Ilove kacchanxdeku I got mine for $30 and it’s a guinea pig cage. It’s a very big cage and it wasn’t as expensive as a whole bunch of critter trail cages
@@melaniea5399 I dont mean to sound rude but please don't get animals if you can't afford the right food/environment for them! Like the above comment, there's always an option for a very large bin from Walmart!
Man I cringed just in the first few seconds. I knew what you were going to say about that cage in the back and I actually remember having one. That exact model. Good thing we can all change.
Alorah Brown I do, however, remember cleaning it diligently. Like the hamster always had a clean environment even though those tubes are horrendous to take apart and put back together haha. I mean, I was pretty good for what a kid could do as far as handling, floor time and cleaning but ugh... that cage! I wish I threw it out instead of sold it. It’s just the outdated care that my mother had.
Jumbo is such a cute hamster and I hope you find the home with your help munchie and I appreciate what you're doing on RU-vid and educating people about the small animal friends that we have
I honestly love your videos and your videos helped to educate me before getting my first hamster, I was gonna get one of those small cages from my local pet store, but now my hamster has a 55 gallon cage, which is 624 sq. Inches! ♥️♥️♥️
Omg I love how you mention food in this video. My vet is adamant that hamsters should ONLY eat those lab blocks and that they're herbivores so they can't eat animal protein. It pisses me off, but I've stopped arguing with her. I give my hamsters a seed mix with a couple lab blocks to nibble on, and they love mealworms.
Y’all I’m so happy!!! On Wednesday I adopted a hamster from the humane society. She’s about 8 months old and adorable. Poor thing was probably in a small wire cage since the hair on her nose looked like she was chewing on the wires. Aaaah I’m in love with her!!! 😍😍😍
I love your videos and just jump happily when I see a new one but I do understand time pressures. I just wanted you to know how much your videos are appreciated. I have a 1 year old Djungarian hamster that is larger than the other dwarfs I see. She is easily hand held and also has a longer thinner face. I do live in Canada. She has gone from being plump to being longer now which I have to say has worried me as she is aging. However she is very active and eating and is by far the most loving hamster I have ever had. She does all sorts of antics until I pick her up and she gets her cuddles and then she goes about her merry hamster way. She is my little spark in my life. Thank you Munchie for all you do for these little ones.
Munchie, as someone who has fostered (nowhere near to the level you ever had), its totally okay to slow down and back off. Your videos are informative and entertaining as is, if you never make another one you've already made a great impact for people researching hamsters. Do what's best for you and what makes you happy. If fostering or youtubing isn't that anymore, that's okay! You've made an impact on thousands of people, and that's more than the average person working in animal rescue. :)
I saw the critter trail at the background and I'm like *aaaaaaaaaaaggggghhhhh* Well I want to be a vet. Ik it's a looooot of work and I'm allergic to fur and stuff but I'll be *just fine*
Oh my gosh good luckxD im allergic to fur but for some reason hamster fur is ok with me(: i always wanted to be a vet but, i cant stand looking at blood
My dad is allergic to cats (not severely though) and he and my mom have adopted 6 cats together... Two of them died before I was born and three of them I have lived with since I was born and have since died. The last cat still lives with me!
I love your videos!! I didn't know anything abt hamsters as I have never owned owned one and really never intended to, I just ran across your page abt 3 months ago. I'm so glad I did, my friend no longer wanted her hamster because they got a puppy and she informed me that if I didnt take it they would put it on craigslist posted as FREE and I couldn't bring myself to let that happen. So I now have what is believed to be a robot dwarf hamster in my care and doing good. He was housed in a critter trail and they blocked off the wheel at night bc it was too loud. When I got him I gave him a bin cage and then checked him over and found a lump on his tummy and his front foot was raw. The cage was nasty so I believe the sore was from his urine. After he settled down and let me handle him I figured out that the lump was a nasty infection resulting from a cut from his broke wheel he had. Sorry for the long story.... but long story short I'm glad munchi is here😊.
