also tells me that ham wasn’t handled everyday..
"thhey dont need the space" ..... ah yes when I gave my beta fish a 10 gallon tank from the previous (underinformed 0.5 gallon that I thought was plently big becuase its so much bigger then what I had seen them in, he was only in it for about 2? weeks) hated having so much space to swim and explore. he thought it was the worst. definately didn't like how many more live plants fitted in there. /s
I got my hamster from Facebook from my moms friend from high school. It was a birthday gift for her 8 year old daughter. She said the hamster was evil and horrible and she hated it. When we got home we noticed he had bald spot from him ripping out his fur!! He is so lovely now! big cage he sits on my lap and falls asleep. We rescued alot of hamsters from online and rescue centres.
As a human named Penelope, I feel terrible for this poor little namesake of mine. I also want to mention Crackle, and how he grew at an odd later age in his life. I had a severly stunted little girl named Snickers. She was the most hyper, insane, and terrified hamster who made the biggest, most shocking recovery. She became calm, trusting and cuddly, when she use to scream at me and hiss and kick and bite. Anyway, at over a year, she randomly got bigger. She wasn't full sized but she got almost there. So yeah, i realize stunted hamsters tend to do that.
We don’t have hamsters anymore but we have budgies we rescued a budgie in August. He was outside and didn’t have an owner. And here after Christmas I got a much bigger cage and we found a friend for him. The one we found was alone with bad care. It was the old type of care. But he is happy and healthy now here.
So sad, poor Penelope. 😢 My heart breaks for Hamsters. 😭 Glad she will get a nice home and live her life in a better environment. 👍 My new baby Syrian George is 13 weeks old already and he is already 138 grams, so Penelope is well small for her age. X
I would like to say thank you for making these videos because I showed them to my gr8 who was gonna get two more hamsters after the first two died of old age and t They were Syrians and kept in a critter trail. And since she has watched these videos she has gained more knowledge on hamster care.
I live in a country where people generally misinformed about hamsters. I joined a local hamster page and I was just horrified at the living conditions of the hamsters. Small cages (even though they were big cages, they were all small), very little bedding, and some just house several hamsters together. Some of them are breeders but I’m pretty sure they do not care about the genetics, and the hamsters are usually sold off in pairs (male and female).
I have had 3 hamsters in my lifetime and my first one (midnight) was in a cage with his brother and we ended up seperating them after they fought so we had him in a tiny cage that we should’ve upgraded and then I found ur channel and started changing some stuff and I got Theo my second hamster and got a bigger cage that was just under 450 square inches and then Theo died and I got bonbon and I now have her living in a 375 litre bin which is just over 900 square inches 😁thank you for all the help with ur videos I have been able to improve any hamster care a lot
we got out mouse in a moldy kaytee cage without any hides. He's in a 20g aquarium with great bedding and chews and hides. He's a super sweet, hand tamed boy but he has impacted (severely crooked) teeth so they have to be clipped often :(
This channel makes me feel better after seeing so many sad Craiglist ads and videos of small pets in bad care… I try to avoid them but things pop up now because I was helping someone look for a big enough, used cage and hamster rescues in her area. Now the internet wants to show me hamsters. Sadly they’re rarely in good care…
When you talked about the reptile situation and then the picture of the dead hamster made me so upset:((( I wanna cry I’m 14 years old (15 soon) and I really wanna rescue these animals financially I can’t tho but it just hurts me so much knowing that hamster was in pain before dying
Hey, I was curious if the pet store in Snohomish was Bridges Pets and Gifts. I know this is an older video, but I really hope you see this because I’d like to know. Thanks!
I am not a hamster owner, but I do have 2 little rats that I 'rescued' from a pet store, the guy next to me wanted to by these 2 rats as live feeders and the pet employees had no problem with it at all. Before he could take these poor babies I quickly jumped in and adopted them. Its so disappointing how naive most pet stores and owners are, especially because there are educational care videos online like yours.
