Bad Cage Unboxing Review | Tiny Tales Rocket Ship Cage | Munchies Place

Petsmart just released their own line of Small Animal Cages and BOY ARE THEY JUST AWFUL and a setback in the appropriate care for our beloved pets! Watch as i put together their most expensive cage as i explain what a hamster needs and its proper enrichment. Get a good laugh out of me struggling to put together this cage, cause it was quite painful to do and hear the final verdict at the end of what i think about this hexagon design. As you can tell by the title, this isn't a cage people should use!
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[@MunchiesPlace]

Sorry I forgot to post the petition in the description but here is the petition that I hope everyone can sign if you're against petsmarts move to go backwards in animal care. www.change.org/p/petsmart-make-petsmart-develop-humane-safe-cages-for-small-animals

[@bpdrave]

Munchie's Place PLEASE EVERYONE SIGN!!! It’s important!!

[@rivers9515]

Already signed a while ago also I was about to copy and paste the link I think I have commented on one of ur vids but I have been pasting the link to lots of pet channels

[@fortniteballs7844]

Well said.

[@tracilord4854]

Done! ❤🐹

[@hamtron5074]

SIGNED!!

[@BMarie774]

I remember when I was a kid I wanted cages like this. Thankfully my parents refused. I vividly remember my mom saying "a cute cage isn't a good cage".

[@MunchiesPlace]

Go mom! :)

[@BionicBear88]

My mom was the same! Lol. There really should be more parents like this!

[@aysel_9955]

Your mom is future me mom.

[@sunnysside6709]

The world needs more people like your mom 😀

[@kingsig6191]

your mom is a legend

[@allieetsell760]

Everyone out there, please remember the people working the in stores have ZERO control over these things! please do not go into the stores and get angry with the employees. they likely feel the same way as you do, but they cannot actually do anything about it.

[@brennafranklin1765]

Allie Gregory I worked at petco... I quit because I couldn’t help any of the animals. Thanks corporate people who know nothing about animals... I tried my best...

[@awesomejb9646]

Thank you! I work at Petsmart and we have zero control on what new products come in and what we sell and also the prices. We do whole heartedly agree with how this product is well a prison for small pets.

[@allieetsell760]

Dana Wasilewski I work there too! so i totally understand. it breaks my heart sending people home with these cages but at the end of the day the best we can do is try to educate! no matter what if this is what they want, they will get it from somewhere. whether our store or someone else’s

[@awesomejb9646]

@@allieetsell760 I am an early morning stocker so I hardly deal much with customers but when I do and they want to buy somekind of small pet like a hamster and they ask me what is the best cage would be and they are just looking and researching and I always lead them to the bigger fish tanks like 55 gallon or one of the biger kaytee ones and then tell them to purchase a ball so it could go in and explore around the house to get excerise if they get a smaller enclosure. But yeah it sucks when you can't really deny a sale if you think they won't treat it good.

[@WolfcatKai]

The Petco and Petsmart I usually go to at least have people who know about hamster care enough to tell you "Hey, if you want to get this, you're better off getting a large fish tank as a habitat for it. The small cages are really only suitable as travel cages."

[@BlackieSootfur]

I feel like if they have to tell you "this is not a toy" on the cage then it's automatically a bad cage

[@dawg1313]

Blackie Sootfur I know this is a serious topic but I’m a huge fan! Sorry, bye!

[@bunnisweets]

Blackie Sootfur that's like with... Uhhh.. I forgot 😳

[@HuntressLilly]

I didn’t know you would be here

[@27thEmpire]

They won't care :(

[@LadyLucyla]

I worked in a toy store, they also have to say "the plastic foil is not part of the toy" and "the children on the box are not included". Trust me they have to state even the most obvious bullshit to avoid lawsuits.

[@graymorow5370]

When I was getting my hamster my mom pointed to one of these cages and said "Look, it says it's for hamsters!Let's get this one." And I told her that it wasn't good for them and she literally said "It says it's for hamsters, I think it's okay, when did you hear it wasn't good for them?" And I told her about the reviews and your video, good thing we didn't get that cage😂 Edit: I just realized that she liked my comment

[@kaschakanofski6988]

Isabella Grace it gets rid of their like if u edit :((

[@ninetails4886]

My parents did this too but they still got it even though I showed them the video saying if it dies it dies because my brother would have a fit like so what one little fit could save a life!

[@katrose4901]

I am a petsmart employee. We all know that these cages are terrible i promise! At my store we always tell them they need to get something bigger. We never allow them to leave without telling them the right things to do.

[@sydneytaylor8128]

That's amazing!

[@ericalunde3233]

PetSmart employee here too. We don't suggest these for syrian hamsters because they have the plastic tubes which they can get stuck in. Also, if people really want one, we strongly push for them to get more than one to connect them together (something the Kaytee Organization suggests for their cages as well). This rocket would/should be one of MANY rooms. (I personally suggest a very large clear storage crate with air holes, and direct them to DIY hamster crate sites).

[@sydneytaylor8128]

@@ericalunde3233 Hamsters need one large area of continuous floorspace- not a bunch of smaller rooms connected. If the crate meets the minimum of 450 square inches, then the rooms are all fine. But just because you have 5 of these cages together that equals the minimum doesn't mean it's ideal.

[@ericalunde3233]

Sydney Taylor You’re right! And that’s what I was attempting to convey. Unfortunately there are some people who insist on these critter cages instead (not many in my area thankfully) and think they need only buy one, but that’s not how they were intended. These cages are awful, but the misinformation that you only use one makes it worse. Until pet stores stop selling these entirely, this isn’t going to stop. But employees can educate people to avoid cramping their hamsters anymore than intended.

[@clairemckivett5865]

I work in pets at home (uks biggest chain pet store) and we sell AWFUL cages and tanks too. Thankfully we're allowed to refuse animal/fish sales if we're not happy the animals are going to get what we need so (at my store anyway) we refuse to sell pets to customers unless their cage/tank is suitable. We'll always make sure the animals have what they need regardless of what our company sells.

[@sydneytaylor8128]

"Gradually help your pet accept the containment" What!? That's so disgusting sounding!

[@Atlantadancer2008]

I know, it sounds like some kind of restricted hamster jail!

[@theskitstop835]

Hey don't forget to take its collar off first!!! For "safety"

[@sydneytaylor8128]

@@theskitstop835 Yeah. Because having a collar around your fragile small rodent is safe to begin with.

[@sunnirae3569]

i don’t even like calling a cage i call it a habitat

[@sydneytaylor8128]

@@sunnirae3569 This, or a good sized cage? Because I think it's unfair to class these tiny animal prisons in the same category as an Ikea Detolf or bin cage.

[@twentynecrybabiesfallingat1467]

If your pet has to “accept containment” it’s probably not a good home for your hamster.

[@amberlinvargas4514]

Yeah your right that home is not a good place for a hamster

[@-jolin-3593]

No, it’s DEFINITELY not a good cage.

[@gamewithnat4524]

It's not supposed to be a home more like a playground that's why it's a village if you have the money you buy the village not just 1 little CAGE AND still have the proper equipment for the hamster

[@christinewatson1989]

Ironic, now with coronavirus we've all had to accept containment at least where I live. :(

[@arandomfrogsyoutubeaccount809]

But they are marketed as single cages.

[@laurademskov5526]

four year old kid: puts hamster in cage Hamster: wtf are you doing? Kid: throws cage, “WE’RE GOING ON A TRIP IN OUR FAVORITE ROCKING SHIP.

[@lisascales6844]

Lol

[@kingsalmonproductions2105]

Hamster:oh no not again Kid:ZOOMING THROUGH THE SKY

[@bink5242]

Laura Demskov rocket*

[@cathypeck]

this is dark humour. I like it.

[@Kendall4708]

Laura Demskov LOL oh no

[@aspenbradham3456]

If your child is not old enough to take care of their own basic needs what makes you think they're old enough to take care of another living beings basic needs?

[@bailey9947]

Kitten Allen SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

[@irimac1806]

Yupp that's why my Mom owned cats when I was little. They can mostly take care of themselves and also defend themselves if needed. I learned a lot from them like actually observe/study your pet and of course acknowleding that every animals has feelings and a personality too. Some things I had to learn the hard way which is why I am thankful that it was a cat because I personally don't think a hamster could have defendet itself as good without getting heart attacks daily because of the stress. I am currently thinking about getting a hamster, mouse or rat. If I ever manage to decide between one of these beautis I am gonna research thoroughly to enable a very good keeping. I managed to hold a lot of room on the walls free so I could buy/build something we germans call rundlauf. You basically attach tubes or whatever to the wall and kinda make a maze out of it but you also attach bigger cages to the wall.