My little Cambell's just got his first deep clean! He absolutely hated it, the poor guy was really stressed out when I got to a point where I had to put him in a temporary area. But now he's happily sleeping away in a fresh burrow with fresh bedding!
Bless you for all your hard work over the years saving these hammies and explaining why some cages are really bad to viewers that don’t know any better!
Let's show munchie lots and lots of our love and support as her subscribers and fans and let's show her how much we love her and please subscribe to her RU-vid channel cx
A week and a half ago I rescued 2 dwarfs. One male Russian and one female Robo in a single crittertrail together. I saw the add on Craigslist and picked them up a couple hours later. You wouldn’t even believe how bad it was... they had zero water, no wheel, and literally SANDPAPER for bedding. It’s not bad enough two species of hamsters were together in a tiny space with nothing to do. Currently I’ve just had them both in separate 10 gallons for the week, as I had to buy another enclosure to put them in. They’re both already looking better and within the next couple of days they will be getting approximately 800 square inches, like my other dwarfs have. Dunno what I’m doing with them yet, I have a ton of animals so I wasn’t planning on keeping them but I don’t know anybody around my area that would be able to care for them like I will and they deserve the best, coming from such horrible neglect. Probably will stay with me, I’m not complaining tho! Anyways, thank you for inspiring me to save lives!!
Bean after hearing the teenage guy off Craigslist tell me “they don’t have bedding anymore because my mom threw it out” I was genuinely concerned the hamsters were gonna end up in a trash can too, not that their setup was even much better🙄 thank you, I’m pretty pleased with myself for this rescue mission! My mom and two friends came, we made a night out of it and it was well worth it
There was a huge Russian in the adoption centre area of my local pets store. He was a reddish brown colour which I'd never seen before and not much smaller than a Syrian. Definitely a Russian though. I was very tempted to adopt him but had a house full of hamsters already at the time. He was adopted the following week anyway I was told, by a "lovely family" and was going into a converted fish tank. So I'm glad he went to a good home 😊
You inspired me to rescue two senior hamsters from a pretty neglectful home! Ive had them for about 5 months now :) One is almost 4 and the other is 3!
Overly that is true. I really do hope that hamster gets to 4. You can search up hamster cakes and it will show you how to make some hamster cakes for them. I’d recommend the carrot cake one but they’re all amazing!!
@@ThuyNguyen-xw8xf Lol you dont have to be rude! They can live past three :) She definitely shows her age though, blind in one eye and a nice bald spot lmao!
Munchy what you do to tell people the right care just means so much I love what you do and that you care for hamsters in need I have a hamster she is in a ban cage it is 544 floor space and at first she was in a small cage but then I found you you helped me under stand thank you keep on doing what you do cash it will keep on making i differents 😊
I went from watching betta fish care videos (because I've decided to own one again after so long) to watching your cage reviews. Now I've been a regular watcher of some of your videos. I started contemplating getting a hamster too! With this video I've decided a DJ would be a good fit for me, and I've done my research so I know what I need. Graduating college soon so I wanted a couple new companions.
I temporarily kept an injured baby mouse at my home for a couple hours and let me tell you, you are so under appreciated. The mouse was attacked by my friends cat and he was so tired we thought it was cruel to just leave him outside. I kept him for around 4 hours. He slept for two in a hamster cage I borrowed from my friend and I also bought him some mouse food and fed him milk and cheese. I was extremely stressed and worried about him and I will not be keeping any hamsters or mice in the future because of this. (For the animals sake) Thank you for your educational videos because I wouldn’t have any idea what to do in the situation if you weren’t making these!
My first hamster was a purebred djungarian and I wish the breeder still bred them because he was oh so special. He was absolutely tiny, and looked SO MUCH DIFFERENT than alleged winter whites, campbells, or russians you see on RU-vid. (And no he wasn't a robo!) He had such a big head and big furry feet for a tiny little body. I wish there was a way to attach a picture. The purebred djungarians look SO MUCH DIFFERENT physically than the alleged "purebred" djungarians you see in the United States pet shops. He was a little pearl that phased to solid white by his first winter.
