r/hamstercare

Hi, I adopted my syrian hamster in april straight from the mother. I wanted to build a bond slowly and let him get used to things gradually. At first, I often saw him in the evening, scared but curious. He was very active, digs a lot, and I regularly heard him running. But for the last few weeks, I never see him anymore, even though I see changes in his cage every morning. I have a proper cage size (110x55 cm) cage with deep bedding, plenty of entertainment (more now, then on the photos), and good, varied food. What can I do about this? How can I see him more often? And how can I still build a bond with him?

So like the title says, are these suitable? This is my first hamster so I don't have a point of reference. Plus it's proven really hard finding toys in my country. None good in physical stores and barely any online. This set seems to me like it's on the better side though.

edit: After looking for bird toys, I found a website that had some individual stuff and I think they are pretty good.

My hamster is a little more than a year old I do believe (we got her March of 2025), she’s seemed perfectly fine but she has this spot on her eye? It’s worrying me, I can’t get a good picture because she’s squirmy :(

I recently adopted my robo hamster, Tobimochi. I’ve been doing lots of research, asking questions in local community, and been watching videos to enrich Tobimochi’s living. I’m free and happy to hear any advices, criticism, and what-not-to-dos.

Current Detailed Items:
- 7.5 sq ft enclosure
- 6-11 in. paper bedding
- Light layer of Timothy hay
- 8” upright wheel
- Water bowl with DIY platform
- Mini Sand bath with ReptiSand
- 2–3 hideouts
- Placing 2 ceramic wax warmer DIY hideouts after I spot clean
- Bridge
- Chew toys
- Oxbow Essentials food
- So far she likes apples as treats

Looking For:
- Wooden platform (for wheel and water bowl)
- 2–3 substrate bowls
- Coco fiber
- Cork granules
- Beech chips
- Millet spray
- Oat spray
- Flax spray
- Sorghum spray

May get in the far future once my budget increases:
- Cork bark tube
- Grapevine wood
- Multi-chamber wooden hideout (future upgrade)
- Safe dried moss

Again, let me know any recommendations, whether it’s best/safe brands, setting up items in enclosure, or maybe even an enclosure upgrade — I’ll be super happy to listen. I’ll be doing a spot clean soon.

Hi everyone,

I have a female dwarf hamster living in a 150 × 50 × 50 cm enclosure with two water bowls, one on each end of the enclosure.

For some reason, only one bowl keeps getting filled with lots of these tiny brown, soft particles (see photo). The other bowl on the opposite side stays completely clean.

I change the water every day, and the particles don't move. They are soft when touched, not hard like seeds or stones.

Does anyone know what these could be? Could they just be soaked food, poop, bedding, or is there something else I should be concerned about?

Has anyone experienced something similar where only one water bowl is affected?

Thanks!

first time owner here and currently in the middle of a power outage due to a heavy storm last night. i’m thinking of going to my mom’s because there’s no ac and while it’s not unbearably hot, it’s slightly uncomfortable.

my question is if it’s more stressful to bring my hammy (i’d have to set up a temp enclosure for who knows how long) or to switch out her water and leave her here.

i don’t want to stress her out unnecessarily and if it was hotter, i would def bring her with me in her travel carrier at least. adding a picture for the hamster tax, any help would be appreciated!!

This is so disgusting, I've never own a pet, but this is so low! And the fact people were laughing while doing this? They r not objects they r living beings! Should I also make a claw machine and put multiple infants in it for the ppl to pick? I genually believe that animal law need to be strict in China! Whoever made this should be put in an infinite loop of them suffering over and over again.

Found on Temu

Hello, I want to publish the feces of my female hamster aged 1 year and 7 months, the truth is that I changed his habitat but I have been a little paranoid ever since. What do you think?

I've had her about 3 days now, female Syrian hamster who I've named Special Patrol Group (SPG) as I was named Vivian (iykyk!). She's a little timid but comes and sniffs my hand and has taken treats from my hand too. She loooooves the wheel (28cm wooden) and has just started to make a burrow today. For some reason she really likes sleeping in the front corner out in the open? Any tips for beginners are welcome!

(I have had rabbits and cats before so I'm not a total pet newbie, just new to hamsters)

Edit: thanks everyone for the feedback, I have ordered the Bucatstate 3.0 100cm enclosure.

My hamster (Donkey) loves eating and peeling sunflower seeds, any recommendations for dry feeds that are sunflower seed based?

eI just switched my 1-year and 7 months old Syrian hamster to a larger space and have been a bit paranoid ever since. Their feces are these and they come out hard, I have to apply force to be destroyed (I don't know if that's considered soft poop) what do you think?

This is my first time owning a Syrian hamster or any kind of caged animal and I was wondering if my set up was good enough for the little girl. Also when I get back to college, I’m planning on getting her a proper cage.

I got my package from happy hamstery today and I'm a bit disappointed. All of this was underweight. I even double checked my scale because I though surely something must be off. But nope my scale is literally spot on. I've contacted them and I'm sure it will be resolved but weighing their items correctly is kind of their only job 😅

Papaya stems were supposed to be 50g Oat spray 200g each Millet 125g Flax 125g

Update:

I have received an email back! Tabitha actually emailed me and she said they do get all of their sprays pre-packaged and that they pay by weight. Someone else will be reaching out to me so I can get a refund or something to resolve this personally. As for their manufacturer she said she'll be reaching out to deal with them asap and will change the grams on the website if necessary for the meantime. I definitely wish they would've double checked beforehand but I think this is the best they can do for now. I hope this isn't a long term issue, it would suck if thousands of people have been getting less than what they paid for =/

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.❤️❤️❤️

Hello everyone, meet Beast!

Between 2-3 weeks ago I got her, the smallest of the bunch (female robo). I got her from a pet store (I know) because I wanted to be sure of age and couldn’t find any ethical breeders near me. About half a year ago I had my soul hamster pass and wanted to get the most time I could out of this one.

I know robo’s are generally more skittish and hard to tame than other breeds, which I’m fine with, but I just want to make sure she isn’t stressed.

Anyways, I’ve been giving her time to settle into her new place and haven’t been interacting with her other than to scatter food/replace water. I’ll watch her run around and stuff while she’s awake, but I haven’t tried touching/hand feeding or anything yet. Despite this she is still extremely skittish, and will run away just from your shadow.

Given her size and breed I completely understand why she’d be skittish, but I don’t want her to be stressed while I’m walking around in my room when she’s awake.

I have been draping a towel over the wheel half of her setup and leaving the other half uncovered. Today I was thinking I should start tapering how much the towel covers until I take it off completely. I mainly have the towel on to give her a dark and safe area that she can’t see me from. The other reason for the towel is because I’m a bit of a night owl and stay up late sometimes, I didn’t know if having the light on when it’s supposed to be nighttime and active time would be detrimental.

My questions are:

1. Should I keep the towel up to make it dark when I’m awake at night? I don’t have an overhead light on, just a desk lamp and TV.
2. Should I keep giving her time to acclimate before I try interacting with her? I was thinking that maybe putting my hand with a treat in there and sitting still could help to reinforce my shadow/movement is a good thing even if it might scare her a little bit the first times.

Sorry for the long winded post. I’ve had several hamsters in the past but none that were anywhere near this skittish. I just want to make she’s comfortable in her space, regardless of if I get to interact with her.

Is this normal we have just gotten him hamster a few days ago but he is just constantly what sounds like sneezing.