[@aspenbradham3456]

@@irimac1806 If you get a rat or mouse you have to get more than one as they're animals that need to socalize and feel the stability of a family unlike a hamster and rats don't like tubes they like climbing. I've owned plenty of rats before.

[@ravenwingthecat2707]

This is so true

[@tsuyakko]

Well she didn't take care of her dental health when younger but look at all her pets

[@Defpp]

I was at pet smart getting hay for my rabbits (aka the only thing I buy there) and I saw two girls who looked only a little younger than me. They were looking st hamsters really excitedly and I wasn’t paying much mind to them until one of them pointed to a bright pink critter trail and said “look this cute one is only $30!”. My heart dropped as I watched them look at a young Syrian hamster and my concern beat out my social anxiety. I approached them cheerfully and asked if they were buying a hamster. They said yes and I proceeded to tell them hamsters require at least 450sq inches and that the cage they were looking at only had 255. Conveniently the petsmart was in a strip mall with along with a target. I told them about bin cages and how I got an 850sq in cage for only $20 in the form of a bin cage. I hope they made the choice to do something better for their hamster but I’d guess they probably just got some small cage anyway because it was ‘easier’ since they were right there on the shelf. We need to get these awful cages off the shelves and we need to educate educate educate when it comes to small animal care!

[@taylormclaughlin7131]

It's good you said something tho!

[@Moocow2003]

Good on you for saying something! Since these cages are sold in pet stores people are just gonna assume that they're good enough when they're just not

[@robotsam1299]

I've done the same, and gotten screamed at. My buff is usually small cages and rabbits, and offering people a bigger and cheaper option like an Xpen or NIC grids, but some people are so up their own butt with entitlement they don't care if they make the animal suffer.

[@kevinrhoden1662]

Yah I know.people get Therese teeny tiny cages! Yes I did get my winter white dwarf hammy a tiny tales comfy home hamster cage.but it was the biggest one there!! But don't worry he's only six months old so he is small.but at least it wasn't the old cage that was like 6 inches long!! But that was when i didn't know that you had to get them a big cage. I'm a girl but I'm using my grandpa's 📱📱📱📱

[@frontdoory]

Thank u

[@ninazada]

my worst nightmare would be cleaning these cages

[@MunchiesPlace]

Mine too. I have to clean surrendered cages with the hamsters I rescue so I can donate the cage to a shelter. It's a mess sometimes. If the cage is in too bad if a shape they just get thrown into the trash. But shelters need enclosures for temporary housing of the small animals they get in so that's how I repurpose them. As for this video I just ended up returning the cage for a refund. It's never fun having plastic tubing to clean.

[@jl6821]

I had no idea that these cages were bad and my hamster died within 3 months and I was devastated I thought it was his food but it was the cage, I got another same thing happened, cleaning it was the worst and it hurt my hamsters because it was so small, he was a Syrian so he was larger.

[@sserpentinas]

Oh god please no

[@Cheesequesadilla12345]

omg yes gurl, my is super simple but this HECK NO

[@freeshavocodofreeefreefree5629]

Nina that’s just lazy 😕

[@siennabean7623]

“Accept containment” wth that sounds psychotic

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

That sounds like a prison.

[@voidofspaceandtime4684]

A C C E P T C O N T A I N MENT slave

[@masive_sketboi552]

Four year old: your going to space mr hamster! *throws hamster*

[@briro5009]

Mr nibbles?...

[@happywolf6804]

MASIVE_SKET BOI your face makes it funnyer

[@Ant-fe7ku]

i shouldnt have drank water,i read it again and choked

[@milez.electix]

@@briro5009 RIP Mr Nibbles

[@MrBouncyBabyBoy]

You should of said YEET

[@someoneinteresting4663]

I went to pet smart recently (I was getting some bedding because I forgot i needed some) anyway, there was a little girl begging her parents for a hamster, they agreed and she went and picked out a cage, she picked out the castle one. I stopped her and said ‘if you want a happy hammy, you’ll want one of these..’ and I pointed to a guinea pig-like cage. She happily asked her dad who said she could get it. So I stopped an unhappy hamster and girl. (Edit) thank you for all the replies and likes! Y’all are amazing!!

[@ieathair4318]

Nice job

[@sebastiansays837]

R/thathappened (Edit) How the hell did this get 36 likes. (2nd edit) HOW THE HELL DO I AHVE 67 LIKES. I JUST SAID SOMETHING AHIUT REDDIT.

[@smilesadlylaughloudly5833]

Sebastian Says lol

[@tigerkat4419]

Did everyone clap

[@sebastiansays837]

RoboKitty Kat kat/mr.donkey?/brownie lps/ I think I’m in love

[@ipad1395]

I got claustrophobic looking at that cage, and I’m not even a hamster.

[@aidehns]

PaleoKiwi I’m not even claustrophobic and I’m getting a bit anxious.

[@hanbanan8256]

PaleoKiwi I don’t even have claustrophobia and I got clostrophobic too!!!

[@04JessicaS]

PaleoKiwi thank you for verifying that you are not a hamster

[@keekaro]

Your a gecko judging by your profile pic.

[@ipad1395]

@@keekaro that's my companion, not me.

[@lilimunee]

*Rocketship more like a prison chamber*

[@MarioLopez-qy4wk]

You are so right i mean soooo much exiercise will tired hamsters out. in prisons do that to sooo much exircise will freakin tired prisons out

[@miraculousmia398]

delilah is not okay yeah

[@owlwhisker0w031]

*PetSmart has left the chat*

[@hanbanan8256]

Frostbite0w0 100th like!

[@owlwhisker0w031]

@@hanbanan8256 OML thank y'all lol

[@Scorpiorisingtwo]

*Petsmart has been blocked.*

[@dumbgayenby]

Frostbite0w0 HEY NO, PETSMART YOU GET BACK HERE NOW!!!

[@melanieclark7949]

I'm still here.

[@torninblack9904]

Bro it looks like Littlest Pet Shop house.

[@rounddcat]

even lps have higher quality plastic in their houses/playsets than those seem to

[@yoongitrash2699]

Ikr. That looks like some thing little plastic toys could go in not a real living hamster

[@beef_boss1564]

Ahhah

[@asmrnayleemar9764]

Torn In Black true

[@forgy_man311]

Torn In Black I know it does

[@itsyagirl5834]

I don’t even own a hamster. What am I doing here? I thoroughly enjoyed the video anyway. I feel much better informed on hamsters though so if I ever get one I’ll be sure to come to this channel. Personally I DO own a beta fish (his name is Captain America; he lives in a 5-gallon tank) so I can kind of relate to the stores all marketing terrible things to my pet.

[@MunchiesPlace]

OMG i love the name you picked for your Betta. :3

[@PKMNResearcherSkyler]

I am in the same position as you (though I am still researching bettas, I haven't gotten one yet)

[@tomatosoupsings4390]

Ooo a five gallon tank that seems like a good size for a beta. My friend has a beta and keeps in in a half gallon tank with nothing in it exept some pebbles and 1 plant

[@PKMNResearcherSkyler]

@@tomatosoupsings4390 yep, that's usually the recommended size for a betta, and to your friend: the minimum size for a betta is 3 gallons so I hope they plan on upgrading soon (if they need a good place to do research the website myaquariumclub.com is great

[@tomatosoupsings4390]

@@PKMNResearcherSkyler yeah they're not gonna upgrade sadly. They say that 3 gallons is WAYY to bug for a beta like WhAT. I feel bad for their beta My mom has two betas (female and male) and the male got sick so it has to stay in a small tank for now but when it's better it will be going back to its tank again

[@darciebuckley2292]

I didn’t know that these cages were bad for hamsters thank you for telling me this now my hamster is in a bigger cage and she is acting so much more happier

[@brittanyclark4998]

Ty because some people find out and keep there hamsters in that horrible cage tysm for upgrading her cage I bet she is way more happier

[@angeloddrev]

Years ago I worked in a pet store and we always recommended people buy the largest cage or tank they could afford. If that meant waiting another month, then buying one double the size, that's what we recommended. And a minimum of 1 hrs exercise outside the cage / tank daily no matter the size, and ofc a tail safe wheel. This is a huge set back, who allowed this to be made?!

[@CN-kf8xj]

I know! Some shops say they care about their animals and they do take good care of them but they sell tiny cages which can't even be half of the minimum for 1 dwarf, let alone 2!