The other day I was looking into pet adds on this local buying and selling page much like craigslist and ran upon this pet add selling a "mini hamster". From the pictures I saw she lived in HORRIBLE CONDITIONS and instantly felt the need to do something. For a week I kept going back to this add because I couldn't get the poor hammy out of my mind. Shr was a winter white about year old and lived in a tiny litter cage with too small of a wheel, no chew toys, ate birdseeds and they used this brightly colored bedding that feelt like cardboard basically. I don't know where they even got these supplies because we don't sell them in pets stores where I live. They had to go out pf their way to order these supplies online to torture the poor hammy. They only had her for couple months and were selling her supposedly because they didn't have time for her. I think it might have been because she's a biter. But that's only fair causr they didn't seem to be putting any effort in her. Her name is Siiri! She has the spunkiest personality I've seen a hamster have, ever! She looks me in the eye and seems to be very aware of her surroundings, very active. My plan going into this rescue mission was to foster her just so I can get her out of the situation. I paid quite a bit for her and the horrible cage with little food. To me this doesn't matter. As long as I had her out of there in my care where she is appreciated.
When I was a lot younger, I really wanted a hamster but I didn’t know anything about them. Now that I found your channel, I’ve learned so much and I’m so glad I didn’t get one at that time. I’m still doing research on them, but definitely hope to get one in the future when I feel I know enough to give them the best home possible!
Pets are living things just like us and create waste (like us) so they need to be cared for and cleaned no matter the size or pet. For anyone getting a pet, there is no self cleaning pet that cares for itself. If you want a good smelling, easy to care for pet, grow some flowers !!🌷
Thank you for uploading! I'm sorry that the RU-vid community hasn't been as welcoming and nice as you deserve. You could always disable the comments section as a preventive measure, the majority of us would understand. I look forward to your next video!
I was at a fleamarket and i saw People selling A CRITTER TRAIL now they dont sell those here so i was suprised and called them out . I did end up buying the hide in the Cage as i was preparing for an intake ( wich didnt go trough )
Work at a pet store and trying really hard to educate partners and customers about the proper setup for hamsters! I get a ton of push back about it :( Using sale items to help convince ppl to invest in better habitats. Reptile terrariums on sale at Petco right now! Had a family get a 40 gal tank for a very sweet long hair teddy- made my heart glow! ❤️
I love hamsters sooo much their my favourite animals but it disgusts me that people literally don’t have a clue how to look after them but I will admit I have made my mistakes in the past and I’m still making mistakes along the way but at least I correct them I love your channel so much xxxx
Yes I have used the water stuff but only for ferrets. It helps the oils or that’s what it did for my Navi and Bear Bear, let me tell you however, it can cause issues wouldn’t suggest for long time use only for little times like if relatives are coming.
Watching this video you mentioned how hamsters need 5 chew toys? All 3 of my hamster are in 80 X 50 cm (minimum in the uk) cages and the right size wheel . However they only have 2 chews each? All there toys,ledges,ladders are wood so thought that counts? Should I give them a few more chews?
Glad the little errr... big boy is with you now. XD Also I don't know if you know any rat owners but instead of throwing away those exercise balls they make good rat nests. For some reason my little guys just LOVE round hides.
Dwarf hamsters and Syrian ones are not only from a different species but from a different genus,dwarf are on the genus phodopus and Syrian are on the genus mesocricetus
All pet store russians are hybrids, regardless of whether they’re sold as Campbells or Winter White/Djungarian. The two species were originally hybridised to create new patterns and colours such as Sunfire. Also unless they are in their winter coat, pure white WWs don’t exist and even most WWs in their winter coat will still have patches of grey
And even cheaper they could of gotten a bin for $18 that’s even bigger than the preview cage thingy cause you can get huge ones that actually have 660 square inches
Hey Munchie love the vid! If you go shopping for hamster supplies maybe you could record it and bring us along? I love your old hauls. And does anyone else agree?
