I'm SO TIRED of people labeling rodents as "beginner" pets! I have 2 cats & 2 guinea pigs, & the guinea pigs require a lot more upkeep than the cats. Rodents aren't easy to care for, they require a lot of work, space, & patience.
Yes, indeed. I have a chinchilla, and she requires alot of attention. I try to spend time with her as much as i can because i know that rodents are very good at hiding there illnesses and can become fatally ill and you wouldn’t even know. Thats why I researched for about ten months before getting a chinnie.
@@mariyaivanova9643 I agree. I have both. And given the height of bedding I give my ham, I could not touch his cage for 5 days and his cage would still be fine. My guinea pigs though, daily maintenance for sure. 2x daily.
@@mariyaivanova9643 I know, I used guinea pigs as an example cos I have more experience with them, but I've had hamsters in the past. My point was that rodents aren't "beginner" pets.
On the front it says “developed and approved by PetSmart veterinarians” how would a sane veterinarian approve this? They’re either being payed to approve this or they just don’t know what they’re saying.
Likely a dog or cat vet honestly or just an outdate exotic vet. I don't like to go to vets for husbandry advice most of the time they just don't know updated care, they're great for medical, illness advice and treatments though.
@@VictoriaRaechel This is so true. With a lot of vets, once they get their certification, they stop educating themselves. Some also think that the longer they've been a vet, the smarter they are, but that means nothing if you haven't learned anything from your experiences. "I'Ve BeEn aN ExOtIc vEt FoR 30 YeArS, i'M nOt WrOnG." - an exotic vet that tried to give penicillin to my hamster. I think a lot of vets get burned out because it takes so long and so much effort to become one. Of course, that doesn't excuse malpractice.
I happen to be a vet, and I used to have a rescue station for hundreds of hamsters. From my experience very few vets know anything at all about hamsters - it is not part of our education, the university certainly doesn't teach about proper care or the right cage size. A vet only knows such things if he's personally interested in the topic and educates himself, like I did. Even the medication or anesthesia of hamsters is special and needs to be learned properly (but again, not in college) - I've met many colleagues who are afraid to perform surgeries on hamsters because they believe it goes wrong often. Which is not true if you know what to do. It takes some courage at first though.
@@hamuandxerxl4255 Yes when I first went to my exotics vet I asked how often animals die during sedation and she said she has only lost two (parrots) and they had underlying problems. Where as regular vets act like chance of death is 99%. lol I also had one recommend SAD lamps instead of UVB for parrots. lol That why is so important to shop around when comes to specialist vets.
Hamsters are not beginner pets. No animal should be called a “beginner pet.” They each have a life just like we do. Just because they are small, doesn’t mean they are easy to care for. 😔
Exactly! You’re literally taking care for another life. Every pet has their specific needs and requirements in order for them to live and thrive a happy life. Every living soul deserves to live happily. And if you can’t, you shouldn’t have gotten your pet in the first place.
Yeah you are right hamsters are no beginner animals they are normal like others because many people own them and that a beginner pet should have low care not here😱😱😤😤🤨🤨
OMG I wish they would stop advertising hamsters as beginner pets. Mine is constantly up to no good, she has a huge tank with everything a hamster needs according to German standards and she still decides to chew up the tank silicon corners, climb onto her wheel and jumping off it and doing dumb stuff like that. A child wouldn't know how to idiotproof a cage (don't worry, I love my little nugget, she's just very creative when it comes to doing stuff she's not supposed to do lol)
@@samandthehams4496 glad to hear that. seeing mine do all that stuff, I was worried if she's happy in her enclosure (mine is 240 litres, 63.401 US-Gallons according to Google). I'll start freeroaming her in 1-2 weeks when she's tamer (I got her only a few weeks ago as a very young hamster, I want her to be comfortable with giant me first)
Same haha! She lives in a 55 gallon tank with more than 10 inches of bedding, but loves climbing her water bottle holder and trying to climb onto her wheel from it🤣
I gave mine 5 different types of wood to chew on + a grass nest, cardboard, a toilet paper hide and all that stuff to chew on but she chose the little block I added on the bottom of the lid that keeps it from sliding around (there's one in each corner, I never even thought that she could be interested in them)
Mine is the same. He makes nests under his water dish. He is a very silly bean. He lives in a 75 gallon tank, with tons of bedding, and 8 inch wheel, a big sand bath, a bunch of homemade bendy bridges, and 8 chews. Also, he is a hybrid dwarf
does anyone have a good bin cage that you got? I have a 40 gallon fish tank but i need something that is easier to move around for a little while and I am looking into a bin cage but cant find and ones big enough/clear.
I hate to admit that we impulse-bought a hamster for my daughter from Petsmart and walked out of there with the tiny cage they recommended, complete with 5" wheel for a Syrian, a hamster ball, and so many other things that make me cringe. We thought the store would know enough to provide us with the right stuff. That night we actually did research (like we should have done from the start) and learned SO much... mostly from your channel. So thank you for the education you provide. Within 2 days our hamster had a cage 8 times bigger, a proper sized wheel, toys and a sand bath, the hamster ball was disposed of, and I'm SO happy we have you to thank for that! I wish we'd done our research from the start, like many families we just assumed the pet stores were providing everything we'd need. Not even close.
Even if it was after the fact I’m glad you went ahead and did more research to then realize you’ve been misinformed so that you could then change your mistakes and further educate yourselves on hamsters! ❤️
I love when you’re showing the bare hamster necessities and trying to fit them in petsmart’s minimums. It’s a good way of showing how big their cages should be! Ily!
Even though petsmart’s products aren’t suitable for hamsters...I had an extremely knowledgeable and helpful employee. She told us all about making sure to buy paper based bedding to keep our hamster safe, and she recommended 2 seed and pellets mixes to mix together. Then she started talking about cages (even though we have one above the bare minimum) she told us to steer clear of most plastic hamster cages at pet stores. She told us our best option here were 40 gallon aquariums. I was really impressed by her hamster and small animal knowledge. I know that there are Pet store employees who know nothing about hamsters but some definitely have the knowledge to work there.
Yeah I had a very similar experience when getting my mice.We have a different pet shop but its basically the same concept. The employee though recommended us a biig wheel which as a teenager I probably wouldnt have gotten otherwise. And overall his recommendations seemed still great in retrospect. Sadly not everyone gets this lucky
The only reason my hamster is going to be so happy because i randomly saw your channel on my yt page. I clicked and watched it, and i became obsessed. For watching hamster videos of good care for about 6 months. I decided i really wanted a hammie. I asked my parents, and they agreed to it that it was going to be expensive and i let them read a 20 page document i typed about the care a hamster needs. IM GETTING ONE THIS SUMMER AND IM SO EXITED! THANK YOU!
Omg that’s so sad! I watched the first vid but I don’t remember it that well and it said that hamsters LOVE to BURROW BUT HOW CAN ANY THING EVEN AN *ANT* BURROW IN ONE INCH LIKE- JEHDBSOXNRBAPXNF
Honestly I think you should make your own care guide. Make it a downloadable pdf and then when people ask questions of how they can convince others to provide better hamster care, your answer can be to print off the care guide and give it to them. Your art is so good, you could make a really great one!
I just got the ikea detolf display case for my dwarf hammy s’more and he now has 8in of bedding and he loves it! :) ❤️ Btw i love your vids i have watched every single one thank you for promoting good hamster care! ❤️
I just wrote to a celebrity that got a dwarf hamster in the tiny bean shaped cages saying that it was way too small and that they should research a pets needs before buying one as people that follow them then think that’s acceptable and do it themselves. Then blocked me because I told them that the pet shops just want your sales they aren’t going to tell you their cages are all unacceptable because they want your sales. All our pet shops around us agree with us they don’t sell cages suitable because they know what we’re talking about and we even mention your name in the store and tell them to follow you. Can’t believe people are allowed to get a pet without any research in what they need. The wheel was way too small aswell. Really grinds my gears x
Victoria ty i'm french, and i used to have hamsters in a...very small cage they were unhappy and i'm so sad that i've mistreated them and i was going to do another mistake, by watching a video who was promoting another small cage and stuff and i found your channel ! (and another GOOD french channel!) i've learned so much things thank you so much! i'm not perfect but i've improved a lot! like i have now an Alaska Cage, good 15cm bedding, hay and all stuff to give them enrichment, a sand bath, wood stick, and it's all thanks to you thank you ♡
That's great, sounds like you are good animal carer and an empathetic person. I also get stressed out and worried when my hamsters aren't happy or need more enrichment. Hope your hammies are doing well now! 🐹🐹🐹
Could you please do a hanging out with Lenny video? He's such a cutie! I would love a video revolving around him!!! Also I'm getting a hamster soon with a 715 square inch terrarium cage! You helped me so much!