I’ve seen cages like that for $50 even though you can get a bin cage or detolf for the same price or cheaper and they are way bigger idk why people waste their money on those
When I got my mice from the pet store I almost got a different mouse thank goodness that the employee told me it was very nippy and I got the best mouse ever she’s a lil sweetheart with her sister(house mate) butters
I have a question, Is it sometimes hard to own hamsters because they have such a short life span? Like do you ever get stressed trying to sell older hamsters?
I am so glad for these videos and your channel... I want a hamster SO bad (not at this point in my life, eventually.) (also bunnies) anywayyyyy from this channel and others like it I know what to do when i eventually CAN have my smol fren (I am planning a hamster haven lol)
I just saw a Syrian on Craigslist in a critter trail with like no bedding, it’s so sad to know people don’t take good care of such great animals, not only that ad but also one with a small cage, very little bedding, EXTREMELY small wired wheel, and in that cage was two Syrians, I wish I could save every hammy, it’s so sad, there are other ads too and it just makes me so sad
i just got a hamster today his name is pumpkin and I have him in a 680 square inch bin cag with lots of bedding and chew toys, sadly I did have to get him at Petco, but is there anything you would recommend?
I had my 2 dwarf hamster in a tiny tale cage and a different really tiny cage I recently found good size bins for them and I made them into a dwarf hamster bin cage
'Oh no no no, they don't need the space.' I want to know how this guy will feel if he's placed in a tiny bedroom and only fed raw veggies and given water for 1 month.
How heavy should an adult Syrian be? Mine is around 130 grams, I want to know if he’s underweight, I’ve done so much research and I want to know about feeding
My cute little Celia (hamster) was with a secend hamster buyed to be feed to a snake. But the two little sons of the man, who buyed the snake won't let him feed the hamsters because they liked them. So he gave them away to a collegue of my mom and she gave her to me. Now she has a big cage and all I read in books is good for a hamster. The other hamster has found a home too.
Can some one please help, my hamster is a male syrian and he's a long haired but ive noticed he's a little skinny and I'm not sure why, i feed him 2 or a little more tbs of food every 3 days but i normally do it every 2 days, and i started doing it every 3 days because he hasint ate all his food from his food bowl, but he just has ben seeming a little skinny! Please if you have any suggestions PLEASE let me know!
I got my very first hamster ever in November 2019 and Im really glad I learned all about care and I did research when some said to me that my cage was too small and recommended RUclips channels on hamster 2 months after I got her Ang know mya hamster. Care is all better
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My grandma says my female Syrian hamster looks like a guinea pig because she’s so big and I’m like “nope that’s her normal size” 😂
Allie’s ASMR & Art my grandma said the same thing about my sister her hamster 😂
My grandma said that she wanted me to get a second winter white in a few months instead of a Syrian because my winter white needs a cage friend
:( had to explain to her why that is a No
Same! My grandma and non-close friends always say she looks like a guinea pig.
Allie’s ASMR & Art
Ok.
musiqbox . mp4 huh?
I love how you said that the person said that turtles are "low maintenance" which they aren't
Right 🤣 my cousin has a false map turtle and I will be taking over it in a few months and I already have a box turtle
Aaaaaaah the work I love putting into my animals rather then my social life
Mood. My little sister has 2 red eared sliders and 1 the other one we were told it was a yellow bellied slider but she completely lost interest in them but I love them and I'm trying to get them under my care
They probobly aren't taking care of them properly if they think that they are "low maintenance"
@@katie_awad exactly I've heard this about so many animals like birds high care snakes iguanas monitors fish and even extreme exotics such as lions tigers monkies bird of prey fennecs etc yeah no exotics require special care and that's way some domestic animal are put under the term exotic such as birds ferrets hamsters and fish
Way higher maintenance in my opinion.
The female hamster i just rescued from craigslist was a Christmas present to... didn't last very long with them now she has a happy home in a large enclosure
kelly klaege That happened to me too, his name was Mars he was black and white Syrian. But I bought him from Petco, the next hamster I get I will buy him/her from Craigslist. 🥺
Stxrry_ Night or you could try petsmart and petcos adoption program
Stxrry_ Night Same here. Well, she wasn’t a Christmas present, but I got her from Petco and Such. :D
I rescued two mice from a pet store. The employee seemed so happy that we got them as pets. They were not in ideal conditions, and had almost no entertainment...
