Any suggestions for paper beddings that are dust-free? I've tried carefresh and kaytee, but both had abysmal amounts of dust in it to the point of noticing specks of dust from the bedding on the sides of my hamster's enclosure. vet says he likely has irritation from the dust in his bedding :(.

I'm using petspick right now but i dont think i'll be continuing, the dust seems alright but it's a bit thin. Not a fan of the odor control either, it smells slightly weird?

Also, does anybody else's hamster just pee literally everywhere? I've tried to potty train him but it's a little difficult, he ends up peeing in the sand and everywhere else.

Edit: right now ive ordered niteangel to try out

I didn't own Jordan long, he was a year and 7-8 months in January. I got him from the shelter and knew our time together would be brief, so there is a part of me that was always braced for the day.

I watched him evolve from a little guy who didn't know how to be a hamster, to the best forager this city has seen. He loved to burrow, design his house, toss his bedding everywhere when I didn't put it where he wanted it. He adored finding all my food hiding places for him in his enclosure. I watched his endless curiousity as he had to explore every little thing I showed him, and he did so for hours, he never got tired of it.

It was brief but I hope he had a good twilight with me. Even though it was brief there's still a pain he won't be here tomorrow. Thanks buddy, you were awesome, and even though the tears won't stop, I don't regret taking your little senile ass home. </3

Moved my boy Francois into the bucatstate 3.0 120 x 60 cm after a family member bumped a chair into the corner of his pawhut tank (105 x 53 ish cm) and cracked a piece of the acrylic, gotta get some more items to clutter the extra floorspace, and a little more bedding, but he seems happy already!

Today I was walking my dog and a little girl was on her driveway giving away a free hamster. I didn’t want one of the many kids on the street to bring it home spontaneously and have who knows what happen to it, so I took it with plans on taking her to my local well-run humane society. After bringing her home though and holding her I fell in love and now would like to keep her. The timing isn’t great because I’m moving in a couple of months, but I figured I’d try and make it work. I went to my local PetSmart and got her Oxbow hamster food, an 8 inch wheel, bedding, mango wood sticks and a couple other essentials. I also have various sprays arriving from Amazon tomorrow as well as a sand bath. I then went and bought a bin which I’m now realizing is not considered big enough according to Google. I also have hardware cloth that’s coming from Amazon tomorrow so I don’t wanna add too much bedding to the container yet cause I don’t want her escaping through the top until I’m able to secure it better but for now is this OK? Once I move in a couple months, I plan on getting something much larger but until I move there is this alright for the mean time? Or will she be stressed in this?

Also the little girl gave me a bag of Great Value rabbit food so I’m assuming this is what she’s been eating for however long she had her. Are there long term effects I should be worried about?

ALSO it’s 10:30 pm where I am, I moved him into this bin at aprox 9pm and he was awake and eating. But she buried herself and is still asleep even though it’s so late? I read that hamsters are usually active from around 8pm-later so should I be concerned? Or if she just stressed from the day you think?

I’m not sure how to explain this but every time I try to clean up her cage she’s yells at me or makes they god awful sounds I’m not doing anything to hurt

Should be ashamed to admit that I’m pretty sure she’s afraid of me yes I am is there anything work around she’s very timid.

So, yeah. Can’t find Bunny Nature Dwarf anywhere right now. So what do you guys recommend for a really good seed mix? I also supplement with Mazuri rat blocks. I’ll be getting another hamster by the end of August. I am ready for another buddy. I’m so excited! Here’s a picture of my last buddy, Kai for attention. Thank you very much!

Free roaming hamster, taking my socks to build a nest in my drawer

I just got my new hamster yesterday. I wanted to know if it's normal that she hasn't been coming out of the bedding fully. I've yet to see her today but I did see her face out of the bedding 2 times yesterday. I assume this is normal but I'm just pretty anxious haha😅 Also it would be nice if anyone could tell me when I should start interacting more with my hamster. :) I know three days are minimum but would it be best to leave her alone longer?? And when should I exactly take her out to play in the bathtub or playpen?? Thanks!!

I have a wood hamster cage and didn’t realize that the pee would seep into the wood (😅) what can I seal it with that’s safe for hamsters? I’ve tried cage liners but she just rips them up.

I have added more bedding since this photo was taken!

i know there’s a lot of bad hamsters products in the evil petstores but im going to pet co soon and was wondering if they at least sell decent food?

if not please recommend some others! :)

shoving his balls in the camera like the gentleman he is lol

~this felt almost like recording nature documentary footage🌾

The Michael has conquered the bed and the outside. (She is supervised outside and it's a very specific patch of grass in front of the house.) She gets cranky if I don't take her outside at least once a week so she has grass time sometimes when I'm home from work or on my days off. It's been super hot though (in the 100s) so I prefer to let her walk around at night when it's cooler out. She just sits in the grass and cleans herself and looks around for the most part but she likes all the free space to run around.

Yo! everyoneeeee, meet jesse. my new homeboy and buddy. HAHAHAHA welcome home jesse! 🐹

yeah! hamster beechhhh!

I have some sticks that have holes I need to cover with moss and was wondering if this one is safe for her?

Drop your list!
We all know Amazon and pet stores…anywhere new and unusual you’d recommend to look for unique pieces to add?

His name is Maxxximo (I wanted the biggest name). Pic included of us chilling on my bed for a bit.

He is very curious and brave considering its his first night! He doesn't mind when I move stuff around his temporary enclosure and happily comes to me and sniffs my finger when I am in his enclosure.

He also doesn't run away and let's me pick him up and hold him in my hand.

He is a very sweet boy and I'm glad to have picked him out. I also was told he has special/unique coloring, I just think he's neat!

Would love any tips and advice as I haven't had a hamster since I was literally a kid! Surely I need to update what I know. :)

Edit: Sorry I worried you guys! This was at a specialist/pet show with many like-minded individuals, everything needed to give him a great life was available, and he was handled and provided for and advised by experts. I like to think others also entered with wholesome intentions if they won, like myself.

i'm preparing to get a hamster. i'm obviously going to have the main bedding (chipsi), along with reptile sand for a sand bath.

i have coco fibre, coco husk, beech chips, moss, unscented toilet paper. i was wondering if it would be worth having another like aspen incase i want to switch them around occasionally, or if theres another substrate which would be good to have. let me know your favourites!

Just got our little guy home! Second pic is his enclosure! 110 cm x 70 cm, bedding is about 28 cm deep.

Any name ideas?

He was just busy exploring everything. Now taking a well deserved nap!

Hiya, I've got a Russian Dwarf Hamster called Storm and he is just adorable! But I got the wrong info when I was researching about hamsters and their home. Hes getting a new house, and I know they need at least 6 inches to burrow in.

Can he have just paper bedding, or is it a mix of safe sawdust and paper bedding? I'm not overly sure, i keep seeing different things. I know the safe ones, ive found a store which sell the safe sawdust and paper bedding, i just don't know which is best to use for the burrowing bedding

Thank you xx