[@RavensShadows34]

"please remove the pet's collar before putting it in the cage" brb gonna try to shove my 68 and 98 lb dogs into one of the cages. Absolutely ridiculous. I don't understand how these companies could get away with making things like this when there's so much research out there saying what hamsters actually need. And all of these cages for $30 to $60 dollars?? How about making a cage for $60 that's actually good for hamsters? How do I make my own company so I can make better cages for all small pets I'm gonna cry

[@zzkittykat]

you can go on the show shark tank

[@BankruptMonkey]

Could you do that? I'd love ethical small pet cages - mice, hamsters, big enough rabbit and guinea pig cages. Still haven't seen a premade that's the recommended size for bigger animals that can't do a bin cage like guinea pigs and rabbits especially.

[@basicpeach5337]

IKR !!! I got my cage for 130$ . It is a wire cage but my hamster seems fine with it and it’s really spacious. A 60-30$ cage is ridiculous.

[@PixieoftheWood]

There are some decent cages on the market. I have a double critter nation for my rats, and that seems like a nice cage.

[@theskitstop835]

Make a company that is safe and easy to care for... such a good idea!! -said no petsmart worker ever.

[@alexiscarmel4082]

A company designs this tiny shit for a whole rodent to live in, meanwhile I went and bought a gallon tank for my *cricket* ...

[@basilbats7891]

Alexis Carmel welp at least you tried un like my parents I’m gonna have to get them to get her a better cage

[@basilbats7891]

My dog btw

[@hsvxodnwkc]

@@basilbats7891 does your dog live in the cage most of the time or just sometimes? I have never heard of putting a dog inside any kind of cage

[@candyflossy7549]

hsvxodnwkc1364 maybe one for the vet

[@itsjusthumphrey8143]

Alexis Carmel lol

[@andrielisilien]

The cage looks great.... for a pet rock

[@gojirajr3133]

andrielisilien ye

[@llamaking3341]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 YEP

[@phantomier4857]

Even pet rocks deserve better than this garbage.

[@addisonlay3204]

Not even a rock. A tiny pebble

[@dommyyyyy]

dude a pet rock has feelings too, dont say that

[@WhutADrag]

Honestly, this is why I feel like we should start making robotic pets that parents can get with their kids instead of real ones. Maybe they could have its eyes glow different colours if you're meeting the requirements, as an easy way to teach people proper animal care. A lot of people seem to get pets just for decoration, and no living creature should have to do that when we could hopefully replace that living creature with something non-living.

[@WhutADrag]

@@lpslunarskies9128 Down the line, sure. As I said, the robotic pet thing could be a starter for animal care; You get them the robotic one first, they show they can handle it and keep it happy, and then they can add a real animal into their house. I'm definitely not saying we should straight-up replace pets, just that our first experiences of taking care of something by ourselves should be something that won't be harmed if we end up getting something wrong ^^

[@squirrelgadget3498]

YukiWolf5 those already exist

[@walker5653]

NEW! ROBO PETS! they can die

[@metademetra]

YukiWolf5 I’d say get them a plant first. And then if that works, get them a corn snake. And then if THAT works, THEN they can graduate to mammals.

[@dizzydrea241]

my future kids: "mum i want a pet!!! now!! a hamster!!" me as a mum: *hands them a tamagotchi*

[@miameowmeow123ab7]

That reminds me of a oversized happy meal toy

[@mnapier3795]

Miameowmeow123ab instead of a toy, there's a deceased hamster inside.. Hh

[@someBody-bp1vc]

Ikr thats what i thought too

[@slay3534]

3rd reply

[@weebywebby]

I absolutely hate cages like this with good reason, when I was getting my first hamster I did months of research before I got him and decided I wanted to build a large bin cage for him. So we were at the pet store and I already had the bins bought and ready. After I had gotten my hamster the pet store employee was showing my mom these crap cages and literally I told BOTH of them I am using a bin cage but after a hour my mom told me no bin cage and made me buy this "fun" carnival themed cage. Let's just say my hamster escaped after 2 days and was never seen again. 😥 At least my mom learned her lesson and let me build a nice bin cage for my next hamster.

[@llamaking3341]

@YUM TUM I have 4 HAMPSTERS they all have a bin cage 😅

[@graymorow5370]

@@llamaking3341 hamster*

[@briankempgaming512]

I have a pet rabbit and I got a puppy pen for it It’s big.

[@gamewithnat4524]

Its supposed to be a playground not a home😫 blame it on advertisement. It has a village if you have the money you buy it but still have a real home for it

[@xeniagacha5797]

Colathecat I would just say: "then I don't want the hamster"

[@giadaloporto2275]

Can’t people who just don’t have enough space just get a tamagotchi like damn 😂

[@llamaking3341]

@Guinea Pig Central what is that

[@curlyfriboi655]

Armani & Marciano Camacho an old sort of portable device that let you have a pet without the worry of it being real😂

[@llamaking3341]

@Comediholic oh lmao 😂😂😂

[@samantharowell9733]

@@llamaking3341 your comment just aged me by like 20 years 😭😭😭😭

[@ellarutz]

@@samantharowell9733 sAMMEEEE

[@SapphireX413]

For $15 more you can buy the Ikea Detolf shelf and turn it into a spacious cage. Of course kids are going to be drawn to these - they're mini sized and colorful!

[@girlscanbedrummers5449]

Beckah Mataronas God the way they market non toy items to kids seems so patronizing. Not all kids want/need bright colors on everything they or their parents buy. -_-

[@angeloddrev]

that's a fab idea!! =)

[@ronclark9724]

Unfortunately the Detolf turns into a long cage most children's small bedrooms don't have after a bed, night stand, chest, dresser, and desk. But there is room for a large clear bin, 110 quart or larger, not much bigger than a laundry basket...

[@SawyerIque]

Tiny Tales, more like Torture Tales.

[@jaymie-lissawest1435]

😂😂

[@bethhogue2200]

oh ACCURATE 😂

[@NghiaNguyen-gw1vs]

Sawyer Ique more like torture jail

[@potatochip9255]

There you go I just gave you a like because I agree now you have 100 likes

[@GHE_05]

Basically

[@peachy_gacha4784]

Stickers, Map, Word Search? What is this, A McDonald's happy meal? Where my 6 pc chicken nugget?

[@Ex0dus24]

Words Of my choose the hamster that probably got ripped into six pieces in the tubes (dark I know)

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

We only get 4 pieces in German Happy Meals, I feel cheated now.

[@Ex0dus24]

MarvelousSandstone in the USA they get 4 peace and 6 piece happy meals I live in Canada and we only get 4 piece

[@Abbie_Loves_John]

Nuggets*

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

@@randompersonontheinternet2722 it's only about 4-5€ and we can choose between different things instead of nuggets and can also swap out the fries for other stuff and even the drink for stuff like juice or even milk but we still only get a tiny amount. Havent bought one in a few years because my nieces and my nephew are too big to actually be full from that now though.

[@gbmadeantroy]

Why don’t people just buy a 50 gallon tote for $20🤦🏽‍♂️

[@theartofanimation3800]

Peroxide Fortnite cause it looks weird

[@gbmadeantroy]

THE ART OF ANIMATION yes true but I think. The hamster does not want to be a decoration

[@theartofanimation3800]

Peroxide Fortnite yeah your right

[@llamaking3341]

I know like srsly

[@sarahu648]

THE ART OF ANIMATION that rocket looks fricken stupid man if I walked in someone’s bedroom and saw that even a kids I would point out how ugly it is and convince their parents to buy a new one not to mention the stress on a hamster

[@madimelton4336]

I currently work at petsmart (our store #0398 is a loooot better with our animal care thankfully). Ive gotten 99% of my customers to get tanks for the hamster they are buying. The other 1% refuse to get a tank so i wont sell them the hamster. These cages will make it so much harder since kids will want them. 😐

[@MunchiesPlace]

I'm with you there. I convince almost 99% of my customers i talk to into buying better enclosures but there is that 1% who use the words "It's fine" all the time. -_-

[@colinorion7647]

Munchie's Place I have legit ended a friendship with someone who had improper housing for her chinchillas and when I offered her a free!!! Critter nation, her response was “it’s fine, the box says it fits 2-5 Chins and we were thinking of breeding them to have babies.”

[@brennafranklin1765]

I worked at petco and I did the same thing!

[@user-bf7oz5tq7r]

One question, I have a Tiny Tales cage for my robo dwarf hamster. Its the comfy house one, so.. is this a good size?

[@madimelton4336]

Λəɹʎ qɐɯqoozələp No its waaay to small, you should try to get a 40gallon breeder fish tank. Petco has good sales on them usually. Or you can check craigslist to see if anyone has one for sale.