@@Yeewen88 I though only pet co did that???
Hamsters dont eat Guinea pig food "wHo wOuLd HaVe gUeSSed
simba the hamster
Guinea pig food- *is for guinea pigs*
Hamster owners- mUsT bE fOr EvErYtHiNg!!
@@beetlejellies lmao yes!
Ikr same with every other animal
*"UNBELIEVABLE"*
“tHeY dOn’T nEeD tHe SpAcE”
*looks over at my hamster’s 40 gallon tank*
*Looks over at my hamsters 950 Square inch detolf*
@@topsymatthews8484 woww
Me at my 75 gallon tank 💀
*_Looks at my 649 square inch bin_*
Wow ya'll challenging each other😂
What also makes me rlly mad is when I look up hamster pictures and I see a picture of a guinea pig and it says it’s a hamster :/
I had a dream where my dad got my brother a hamster but it was a Guinea pig and it had a cage maximum of 110square inches and it killed me inside but luckily it was not reall
That was on a little wire cage I saw it was a guinea pig and it said dwarf hamster /:
Gracentatertot
Ok
Guinea pig: *exists*
Someone: What a cute hamster
Me: *Points gun to my head*
disneyXgrace yessssss
Here’s a laugh for you all:
The person we rescued our hammy from told me she kept him in a small cage so he wouldn’t get “too big”. And then sent me a photo of a guinea pig and told me that’s what happens to a robo in a large cage. 🤪
He’s happy & healthy now in a custom 24” x 36” glass enclosure 🐹
Were they joking?? If not I don’t know how someone who owns an animal can be so clueless about that animal! I’m glad they have a good home now tho :)
What
Sydney Sharkk She was serious! This woman is a nurse & has two kids but obviously is clueless about animals 🤦♀️
Kat C did you inform/ educate her
Sydney Sharkk you’d be surprised by all the instances
I’m worried for those turtles, turtles and tortoises are way harder then hamsters and dogs for that matter.
Allison Aldridge-Saur ik right, if he thought a hamster was more work then a turtle... I don’t even want to know the water quality.
I bet the water is pure green and can't be seen through at all, they have the wrong bulbs so the shell is misshaped, there is absolutely no enrichment of any kind, and the water is less than 6 inches deep. I feel so bad for the turtles without even seeing them.
They arent any easier to take care of. Ignorant people sometimes do not provide the proper lighting or diet...leading to shell rot or deformities.
My cousin had a turtle and when I asked him how much work he said, "a lot"
@@toocoldtobother7271 they are a ton of work. Taking good quality care of them is considered one of the hardest common pets to care for, you know excluding wild animals or really exotic pets.
When I was younger I used to go into Pets at Home (a British pet shop) and beg my mum for a mouse or hamster or gerbil. I am so happy that she said no back then because now I have one for myself I realise how much care, attention and research they need.
Same!
You know munchie? You have really helped me with hamster care. At first I was like "oh it's a small hamster it doesnt need much space" oh boi I was wrong.
I learned so much on this channel and now i have a IKEA detolf for my dwarf hamster💕
Greetings from germany 💫
That’s great, how much bedding other channels like Victoria raechel and Erinsanimals help too
@@Yeewen88 theyre the ones i watch too!!!!!
@@sophierichardson9812 ok same
i love you when I first got my. Hamster I got a critter trail which was sad but now I have a 40 gallon tank
@@reaganwalsh2672 your the reason why crittertrail cages are still around. your giving your money to that company so that they can make more horrible habitats. always do your reasearch before you get any animal.
Wow, that's kind of regretful that the mom at least asked good questions about enclosure size and payed attention to the hamster's size, if only she had looked up that information at an animal welfare website instead of asking a random teenager working whatever retail job would hire them without any training in animal welfare
Let me just say
You are VERY underrated
I'm in University housing that doesn't allow pets for at least two more years, but you made me want to get a hamster so bad 🥺
But I'm going to be patient and wait until my situation allows me to take care of a little Hammy properly and then get one 😊
same here! the patience really makes a better difference!