Lenny doesn't want to come out really and I have to respect him, he mainly hides until the lights are off and no ones around so a video dedicated to him is pretty hard ☹️
Hope he is ok xxx. My hammy is almost 2, please can u tell me signs of old age and possible passing? Because I would love to make the most of her life as her sister already passed (not housed together!!) and I can’t lose another one! Also my hammy now is the first hamster I have ever held! I only managed to hold her a few days ago for the first time because she was sooooo timid xxx
This video is so important. We should talk about the misinformation some pet shops spread. I am really happy to see that in my town, for example, big pet shops don't even sell animals anymore, because people talked so much about how bad their care is, that nobody bought a pet anymore. And the information in the shops is really good now, too!
The German Rodipet website is amazing, they specialise in rodent. Everything they sell is based on research for the needs of specific rodents. They even sent out an expedition to Northern Syria to study hamsters in the wild and they created terracotta tunnels and hideaways based on actual hamster burrows. I got loads of cool natural stuff from them like wood, moss, Cork etc and they even sell specific types of soil for Syrian hamsters, robos etc that matches the colour and ingredients of the soil in those hamster's natural environments. I had stuff delivered to me in the UK and customs fees and delivery fees were fairly expensive but it's worth getting a bunch of stuff from them at once. They don't have a huge list of products but most of them are unique and specifically made for rodents so I love it.
It’s so frustrating. Like making a good and detailed pamphlet would take me maybe 30 minutes and would have been way better then this pathetic excuse of an “animal care guide”. Idk who they’re hiring to make the guides but they should be let go.
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why i love this channel -clean voice -no intro's or "hey whats up guys" -getting straight to the point at the start of the video -really understanding -best tips btw my winter white dwarf hamster named cotton a male trust's me a little its been a week i got him and i trust him full if he doesn't bite me and any tips to make the best for my dwarf hamster? and i know that a winter white is calm (sorry if this comment is too long..)
Back in February my 8 year old son became interested in hamsters and expressed interest in getting one. So, as an animal lover, even though I’ve had two hamsters when I was a kid (not at the same time) I decided to do some research into owning one. That led me to your RUclips page and I must say I’ve learned so much! I actually feel so bad for the hamsters I had when I was younger. You’ve taught me so much and in turn taught my son a lot about proper hamster care and now our hamster Buddy is living his best life! Thank you for what you do! I’m happy there are people like you educating people on proper hamster care ❤️
I'm opening a small/exotic animal shelter in the near future, and this is the pitch I intend to give to my local pet stores. Pets are expensive, you make more money selling more toys and bedding to fill a larger cage, then you have more consistent customers because people's pets aren't escaping or dying or getting sick very often, leading to them being like "yeah, let's go to this pet store since I got a hamster from that other place and it died, but this one sells all the proper things so they're better taken care of". We used to have a pet store in my old city that was literally known as the place you go to get a pet that will die in a week. I'm thinking that pitch will work, since it's literally just a win-win-win for everybody, the company, the pet owner, me, and the animals.
They won't because they wouldn't sell as many hamsters and accessories if they told people how much money and effort it takes to properly look after one. They'd rather sell a thousand tiny cages than 10 large enclosures. Hopefully people will start to respect small pets just and much as they care about big pets like cats and dogs and animal are laws are expanded and enforced like they are with dogs and cats.
You posted this video the EXACT day I picked up one of these guides from pet smart!! I was so shocked that the official care guide actually looked like this. My mom and I were thinking that it should be called “getting to neglect your syrian or dwarf hamster” instead of “getting to know your syrian or dwarf hamster”. By the way, thanks to your channel I just finished setting up my 40 gallon habitat! I’m going to pick up my baby campbell hamster from an ethical breeder on Wednesday :) your channel is the reason she’s gonna have a good life! You’re really making a difference for these animals and it’s amazing how many people have learned from you. There are so many hamsters out there that would have never gotten to live in a proper habitat if you weren’t making videos!
My hamster’s diet is probably 80% seeds, grains and nuts, 10% pellets and dried food and 10% fresh foods. He hates pellets and will refuse to eat any unless there’s nothing else to eat 😅
I was about to refill his food dish and praise my hamster Mochi because he has eaten all the pellets, then I found out he just hid it on the other side of his enclosure, not on his nest! xD
I'm an employee at petsmart and I do say the care guides are given to every new pet parent along with the zoonotic disease pamphlet, but the employees are the BIGGEST factor in the sale. Some employees are knowledgeable in the right things and some are not. And I have to say watching your videos has made it SO much more fun adopting all of our awesome pets. I'm so much more knowledgable and I can create such a better home for everyone. Also I tell everyone to watch your videos to learn more. So thank you!!!!
I’m so glad I found your Chanel because I have had my first hamster for about 5 months and since the store people taught me all of the wrong things I plan to change everything I did wrong so my hammy can live his best life!!!! Thank you for teaching all of use everything that hamsters actually need and how they REALLY live a very good life😊😁❤️
Omg Victoria! I got a new hamster, it’s a long haired Siyaran and it’s brown just like Lenny. I have named my hamster Bumble after well your old hamster Bumble. I have watched your video on what to do when you get your hamster, like a million times so I have already done all of the steps you have said. I just want to say that you have taught me so much and I will proceed with the funny hamster memes once again!
Honestly disappointed that they said “line the habitat” with bedding amongst other things. Lining something usually refers to a thin layer. You really should be FILLING the habitat with bedding, not LINING it.
XuiLeeEv i know right! I see people at my local pet store buying the tiniest kaytee bags and i literally walk home with three bags of 40L carefresh like....
@@allygriffen7617 well it is bc people say do but I think the 12 too 14 so good bc if you get bigger your hamster might not be able to even go on there wheel
whenever I've ever asked a Petsmart employee anything about any species they have always either told me the wrong thing or don't have an answer, it's actually ridiculous
I can’t believe how poor their care standards are! Like seriously petsmart, 144 square inches??? Those hammies deserve better. 450 square inches, is that really too much to ask? I keep my hybrid dwarf in a 930 square inch enclosure. A hamster isn’t really going to be happy and satisfied in less than 600 square inches.
Even 450 square inches is cruel 🤷🏻♀️ Anything less than 800 square inches is cruel. This is why I go by German size requirements and that’s what everyone needs to aim for or more. No excuse.
I used to like Petsmart. WAIT before you get mad let me finish! The pet store that is near me has really great dog and cat stuff. However anything ells is bad, including rabbit, hamster and fish tanks/ cages and information. They sold me a betta fish a while ago and gave me a 3 gallon tank. It had a filter and heater. Everything was going great for a month. Until one day I wanted to give him a friend. I asked the pet shop worker if I could get 2 neon tetras . I told them my tank size and the breed of my fish. They said I could easily fit 3 neon tetras in my tank with no problems. 1 day later my betta ate on neon tetra and died the same day. The next day the other neon tetra died. We went to the store that same day because I was in tears and so much confusion. There was another pet store worker ( difrent lady) and she asked what had happened, i told her the story and she said that a betta and a tetra was fine but it needs to be at least a 10 gallon tank for 1 neon tetra! However they should at least be in groups of 5 not 2! I thanked her and left the store. I was so mad and confused how you could mess up a 3 gallon tank with a 10 gallon tank! I was so angry at the pet store. We wrote a note to the pet store manager and explained the situation. All they said back was: I'm sorry for your problems with petsmart. We will not give you any refunds. That was all they said! I was so mad! Mabye a refund would be nice but they didnt even do anything! All they did was write a half ass apology. They probably didnt even mean it! I will never shop at petsmart again for dog food or any pet needs! Tell me if you have had any problems with petsmart if you want? I'm hoping if we complain enough they will treat there animals right. Also hopefully there information to. If we all work together we can change the life of so many animals and hopefully stop this cruel behavior Petsmart does to there animals!
