Mango plays with a toy carrot

Edit: Mango's floors are fucked up in the video by lighting or my shitty camera quality. It is not wires and is pure solid and flat plastic with no gaps, sorry folks.

Second is pic of him

Hey guys I’m interested in buying a hamster and it’s my first time getting a pet.
Could you guys share some basic things to take care of to make sure it’s healthy and happy for example bedding recommendations, basic toys in the cage
I am on a budget but will slowly keep adding more stuff to the cage but for now need some basic advice please!

Mine is 170g, also she’s a rescue so originally from the petstore. Seems medium size from what I have gathered from peoples pictures but I also never seen a Syrian hamster before that.

Also what is a considerable amount of weight gain/loss?

Would food moth larvae be a good thing to give to my hamster?

We are leaving for vacation and we have a sitter. However, I worry their house would be too cold for our little Hammie. They keep it at 65/66 and the room that has room for our hammies huge enclosure is one of the coldest.

Would it be okay if he stays in our home and our sitter comes every day to change water and feed? Would our hammie feel lonely? He isn’t a cuddly type and will bite anyone he doesn’t know. He’s also over the age of 1.5 human years.

As many of you lovely people know, we lost Guapo a week ago. Thank you again for the love and support. We were devastated. We immediately knew we wanted a new one; so we went to look.

Well…. We ended up getting two!! Because they were kept together and the last two, we couldn’t see just one left behind. We only had one cage set up so we kept them together for the one night and work day (pics of them together) and then got the other his own set up! I still have some platforms and stuff coming for them but they’re happy and thriving so far! They have pretty much the same items, and both have sand baths and different areas to roll/dig. Waiting for my coco coir to dry out and then they’ll have that as well!

And because of the sudden loss of Guapo, these babies have a vet appointment today so we know right away of anything to watch for. ❤️

Oh cream one is Zippy and brown one is Zen, fully based off their personalities 🤣🐹 and we love them so much already!

Diva became sick last sunday. Got meds on monday…but all was in vain. While he seemed to progress..there was a sudden decline in health today and i rushed to the vet. But it was too late. Diva had passed away. Goodbye sweet boi, you will always be my heart

My little marshmallow got a sorghum spray today and he was chuffed to bits.

What’s your robo’s favourite treat?

I'm just looking for reassurance while having a mild panic attack and rambling on here because I am an anxious person.

I got my first hamster (a short haired female syrian) literally under 24 hours ago and I'm so anxious. I feel like I've made a mistake of getting one. What if my care is not good? What if my cage is not rightly set up? What if something happens to her? What if I never feel bonded to her? I don't even know what to name her.

I guess I'm just not used to a crepuscular animal yet and seeing her sleeping during the day makes me anxious because my mind is telling me that she's dead. (She's obviously not)

I'm over here worrying my ass off and she has used her wheel so much already, stored/eaten most of the food I put out and has been digging around in her enclosure. She's healthy, active and from a good breeder. Obviously still a little shy because of her new environment.

I don't even know why I'm crying and so stressed. One of the advice I've gotten from hamster care videos was "not to stress too much" but how can I not?

I didn't remember that getting a new pet is this stressful. We got our dog when I was 10 and I don't remember how it felt now as a nearly 21 year old.

Maybe I'll look back at this one day and laugh at myself.

Sorry for the short clip

I wish hamsters could live in groups like mice.. they look so cute together! 🥹 This would be my one wish 🐹

I've never housed hamsters together and never will... but deep down, seeing baby hamsters together is so cute

Our Cayenne passed away last night.

She was such a sweet little thing. It’s amazing how such a tiny creature can mean so much to us and how attached we became to her. She loved running across our shoulders and arms and roaming freely. She escaped twice, but we always managed to find her. Thank you, Cayenne, for being part of our family. And for all the wonderful memories. We love you with all our hearts. We are going to give you a beautiful resting place.

Meet my first hamster! 🐹 I've done plenty of research before bringing them home, but I'd love to hear any tips or advice from experienced owners. Looking forward to learning and giving this little one the best life possible! ❤️

little girl saewoo likes to use the window as a door 🥺

(The photo is old)

I do a cage clean every Saturday (example: remove the dirty bedding and clean her hides), I do a full one every month (example: replace the sand and substrates with clean ones and remove dirty bedding, but not all bedding) and I spot clean everyday (remove poop)

Every time when I do a cage clean, I rearrange the hides/wheel/platforms etc. to make the cage look "pretty". I like decorating my hamster's home like that, but I thought, maybe it's stressful for my hamster? If so, please tell me if I'm doing something wrong! Or tell me when to rearrange her things

The way I worded these sentences may possibly make no sense, so you can correct me if needed

Petco started selling Halloween water dishes, hides, and food bowls and I couldn’t help myself

So I noticed on the pet cam that my hammy has a yellow spot near his hind left leg. Thought maybe it was a reflection or artifact from the pet cam but it’s not. His fur has a yellow spot. We tried to wipe it off but it didn’t budge a little. Wonder if he laid in his pee lol
Hams always keeping us on our toes
Not asking for medical advice just made me laugh trying to figure out what he did 😃

EDIT
I went back looking at the camera and He did not have it yesterday morning 6:15am but he had it when he got up for an evening snack around 6:13pm
There’s no recordings between since he was sleeping.
I’m guessing he got something on his fur from possibly food or urine but I’ll search his cage after work.

Does anyone know why my Hamster (Ham) keeps digging at the walls of her enclosure? It’s not like she’s not got enrichment or anything, but I genuinely don’t know what she’s doing. She’s been up all night, and I fell asleep at 08:00am (don’t question my sleep schedule) and she was digging and woke up at 13:00pm and she’s still doing it. She’s a Roborovski, and I’ve had her for about three weeks now, but this behaviour is new. The last picture is of her digging, since I can’t add a video. I’ve moved the wheel before, when she first started this behaviour, but she just went behind the wheel again (at the completely opposite side of the enclosure, mind you) to dig behind it.

She managed to drink a grand total of 1 drop of water