Pepper does seem to be a common name for hamsters. My dwarf hamster was called Pepper, but we changed it to Pumpkin because she was surrendered for adoption on Hallowe'en. "Surrendered" would be a generous term, because she was actually dumped in a pet shop in a carrier bag... honestly, the way some people treat animals makes me sick! Good luck Princess Penelope - you're in safe hands now.
Me:reads title
Also me : what who would think that what.
you'd be surprised with how stupid people are :/
adding to what Pet Palace said, someone walked by the guinea pigs at my job once and said "awww look at the bunnies!"
CloudTheHamster
Ok
All that chattering when you put her in her new home, I feel like she was thanking you
I used to have my hamster in a critter trail but then I did some research and built him a new cage with 1225 square inches
Aw Penelope is adorable! And just a message to say “MUNCHIE Your amazing “ !!! Keep up the incredibly work you are doing! These animals are soo lucky to have you x 💕
Off topic, but i love that shirt, it looks very comfortable
Pet Store Employee: You should give them GUINEA PIG FOOD
Family: Oh Ok we'll get that
Me: No No No Noooooo!!
Once i went to a store and my aunt ask if they had hamster food and then they took us to Rabbit food ;-; btw they didn't have hamster food
@@lunathegachacheesecake9409 Do pet stores have any qualifications for their employees??
"Uh...hey, I need to buy food for my pet human."
"Oh you have a pet human? Sorry ma'm we don't have any human food. But we have some deadly nightshade salad for pet cattle!"
"Wait what"
Even if you give your hamster a hide, there is still a chance they'll refuse it and prefer to hide under their wheel or burrow in the bedding
My hammy wont hide and only sleeps openly
@@sophierichardson9812 your hamster is broken
I see you everywhere Hanna Fardew.
Watching these really makes me feel horrible for the critters I had when I was a kid in the 70's. There was so much we didn't know and so much the animals had to deal with because of a lack of information. At least now I won't let anyone I know make the same mistakes we did. Just a question, is it okay for Chinese drawf hamsters to click constantly? We got two females for my son a bunch of years back, both were sweet and very friendly but one always clicked constantly.
They can click if they're unhappy with what u just did possibly startled them by waking them up. Or they're happy with what u just did
2 Chinese dwarf hamsters shouldn’t live together they are solitary
Your cat in the back round in the beginning is like 👁👅🖐
She's so cute! I had a hamster with that color a long time ago. I miss owning a hamster. My apartment doesn't allow hamsters not sure why since they allow guinea pigs. Once we move I'd like to start owning hamsters again.
Janet's Cavies wtf that’s weird.
Hamsters can escape and get in the walls, chew on cables, etc. guinea pigs are larger. Hope this helps a little.
Denki Kaminari - yeah but i’ve had guinea pigs escape too. One jumped out of her c&c cage. I had to chase her around the room at 4am. The apartment had listed different species that we can’t keep, they missed guinea pigs. I actually found out on the new lease that we just signed that they now welcome all animals. As long as the animal is caged. Unfortunately i have 10 guinea pigs and 2 with special needs and tons of vet bills. So i won’t be able to get any more animals for a while. I do miss owning hamsters though.
My apartments is like this. But dogs and cats but no hamster lol.
Stories like this make me want to work at a pet store so I can give people true advice. Giving false advise is so dangerous. Thanks so much for rescuing little Penelope!
your cat bathing in the background is so cute!
I have been working for over a month to take in neglected pets around my city and give them great care. I have so far taken in a rabbit that was neglected and being poorly taken care of. She wasn't getting enough hay and was only really fed pellets. She also didn't have the right size litter box, no chew toys,, and she had a waterbottle. She was never let out of her cage. I took her in and she is so sweet. I am now working to take in a guinea pig that isn't being cared for properly.
im binging all of your videos while im quarentined, and I love your content and what youre teaching everyone.
i absolutely love small pet channels and im so happy i found this channel! hamster rescue stories are so heart warming!❤️❤️❤️
When you showed the pellets, I got so angry and just sighed and needed to pause and just calm me down ... seriously? Where is it for ignorant staff in that pet store?