Oh my god!! Actually, I remember a similar experience. So, my mom’s friend has a pair of birds. They were gotten from the pet store, and were put in the smallest cage possible. My mom asked what sex they were. She told my mom that there was boy and a girl. When my mom asked why, wouldn’t they create babies. She told my mom that she and her children wanted the babies. My brother had been asking for a baby bird for so long. So my mom decided that we get some. We went to the pet store (this was before I learned it was terrible) and got birds. The women there was literally choking and squeezing the bird to death when she was getting them out of the display boxes. The pet store didn’t even have everything that we needed for the bird. My parents even told me to keep my mouth shut, and listen to what the person there was telling us. I had done a bit of research on birds, but they thought the pet smart worker was right. When we got the birds, we put them in the biggest pet store cage we could find. Then one of the birds hurt his leg, and couldn’t fly. We returned them and got another pair of birds. Those were kept in the same cage that my mom’s friend put their birds in. I felt so bad for the birds back then, and still do because the cage was so small, and you could tell that they couldn’t even fly. We returned the birds, because my parents decided they didn’t want them anymore. Another experience I have buying from a pet store has to do with fish, like yours. I wanted a pet dog really badly. I was about 4-6 years old. My parents said that I can’t get a dog, but they would get me a fish. I went to the petstore with them and I looked at all the pretty fishies. We got a betta fish, and it was in the tiniest tank I have ever seen. I actually watched a video recently and it said that the fishes at PetSmart were ay to young to be sold. So we got the fish, a filter, and some weird small brown balls for food. We took it home and it died because my younger brother, who was pretty young then knocked it over on my birthday. The petstore worker told us some bad information, and gave us the tiniest cage possible. I hope that adults, and children understand how hard it is to care for an animal, and that pet stores are terrible. The staff are adults, they should have the common sense that breeding animals, and keeping them in tiny cages is bad.
I've had something like that happen too! I was like 8, and my sister and I wanted goldfish. We went to Petco (we didn't know how horrible they were at taking care of animals) and looked at goldfish. We asked what they would need, and the workers said they would need a bowl, some food, some pebbles for the bottom, and some plants or something to hide in. We got all those, and then we chose our fish. We picked three, took them home, then when we got up the next morning two were dead. We went back to the pet store, and got two more, but they died too. What the pet store employees didn't tell us was that the fish we were getting were meant to be fed to other fish. As I was 8, I didn't think much about each of them being dead, so we went again and got a betta fish. We got what the employees told us to get, and went home. He lived for like a year because I went on vacation and I only left him a pellet that the Petco employee said would last 20 days. When we came back he was dead. RIP Tealy☹️ I hope that we can change all the bad care instructions!
@@chaotic_gremlin wow, that’s really sad. I remember those pellets things too! My local pet store said it would last only 7 days though. According to @Madison Wells, 3 fancy goldfish which are the chubby thick ones, need 30 gallon as a minimum. 3 coronet goldfish, the normal more common ones, need 90 gallon as a minimum.
@@prettypeach13 3 *fancy goldfish would need a 30 gallon as a minimum, and by fancy we mean the chubby thicc looking ones. 3 comet type goldfish, the more normal looking ones, would need a 90 gallon minimum.
@@madisonwillis9591 oh wow! I never knew that, thank you so much for telling me. It just goes to show that gold fish which are supposed to be beginner pets are actually really expensive and hard to take care of. Let me edit my reply to the correct information, thanks again!
I had a dream one night about a hamster. I owned them before and had no idea how to really take care of them. I considered chewing and cage climbing normal behavior. After my dream, I found you and rightfully so gave my new dwarf hamsters a huge home with more than 8 inches of bedding and they are completely happy. Thank you for educating me!
YES YES YES love this can not wait to watch yayyy also I love u so much so please notice me also my hamster is called bumble like ur past one ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I'm so glad you're still uploading. I've done a lot of research and I might be getting a hamster for Christmas! I'm just watching a load of videos. I am struggling to find a cheap and healthy bedding and some healthy food.
i live in the uk and we have smt called pets at home. their booklets actually have useful info a checklist that includes the proper stuff, the cage sizes are small which is a con though. before you buy it they give you a quick summary of their care which isnt bad.(when i was buying rats they didnt let me have them bc my cage was too small, i know that isnt related but i just wanted to add that in) lastly, they have a rescue/adoption section where i get mine from, as for rats they wont sell the younger ones and will try to get you to buy the ones that were brought back:>
The worst part is how it is so easy to mass produce hamsters! The pregnancies are so short and they can pregnant again immediately afterwards! Pet Stores take advantage of this and mass produce these animals like a PRODUCT and not like a living ANIMAL and then they advertise them to kids as toys. The whole thing is just really messed up. :( I feel so bad for those poor hammies that have to live their life with such bad care thanks to chain petstores.
SHOP LOCALLY!! where i live we have like 3 local pet shops that are small businesses and they get there hammy's and other pets like bunnies from breeders!
My hamster just passed away😭😭😭 but I came here to tell you because she had and AMAZING life thanks to you. I wanted to thank you so so so so so so much. I can not tell you how much you and your videos mean to me because they helped me give her an amazing life. You told me what food to give her what size cage to get her and everything a hamster owner needs to know. When I first got my little hammy Penut I did not really know anything about hamsters. So I searched somethings up for her and I found you channel. You dont know how much you mean to me and her. I hope you know how much I thank you and appreciate you. Penut does to. RIP Penut my amazing hamster.😭💙
Sometimes watching you makes me cry because im so thankful that my dwarf albino hamster has a home we make so many memories with hime, I watch all your videos! your incredible! amazing and ily!
Thank you so much for making all these videos about hamsters you helped me so much ♥️ my hamster was very scared and she hid whenever I put my hand in the cage. Now she is really came and cuddly and she even comes to my hand by her own. Thank you so much I'm pretty sure my hamster is very happy 🐹♥️
I’ve been having a really rough time my husky puppy Ivy had to be taken away because we don’t want her to get cold and be sick during winter so we had to give her away to the store and I miss her so much everytime I think that I will never see her again makes me sad
@@Amanda-ml5fk yes I know that but I can’t keep her in her house for a whole day and it rains a lot she got one of her vaccinations only and the buyer said to keep her out the cold we can’t put her inside our house so we had to give her away
@@mirjimcstinky8701 My hamsters never bit me 😄 I’m lucky but I never provoke them. I remember one employee from Petco asked “Is the hamster for snake?” one time I got a hamster there long ago the employee asked that with a smile😨 I said Hell no why would anyone buy hamsters to feed snakes. He said snake owners do that😭 Very disturbing.
@@madokaor3611 I had the misfortune of a video of that being up next on autoplay when I went to the bathroom... i can't even describe how horiffic it was
I'm so happy you managed to film a video you like! Haven't started watching and looking at your face, I know this is gonna bad/good, probably bad. I see they do have better care luckily, well..... sort of. I just wanna tell you, that you saved my 3 hamsters from being in 188 sq inch enclosure seperately, but at first I kept my first two hamsters together with one hideout and one FIVE INCH WHEEL. Now they each have 748 Sq Inch aquariums, with about 1 fourth of their cages in sand but for my Robo one third. 6 - 9 Inch bedding, semi-crowded, 8 Inch solid running wheel each and a variety in food. You help me going every day, hour, minute, second and you have changed me and my pets lives. Ty Ilysm.
The pet shop tried to tell me that a really small plastic cage was ok for a Syrian and a dwarf my dad tried to tell me too but I managed to get a fish tank out of him!!