[@robotsam1299]

When I was a young teen, I had about 20 hamsters and did hamster rescue. My goal was to be an exotic animal vet when I got older so I had lots of pets. I was one of those weird kids that was super obsessed with my animals, and I always kept my hamsters in really nice large cages through the house (my mom loves hamsters too). My cousins who were 6yrs younger got a couple hamsters, and stuffed them into a tiny cage like this. I was heartbroken when I saw them, and told them about proper hamster care and how we could get them a bigger cage. Of course my cousins were very interested as kids want their pets to be happy. But instead my aunt yelled at me about it, and that I didn't know everything, and called me weird (I cried). Less than 3 months later I came home to the 2 hamsters in their tiny cage with a bunch of babies that my aunt had dumped at my house while I was at school since 'they bite' and 'what am I going to do with the babies, flush them? I could just set them free'. My mom was pretty pissed at her but wouldn't let her hurt them. When will people learn that pets aren't toys.

[@user-bf7oz5tq7r]

Robot Sam You’re aunt is so fudging STUPID! UsyjsuiakyhIosoaJUiahsiHsjsjdiodkdidoeidisis

[@Sleipnirseight]

Don't mean to offend you, but your aunt sounds like a b i t c h !

[@robotsam1299]

@@user-bf7oz5tq7r She is, willfully so. I don't keep in contact with my aunts anymore. Just my cousins. They went on to be good pet owners, and good parents. Can't say the same about their mom.

[@nansugoi5471]

Robot Sam your aunt is really inconsiderate of Pets :\

[@_buttercupbby_7166]

Robot Sam how mean if her! You have every right to influence your cousins to a better pet life. And it’s SUCK that people stuff them into cages like that. In fact my rabbit Zelda was recently stuffed into a tiny little cage for mice for 5 years before I rescued her. I got her a big two story cage that she enjoys very much. I’m glad the baby hamsters are safe now

[@WarriorOfShadows20]

I work at PetSmart and completely understand. Anytime i see the new small cages or the super small betta tanks i get upset. Whenever a customer asks me about them I always tell them to go bigger or that they will harm their pet.

[@canofbeans301]

Quit petsmart there terrible people they have snakes and rodents so go to peta tell her whats a better job to get Tell peeps to stop going their and "Sue" petsmart

[@elta1029]

Leave that stupid store

[@lattethefartlord9297]

Ava's Amazing STUFF and hamsters The only thing on PETA I agree with is Petsmart. I got my guinea pig from Petsmart, and she was so SMALL, and weak!!!

[@roadroller4552]

[Everybody liked that except peta{

[@safwaanhuq1901]

Ava's Amazing STUFF and hamsters she should not quit cause she is telling people to get bigger cages not like other pet store employees

[@RealToWonder]

when I was in PetSmart a few weeks ago, one lady was looking at the tiny, colorful hamster cages and an employee walked right up and said, "No. You don't want that. It will die quicker in something so small. Can I show you what I would recommend?" The lady was shook and accepted and I was so freaking happy.

[@froggo_lag]

That employee needs a raise

[@izziestewart1051]

honestly cannot understand why petsmart can sell these cages! it is clearly animal abuse, I wouldn’t never dream of putting my hamsters in this piece of junk. Great video as always, hope this educates some people to get better cages and treat the animals better!

[@xhydex9507]

The reason is because of money. That's all they seem to care about. They make them look more like toys for kids. And smaller because more people are living smaller lives. It sells more. It's sad and pathetic. :l

[@ashlynnbruns1640]

Izzie Stewart lol that’s not animal abuse. Stop the madness y’all act like it’s an over sized guinea pig this shit amazes me

[@xhydex9507]

@@ashlynnbruns1640 It's not hurting the animal. Yes. But for a hamster it's small and cramped. And hamsters like big spaces to explore and play. They don't just sleep all the time. Also like stated in the video it lights up. And like she said it's hard for them to sleep with a light shining. Just my opinion though.

[@clouded_stars]

I had one of their cages for my hamster and she was way too big and she couldnt get the water so i got her a new one a fish tank.They wouldnt let me return it so its just siting in my room shes way better now.The door wouldnt even close the door.

[@afrobilde225]

Money money money money

[@alexander6978]

I saw this in my local pet store and thought there is no way this is for an animal. This should be for a pet rock.

[@dollfuz5116]

I see u on every hamster vid lol

[@molk4714]

No rocks are free roaming

[@FatallyParasocial]

I think that even putting a pet rock in that cage is cruel.

[@me-sg4cp]

Not even that lol

[@charissimpson235]

I probably wouldn’t even put a cockroach in there, and I have lots of them.

[@marvel_memes8335]

Imagine cleaning the cage... Aint nobody got time for that

[@MunchiesPlace]

Exactly XD

[@thepetcloud9120]

Dear god that wheel - imagine having to get that out to clean it after the hamster has peed on it! And plastic tubes are always a nightmare to get clean 😣

[@leanntan3229]

Pain in the ass to assemble it after cleaning

[@GamingWithGlacier]

You would literally have to clean that cage every single day. That's what I don't get about people. They give their small pets enclosures like these, and then they complain that the animal smells. If you get a tiny cage like this, you have to clean it almost every day. But with a bigger enclosure (let's take a 40 gallon aquarium as an example), you only have to clean it once or twice a month.

[@bvegyucurbbebsbhyd9933]

@@thepetcloud9120 we never had to clean our tubes for furrball(my hamster) because he always spent like, 5 seconds at a time.... also noisy? Every night my hamster would spin on his wheel and it squeaked.. we tried everything and even asked pet smart employees and they said "we have no extra wheels sorry..." (exact words" but that's what furrball wanted... he died in 2017... I cried really bad...

[@garlicbreadxxl2637]

*Setting up the cage * Me: that doesn't look too bad? Both of my mice could probably fit in that. *With the hamster inside * Me: Oh, no, that's too small.

[@misticobimar2767]

R.I.P. nio When i was younger about 6 or 7, i bought a hamster without research or training. He was basically tortured when i played with him. He escaped about twice every month. I feel so sorry for him. I have learned my lesson and now i am 13 with a two birds that i love dearly. I learned with them you need time and training to have a nice relationship with them. Their happy and healthy. Rest in peace nio the teddy bear hamster

[@chloesgrass4143]

Mistic Obimar you still don’t know about hamsters? Teddy bear is a Syrian hamster with a cool names given by pet stores.

[@LPSRed]

Lilo X Charlie I don’t think a simple name shows much about learning about hamsters... Despite a hamster being called a “teddy bear” or “syrian” i’m assuming the care requirements are still the same. I had never cared to know that a teddy bear was a syrian hamster, but that didn’t stop me and my mother (because i was in the third grade) from properly caring for my hamster

[@bennyworm597]

Same here I got a hamster when I was very young and only saw hamsters as toys and I abused him daily before eventually killing but I’m very glad I’ve learned from my mistakes and I’ve become a more responsible pet owner with two budgies and a dog who i completely adore!

[@emmawolff6199]

I had one too, it was sadly abused by my tiny but large self. It was also obese if I'm right. It had a good cage at least, unlike the nasty torture chamber that's shown in this video.. Had lots of tubes and things to climb around and run in. She passed in her sleep peacefully though which I'm glad for, and we buried her in the yard. My dog and rabbit from that age are still alive though, and I got a budgie who's completely spoiled and has a cage the size of me in a few weeks. (the reason why it's later is cause he's still small and clumsy.)

[@chloesgrass4143]

@@LPSRed I literally just said to you they are the same thing... And teddy bear isn't even a hamster. Its just a made up name. If it looks like a syrian and has a name like teddy bear, then it is a syrian. It is knowledge because if you are gonna care for hamsters you should at least know the species, because if you don't know the species you might not be caring correctly.

[@ladaylrc]

The 700 dislikes are from the people who made it

[@madz9204]

Laylarose Or whoever owns one 😂👏🏻

[@frenchgirlbonjour3339]

Some people buy cages like that for decoration and put living animals inside them really annoys me 😠 I'm a 9 year old an i own and hamster and i know better not to buy cages like that

[@lexilightner2834]

Sarah lol dang at least u try unlike people who don’t care about their babies

[@alexakirkwood4004]

Excatly im 10 amd have my hammy in a 1000 sq in bin with 7 toys 5 chews and water and higgins sunburts with mazuri rat blocks and sand bath so i dont get ppl who think their just rodent

[@PotatoAJ831]

I am 13 and i once asked someone (who wants a chinchilla) if they have done any research (she was around 11 years old and i started learning animal care at almost 11) and she looked at me like i was crazy! as though she did not even know that if getting an animal she should actually learn how to care for them! i don't know chinchilla care but at least i do research for my animals!