Thank you for doing such a good job! So many lives have it so much better because of you!
I know it's a bit unrelated to the video but I wanted to say that the red hair matches you so well, especially this hairstyle! You're very pretty
And thankyou for everything you're doing with rescuing animals. I very recently adopted a gerbil from Spain that was kept alone for her whole life, she was 5/6 weeks old when I found her and 7/8 weeks when I adopted her.. Rescuing animals is one of the best things in the world, I'd love to make it into a bigger thing when I grow up.
I hope that those turtles are okay...
Legit.....
It never ceases to amaze me how many people don’t care for their pets properly. That’s why we now have 17 rescued guinea pigs.
Cute little potato, glad you rescued her.
I'm pretty sure my old pet rat was a Christmas gift. The SPCA found her as a stray in a parking lot in late January. She was such a curious sweetheart I can't believe someone abandoned her.
*blushes in scottish*
i am so glad i’ve found your account, you provided so much essential information
Hi , We definitely need more people like you 💜 you are amazing keep doing what your doing xx I love your videos and they really help me with my hamster xx 💜
Whenever I see pellets, I actually see cardboard. I don’t know why.
I'm so glad I found this video! I had a similar wheel set up as that cage for my rat's and sadly never thought of that risk. I've fixed it now but i'm glad I found that flaw through a video then other ways.
Thanks so much for all your doing Muncie, honestly i can imagine that this job is not easy and your giving your time up to make sure all the animals in your care are getting the care they need x and you are really dedicated to your job x thanks so much x
Hello! Thank you so much for all the information you give. My son is wanting a Hamster in which I told him he had to earn 50.00 before i would even consider helping him get one. At first I was looking at critter tale cages on Amazon then surprise surprise youtube started recommending hamster cage videos! And I found you! I am so glad!!!! I cant believe all the stuff I would have done wrong if not for you! Thank you!
Hi my hamster is named chubby he is a Syrian hamster 5months old and has cancer and very poorly you always make me happy
Thank you for sharing this story especially talking about the cage, i dont have this cage but i have put in a new big wheel for my Ham ham and the top was close to one of his platforms so it made me realise that i needed to move the platform away from the wheel xx I also think some of the blame has to lay with the owner for not doing their own research, but you could argue that asking the employee is thier research, but a quick internet search or opening a hamster book would disprove anything thing that employee said!!
Your hair looks so amazing like this
ESP WIT THAT NECKLACE
Penelope is absolutely gorgeous! I’ve never seen a hamster look like that before.
You have restored my faith in humanity
I feel like a lot of people do mistakes when they first get a penalty they have no idea what to do including myself I did a lot of mistakes when I started owning hamsters I think some Munchies and Victoria Rachel's videos I have learned so much from them and I'm thankful for that
I've never owned hamsters but I've hat rats and mice before. The stories these hammies go through break my heart! It makes me so happy to see someone caring for the little guys out there.
Honestly hamsters are more like male mice, some (dwarfs) CAN be housed together, but not recommend, they are protein based, and can be affectionate and smelly.
One of my first hammies was named Penelope! She lived forever and was super super affectionate. I miss her.. something also tells me that ham wasn’t handled everyday..
Have a Guinea pig who was funny enough fed hamster food by her precious owners. She’s on a proper diet now and is happy and healthy.
that clear cage is really cute, id connect it to a giant bin cage just to have it
I first thought that it would make an ok mice cage....
"thhey dont need the space"
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ah yes when I gave my beta fish a 10 gallon tank from the previous (underinformed 0.5 gallon that I thought was plently big becuase its so much bigger then what I had seen them in, he was only in it for about 2? weeks) hated having so much space to swim and explore. he thought it was the worst. definately didn't like how many more live plants fitted in there.
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I got my hamster from Facebook from my moms friend from high school. It was a birthday gift for her 8 year old daughter. She said the hamster was evil and horrible and she hated it. When we got home we noticed he had bald spot from him ripping out his fur!! He is so lovely now! big cage he sits on my lap and falls asleep. We rescued alot of hamsters from online and rescue centres.
