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Same here! She helped my hamster live a happy life. I also made a bin cage! Which was so much fun and turned out amazing.

Same here!

Same! but my hamsters still living

awh sorry for your hamster i just got mine and it has an big cage with loads of nice things to play with!!

I’m sorry4 ur loss :(

I wish you all the luck!!!

👍👍

good for you i got my hamster on impulse i love him soo much but i wish i would have researched first so he could be properly cared for my only issue now is have to fix is the cage size and give him more things to stimulate his brain but i gotta save money first

Respect to you for doing research!

@@VictoriaRaechel hello! I have had a BIN cage and my past hamster Mocha, and she chewed a huge hole lol idk how people's hamsters don't chew a hole lol, not blaming it on you, but I just wanted to tell you ♡ ilysm and u have changed my opinion on animal care ♡ tysm! Bye ♡

Imagine having no water, no food, no sleep, just rolling in a torture ball all day, not being able to see anything and hoping to not hurt your own limbs in it. To think that someone invented this crap and it's still sold in pet stores tells a lot about how people treat pets like objects.

@@yuris.3167 exactly. It was disgusting. I just wish I had been able to do something about it.

ahhh can you imagine if a student had to spend all day in a hamster ball without water or bathroom breaks 😢 sad the teacher couldn't see what was wrong with that.

My teacher a few years ago had a class pet hamster. Because she couldn't sleep with her wheel going, she let me keep the hammer over he summer, so I looked up "hamster care" on youtube and found Victoria's channel. At the end of the summer, I wrote a 6 page handwritten guide to proper hamster care because she was doing a lot of things wrong. A year later, I wrote an updated one in Google docs and my sister printed them out and now my local animal shelter has hamster care guides. Moral of the story: if you give a child a class pet they will latch onto that species and obsess over it for years. This started out as another story about class pets and then it just got really long.

@@VictoriaRaechel God I could just cry if my hamster was in a literal ball I would kick the teacher to teach her a lesson just like she teaches people a lesson

ahhhhh thank you so much 🥺

Oh yeah I’m aware they’re used for other things than pregnancy!

I'm happy to hear that!

@@VictoriaRaechel ^^

I do appreciate her rescue and the good work they do by rescuing hamsters in even worse situations, but I really do not agree with her minimums. I think hamsters should at the very, very least have 0.5 m²/800 in² of floorspace and 30 cm/12 inches of bedding, plus of course a sandbath for every species of hamster, not just dwarfs and her hamsters usually don't get to have even that. I do still watch some of her videos (cage reviews and rescue intakes), but I just wish she would have some higher standards than the US minimum of 450 in² sometimes. A moment I remember seeing recently in one of her tiny tales cage reviews (the racecar, I think?) is her questioning if a single male mouse could still live in there, and I just paused for a second to go WTF that she was even considering that (she did ask the viewers, said she wasn't a mouse expert and she hearted a comment telling her that was definitely not enough for a mouse, so I know she read it, but that just stands out to me right now). In conclusion I definitely do not think she is a terrible person, just that she could maybe consider updating some minimums. I would be very interested to hear what Victoria Rachel thinks about her, I've been pretty conflicted about her for a while!

Haven+’t watched/checked for sometime but thinks she usually puts/says 5-6 just she out 3 when running low on stuff for rescue

im guessing what she means is that hamsters dont need a sand bath to survive but obviously its very enriching

Curious which video (Thumbnail name?) she gives this information regarding bedding depth and sand baths.

She has said a lot of times that running a rescue where supplies need to be spread out for tons of animals is a lot different than having a pet, that’s why she goes by bare minimums, so she she can help more animals and still provide for the ones already in her care

same honestly lol I also cannot stand the comments because it's always either someone nitpicking or people fighting about things they have no clue about 🥱

Thank you for watching!

me 2!

Nice lol

you win!

Especially Syrians

Oh my gosh Victoria I love your channel and you are my absolute favorite RU-vidr! You are my hamster role model!❤️

Thank you!!

OMG TYSM FOR THE HEART!

Its possible that because it was so new it was just going through high levels of stress and anxiety! Hamsters are known to play dead so that whatever is scaring it might leave! It was probably just scared of you and was trying to get you to leave! Hope this helps!