[@victoriarose7883]

When I was about 9 I got my first hammy and I did about 2 months of research before getting him.I got the correct cage size & the correct supplies right now I still have that hamster about 2 yrs later & he is very healthy and also good job doing ur research a lot of people don’t but thumbs up for doing research😁👏🏻👍🏻

[@samantha7939]

Sarah lol I’m 11 well 12 next week but anyway I have a Syrian hamster in a big cage it is the same size as a single bed soon I will get. Guinea-pigs and I know that their cage will be really big I just like my pets to be happy

[@tommysversionn]

i have not got a hamster and yet i am here... what am i doing?? watching a great video, that's what.

[@MunchiesPlace]

Awe thank you. :)

[@jennagrande1093]

same i haven't had a hamster since i was 8 and unfortuantly if these cages were around i probably would've wanted the princess one. they really know how to get kid's attention. but anyways this is a good video even if you don't have a hamster lol

[@minimixpuppet9656]

Miss Motion I got a bird and now I’m here

[@brookemayfield1962]

I don't even like hamsters idk why I'm watching this but I am anyway lol maybe one day I'll have a kid that wants on or know someone since people ask me a lot about what there pets need so I mean maybe I'll need this information lol

[@siennabean7623]

Same

[@lyricdemers]

Could you do a video directed at Venus Angelic? She has four small cages with two dwarf hamsters per cage. She said "there isn't room for bin cages" which makes no sense to me because she could stack them.

[@batmanintheirl]

If she doesn't have the room for a big enough cage for one hamster she shouldn't have one.

[@aidehns]

Lyric Demers Ah yes...her... didn’t she disable comments on those videos because she was getting so much backlash? Maybe I’m just imagining that, but she obviously knows that she isn’t taking the right care of them since 1. If she disabled comments, she obviously knows. 2. If she still has comments on, I for sure know that she gets comments about it as I have seen them (That was probably an unnecessary long comment, but oh well)

[@lilcrabbybabby]

Venus Angelic is a very problematic person in general :/ if you dont have room for your animals dont have them! I have a parakeet living in a parrot cage because I'm worried about her getting enough room to fly around and spread her wings! How people can shove animals into tiny cubicles for their whole lives will never make sense to me :(

[@girlscanbedrummers5449]

Abby Nicole I had 4 zebra finches in a cage meant for medium sized parrots but the bars are a quarter of a half an inch apart and we reinstalled perches meant for small birds. It's about 30 inches across, 40 inches tall not including the bottom and about 20 inches deep. Am I doing it right? 🤔😓

[@lilcrabbybabby]

@@girlscanbedrummers5449 I'd say four all in one cage that size can get a little crowded, unless they spend lots of time outside their cage. But finches really like being together, so I'd reccomend a slight bigger cage, but the bar width is fine. Unsurprisingly, birds like to be able to fly around so a bigger cage is always better

[@michellefury12345]

We had a hamster who lived a long healthy life BUT we did have a horrible scare once, we for a short time had a cage with the tubes, we came home one day and she was stuck in the middle of the tube, apparently she had stuffed her lil mouth with her food to bring upstairs in her cage, well she got stuck, she must've panicked because her head was to the side so she got wedged in, not able to spit that food out, good news is we got home in time to help her out safely, but I'm convinced she would've passed if we would've been much longer, she was on the small side too, please don't use these cages, what an awful death that would've been for her

[@bellacapulet1933]

Oh my goodness my husband had a hamster when he was little, they kept it in a cage with a bunch of tubes and his hamster actually did get stuck and die, he was just a child and didn't understand. I also had a hamster but we kept it in a 75 gallon tank. Because that's what we thought was best. I thought it was crazy my parents who didn't have college education or even highschool education, were smart enough to do research, and wait for a year until i learned everything about them and yet his college educated parents did absolutely NO research and just went to a pet store and bought the first things they saw. He still to this day refuses to own small pets, because he's afraid he'll some how kill them. I somewhat blame his parents but they went educated. But yeah poor guy is still traumatized.

[@michellefury12345]

Bella Capulet aw, Bella, that's sad, unfortunately doesn't matter how much schooling someone's had, they can still be very ignorant when it comes to furry family, take care!!

[@partisesuwu1864]

I recently went to my uncles home for my birthday. I usually don't see him often because of family issues. When he picked me up my cozens, who were 5 and 10, were telling me about their new "pet". They told me they got a parakeet. When I went to their home I noticed that the birdcage was sitting near the window where you walked in. The bird was blue and yellow. When I went to their kitchen I noticed they had a fish tank. The tank had brown water which only filled half of the tank. The tank was small and square. When I looked inside I saw a big fish. The water was cold and stunk. washed the tank for them and my uncle told me that his children don't really take care of the fish. The fish was fine but overfeed. He looked very very ill. After I cleaned and put the fish back in to a nice warm fresh water tank I noticed something in the corner. A weird tank capsule was sitting next to the blender with a hermit crab in it. This crab looked dead and neglected. My uncle said he was not dead but I did not believe him. When he took him out the hermit crab started to run away. He put him back in and closed the capsule. Since I know a lot about animals I told him that this inclosure was not the type of tank to keep a hermit crab in. I tokd him he needed a heat lamp but he just ignored me. I went to look at the bird next and noticed she was shaking. I went to hold her but she bit me. I am usually great with birds but this bird seemed not okay. I asked my cozens why the bird was acting weird and they told me a friend of theirs gave them the bird one day. They said the bird owner kicked the cage a lot. The bird was poked an proded with fingers. Then I knew that the bird had been abused. The bird looked cold so I put her in front of a heater because she was near a freezing window. Her cage was small and covered in feces. They seemed to not care. When he finally fed her she ate almost half of the seeds in her food dish. But the funny thing is that they called her fatty when she was just a very skinny bird. I left that day feeling awful for the bird. My uncle said he wants to let it free but I said it was a tropical bird and could not be in this type of cold weather. What should I do?. Do I convince him to take it to a pet store or give the bird to someone else?. I am sorry for writing a whole story but I wanted to get every detail out. ................P.S- When I told my cozen that a pet was not a toy he said then what is a pet for?. I know now that these children are too little to even have a pet or even have the knowledge of what a pet is.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Wow. I hope you can convince your uncle to find another home for that poor bird

[@partisesuwu1864]

@@lazyhomebody1356 Thanks

[@PKMNResearcherSkyler]

I would try to find somebody who could take care of the bird properly and convince your family to give the bird to them, I hope it works out

[@partisesuwu1864]

Ashleigh Behling Thanks

[@PKMNResearcherSkyler]

@@partisesuwu1864 you're welcome

[@beeoutofthebox6942]

For this price I can build a 20 square foot guinea pig cage with a loft.

[@christina3573]

Bee Out Of The Box yep! Funny how that’s literally what my two pigs have 😂 and it was only 50 bucks to build

[@Theperksofbeingmarcel]

I just paid like (converted in Dollar) 600 Bucks for a Habitrail Environment that fills a full 20 Square meters room for my Robo including the full ground space. If I want a pet and can't afford a big cage, i shouldn't have one. No cage ever is big enough. Even the biggest ones she've shown are torture.

[@koby7303]

This looks more like a badly designed bird cage

[@velocidino]

That's what I thought it was at first! Oof :(

[@DanishButterCookie]

Not even a suitable bird cage, for a pair of budgies the cage has to be atleast a meter in length and half a meter in height. This, without the wheel and hamster tubes wouldnt even be suited for a canary.

[@SaltEDawg]

My birds affended

[@LylWren]

Surprisingly for most bird cages, width is more important than height (for healthy flight exercise). Even for a small bird this cage would be too small, unless as a travel cage. Bird cages seem to be marketed poorly as well. :(

[@peachymunmagenta]

Better a caterpillar cage.

[@shadowandholly]

When I saw they started selling these at my job, I KNEW it was just bad. It's like they downgraded. I came into work in SHOCK just staring at these cages and my manager came up and mentioned how cute the cages were and how she wanted one. When i said these were no good, she just got annoyed with me.

[@robotsam1299]

People get really mad when you remind them that hamsters aren't toys.

[@Cheshiregrinn91]

yo I once told a woman who was going to buy a poinsettia that those are toxic for cats and that she would be wise to put it out of reach from her cat ( she had a 6 month old kitten) and she looked at me as if I had insulted her grandmother. Or once a woman was selling those bird peanut butter stands (wooden houses that hold the jar) but she sold them with normal peanut butter jars in them and I told her that she better not do that because normal peanut butter is bad for birds but the people who buy the houses will think it is okay because they were sold with them. She got SO angry with me! people can get crazy when you educate them on animal care.