As a human named Penelope, I feel terrible for this poor little namesake of mine.
I also want to mention Crackle, and how he grew at an odd later age in his life. I had a severly stunted little girl named Snickers. She was the most hyper, insane, and terrified hamster who made the biggest, most shocking recovery. She became calm, trusting and cuddly, when she use to scream at me and hiss and kick and bite. Anyway, at over a year, she randomly got bigger. She wasn't full sized but she got almost there. So yeah, i realize stunted hamsters tend to do that.
thats crazy like why... i just rescued a hamster and they were feeding him rabbit food...
Why do people do this stuff🤦🏼♀️
Sending lots of love and good vibes for Penelope. I hope she begins to adjust well and I hope that mass on her chin can be taken care of 💖🐹💖🐹
A great CHEAP idea for a hamster cage is the 200 qt storage bin from Walmart. (819 square inches)
We don’t have hamsters anymore but we have budgies we rescued a budgie in August. He was outside and didn’t have an owner. And here after Christmas I got a much bigger cage and we found a friend for him. The one we found was alone with bad care. It was the old type of care. But he is happy and healthy now here.
Praying all goes well for Penelope and the rest going in to the vet! ❤️
So sad, poor Penelope. 😢
My heart breaks for Hamsters. 😭
Glad she will get a nice home and live her life in a better environment. 👍
My new baby Syrian George is 13 weeks old already and he is already 138 grams, so Penelope is well small for her age. X
I would like to say thank you for making these videos because I showed them to my gr8 who was gonna get two more hamsters after the first two died of old age and t
They were Syrians and kept in a critter trail. And since she has watched these videos she has gained more knowledge on hamster care.
it looks like kaytee supreme guinea pig, i work at a pet store and i always fill up our feed dispensers
you should make a Patreon for like, people who wanna help out with vet bills and stuff for the rescue, i sure would join in
I live in a country where people generally misinformed about hamsters. I joined a local hamster page and I was just horrified at the living conditions of the hamsters. Small cages (even though they were big cages, they were all small), very little bedding, and some just house several hamsters together. Some of them are breeders but I’m pretty sure they do not care about the genetics, and the hamsters are usually sold off in pairs (male and female).
Watching your videos actually inspired me to get a hamster myself! 🥰 I got a 6 week old female djungarian hamster this Friday and named her Hazel
I almost named my hamster Hazel but I settled with Maisie
Sophie Grace Richardson That‘s also a really cute name!
I have had 3 hamsters in my lifetime and my first one (midnight) was in a cage with his brother and we ended up seperating them after they fought so we had him in a tiny cage that we should’ve upgraded and then I found ur channel and started changing some stuff and I got Theo my second hamster and got a bigger cage that was just under 450 square inches and then Theo died and I got bonbon and I now have her living in a 375 litre bin which is just over 900 square inches 😁thank you for all the help with ur videos I have been able to improve any hamster care a lot
I love your videos. I've learned so much from you. I've upgraded my hamsters enclosure (they're separate). I'm very thankful for these videos.
we got out mouse in a moldy kaytee cage without any hides. He's in a 20g aquarium with great bedding and chews and hides. He's a super sweet, hand tamed boy but he has impacted (severely crooked) teeth so they have to be clipped often :(
he also loves to get pet by his ears, he'll lean into it and close his eyes and if you stop he'll grab your finger with his paws and pulls it back
you are such a sweet person! you are amazing for helping these animals in need.
I'm so thankful you found her! OMG
Just reading that title put me on edge.
This channel makes me feel better after seeing so many sad Craiglist ads and videos of small pets in bad care… I try to avoid them but things pop up now because I was helping someone look for a big enough, used cage and hamster rescues in her area. Now the internet wants to show me hamsters. Sadly they’re rarely in good care…
When you talked about the reptile situation and then the picture of the dead hamster made me so upset:((( I wanna cry I’m 14 years old (15 soon) and I really wanna rescue these animals financially I can’t tho but it just hurts me so much knowing that hamster was in pain before dying
I'm guessing Bridges in Snohomish? Its the only one I can think of other than mom and pop shops. I just found your youtube. Love that you are from WA!