@@madisonwillis9591 is that ok until we find a bigger one? The one we got her with was tiny and then I researched and got a bigger one which she currently has apart from she is trying to climb up the walls of the fish tank
Hey I am getting a hamster for Christmas and I was wondering, if you scatter feed your hamster how do you know when to feed him again? Like or reply if you know the answer or so victoria can see this!
My local Petco, had a protest outside of their store recently, the signs said “Adopt Don’t Shop!” Pet stores have been having a baaaddd reputation lately 😶😬
I live in Germany and im really glad they actually care about the wellbeing of hamsters over here. Bedding sold over here is marked as dust and fume free, the employee i talked to helped me with a lot of details (could have been more but still), even gave advice on how to tame my hamster and actually adviced me to get a sand bath. Absolutely on a different level than in the US as it seems.
*Long read but worth it lol* Just wanted to say thank you so much for educating people on Hamsters. I will admit that I bought a Syrian hamster on an impulse because I thought he was cute and bought a super small cage, no toys or chew sticks and had got the disposable bedding trays by kaytee. But when I got home, I realized I knew absolutely nothing about hamsters so I came on YT and found your page. Within 3 days of watching your videos, I learned so much! Went out and bought a huge container bin and made a DIY cage with the mesh put onto the top, added lots of toys and chewing sticks, soooo much bedding for him to burrow, a plastic castle and a small cardboard hideaway. I feed him lots of veggies and yogurt treats or fruit occasionally. Without you, Butters would be unhappy. Thank you for educating me!
I got my hamster a few weeks ago, you helped me sooo much with her care(her name is Cheerio) she has a huge bin cage and is very happy, thank you so much you are the reason Cheerio is alive and thriving!!!! Thank you again sooo much!
PetSmart can do better then this. Hamster are living things and yesterday I got a hamster at petco and they said that hamsters diet are herbivores but they are not.
Hi Victoria I got a new hamster a week ago and watched like all your videos hes my first one! He is so sweet and kind he in a campells dwarf/ winter white mix! He is black and has a white line on his tummy. Thank you so much for all your help!!! ❤❤❤
One time I went to a petsmart and it was incredible! they were so organized they had a different paper, they staff was soooo kind to there animals! they had amazing products! and gave us tips that you give us! they animals were too happy and I loved it!
I'm SO TIRED of people labeling rodents as "beginner" pets! I have 2 cats & 2 guinea pigs, & the guinea pigs require a lot more upkeep than the cats. Rodents aren't easy to care for, they require a lot of work, space, & patience.
Yas my guinea pigs are so messy, but I love them anyway!
Yes, indeed. I have a chinchilla, and she requires alot of attention. I try to spend time with her as much as i can because i know that rodents are very good at hiding there illnesses and can become fatally ill and you wouldn’t even know. Thats why I researched for about ten months before getting a chinnie.
guinea pigs are legit not the same thing as hamsters sis
@@mariyaivanova9643 I agree. I have both. And given the height of bedding I give my ham, I could not touch his cage for 5 days and his cage would still be fine. My guinea pigs though, daily maintenance for sure. 2x daily.
@@mariyaivanova9643 I know, I used guinea pigs as an example cos I have more experience with them, but I've had hamsters in the past. My point was that rodents aren't "beginner" pets.
Let's be honest Victoria is the reason that our hamsters are alive and happy
Edit:thank you for all the likes and replies.🤗
She keeps my bunny alive
Basically lol
In agree
The sad truth 🐹🐹
So true
On the front it says “developed and approved by PetSmart veterinarians” how would a sane veterinarian approve this? They’re either being payed to approve this or they just don’t know what they’re saying.
Underaged comment. I’m not lonely
Likely a dog or cat vet honestly or just an outdate exotic vet. I don't like to go to vets for husbandry advice most of the time they just don't know updated care, they're great for medical, illness advice and treatments though.
@@VictoriaRaechel This is so true. With a lot of vets, once they get their certification, they stop educating themselves. Some also think that the longer they've been a vet, the smarter they are, but that means nothing if you haven't learned anything from your experiences. "I'Ve BeEn aN ExOtIc vEt FoR 30 YeArS, i'M nOt WrOnG." - an exotic vet that tried to give penicillin to my hamster. I think a lot of vets get burned out because it takes so long and so much effort to become one. Of course, that doesn't excuse malpractice.
I happen to be a vet, and I used to have a rescue station for hundreds of hamsters. From my experience very few vets know anything at all about hamsters - it is not part of our education, the university certainly doesn't teach about proper care or the right cage size. A vet only knows such things if he's personally interested in the topic and educates himself, like I did. Even the medication or anesthesia of hamsters is special and needs to be learned properly (but again, not in college) - I've met many colleagues who are afraid to perform surgeries on hamsters because they believe it goes wrong often. Which is not true if you know what to do. It takes some courage at first though.
@@hamuandxerxl4255 Yes when I first went to my exotics vet I asked how often animals die during sedation and she said she has only lost two (parrots) and they had underlying problems. Where as regular vets act like chance of death is 99%. lol I also had one recommend SAD lamps instead of UVB for parrots. lol That why is so important to shop around when comes to specialist vets.
"Why do they treat hamsters like they're actual prisioners" - Me everytime I see hamsters on my countries' facebook group
😅😅
Me when I see random hamster videos that are not by Victoria Raechel or another pro:
I hate to see other pet RUclipsrs
It’s so annoying
@@chocolatehamdog8745 Some people don't take proper care but Victoria Raechel, and some other people are pros.
Hamsters are not beginner pets. No animal should be called a “beginner pet.” They each have a life just like we do. Just because they are small, doesn’t mean they are easy to care for. 😔
Exactly! You’re literally taking care for another life. Every pet has their specific needs and requirements in order for them to live and thrive a happy life. Every living soul deserves to live happily. And if you can’t, you shouldn’t have gotten your pet in the first place.
Yeah you are right hamsters are no beginner animals they are normal like others because many people own them and that a beginner pet should have low care not here😱😱😤😤🤨🤨
Goldfish?
You’re right but by beginner level they mean how easy it is to take care of them
@@niggat057 yes
You should do a series on ‘making mini treats for my hamster’, like the breakfast and spaghetti one for Lenny!!
OMG YESSS
She has one where she gave them some pancakes and spaghetti it was so cute. But I don’t remember if they were in a designated treat meal video
Yes! I love doing this for mine so I'd love to see what Victoria would come up with!
if you’re reading thus, plesse copy and oaste her comment so maybe shr can see!
She does both spaghetti and breakfast both and does little how two videos,, though I'm not sure if it's a series
PetSmart: Chinese hamsters have never
existed on this planet
Pet”Smart” be like: what are those?
guess I gotta tell my Chinese hamster that she's not real 😂
I see alot of russian campelles dwarf hamsters labeled as chinese hamsters at mpetsmart.
They don’t sell them tho
Too bad, those are my favorite species 😕
OMG I wish they would stop advertising hamsters as beginner pets. Mine is constantly up to no good, she has a huge tank with everything a hamster needs according to German standards and she still decides to chew up the tank silicon corners, climb onto her wheel and jumping off it and doing dumb stuff like that. A child wouldn't know how to idiotproof a cage (don't worry, I love my little nugget, she's just very creative when it comes to doing stuff she's not supposed to do lol)
Same, my hamster (in a 40 gallon tank with a diy lid) likes to hang on his hanging chew toys by his mouth. 🙃😂
@@samandthehams4496 glad to hear that. seeing mine do all that stuff, I was worried if she's happy in her enclosure (mine is 240 litres, 63.401 US-Gallons according to Google). I'll start freeroaming her in 1-2 weeks when she's tamer (I got her only a few weeks ago as a very young hamster, I want her to be comfortable with giant me first)
Same haha! She lives in a 55 gallon tank with more than 10 inches of bedding, but loves climbing her water bottle holder and trying to climb onto her wheel from it🤣
I gave mine 5 different types of wood to chew on + a grass nest, cardboard, a toilet paper hide and all that stuff to chew on but she chose the little block I added on the bottom of the lid that keeps it from sliding around (there's one in each corner, I never even thought that she could be interested in them)
Mine is the same. He makes nests under his water dish. He is a very silly bean. He lives in a 75 gallon tank, with tons of bedding, and 8 inch wheel, a big sand bath, a bunch of homemade bendy bridges, and 8 chews. Also, he is a hybrid dwarf
I’m having a bigger and more natural bin cage for my little baby hamster. Thank you so much for guiding us hamster mommies/daddies ❤️
I’m happy to help!
does anyone have a good bin cage that you got? I have a 40 gallon fish tank but i need something that is easier to move around for a little while and I am looking into a bin cage but cant find and ones big enough/clear.