[@cypheri1339]

@@Cheshiregrinn91 My grandmother didn't believe me when I tried to tell her that her peace lily was toxic for her cat. The cat ended up with neurological symptoms and eventually ended up euthanized because she wouldn't listen when I kept telling her to get rid of the plant. I love houseplants, but I make sure that all of mine are cat-friendly types and even then most of them are kept in hanging baskets mounted to the walls out of reach. The only one the cats can reach is the velvet plant and they don't bother it because it has a bitter flavor even though it's harmless. Both cats have gone through that moment of being too curious and having a test-nibble, only to realise that it tastes REALLY bad and neither has ever touched it again. It astounds me that people don't understand how toxic plants can be, especially to obligate carnivores like cats.

[@angeloddrev]

A pet store manager SHOULD have a pet care management qualification and then she would know the dimensions of this cage are not suitable. She sounds really stupid, no offence. Sounds like pet smart hire anybody as their managers, which makes sense I've heard horrible things about this company.

[@treyk.8802]

@@Cheshiregrinn91 Out of curiosity what is "normal" peanut butter? I only buy organic, natural (nothing but peanuts and maybe a hint of salt) for my own use and to me that's as normal as it can get.

[@meghan4257]

*GET A BIN CAGE* I cannot stress this enough. if you or your child *really* wants a small pet/hamster, invest in a bin cage. You can make cheap lids, and you can get large bins at places like Walmart (I don't know how it is outside of America) for a good price. Drill some holes in the top walls for extra ventilation if you feel a mesh/wire top isn't good enough. if you have you or your child has their heart set on a small animal, *dont buy one of these cages as shown in the video* they are ultimately a waste of money, as within a few days or weeks that hamster is going to die from a lack of a proper home environment, and then you, the parent, will have to explain life and death to your child. do you *really* want to do that?

[@Amsayy]

meggie honestly though, and they’re cheaper and more economical. Not to mention easier to recycle if your pet passes, so it doesn’t have to end up in neon plastic pieces in a landfill.

[@callmebymycodename6146]

If your in England like me it'll be Asda or BMS to all my English tea drinkers :) lol

[@mollymoonfan5939]

@@callmebymycodename6146 i went a place near the seaside called claws and paws once, very quaint

[@KlutzyNinjaKitty]

There’s no avoiding the life and death conversation. Especially with fish or hamsters since they have short lifespans. It’s also not a bad lesson to teach. I had a Leopard Gecko when I was ten and it unfortunately got sick and died within a couple months. Because I lost Gordon I’ve become more careful in terms of researching and meeting the needs of animals and thoroughly making sure if getting a kind of animal is good for me and the pet.

[@ItsLily-wq4pf]

I had a bin cage when I had my hamster (he passed last week) and I totally recommend them for new hamster owners. It was so cheap and easy to clean. I have now upgraded from hamsters to Guinea Pigs.

[@ohthatsnice7323]

These cages have such a bad influence on kids, it’s teaching them that mice and rats are just toys. And when the kid gets board with it, then what?

[@UwU-uv6io]

disposes it

[@miraculousmia398]

There not toys LIKE BRUH ITS LIKE SAYING OH IM GONNA PUT A CHILD IN A BOX

[@supershepherd]

Honestly I can't stand the greedy capitalization companies make on any animal. From rodents, reptiles, birds, and even dogs, there are too many products produced and sold in the masses not to improve the animal's quality of life but just to get clueless people to give them money. I don't understand how people could be so cruel.

[@angeloddrev]

As a child we used to have several family owned pet shops in town & they were all knowledgeable. They helped me create an awesome big fish tank with levels and wooden budgie ladders (not even slightly steep) from one level to the next for my female mice. Since Petsmart & Pets At Home came to town, I've watched all of the small pet shops close. Now there are none. It's really sad these big guys have dominated the market, esp as they are REALLY expensive compared to the old pet shops. Supermarkets beginning to sell pet food and bedding also knocked the pet shops on the head. It's sad.

[@macawlover8251]

forgive me if im wrong, im no hamster expert, but I think you can make a themed cage if you want, but not like this what I mean is like adding little decorations to the outside of the cage, granted a cage that is a good size for your pet PET COMFORT COMES BEFORE DECORATION and I am mad at petsmart because people are supposed to be able to trust these places, but we cant because they keep bringing out these really bad products

[@kennamajor4754]

Macaw Lover exactlyyy i have two ferrets in a bigger cage, but their blankets, toys, everything is themed just cus that’s what i like BUT their comfort come before anything else and they love it🤷‍♀️

[@1zofie]

I totally agree 😊 im getting a baby hamster in a days and im making a tree theme in the Cage.... With a tree house, Stones and other tree accessories

[@clarkesylvester4255]

A themed cage is totally fine if it's big and comfy for the pet! As long as everything is safe and suited to the animal decorating it is a lot of fun :)

[@bandy7192]

15:48 "please take me out of prison, mom"

[@sunnyygacha5937]

When I didn’t watch u I bought a really small cage for a girl SYRIAN!!It came with a grey SMALL wheel When I started watching you I bought a hamster heaven metro,she loves it so Thankyou

[@chloero5755]

I have a Syrian as well and I had no idea I had the wrong cage for him! I'm so glad I learned this after only a couple of weeks of having him!!

[@jennajuras4771]

Hey! Employee here as well.. I really really hate these cages as well. The lives of the animals are definitely top priority at my store, as well as customer service.. I do wish other employees/potential pet parents would educate themselves, but honestly thats why I got this job WITH PetSmart, purely because I wanted to educate others as well as further educate myself. Thank you for making this video, I promise we all know they suck!

[@minimixpuppet9656]

Jenna Juras to be honest when I want there today I saw those I was like “WHAT THA HELL IS THAT.............IT LOOKS LIKE A TOY...........(confusions sounds)

[@savannahkelly4663]

I work there... Sadly, we are not allowed to decline a sale of a hamster no matter how tiny the cage is.. especially if it's a syrian... It's sad. Very sad.. Please.. come to petsmart and voice your opinion.

[@jesskosinski292]

Savannah Kelly if that’s the case, something is very wrong with your petsmart location. i’m the CEL at my store and we decline sales constantly because they refuse to buy a big enough home or if it sounds sketchy. not all petsmarts care for their animals is bad 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@peacexlovexrecycle]

yeah i decline sales all the time to unfit PP. look in your handbook. we are definitely allowed. seems like your store or district manager doesnt care and should find a new job.

[@diobrando9451]

I wish I could but I can't :(

[@Honeyyamii98]

Jess Kosinski I work at a petsmart as well and I’ve declined many many sales because of pet parents not wanting to buy the right size cages. You need to contact your distract manger and express your concern. Not KZbin. That’s a very false statement when all PetSmart’s are ran differently. You cannot say we as in all it’s your store. Not all stores.

[@Manx174]

I also work at PetSmart and we refuse people all the time and most of us don't recommend these cages.

[@monkfan2468]

It was so stressful watching Sahara in those tubes and trying to get off that platform.

[@Cavesalexis99]

Seeing her go through the tube literally gave me so much anxiety. 😭

[@papahaydspodcast6802]

Shane Dawson should make a docu series on the people who make these cages 😂

[@jheienyy]

The Lemon_Hayd Podcast They’d all be sociopaths 😂

[@devotedcetacean6568]

And cnn should make a hamster version of blackfish

[@daniellematthews3603]

Yeah that would be amazing

[@dumbgayenby]

The Lemon_Hayd Podcast OMG IF THAT WAS REAL I WOULD DIE.

[@fnaflover-yp2rb]

The Lemon_Hayd Podcast yea

[@snooklin2724]

I personally don’t have a hamster, only a guinea pig, but it makes me sick thinking about anyone having a little hamster baby living in that. It just looks horrible. If my guinea pig had to live in a tiny cage, I would cry. I can’t see how any parent with common sense could see that as a good cage.

[@snooklin2724]

Jewells first, sorry for replying late, I was busy. Second, we had two guinea pigs, one passed away a few weeks ago from a tumor, and I’m not quite ready to get another just yet, I know my guinea pig I have now is lonely but I don’t want to replace her so fast. But we will be getting another in the future, just not right this moment.

[@lazyhomebody1356]

Guinea pigs are WAY better than hamsters!

[@DanishButterCookie]

@@lazyhomebody1356 Each to their own. Im more of a crazy bird lady.