Thanks to your videos my hamster now has a 10inch wheel! she used to have like a 7inch and is a lot happier now! :)
Let's show munchie how much we love her and please continue subscribing to her RUclips channel
Hey, I was curious if the pet store in Snohomish was Bridges Pets and Gifts. I know this is an older video, but I really hope you see this because I’d like to know. Thanks!
I am not a hamster owner, but I do have 2 little rats that I 'rescued' from a pet store, the guy next to me wanted to by these 2 rats as live feeders and the pet employees had no problem with it at all. Before he could take these poor babies I quickly jumped in and adopted them. Its so disappointing how naive most pet stores and owners are, especially because there are educational care videos online like yours.
I’ve seen cages like that for $50 even though you can get a bin cage or detolf for the same price or cheaper and they are way bigger idk why people waste their money on those
I love so much what you are doing ,please keep it going ,the hamsters,gerbils and mice need you ✨💗🐹🐭
When I got my mice from the pet store I almost got a different mouse thank goodness that the employee told me it was very nippy and I got the best mouse ever she’s a lil sweetheart with her sister(house mate) butters
I love your RUclips name and what you do!
I have a question,
Is it sometimes hard to own hamsters because they have such a short life span? Like do you ever get stressed trying to sell older hamsters?
I am so glad for these videos and your channel... I want a hamster SO bad (not at this point in my life, eventually.) (also bunnies) anywayyyyy from this channel and others like it I know what to do when i eventually CAN have my smol fren (I am planning a hamster haven lol)
I just saw a Syrian on Craigslist in a critter trail with like no bedding, it’s so sad to know people don’t take good care of such great animals, not only that ad but also one with a small cage, very little bedding, EXTREMELY small wired wheel, and in that cage was two Syrians, I wish I could save every hammy, it’s so sad, there are other ads too and it just makes me so sad
Omg i love you so much. Because i lurn so much from you. And i live in the Netherlands.
i just got a hamster today his name is pumpkin and I have him in a 680 square inch bin cag with lots of bedding and chew toys, sadly I did have to get him at Petco, but is there anything you would recommend?
I had my 2 dwarf hamster in a tiny tale cage and a different really tiny cage I recently found good size bins for them and I made them into a dwarf hamster bin cage
'Oh no no no, they don't need the space.' I want to know how this guy will feel if he's placed in a tiny bedroom and only fed raw veggies and given water for 1 month.
How heavy should an adult Syrian be? Mine is around 130 grams, I want to know if he’s underweight, I’ve done so much research and I want to know about feeding
I love binge watching
What area in WA are you? I live in Washington too and I would love to adopt some more mice.
What your opinion on Pets at home new design
I don't know about her,but I hate it.
Awful awful and more awful.
I hate it glad my store didn’t change cause they’ve not got room for it
Beth Laird so awful :(
My cute little Celia (hamster) was with a secend hamster buyed to be feed to a snake. But the two little sons of the man, who buyed the snake won't let him feed the hamsters because they liked them. So he gave them away to a collegue of my mom and she gave her to me. Now she has a big cage and all I read in books is good for a hamster. The other hamster has found a home too.
Can some one please help, my hamster is a male syrian and he's a long haired but ive noticed he's a little skinny and I'm not sure why, i feed him 2 or a little more tbs of food every 3 days but i normally do it every 2 days, and i started doing it every 3 days because he hasint ate all his food from his food bowl, but he just has ben seeming a little skinny! Please if you have any suggestions PLEASE let me know!
Do you feed meat and veg?
@@eviolus-5660, no i don't feed him meet, but i feed him veggies mabye every 3 or 4 days.
You look like the little mermaid munchie!
The nick could be from her doing the same thing the dead hamster did, but she was luckily able to escape. Just a thought, it's unlikely.
I got my very first hamster ever in November 2019 and Im really glad I learned all about care and I did research when some said to me that my cage was too small and recommended RUclips channels on hamster 2 months after I got her Ang know mya hamster. Care is all better
The kitty in the background is cute