@@izzs8974 Walmart
I hate to admit that we impulse-bought a hamster for my daughter from Petsmart and walked out of there with the tiny cage they recommended, complete with 5" wheel for a Syrian, a hamster ball, and so many other things that make me cringe. We thought the store would know enough to provide us with the right stuff. That night we actually did research (like we should have done from the start) and learned SO much... mostly from your channel. So thank you for the education you provide. Within 2 days our hamster had a cage 8 times bigger, a proper sized wheel, toys and a sand bath, the hamster ball was disposed of, and I'm SO happy we have you to thank for that! I wish we'd done our research from the start, like many families we just assumed the pet stores were providing everything we'd need. Not even close.
Even if it was after the fact I’m glad you went ahead and did more research to then realize you’ve been misinformed so that you could then change your mistakes and further educate yourselves on hamsters! ❤️
I love when you’re showing the bare hamster necessities and trying to fit them in petsmart’s minimums. It’s a good way of showing how big their cages should be! Ily!
Even though petsmart’s products aren’t suitable for hamsters...I had an extremely knowledgeable and helpful employee. She told us all about making sure to buy paper based bedding to keep our hamster safe, and she recommended 2 seed and pellets mixes to mix together. Then she started talking about cages (even though we have one above the bare minimum) she told us to steer clear of most plastic hamster cages at pet stores. She told us our best option here were 40 gallon aquariums. I was really impressed by her hamster and small animal knowledge. I know that there are Pet store employees who know nothing about hamsters but some definitely have the knowledge to work there.
when i bought a hamster the employee said she owns small pets herself but still recommended some dangerous stuff
Yeah I had a very similar experience when getting my mice.We have a different pet shop but its basically the same concept. The employee though recommended us a biig wheel which as a teenager I probably wouldnt have gotten otherwise. And overall his recommendations seemed still great in retrospect. Sadly not everyone gets this lucky
I wish pet stores will just have good hamster care
Ikr
Why does this says 23 hours ago. This vid was posted minutes ago?
@@preethajohn1127 Member's get early access to new videos.
@@preethajohn1127 yea idkkkk
@@preethajohn1127 it says 1 day ago
The only reason my hamster is going to be so happy because i randomly saw your channel on my yt page. I clicked and watched it, and i became obsessed. For watching hamster videos of good care for about 6 months. I decided i really wanted a hammie. I asked my parents, and they agreed to it that it was going to be expensive and i let them read a 20 page document i typed about the care a hamster needs. IM GETTING ONE THIS SUMMER AND IM SO EXITED! THANK YOU!
Nobody:
Victoria: do you think I should like make my own care guide and then slip it into the petsmart one?
OVERUSED NOBODY: MEME
Well she should it would be much better
Victoria secretly wants to blow up the guide, including Petsmart
I'm not saying no
Haha 😂
She should also so it to Petco because they have bad cages too and bad hamster care
@@ciskovasquez8228 same with Pets at Home in England
The hamster on the cover looks like it's plotting to take over the world
Plotting to shut down petsmart 💀
Lol
@@VictoriaRaechel yasssssss
LMAO😂😂
@@VictoriaRaechel
Yes tots agree
They literally told me that they only need an inch of bedding luckily I watched your channel
🥺
Omg that’s so sad! I watched the first vid but I don’t remember it that well and it said that hamsters LOVE to BURROW BUT HOW CAN ANY THING EVEN AN *ANT* BURROW IN ONE INCH LIKE- JEHDBSOXNRBAPXNF
@@VictoriaRaechel Victoria is 8 inches of bedding good?What should I do
@@timothyellsworthpsyd3933 Its been a year, but 6 inches is the minimum and 10 inches is reccomended
I like how when she got nervous, she started chittering her teeth together like a hamster would do.🤗
omg true why am I a hamster
@@VictoriaRaechel Because you like them so much, and actually care for them unlike , ahem, petsmart here.
Honestly I think you should make your own care guide. Make it a downloadable pdf and then when people ask questions of how they can convince others to provide better hamster care, your answer can be to print off the care guide and give it to them. Your art is so good, you could make a really great one!
you’ve helped me upgrade my hamsters cage and convince my parents to let me!!!💞💞💞
happy to hear that!!
Great 👍
It’s definitely worth of getting our hamster bigger space. My Jimbo is much happier these days with his new home
Same!!
I never had to upgrade my hammy’s cage since I saw Victoria’s vid but I was able to convince my parents to let me get a hammy
I just got the ikea detolf display case for my dwarf hammy s’more and he now has 8in of bedding and he loves it! :) ❤️
Btw i love your vids i have watched every single one thank you for promoting good hamster care! ❤️
That is awesome!🥰
Congratulations
Hi Victoria your the reason I have my hamster and your the reason he is happy :)
@Werner Dean thank you!
@@gettfoutnow Just happy to know that they are people who do proper research on hamsters and giving them the right care.
I have a hamster and you helped me the most. THANK YOU!!!
I'm glad I could help!
@@VictoriaRaechel My hamster lives a very happy healthy life thanks to you. I’m your biggest fan because of it. 💕
I’m getting a hamster on Sunday! Thank you so much Tori.
She doesn’t have to slip in a care guide in with pet smarts Her videos probably explain more good hamster care then any care guide.
@@kwirkykiwi9213 I’m getting a hamster on Saturday or Friday!
I just wrote to a celebrity that got a dwarf hamster in the tiny bean shaped cages saying that it was way too small and that they should research a pets needs before buying one as people that follow them then think that’s acceptable and do it themselves. Then blocked me because I told them that the pet shops just want your sales they aren’t going to tell you their cages are all unacceptable because they want your sales. All our pet shops around us agree with us they don’t sell cages suitable because they know what we’re talking about and we even mention your name in the store and tell them to follow you. Can’t believe people are allowed to get a pet without any research in what they need. The wheel was way too small aswell. Really grinds my gears x
Poor hammy ):
@@AlejandraTorres-kx6no I know tell me about it it’s disgusting then to block people because they know better than you 🤣
Victoria ty
i'm french, and i used to have hamsters in a...very small cage
they were unhappy and i'm so sad that i've mistreated them
and i was going to do another mistake, by watching a video who was promoting another small cage and stuff
and i found your channel ! (and another GOOD french channel!)
i've learned so much things thank you so much! i'm not perfect but i've improved a lot!
like i have now an Alaska Cage, good 15cm bedding, hay and all stuff to give them enrichment, a sand bath, wood stick, and it's all thanks to you
thank you ♡
That's great, sounds like you are good animal carer and an empathetic person. I also get stressed out and worried when my hamsters aren't happy or need more enrichment.
Hope your hammies are doing well now! 🐹🐹🐹
@@_Somsnosa_ i try to do good things, and be as good as i can
yess they're doing great ^^ ty for your comment
Thank you Victoria Raechel! You are really helping these poor animals and o respect and value that! ☺️
Thank you for the support :)
Always
I really wish that Petsmart would care about the animals, there not toys. They are animals.
Could you please do a hanging out with Lenny video? He's such a cutie! I would love a video revolving around him!!!
Also I'm getting a hamster soon with a 715 square inch terrarium cage! You helped me so much!
