1. Do not keep them in pairs. Hamsters are loners - keeping them together often results in stress, fighting, injuries and death. They are very happy alone.
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2. Minimum cage size
dwarf hamsters: 30 x 20 x 20 inches (80x50x50cm);
bigger hamsters: 40 x 20 x 20inches (100x50x50cm)!
NOT like this:
Living in cages like this for them is like a human living in an elevator - a lot too small and even dangerous!
For them it feels like this:
Behavior like this is a signal for stress because the cage is too small or that they need more bedding:
Better:
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3. Your hamster (always!) needs a hamster wheel - and it must be a lot bigger than you might think!
Hamster must be able to run with a completely straight back
on a closed surface
with a closed back wall!
NOT like this:
Results of those wheels are: spine problems, backache, stress, injuries!
Minimum wheel size for dwarf hamsters: 9-10 inches.
Minimum wheel size for bigger hamsters: 12 inches!
Better:
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4. Do not buy them plastic tubes (at all):
Those tubes are not suitable at all: Hamsters get stuck or suffocate in them easily.
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5. Your hamster needs enough bedding to dig and build tunnels.
NOT like this:
Better:
Your hamster will be extremely happy and dig around and build tunnels all day (night).
Plastic gets swallowed, splinters, can injure or even kill your hamster.
Better:
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7. Hamsters ALWAYS need a sand bath.
Hamsters love rolling around in the sand, for them it’s like showering. How would you feel without a shower?
You can use those little baths as toilets, but you still need a bigger sand bath!
Better:
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8. Hamsters need a house with at least 2 or more chambers to store food, sleep etc. Also make sure that your hamster does have enough hiding places like coconuts, small houses, toilet rolls!
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9. Do use unperfumed toilet paper for nesting material, don’t use “hamster wool” -> it can tangle around a limb and seriously hurt and even kill your hamster!
NOT like this:
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10. Never ever ever put your hamster or any animal in a hamster ball.
They can’t get out, might suffocate or panic, might run against furniture and seriously injure themselves. The ventilation is terrible, your hamster can’t see/smell/hear enough or use any of their senses properly.
In some countries they even discuss about banning those by law!
Even if you think that “your hamster has fun in it” - please don’t use them!
Pet stores often are very misinformed and sell terrible cages and have little to no idea how to keep a happy hamster - please be careful when trusting them. In the end they often just want to make money - and the hamsters suffer.
Please adopt, not buy hamsters - there are too many hamsters in this world that we need any more breeding.
(Sorry for the spelling errors - I made this post in a rush.)
i literally had no idea, so i feel like this really needs to be stressed
Much like with bettas, there’s a lot of companies out there making a huge profit on habitats that are completely unsuitable for your pets, and counting on consumer ignorance.
To the hamster I had when I was 8: I’m so sorry. I just didn’t know any better! 😦😟
My friend, Alyssa, saved a bunny from a really shady pet store. She purchased this little baby knowing that she had a missing foot. If my friend didn’t buy Misfit (the bunny), she knew that the bun would die in that cage. Unfortunately for the little bun bun, she has to have her leg amputated. There is a website that you can donate money to help pay for the amputation. My friend is still in high school and doesn’t have the funds pay to have this procedure done. So any little bit helps!
Thank you guys so much, you are all loved not only by me, but my friend and a very fluffy bunny who needs a good start to a happy life.
Over a thousand notes and under a hundred dollars guys.
Also: HOW THE HELL DID THAT HAPPEN TO HER FOOT? CALL ANIMAL CONTROL ON THEM.
Hi I’m the owner of this lovely little bunny. The really bad pet store we got her at said that she had a birth defect. But the vet we took her to said that some people out there just take bunnies feet! So we think that’s what happened. I have already reported the place. Thank you all so much for sharing this and thank you all to how donated. This honestly means more then you will ever know.! I will keep posting photos and I’m also thinking about making s blog just for the bun bun. So everyone who has helped can see her and all of her updates!
I have made a tumblr where you can see all the bunnies updates! I’ll be posting there all the time if you guys want to follow!
NEW PROMO: Less than 3 weeks to raise a lot of dough (really should’ve ignored KS’s advice and opted for the 60 day project duration). PLEASE CONSIDER PLEDGING EVEN IF IT’S JUST $1.00! ALSO PLEASE REBLOG AND SHARE THROUGH WHATEVER APPROPRIATE CHANNELS! THANKS AND LOVE.
some irl friends pledged and started circulating this on fb so now I feel extra obligated to make it happen T3T, going to print flyers tomorrow to post on school campus, please help if you can