For now I would say to probably just leave it alone for a little bit because hamsters can die from stress and try again some other time! Also look online for taming scared hamsters as there are TONS of good videos!

I would recommend not getting them from pet stores and not to lift the hide it’s best to wait for them to come out

@@emilaanimals5879 Thank you for the info, I’ll do better next time.

Yeah definitely possible!

Sure you can have a hamster safe room or a dry bath tub be sure they don’t go near the drain.

Sure

you should not give them citrus fruit non acidic fruit is good. Robo hamsters can’t really have as much as sugar as a Syrian

The tiny tales enclosures aren’t suitable for any hamster 😊

It's best to let them come out themselves :)

Make sure his cage is the proper size, make sure you are spot cleaning whenever needed, and make sure he has a sand bath :) If you do/have all of these things then that may just be your hamster. If it’s really a problem then try talking about it with your exotic vet and see if they have any tips :)

I don’t have a dog. Isabella is my parents dog.

I would recommend going to a vet and she has videos on taming them

I really appreciate the kind comment ❤️

@@VictoriaRaechel aww np I’m your biggest fan!!! Could you do another cage reaction video I love them so much ❤️💙💜

I wasn’t too sure as I couldn’t translate the text! It’s definitely possible it could have been done for other issues

@@VictoriaRaechel I put it letter by letter in google translate ;) my cyrylic is rather rusty, but as you said in the video, ultrasound of a pregnant hamster would be kinda unusual. Anyway! Thanks for answering, great video as always!

I personally like homemade treats because they’re cheaper and I can make them specific to my hamsters but I find usually most store bought treats are okay, some may just be a little sugary/fatty and I would avoid the yogurt type of treats!

@@VictoriaRaechel okay, my hammy loves the yogurt ones of course lol but thank you for the quick response, love all of your info!

I’m glad he’s okay!!

Just because your hamster doesn’t wKe up when you do doesn’t mean they’re not waking up 😊 in the case that your hamster is indeed sleeping 24/7 then that’s a sign that you need to visit the vet.

I’m aware 😊

This can happen when they're a bit annoyed/trying to get away from something (ie being handled by the vet haha)

Thank you so much! I would honestly go with something that is "aquarium" styled because that'll allow you to put the most amount of bedding. My favorites really are either tanks (love the look of all glass because then you get to possibly see your hamster burrow at all angles) or the current DIY cages I have made!

I'm sorry if it's rude to ask for help, at this point im just very worried.

How large exactly? What is the enrichment he has?

@@VictoriaRaechel he has about a 800 sq inch cage, he has a 9 inch wheel because he is a relatively small Syrian. He has plenty of toys and enrichment like for example willow sticks many platforms and hides he has a sand bath and many homemade toys. He has some toys from the store but most of them are hand crafted I guess. I take him out somtimes if he wants to, maybe he needs a bigger cage? Just at this time it's a bit at the wrong time, and I may not be able too. Thank you so much!

Depends on the species! Syrians usually 15-18 days and dwarfs 20-22 days!

It's always my pleasure!

Why can't you get them in Australia

@@emergencyhugsdoesstuff7050 they are illegal and you can't bring rodents into Australia. Guinea pigs must have got through before that law 😅

It sounds like she needs a larger enclosure for more enrichment! Most female syrian hamsters can be very hard to please and I personally wouldn't house one in less than 1,000 SQ inches of floorspace.

Which cage would you recommend because my bin cage is already 50 gallons

@@VictoriaRaechel also, the cage measurements are different then the ones they say it is. They say 39 x24 but it’s actually 34 by 17 because they measured the lid, I measured the cage and for some reason it’s a huge difference. Which cage should I get?(btw I’m sort of on a budget)

@Victoria Raechel what enrichment should I add? Which websites, please respond, I need help!!

Never lift their hide or wake them up unless it's important.

Usually you wait until they come out to interact with them :)

✨ Oh well then my hamster hates me lol he never comes out of his house ✨

I would check them over, are they limping at all? I would also discontinue the use of the ball.

Yea I'm not gonna use it anymore but it just happened last night

I can check on him when I get home from school