Lenny doesn't want to come out really and I have to respect him, he mainly hides until the lights are off and no ones around so a video dedicated to him is pretty hard ☹️
@@VictoriaRaechel aww :( hope he's ok!
Hope he is ok xxx. My hammy is almost 2, please can u tell me signs of old age and possible passing? Because I would love to make the most of her life as her sister already passed (not housed together!!) and I can’t lose another one! Also my hammy now is the first hamster I have ever held! I only managed to hold her a few days ago for the first time because she was sooooo timid xxx
This video is so important. We should talk about the misinformation some pet shops spread. I am really happy to see that in my town, for example, big pet shops don't even sell animals anymore, because people talked so much about how bad their care is, that nobody bought a pet anymore. And the information in the shops is really good now, too!
When I’m older I want to open a pet store that doesn’t care about money so much, and sells the right and safe things for pets
The German Rodipet website is amazing, they specialise in rodent. Everything they sell is based on research for the needs of specific rodents. They even sent out an expedition to Northern Syria to study hamsters in the wild and they created terracotta tunnels and hideaways based on actual hamster burrows.
I got loads of cool natural stuff from them like wood, moss, Cork etc and they even sell specific types of soil for Syrian hamsters, robos etc that matches the colour and ingredients of the soil in those hamster's natural environments.
I had stuff delivered to me in the UK and customs fees and delivery fees were fairly expensive but it's worth getting a bunch of stuff from them at once. They don't have a huge list of products but most of them are unique and specifically made for rodents so I love it.
Ugh! It’s kinda annoying! Like it’s not that hard to to care for your animals! Like HELLO
It’s so frustrating. Like making a good and detailed pamphlet would take me maybe 30 minutes and would have been way better then this pathetic excuse of an “animal care guide”. Idk who they’re hiring to make the guides but they should be let go.
@@markk8248 I agree!
I know! If you do the proper research then you can take care of your animal easily, I don’t know why the pet stores make it harder than it has to be.
They are waisting paper and their time just to have people get angry and redo it again
Agreed. And it’s funny they don’t say the proper amount of bedding because the more you need the more you’ll buy.
Me:gets notification
Also me: **read title**
Me again: oooh, this is gonna be good!
Me (this is the last time I promise): **clicks notification as fast as I can**
Lol
@@itslexi1543 hehe. I got bored of typing me, so I thought people reading it would get bored too.
Yes
@@gabhamster3099 hehe
Hi
if pet stores had good care there would be more happy animals that are treated right.
why i love this channel
-clean voice
-no intro's or "hey whats up guys"
-getting straight to the point at the start of the video
-really understanding
-best tips
btw my winter white dwarf hamster named cotton a male trust's me a little its been a week i got him and i trust him full if he doesn't bite me and any tips to make the best for my dwarf hamster? and i know that a winter white is calm (sorry if this comment is too long..)
I love that victoria replies to the comments i know she is very busy but she still takes her time to reply
I just wish pets stores would have good leaflets and hamster care
MY POOR CHINESE HAMSTERRRRRRRRRR!! He must not be a thing 😮
poor bb
@@VictoriaRaechel 🥺💗
She should make a petition to have better hamster care in petstores
Back in February my 8 year old son became interested in hamsters and expressed interest in getting one. So, as an animal lover, even though I’ve had two hamsters when I was a kid (not at the same time) I decided to do some research into owning one. That led me to your RUclips page and I must say I’ve learned so much! I actually feel so bad for the hamsters I had when I was younger. You’ve taught me so much and in turn taught my son a lot about proper hamster care and now our hamster Buddy is living his best life! Thank you for what you do! I’m happy there are people like you educating people on proper hamster care ❤️
I love hearing comments like these, thank you for being a good parent!
if pet-smart would make bigger cages and only sell appropriate wheels, foods,hides and chews they could charge more and have happy hamsters.
I'm opening a small/exotic animal shelter in the near future, and this is the pitch I intend to give to my local pet stores.
Pets are expensive, you make more money selling more toys and bedding to fill a larger cage, then you have more consistent customers because people's pets aren't escaping or dying or getting sick very often, leading to them being like "yeah, let's go to this pet store since I got a hamster from that other place and it died, but this one sells all the proper things so they're better taken care of". We used to have a pet store in my old city that was literally known as the place you go to get a pet that will die in a week. I'm thinking that pitch will work, since it's literally just a win-win-win for everybody, the company, the pet owner, me, and the animals.
They won't because they wouldn't sell as many hamsters and accessories if they told people how much money and effort it takes to properly look after one. They'd rather sell a thousand tiny cages than 10 large enclosures.
Hopefully people will start to respect small pets just and much as they care about big pets like cats and dogs and animal are laws are expanded and enforced like they are with dogs and cats.
All hail the queen of hamsters
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Lenny is cute
And u know it’s true
aww
“At least they can get one thing right”
*victoria Rachel 2020*
*edit:Thx for 6 subs*
You posted this video the EXACT day I picked up one of these guides from pet smart!! I was so shocked that the official care guide actually looked like this. My mom and I were thinking that it should be called “getting to neglect your syrian or dwarf hamster” instead of “getting to know your syrian or dwarf hamster”. By the way, thanks to your channel I just finished setting up my 40 gallon habitat! I’m going to pick up my baby campbell hamster from an ethical breeder on Wednesday :) your channel is the reason she’s gonna have a good life! You’re really making a difference for these animals and it’s amazing how many people have learned from you. There are so many hamsters out there that would have never gotten to live in a proper habitat if you weren’t making videos!
My hamster’s diet is probably 80% seeds, grains and nuts, 10% pellets and dried food and 10% fresh foods. He hates pellets and will refuse to eat any unless there’s nothing else to eat 😅
My hamster Kola leaves it in the smol bowl so I try not to put as much pellets so she gets her food ✨
Mine just left all the pellets in the bowl so I completely remove them from her diet. I don't blame her, they're trash
I was about to refill his food dish and praise my hamster Mochi because he has eaten all the pellets, then I found out he just hid it on the other side of his enclosure, not on his nest! xD
Leave the pellets in hamsters will not starve themselves if there is nothing else in the cage apart for pellets it will eat it
Pellets are actually not necessary in a hamster's diet, so don't worry about it.
I love how instead of trash she stays polite and says incorrect I just love it
wow I'm so early! Ily Victoria!!!
hi!!
Pet stores need to do actual research for there own good.
I'm an employee at petsmart and I do say the care guides are given to every new pet parent along with the zoonotic disease pamphlet, but the employees are the BIGGEST factor in the sale. Some employees are knowledgeable in the right things and some are not. And I have to say watching your videos has made it SO much more fun adopting all of our awesome pets. I'm so much more knowledgable and I can create such a better home for everyone. Also I tell everyone to watch your videos to learn more. So thank you!!!!
I’m so glad I found your Chanel because I have had my first hamster for about 5 months and since the store people taught me all of the wrong things I plan to change everything I did wrong so my hammy can live his best life!!!! Thank you for teaching all of use everything that hamsters actually need and how they REALLY live a very good life😊😁❤️
Happy to help!
Omg Victoria! I got a new hamster, it’s a long haired Siyaran and it’s brown just like Lenny. I have named my hamster Bumble after well your old hamster Bumble. I have watched your video on what to do when you get your hamster, like a million times so I have already done all of the steps you have said. I just want to say that you have taught me so much and I will proceed with the funny hamster memes once again!
Nobody:
RUclips: informs me that Victoria Rachel posted 1 hour ago
silly youtube
Honestly disappointed that they said “line the habitat” with bedding amongst other things. Lining something usually refers to a thin layer. You really should be FILLING the habitat with bedding, not LINING it.
Wild, too, because wouldn't they sell more bedding this way? I know my local petvalu makes bank from the amount of bedding I buy every month
XuiLeeEv i know right! I see people at my local pet store buying the tiniest kaytee bags and i literally walk home with three bags of 40L carefresh like....
Hey Victoria! I want to say great job in RUclips you are growing so fast. I'm so proud!!! ❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much!!
@@VictoriaRaechel Np!