munchie you are amazing i am thiking about gettin a hamster so i was doing some research and i found your channel and found out sooooo many things i didnt know :)
I can't find solid info on the safety of reptibark or natural sanitized stone. Cocoa is a dribbler when he drink so I was reccomended to put some large rock and sand under the rock to make cleaning up his water area mess easier. He has a 40 gallon tank of multiple substrates
Hey I recently rescued two female Syrian hamsters from a local shelter. They are both about 5 months old I believe and I gave them each a 700 square in bin cage, so very large; they both have wheels, basic hamster needs, a sand bath, and lots of toys. One of the hamesters I got is super sweet and loves being held and attention the other after a month of trying to work with her is still terrified when ever I even go near her cage. I really don’t know how to get her to get more comfortable with human interaction any tips?
My local shelter unfortunately has a large amount of hamsters that need homes. I want to adopt some hamsters but I currently own 5 rats and their cage takes up a lot of space in my room and it would be cruel to keep them all in a small cramped room. I am moving to a bigger house soon though and hopefully I’ll have enough room for a few bin cages so I can adopt some hammies.
I feel like you should put their original hide (if clean enough) in their new cage so they have their scent there and they get used to the new cage better
He looks like my Russian dwarfhamster/winter white. Mine is female and is pretty big as well and 1 year old. She just got babies. The babies are 1 week old. She takes great care of them. She is bigger them the male hamster but he is a bit younger.
You can use the plastic hamster balls as hanging hides for mice/rats (depending on the size). I ave a few that came with a couple rescue mice and both my rats and mice like to sleep in them :)
I use to use the hamster balls as hides in enclosures till one of my hamsters got it's finger trapped in it and made them bleed because they were climbing it. So I haven't used them as hides since. This is only for the Hamsters however as I haven't used them for move hides.
@@MunchiesPlace oh okay, the ones I have have pretty big, round holes so I'm certain they can't get anything stuck in them. I forgot most hamster balls have the thin slits which I definitetly can see as a hazard. 🤦♂️
So I’ve been shopping around on amazon for supplies for a Hammy. I haven’t gotten one yet, but I wanna get as many things ready so the bin cage will be set up. But as I was shopping I found this crazy thing called the Bio Bubble activity pod. The thing has it’s flaws but it’s a unique concept (not enough for me to actually buy it.) but what did make me shake my head if the bio bubble enclosure it looks pretty small. So I figure you might wanna do a bad cage review for it.
I would have to disagree on using them as hides. Star our foster was given a ball for a hide and she got her foot stick in the slits when she tried to climb it, causing injury. I have never had a problem in the past using the balls as intended but surprised it being used as a hide actually caused one of our hamsters injury. So don't recommend it.
Hi Miss Munchie. I just adopted a male Syrian (Wolfgang Amadeus)from craigslist this past Sunday. He came from an unexpected litter where the male and female were being housed together. The owner at the time wasn't sure about their genders. He's from a litter of 6 and very tame. The only thing is that all he wants to do is run on his wheel. I thinking he may have been in a small cage with little stimulation. I now have a 50 gallon bin for him with lots to do. Should I remove his wheel for a short while so his attention will be towards the rest of his surroundings? Thanks so much. H
Munchie, let me say thank you for this video. I am currently on FB trying to teach some one in the UK that these Tiny Tales habitats (or any others) are NOT good. He keeps on telling me how right he is so I linked your video to him. He has a Syrian in these things! I am shocked and upset.
I heard you talk about main cages and a minimum of 560 sq in, which I have already been aware of, but I would like to know what the min of a main cage should be. I'm wondering because I was planning to get two if the same bin cages stacked, and some are fine by themselves, but the much, much more common in my area is 360, which will only be okay when there is two. Just asking to make sure I know the most about hamsters before I get one!
hey! i have been watching your for a while now and i just want to thank you helping me get info and learning so much of what i need for a hamster! You have taught me so much about the proper essentials and i am practically ready to get a hamster! I was wondering on your opinion about what food and treats i should get for a dwarf hamster.
