r/hamster

Hallo, ik gebruik niet vaak Reddit en ik hoop dat ik het zo goed doe. Ik heb meerdere hamsters en ik had er 1 laten rond lopen nadat ik mijn mannetjes hamster een andere set up had gegeven, hij is nog nooit ontsnapt en ik heb er ook niks achter gedacht tot ik boven kwam na het schoonmaken van mijn andere hamster haar ceramische huisjes (ik was max 5 minuten weg), dat ik ze samen vond, ik heb ze direct uit elkaar gehaald en na gekeken, ze hadden geen verwondingen en waren gelukkig in orde. Hier komt mijn probleem, ze bleek zwanger te zijn en hier kwam ik pas achter toen ze beviel, dit is absoluut niet gepland. Ik heb zelf al hamsters en zou ze niet kunnen houden. Ik wil ze heel graag een goed huisje geven en ik hoop dat er misschien iemand is geïnteresseerd, ze zijn geboren op 30 mei en eten nu zelfstandig, het zijn 10 vrouwtjes en 2 mannetjes en mogen op 6 weken naar een liefdevol huisje, kan jij dat liefdevolle huisje bieden met goede zorg? Hoop ik vraag van je te horen.

(Ik heb eerder hamsters gehad maar geen nestje daarom staat er (“question”)

Het zijn 10 vrouwtjes waarvan 4 bont, de rest is zwart/wit.
En 2 zwart/witte mannetjes

De mannetjes (zwart/wit) zijn al verkocht
2 bonte vrouwtjes zijn al verkocht
En een zwart/wit vrouwtje is al verkocht

It’s taken him a few months to fully be somewhat tolerable around me and besides that I haven’t seen him literally at all. I’ve heard him digging and stuff but it’s looked like he was a ghost. I’m not sure if he’s a ghost hamster or just shy and skittish. We made a lot of improvement today. He ate from my hand and didn’t run away or freeze from me which is great. Also- should I keep the 11 inch wheel I have for him as he only has three paws, his front one was missing when I got him and I don’t think he has tried it anyways. Also found out he was male today-saw his balls 😅

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This is really hard for me to say as it’s very fresh and I’m still grieving. About a month ago, recently after I had moved, Buttercup my long haired Syrian male hamster started slowing down. I assumed it was because he was getting older (one year and a few months), and that may have been part of it. I thought nothing of it. The next weeks his fur had continually gotten matted and big pieces of bedding stuck in his fur. I had gave him time to groom it out but he had stopped grooming as much. I tried brushing his fur but he was very flinchy and the bedding was very stuck. I had gotten a grooming kit and had researched but it wasn’t doing much. Soon he stopped using his wheel pretty recently, and his eye was getting crusty. I had thought it was because he had just woken up so I tried to wipe it off with a warm compress. At this point I was doing a lot of research, binge watching Victoria raechel 😭, and looking on Reddit. I tried convincing my parents to let me take him to the vet as he was obviously sick. I begged them for awhile but they weren’t willing to spend money on ‘an old hamster who was going to die anyways’ ya that pissed me off so much lol. Anyways I finally convinced them. I found an exotic vet and booked an appointment. A few days ago I realized his bottom teeth looked broken which sometimes happens with old hamsters but something seemed off with his mouth. We went to the vet and the veterinarian said buttercups upper teeth was curving into his throat or mouth (idk the scientific words or whatever) and hitting somewhere near his eye possibly. He might’ve had a tumour behind his eye but it was a big possibility that it was because of his teeth. The vet had recommended us going for the surgery way. The cost in total would’ve been 500+ dollars without a guarantee of buttercup recovering fully. The other was to use antibiotics and painkillers (since he was in extreme pain) but it wouldn’t solve anything. The last option was to look at quality of life. He couldn’t eat properly, use his wheel, he couldn’t even groom himself. I tried asking my parents to continue with the surgery but they just said that we can’t spend that type of money on a small animal that doesn’t live long anyways. I do understand it’s very expensive but I was really panicking and wanted to try to help butter. I knew antibiotics wouldn’t really do anything and we would take buttercup home suffering and slowly dying painfully. I couldn’t do that to him so I made a very hard decision to put him down. Some people say it’s cruel but for me it was an act of love. I was right next to him the whole time, stroking him. It was incredibly hard. Buttercup was amazing and I’m so proud to have owned him. Having him beside me for a year and a half was amazing and he was little hamster and friend. He was so small but yes I did have a connection with him, even if I didn’t always pet him or hold him. We had trust and I’m very sad he is gone. R.I.P Buttercup. You will be missed and I love you. ❤️

I already made a post about what happened but I just wanted to honour my baby because he deserves it.
Buttercup was such an incredibly animal to be around. Some people say it’s a small animals I you can’t connect with it. Well that’s definitely not true. We built trust and he was with me through very hard times. It was comforting to know every day I’d come home to him and every day I’d wake up with his enclosure next to me. He was the best hamster any hamster could wish for. Thank you so much for everything buttercup. Knowing your gone is truly painful and just because your gone doesn’t mean your forgotten at all. There will always be a place for you in my heart. Rest well in Hammy Heaven. Goodnight Buttercup, I love u.❤️❤️❤️

He turns 2 years old in july!

His red eyes...