[@MaloraStites]

Tiny tales stuff could be cute ADD ONS to appropriate size cages.

[@charissimpson235]

Malora Stites I wouldn’t even like them to be used as add ons. I don’t think they’re appropriate at all, even for a hamster that lived in a larger cage.

[@thefr0gking600]

👏IF👏YOU👏DONT👏HAVE👏ENOUGH👏SPACE👏FOR👏A👏HAMSTER👏DONT👏GET👏ONE👏

[@orions9612]

don't***

[@kaitlyng.473]

I’ve seen several reviews of these new “cages”. I think it’s great since os many people get their information from the internet. I normally don’t condone buying and then returning things, but I hope for these items that people do return them after the videos are made. If not, it is just adding to the profits and units sold. Supply and demand.

[@elise9242]

I got a job in pet care at PetSmart SOLELY so I can educate customers before they buy hamsters at the store. A lot of people don't know what they're doing, and actually tend to be open to following my advice when I tell them that cages like these are NOT OKAY. I hope I can help as many hamsters as possible go home with knowledgeable and caring families.

[@MunchiesPlace]

This is why i work in pet retail too, to educate and to hopefully make the hamsters lives a little bit better. Thank you for doing what you're doing. Not many people see the point in trying to educate but if more people are doing it, then change will come.

[@maialewin5707]

Elise Tysdal ! My mom just bought me a hamster for my bday and the lady really know what she was doing. I have had hamsters before and I keep my new hamster in a huge bin. Just wondering if you have any brand recommendations for treats and toys at Pet Smart. Xx

[@breeanalong1670]

My hamster has a 40 gallon tank and I would feel terrible Housing him in anything smaller! I don’t understand, just by a 12 dollar bin from Walmart! 🤣

[@AnimeGirl138204]

They chew plastic so a bin would not be good. Glass aquariums are best.

[@breeanalong1670]

AnimeGirl138204 Yes, I understand where you’re coming from. But if crittertrails are also plastic, than a bin would be a much better alternative. 😊

[@AnimeGirl138204]

@@breeanalong1670 Yes, but have you seen how badly they chew on the plastic in those cages overtime? Not trying to fight just saying it can be bad. If they can't afford a proper enclosure they honestly just don't need the pet, if you ask me.

[@dingbat3440]

Minute 1: This is easy to build what you doing PetSmart employees? Minute 10: uuuhhhhhhhh.....

[@devotedcetacean6568]

The cage is good for something. I could put my ant in there

[@sydneytaylor8128]

Hey, I could put a toy hamster in there for decoration!

[@boiledegghole7976]

your singular ant

[@slaythotscringeguy6984]

Lol just wait until it escapes

[@VocaPigeon]

I would say this is even too small to care for a lot of kinds of ants.

[@Sleipnirseight]

I could put my aunt in there

[@Justin-qs2do]

*we're going on a trip in a disappointing rocket ship*

[@politelydecline]

Lol

[@TinySwanGrandAdventures]

*Little cages!*

[@PennyThePup]

I was sadly one of these people who bought these cages but after i watched videos and videos i got 2 fish tanks! Thank you Munchie!

[@MunchiesPlace]

No problem. The line just came out so it's a surprise people are already buying the cages. Hopefully with this review and my petsmart review i left, that this can be helpful to more people when picking the right size enclosure for their beloved pet.

[@emileyfisher]

What size tanks?

[@kadijamcbroom7735]

*kid see’s box gets hamster throws in the sky* you go hammy Hamilton be the first hamster on the moon

[@ftshavoc4460]

Oof

[@spoontat]

lmaO my mom wants me to name my new guinea pig Hamilton ‘Hammy’- I named him Clyde 😅

[@maskedreacts8366]

My 8 year old cousin made his parents get a big ass tank for his hamster. What parent looks at that and is like yeah this is it chief.

[@erinhartley857]

Legit I told my dad I had to get a 40 gal breeder tank or bigger and he looked at me like I was crazy. He's like "why don't you just get one of those small ones from the store?" WELL DAD they cost more than this tank I found on Facebook, they are WAY too small, and my hamster probably won't even live a year in there. LOL.

[@tyrannicaltrix1445]

TINY TORTURE

[@dory7693]

This is so angering right when you think that people are finnaly getting the correct information the companies are still advertising these cruel cages there needs to be sumthing done about this like a movement or something cuz this is just not fair that animals are being seen as toys just because they are tiny So this cage which is actually a line of cages breaks my heart

[@ansleylink9528]

When I was 9 I got a hamster and the worker and my parents got bedding with chemicals when I did all the research and said no. THEY STILL GOT IT! When ginger died I cried a lot :( love you ginger!

[@carliannerenee4110]

Ansley Link OMG I WOULD HAVE THROWN A FIT AND NOT PUT IT IN THERE UNTIL THEY GWT YOU MORE AND IF THEY FORCED U TO PUT IT IN AND WHEN IT DIED I WOULD CUSSED THEM TF OUT

[@layleaob3872]

The same thing happened to my hamster Mimi, she died within 2 weeks...

[@cj597]

Give your kids a plant, not a pet.

[@idiotwilson1474]

poultry fanatic yeah if they want something decorative but alive get them a Venus fly trap, pitcher plant, or one of those sensitive plants that move when touched.

[@cj597]

Alexis Wilson For sure!

[@cj597]

tracy lam Then that’s great. But responsibility should fall on a parent. If your child can’t take care of a plant or even clean their own room, why put a dependent life in their hands?

[@jackperry3034]

poultry fanatic I have 2 plant in my room and I love them they are so pretty

[@casperk.6382]

Arugula. The plant that parents want is arugula. Carnivorous plants are like the hamsters or beta fish of the plant world. Proper husbandry for carnivorous plants (and obviously there's a huge range here) is a mix between fish husbandry and reptile husbandry. We're talking a meticulously kept reptile vivarium (heating, humidity, special lighting with a timer, and all) where you need to monitor the pH & nutrient levels of the substrate. You even need to keep feeder animals, and let some of the plants go dormant during the winter. The worst part for kids is probably that you can't poke the plants outside of feedings since, unlike animals, the plants have a limited number of times they can move. Arugula is perfect, though. It's a hardy little plant that goes from seed to harvest in a month. There are visible changes for the kid to measure and track each day, and the seeds are cheap enough that you can have a bunch going at once as experiments (e.g., what happens when you grow one on a windowsill and another under a bed, or what do the leaves taste like at different stages). It can also be really cool for kids to help cook a meal using food that they planted--even kids who don't like greens might eat ones that they grew. Then you let the plant go to seed, and watch in awe as the process repeats. It's a low-commitment, low-cost, educational and nutritious endeavor. There's really no downside. So, yeah. Any parents reading and looking to get your kid a convenient and space-efficient living thing as a toy, go buy some arugula seeds, soil, a ruler, and a notebook. Write Arugula Adventures on the cover of the notebook, hand the bundle to your kid(s), and call it a day. It's the way forward. All of the pet animals and carnivorous plants will thank you.

[@swirlygecko5691]

I think that instead of buying your kid a hamster or a fish you should buy your kid a toy or a robot pet.

[@nervous_dachshund7489]

Sharpies World yeah do not get your kid a pet that they have to take care of unless they are at least 9-10 and responsible. You, as well as your kid, need to do research on the proper requirements for the pet.

[@nervous_dachshund7489]

tracy lam yeah, I had dogs since I was born but I am saying letting a child under ten be the sole cared of an animal, even a small one (hamster/etc) is not okay. Also why am I gross

[@XWierdThingsHappenX]

@tracy lam its not gross to want proper care for an animal. Children should not be the sole caregivers of an animal.

[@nervous_dachshund7489]

tracy lam may I ask what type of pet?

[@awquathewolf6329]

A robot pet, I have one it works

[@gothiken2468]

*And maybe chuck your hamster across the room* Me: OH

[@maryannehoggett2008]

I'm only 8 and when I saw this video I was like what's wrong with the cage but when I saw the cage completely built I saw it and it didn't look stable I hope all parents won't buy this cage and I hated the platforms and the wheel☹️

[@elta1029]

THANK YOU!!! I am around ur age and I HATE when adluts say kids r bad at animal care and shouldn't have pets. I LOOVVEE Happytails bc she says MOST kids and little kids.

[@maryannehoggett2008]

Hi didn't think any one would respond

[@elta1029]

@@maryannehoggett2008 well i did!!!