3:49 is the water bottle outside of the tank LOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Attached through the bars
PetSmart’s thinking: Small let = beginner pet.
Me and everyone who watches this channel: Umm….about that….
I hate how they sell cedar and pine beddings as wayyyyy cheaper than the actually safe beddings. come on guys
At my pet shop in England they say you can’t get them too big of a wheel
Wait... WHAT?!
As long as they can run on it it's not to big
That’s not really a thing mostly for hams the bigger the better
@@allygriffen7617 well it is bc people say do but I think the 12 too 14 so good bc if you get bigger your hamster might not be able to even go on there wheel
whenever I've ever asked a Petsmart employee anything about any species they have always either told me the wrong thing or don't have an answer, it's actually ridiculous
Why do I love ur hair so much I’m obsessing over it :)
We need a hamster care-guide by Victoria that actually has information and tells people how to treat their hamsters well.
Haha my whole channel is already that!
I can’t believe how poor their care standards are! Like seriously petsmart, 144 square inches??? Those hammies deserve better. 450 square inches, is that really too much to ask? I keep my hybrid dwarf in a 930 square inch enclosure. A hamster isn’t really going to be happy and satisfied in less than 600 square inches.
A petsmart add came on while I was watching this. Wow.
Even 450 square inches is cruel 🤷🏻♀️
Anything less than 800 square inches is cruel. This is why I go by German size requirements and that’s what everyone needs to aim for or more. No excuse.
@@Nazoou_Neon i agree wholeheartedly 👍👍
@@Nazoou_Neon agreed.
@@Nazoou_Neon agreeeed
I used to like Petsmart. WAIT before you get mad let me finish! The pet store that is near me has really great dog and cat stuff. However anything ells is bad, including rabbit, hamster and fish tanks/ cages and information. They sold me a betta fish a while ago and gave me a 3 gallon tank. It had a filter and heater. Everything was going great for a month. Until one day I wanted to give him a friend. I asked the pet shop worker if I could get 2 neon tetras . I told them my tank size and the breed of my fish. They said I could easily fit 3 neon tetras in my tank with no problems. 1 day later my betta ate on neon tetra and died the same day. The next day the other neon tetra died. We went to the store that same day because I was in tears and so much confusion. There was another pet store worker ( difrent lady) and she asked what had happened, i told her the story and she said that a betta and a tetra was fine but it needs to be at least a 10 gallon tank for 1 neon tetra! However they should at least be in groups of 5 not 2! I thanked her and left the store. I was so mad and confused how you could mess up a 3 gallon tank with a 10 gallon tank! I was so angry at the pet store. We wrote a note to the pet store manager and explained the situation. All they said back was: I'm sorry for your problems with petsmart. We will not give you any refunds. That was all they said! I was so mad! Mabye a refund would be nice but they didnt even do anything! All they did was write a half ass apology. They probably didnt even mean it! I will never shop at petsmart again for dog food or any pet needs! Tell me if you have had any problems with petsmart if you want? I'm hoping if we complain enough they will treat there animals right. Also hopefully there information to. If we all work together we can change the life of so many animals and hopefully stop this cruel behavior Petsmart does to there animals!
Oh my god!! Actually, I remember a similar experience. So, my mom’s friend has a pair of birds. They were gotten from the pet store, and were put in the smallest cage possible. My mom asked what sex they were. She told my mom that there was boy and a girl. When my mom asked why, wouldn’t they create babies. She told my mom that she and her children wanted the babies. My brother had been asking for a baby bird for so long. So my mom decided that we get some. We went to the pet store (this was before I learned it was terrible) and got birds. The women there was literally choking and squeezing the bird to death when she was getting them out of the display boxes. The pet store didn’t even have everything that we needed for the bird. My parents even told me to keep my mouth shut, and listen to what the person there was telling us. I had done a bit of research on birds, but they thought the pet smart worker was right. When we got the birds, we put them in the biggest pet store cage we could find. Then one of the birds hurt his leg, and couldn’t fly. We returned them and got another pair of birds. Those were kept in the same cage that my mom’s friend put their birds in. I felt so bad for the birds back then, and still do because the cage was so small, and you could tell that they couldn’t even fly. We returned the birds, because my parents decided they didn’t want them anymore.
Another experience I have buying from a pet store has to do with fish, like yours. I wanted a pet dog really badly. I was about 4-6 years old. My parents said that I can’t get a dog, but they would get me a fish. I went to the petstore with them and I looked at all the pretty fishies. We got a betta fish, and it was in the tiniest tank I have ever seen. I actually watched a video recently and it said that the fishes at PetSmart were ay to young to be sold. So we got the fish, a filter, and some weird small brown balls for food. We took it home and it died because my younger brother, who was pretty young then knocked it over on my birthday. The petstore worker told us some bad information, and gave us the tiniest cage possible.
I hope that adults, and children understand how hard it is to care for an animal, and that pet stores are terrible. The staff are adults, they should have the common sense that breeding animals, and keeping them in tiny cages is bad.
I've had something like that happen too! I was like 8, and my sister and I wanted goldfish. We went to Petco (we didn't know how horrible they were at taking care of animals) and looked at goldfish. We asked what they would need, and the workers said they would need a bowl, some food, some pebbles for the bottom, and some plants or something to hide in. We got all those, and then we chose our fish. We picked three, took them home, then when we got up the next morning two were dead. We went back to the pet store, and got two more, but they died too. What the pet store employees didn't tell us was that the fish we were getting were meant to be fed to other fish. As I was 8, I didn't think much about each of them being dead, so we went again and got a betta fish. We got what the employees told us to get, and went home. He lived for like a year because I went on vacation and I only left him a pellet that the Petco employee said would last 20 days. When we came back he was dead. RIP Tealy☹️ I hope that we can change all the bad care instructions!
@@chaotic_gremlin wow, that’s really sad. I remember those pellets things too! My local pet store said it would last only 7 days though. According to @Madison Wells, 3 fancy goldfish which are the chubby thick ones, need 30 gallon as a minimum. 3 coronet goldfish, the normal more common ones, need 90 gallon as a minimum.
@@prettypeach13 3 *fancy goldfish would need a 30 gallon as a minimum, and by fancy we mean the chubby thicc looking ones. 3 comet type goldfish, the more normal looking ones, would need a 90 gallon minimum.
@@madisonwillis9591 oh wow! I never knew that, thank you so much for telling me. It just goes to show that gold fish which are supposed to be beginner pets are actually really expensive and hard to take care of. Let me edit my reply to the correct information, thanks again!
I had a dream one night about a hamster. I owned them before and had no idea how to really take care of them. I considered chewing and cage climbing normal behavior. After my dream, I found you and rightfully so gave my new dwarf hamsters a huge home with more than 8 inches of bedding and they are completely happy. Thank you for educating me!
I have had 3 hamsters now and when you are the one who got me thinking and made me realise what they actually need. Thank you for helping the hams!
Happy I could help!
"Offer treats and fruits like oranges" o.O
I wish that they would at least upgrade the tiny tales cages
YES YES YES love this can not wait to watch yayyy also I love u so much so please notice me also my hamster is called bumble like ur past one ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for watching! ❤️
@@VictoriaRaechel omg ahhh ily
I'm so glad you're still uploading. I've done a lot of research and I might be getting a hamster for Christmas! I'm just watching a load of videos. I am struggling to find a cheap and healthy bedding and some healthy food.
i live in the uk and we have smt called pets at home. their booklets actually have useful info a checklist that includes the proper stuff, the cage sizes are small which is a con though. before you buy it they give you a quick summary of their care which isnt bad.(when i was buying rats they didnt let me have them bc my cage was too small, i know that isnt related but i just wanted to add that in) lastly, they have a rescue/adoption section where i get mine from, as for rats they wont sell the younger ones and will try to get you to buy the ones that were brought back:>
The worst part is how it is so easy to mass produce hamsters! The pregnancies are so short and they can pregnant again immediately afterwards! Pet Stores take advantage of this and mass produce these animals like a PRODUCT and not like a living ANIMAL and then they advertise them to kids as toys. The whole thing is just really messed up. :( I feel so bad for those poor hammies that have to live their life with such bad care thanks to chain petstores.