[@Aj-ru4wq]

I did too and I think you are a lot smarter than some adults for noticing the problem at 8 years old 😋

[@maryannehoggett2008]

Thanks peeps

[@Parmie_03]

When i was a kid my oldest brother had a syrian hamster and he got a medium glass cage for her and the top was not closed and after 2 weeks after he got her the cat killed the poor thing, found the bloody body under my younger brother's bed, traumatized us enough to never get another rodent. Rip Poppy.

[@nowandaround312]

Your parents let you leave a hamster in a cage without a top, in a house with a cat whose instinct is to kill small animals? What were they thinking?! That's so sad.

[@duriereeboi9151]

Yeez 😨 I pay respect

[@freya1710]

omg my friend doesnt take proper care of her animals and she had a hamster named poppy that escaped and got killed by her cat too

[@strangerthingsfan6103]

I went to a flea market today and saw that a lady was selling hamsters in a cage probably less than 100 sq. The worse thing I saw was that there was no bottle, no food dish, no toys, no bedding. There was also like 20 dwarfs on top of one another since there was hardly any space in there....🤢🤢

[@user-bf7oz5tq7r]

WHAT THE FUC-

[@kaylareinick6267]

😢

[@audreyjensen9653]

Say it with me! *Hamsters 👏 are 👏 not 👏 toys!* This is exactly why I have boycotted Petco, Petsaver, Petsmart and Chewy.com (run by Petsmart). I buy everything from Amazon or DIY.

[@MoaMorgenstern]

This makes me anxious thinking about all hamsters that are living like this. I’m not a hamster person but I am a proud rat mom to 4 precious little girls. Well sorta big girls by now. Their names are Violet Baudelaire, Sunny Baudelaire, Esmé Squalor and Carmelita Spats but for short just Violet, Sunny, Esmé and Carmelita. The names are from my favorite book series. I love my girls so so so much and it would break my heart to keep them in a tiny cage. They have a big cage and are allowed to run around freely in half of my apartment several hours a day. My kitchen floor and hallway are like more theirs than mine I feel like, constantly stepping over toys and boxes and stuff for them. But they love running around on the floor so I don’t mind. Violet and Sunny come on recall, not Esmé and Carmelita yet. They’re sorta rescues that I haven’t had for very long. Violet can also spin both left and right on command. I enjoy your channel. Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪💖

[@hi-dw6dy]

Moa Morgenstern that's great!

[@ahuman7509]

Series of unfortunate events

[@harley.roberts]

ooo series of unfortunate events hehe

[@graceesmi]

I love a series of unfortunate events

[@ragingroadhog6073]

*Were Going On A Trip In Our Favourite Rocket Ship*

[@canofbeans301]

Going through the sky little munchkins

[@elta1029]

Soaring thru the sky little hamsters

[@roadroller4552]

*yeets hamster across room in rocket cage*

[@agh263]

Animal abuse like this makes me absolutely sick. Let’s all try to rid this from Earth, talk to petsmart and see why they are selling prisons like this

[@vanillapinkfluff3477]

These cages are nothing but abuse! It's so sad and makes me cry when people view animals on the same level as toys. The way these cages are marketed are beyond disgusting and wrong on so many levels. These cages are basically advertising animals as living toys to play with. This is practically the same thing as Lego or Barbie where they make people buy more and more and more except this is turned into animals abuse by adding a live animal into a playset. Nothing but animals abuse. Animals lives are just as important as YOURS. They need HUGE cages, loads of bedding, high quality foods, a myriad of toys, and RESPECT. Animals are LIVING BEINGS NOT TOYS!

[@Vlamarque]

When the hamster was hanging by its feet I had so much anxiety 🤪😂

[@cookieandfloppy8593]

Same!

[@PercydeRoloFangirl]

Same

[@angelicroyalty1522]

I'll buy this.... for stuffed animals. Not for real animals.

[@yanisdepotato5563]

Same

[@nerimantas5]

Me too

[@booboobunny5655]

I'd buy it for Littlest Pet Shop's.

[@campinavla]

I wouldn't want to give anyone money for this horrible thing tbh

[@emilypotato3461]

Here is a solution to this wide spread problem...my hamsters live in tupperwares...now yes that sounds terrible. But don’t worry I buy gigantic containers with lots of floor space (no lids) my hamsters love it. Containers are also only about 3-5 dollars, depending on the size too! 😁🐹♥️ Edit: oh I guess she does too 😂

[@bryanacampos4732]

Where do you buy the containers?

[@hotdogfrenchfries5707]

And when your hamster gets cold, just heat him in the microwave! it's that simple, you'll have a hamster so warm and happy that he'll fall right asleep!

[@Hellya]

@@grumpyblue1623 Actually I found some 20-25 gallon tupperwear at the dollarstore while looking for travel bin for snakes that could fit a hamster imo?

[@iamunbelievablystupidbut4001]

@@hotdogfrenchfries5707 and bring the warm little hamster to karens next neighborhood barbecue!

[@CrystalCyde]

I work at petsmart and when i saw these come in i rolled my eyes so hard

[@melanieclark7949]

Yeah, me too.

[@layladizzy3638]

Maybe these would be ok for putting your hamsters in for when you clean their actual cage

[@wok7152]

“Holding cells” yeah

[@ellarutz]

Yeah, if you already mistakenly had it already that would probably be a good idea :v

[@nicoleellissa288]

Layla Dizzy maybe but I wouldn’t pay $60 for that.

[@claire.presti]

Really? Like just put them in a box and it’s pricy they don’t need all that ‘fun’ tubes and stuff no way :/

[@skye5793]

Isn't that too expensive though? $60 for a tiny cage, just give it back to the store or get a refund then put your pets in a carrier or playpen

[@boxdotnet]

I would probably buy this as an extension for my hamsters cage as a play zone or something like that but not as the main cage

[@rainbowpoptart9030]

boxboxbox box Oh yeah yeah

[@leannezezeski565]

This seems like this could of been a good idea if they made it way bigger and better quality

[@Framlii]

Nope. Hamsters cage need to be low. Rocket ships will never be a good idea. Pirate ship? Yeah. Space ship? Yeah. Rocket? NOPE

[@LPSRed]

i agree with the above comment, a spaceship themed tank or cage could be amazing if the time and quality were put into it!

[@paperpenn9923]

It pains me to see this. Hamsters, mice, and every other animal out there should have what they need. Would someone lock there kid in a SMELLY room with food, water, a very very thin sheet as a mattress, and one source of entertainment. However, this one source causes immense pain. The lights also turn on up to someone else's liking. Plus they are seen as nothing but a toy This is what these cages are. How do you expect a full grown Syrian hamster to live happy in this cage, let alone run on that tiny 5 inch wheel? Any animal, for that matter. This is a death trap disguised in a children's toy (or a hamster cage). As one of the leaders of a large group of rodent lovers, I see this as torture. It's like putting the person you love most in a jail cell.

[@watercooler.romance9133]

I think the pet smart employees were just trying to save the hamster. I know she didn't get it for Sahara to live in but they wouldn't know it

[@emily9415]

I’m 11 years old. I have begged my mom forever for me to have a hamster and she said not until I’m 10. Even I know all the necessities a hamster needs and what and what not to give your hamster. For instance a hamster cannot eat iceberg lettuce. But they can eat romaine lettuce. I feed my hamster every other day and he lives in a 20 gallon tank. I do not support cages with metal wires. If I were a mother and my child wanted one of these cages, I would say absolutely no. Hamsters are so overlooked.

[@danaerogers381]

Scientist's Forever Omg! I have that same cage and know a lot of that information and I’m also 11! Wow.

[@thenicholsontwinz8477]

ummm..... im confused you said I’m 11 years old. I have begged my mom forever for me to have a hamster and she said not until I’m 10. you are ELEVEN and you said not until I’m 10. WHAT???????????????

[@LordofFullmetal]

"I'm 11" "Mom said not until I'm 10" There's a discrepancy here...

[@shylacovington9609]

@@LordofFullmetal there's not a discrepancy. He said his mom said he couldn't get a hamster till he was 10. Now he's 11 and has a hamster. What's there to not understand?

[@emily9415]

Shyla Covington assuming my gender hun?

[@cherrysapling489]

You now if you replace the cage with glass it could actually be pretty good for shrimp

[@alinaprobst3302]

I am so damn happy there is nothing similar in German pet shops. At least not that tiny

[@MunchiesPlace]

I try to tell my customers this information and the different in the US market for pets VS UK markets and they were surprised. I don't think we are as bad as the Chinese market for small animals however but we really are quite neglectful and disrespectful when it comes to owning small pets like pocket pets as companions. :(

[@FatallyParasocial]

@@MunchiesPlace Now I understand why other countries hate us......