Yep this is exactly why they’re considered to be a cheap pet and any regard for their life is ignored.
The pet shop that treats hamsters properly is still to be found
SHOP LOCALLY!! where i live we have like 3 local pet shops that are small businesses and they get there hammy's and other pets like bunnies from breeders!
My hamster just passed away😭😭😭 but I came here to tell you because she had and AMAZING life thanks to you. I wanted to thank you so so so so so so much. I can not tell you how much you and your videos mean to me because they helped me give her an amazing life. You told me what food to give her what size cage to get her and everything a hamster owner needs to know. When I first got my little hammy Penut I did not really know anything about hamsters. So I searched somethings up for her and I found you channel. You dont know how much you mean to me and her. I hope you know how much I thank you and appreciate you. Penut does to. RIP Penut my amazing hamster.😭💙
Sometimes watching you makes me cry because im so thankful that my dwarf albino hamster has a home we make so many memories with hime, I watch all your videos! your incredible! amazing and ily!
Thank you so much for making all these videos about hamsters you helped me so much ♥️ my hamster was very scared and she hid whenever I put my hand in the cage. Now she is really came and cuddly and she even comes to my hand by her own. Thank you so much I'm pretty sure my hamster is very happy 🐹♥️
I'm happy I could help!
I’ve been having a really rough time my husky puppy Ivy had to be taken away because we don’t want her to get cold and be sick during winter so we had to give her away to the store and I miss her so much everytime I think that I will never see her again makes me sad
(I know husky’s like winter but she’s a little puppy and I don’t want her to freeze )
She wouldnt have froze if your keeping her in a heated house as dogs normally should be..
@@Amanda-ml5fk yes I know that but I can’t keep her in her house for a whole day and it rains a lot she got one of her vaccinations only and the buyer said to keep her out the cold we can’t put her inside our house so we had to give her away
@@sarahsmiles9762 they don't mean in *her* house, they mean inside the same house you live in. That should be heated in some form.
They sell pine bedding for small pets but not ceader, why they are basically the same thing
They sell both unfortunately
A Petsmart employee told me: “All hamsters have red eyes and they all bite” 🤔🤔🤔
Well, they all bite. But they only bite if provoked. Petsmart's bad care of hamsters is likely why they thought that.
They're all CAPABLE of biting. That would be like saying all cats and dogs bite. Or literally any animal.
@@mirjimcstinky8701 My hamsters never bit me 😄 I’m lucky but I never provoke them. I remember one employee from Petco asked “Is the hamster for snake?” one time I got a hamster there long ago the employee asked that with a smile😨 I said Hell no why would anyone buy hamsters to feed snakes. He said snake owners do that😭 Very disturbing.
@@madokaor3611 I had the misfortune of a video of that being up next on autoplay when I went to the bathroom... i can't even describe how horiffic it was
@@mirjimcstinky8701 sorry to hear that. That’s just disgusting how anyone can hurt these cute little animals.
I'm so happy you managed to film a video you like! Haven't started watching and looking at your face, I know this is gonna bad/good, probably bad. I see they do have better care luckily, well..... sort of. I just wanna tell you, that you saved my 3 hamsters from being in 188 sq inch enclosure seperately, but at first I kept my first two hamsters together with one hideout and one FIVE INCH WHEEL. Now they each have 748 Sq Inch aquariums, with about 1 fourth of their cages in sand but for my Robo one third. 6 - 9 Inch bedding, semi-crowded, 8 Inch solid running wheel each and a variety in food. You help me going every day, hour, minute, second and you have changed me and my pets lives. Ty Ilysm.
Thank you! I'm so happy I could help improve your hamster care!
@@VictoriaRaechel Happy you replied and another tysm!
omg you're right! im so thankful for you to post this
Happy to help!
The pet shop tried to tell me that a really small plastic cage was ok for a Syrian and a dwarf my dad tried to tell me too but I managed to get a fish tank out of him!!
How big is it?
@@kohlenhydrat2665 I’m not too sure I think it’s about 2metres by a metre it’s all we can get right now as no people are selling any bigger ones
@@rosie4555 if it's that large, according to Google, that's about a 180 gal tank, about 680 L since I see you aren't using freedom units
@@madisonwillis9591 is that ok until we find a bigger one? The one we got her with was tiny and then I researched and got a bigger one which she currently has apart from she is trying to climb up the walls of the fish tank
@@rosie4555 wait what? 2x1 m is HUGE! Why are you saying that it's small? Lol
Hey I am getting a hamster for Christmas and I was wondering, if you scatter feed your hamster how do you know when to feed him again? Like or reply if you know the answer or so victoria can see this!
@Kawaii-ish Life do I give him a food bowl or scatter feed him? Idk what you mean.
PetSmart needs to learn from Victoria. Even better Victoria can make her own pet store and compete against PetSmart until they go out of buisness!
haha I need monies to make a pet shop
My local Petco, had a protest outside of their store recently, the signs said “Adopt Don’t Shop!”
Pet stores have been having a baaaddd reputation lately 😶😬
I live in Germany and im really glad they actually care about the wellbeing of hamsters over here. Bedding sold over here is marked as dust and fume free, the employee i talked to helped me with a lot of details (could have been more but still), even gave advice on how to tame my hamster and actually adviced me to get a sand bath.
Absolutely on a different level than in the US as it seems.
Me, an employee of petsmart: welcome to corporations who care nothing about the animals and i have to teach unwilling customers about bin cages 😎
Thank u for trying your best 🥺
UGH WHHHYYYY!!!?!?!!??!?! How about we start treating living animals like breathing, intelligent, and ALIVE creatures? Just a thought 🙄
Victoria: uploads
Me: CLICKS FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT
I create vidz btw💓
@It’Sarah, it looks like you have over 8K subscribers, can you stop using someone else’s fame, and hard work to gain subs.
*Long read but worth it lol* Just wanted to say thank you so much for educating people on Hamsters. I will admit that I bought a Syrian hamster on an impulse because I thought he was cute and bought a super small cage, no toys or chew sticks and had got the disposable bedding trays by kaytee. But when I got home, I realized I knew absolutely nothing about hamsters so I came on YT and found your page. Within 3 days of watching your videos, I learned so much! Went out and bought a huge container bin and made a DIY cage with the mesh put onto the top, added lots of toys and chewing sticks, soooo much bedding for him to burrow, a plastic castle and a small cardboard hideaway. I feed him lots of veggies and yogurt treats or fruit occasionally. Without you, Butters would be unhappy. Thank you for educating me!
I am really happy to hear I could help!
I got my hamster a few weeks ago, you helped me sooo much with her care(her name is Cheerio) she has a huge bin cage and is very happy, thank you so much you are the reason Cheerio is alive and thriving!!!! Thank you again sooo much!
PetSmart can do better then this. Hamster are living things and yesterday I got a hamster at petco and they said that hamsters diet are herbivores but they are not.
WHY IS YT TELLING ME NOW SHE POSTED 12 MINS LATER😭😭😭
You need to be a memeber to get early access
@@samorost7765 how do you become a member
@@sarahbeckham5404 you have to pay money
I wish they could do better it so sad 😭
I love your videos you have showed me the the correct way to care for my hamster and love them. keep making awsome vids:)
Hi Victoria I got a new hamster a week ago and watched like all your videos hes my first one! He is so sweet and kind he in a campells dwarf/ winter white mix! He is black and has a white line on his tummy. Thank you so much for all your help!!! ❤❤❤
Congrats on your new friend 🐹
We hate petsmart >:(
Thank you for this channel, your channel has helped so many hamsters and rabbits have better lives
Happy to help!
I wish all petstores guide care is like Victoria be all hamster are healthy and happy!😁😊
0:32 Love how you add that iconic parts
One time I went to a petsmart and it was incredible! they were so organized they had a different paper, they staff was soooo kind to there animals! they had amazing products! and gave us tips that you give us! they animals were too happy and I loved it!