They gave up on this Hamster! | Little Foot's Story | Munchie's Place

Today's rescue is of a hamster found on Offerup, who was being rehomed after the owners decided not to pursue raising him further after just a short time of owning him. Due to not knowing better, the owner looks to have gone with what the petstore recommended to the family. Not everyone understand what they see is incorrect care, but this family knew something was up.
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Update to Little foot: Due to this being an older video, Little Foot is no longer with us. He had an underlying URI that showed no symptoms. He passed away back in May, little under 4 months since we took him in. We opted for a necropsy by our vets and they discovered fluid in his lungs. He wasn't growing in size either but had maintained his weight. He only got a few inquiries at the rescue, but unfortunately no one adopted him. We will miss little foot. He was a gentle soul.

[@BooksToAshes]

Poor little soul. I'm glad he had a good few months before his passing. 💖 Rest easy little guy

[@rowdyrats7035]

How heartbreaking, dear Little Foot was such a beautiful little guy. But he still got to experience good care with you guys and you were his family until the end. ❤❤❤

[@darbyhamilton]

We got our daughter a hamster a couple years ago. I really appreciate what you do. Because I started watching your content right after we got him, I was horrified by the size of the cage he was in. I immediately got the prevue 520 cage off amazon and a giant wheel and tons of enrichment toys and he immediately seemed happier. He ended up dying of old age just before our 2 year mark with him. So thanks for making it so our little guy could have a good life!

[@greenbeantm1096]

Same here. I started watching a year after my hamster passed and I immediately felt terrible for how I had kept him

[@darbyhamilton]

@@greenbeantm1096 know better, do better. Unfortunately sometimes we learn too late.

[@altariia]

@@greenbeantm1096 I know what you mean, I haven't had a hamster since I was a kid but I feel such immense guilt over how they lived... my parents didn't know better and I was really young but it still hurts. If there was one thing I could do over in life it would be the care of my childhood pets, hands down.

[@Kerazzy.]

Our little Noodle used to be nippy when we first got her but with patience and stability, she is now the sweetest, gentlest and explorative hammy. She now gets so excited when she hears our voice and is so quick to come out for playtime and strokes. She has even started falling asleep on my belly after free roam time.

[@shadowcat9672]

I can’t stand people who get hamsters and then abandon them when they bite. I have a hamster and she’s bit me. Multiple times, drawn a lot of blood. And every time she has, it was my fault. I tried to handle her too quickly (following pet store advice), I didn’t wash my hands once and she thought I was food, I tried to clean her cage and she bit me when I spooked her. Hamsters aren’t naturally aggressive and they can be lovely if you keep trying to bond with them. I feel so bad for them.

[@dubliners0999]

Great vid. Thanks! BTW, yes, Facebook Marketplace does not allow animal sales or rehoming at all. I've flagged a lot of ads for that...

[@oliviahunter9220]

your smile is looking beautiful!

[@soogymoogi]

"You gotta make sure you and your animal's lifestyles click" and that's why I have tarantulas and not hamsters 😅 cute little guy though, hopefully he can gain some size and be on to a new home soon!

[@rowdyrats7035]

Such a sweet looking boy, love the name Little Foot, Land Before Time was one of my favorite movies growing up. ❤ I've shared hamster ads on Facebook if I see something really bad. I remember when I shared an ad where there was 5 around year old syrians living together! Apparently 1 male and 4 females and they "don't breed". They said that the hamsters get along fine, but fight sometimes. 🤦‍♀️ I shared it in my country's rodent FB group, because they were 5-6 hours away from me and even if they were closer, I didn't have space for 5 syrians. I shared it so more people would see it and hoped that they would get rescued faster. I actually got sh*t from some of the group members, saying things like, "oh, it could be worse" and "there are people who don't have homes and you worry about hamsters", someone even asked if I had seen wild syrians. I don't know what happened to those hamsters sadly, but I hope that they all got new homes that knew about proper hamster care. A bit much to hope for though. My own current hamster actually came to me thanks to someone sharing an ad where a little dwarf was living in a small carrier. 3 days later the little lady came to me thanks to an amazing person who was coming my way from where the hamster was (4 hours from me) and little Donna was home. She went to live in a 100cmx50cm enclosure and this July I upgraded her to a 120cmx80cm enclosure. Living her best life now. ❤

[@rowdyrats7035]

(Didn't realize that the comment got this long, whoops lol)

[@DaDuck41]

Munchie you are literally my fav hamster youtuber! I started watching you after I got my 3rd hamster in my own journey. And you helped me and my best little buddy out so much! He just passed last month but he lived with me for 2 1/2 years. So thank you munchie!!!!

[@xxsparrowxx8568]

Both of my hampies are in a 55gallon tank…I actually fell for the “kit”. Changed to a larger tank within days of watching munchie. So big thank you. But…I think my winter white is over weight. So I’ve got to fix that. He looks like a meat ball. 🫣

[@giovannisingergs4159]

I hope this little male Syrian hamster can find a good home with your help munchie

[@zolfirthedragon]

One of our hams Hamilton was a nippy guy when he was little. It took waaaay longer than a month for him to stop doing it! He ended up being the most angelic little hammy I've ever known (he was a white long-haired Syrian too) and we had him for his whole life of 2.5 years.

[@Sampaguita85]

Your hair looks super cute! Giving me mermaid vibes!

[@amac6421]

He’s so cute!

[@caseykong588]

It’s so great to see you back! Great rescue story. I rescued a Syrian from Craigslist recently . The previous owner didn’t think he would get her females pregnant and well…. Then I went back to get one of his sons. There is nothing more rewarding than rescuing these babies.

[@googleemail2368]

I hope Little Foot has found his forever home now. ❤❤

[@MunchiesPlace]

Well....sad story. I was right about him looking sickly. He unfortunately didn't make it past a year old and died of an underlying URI. There was no signs, no symptoms of sniffles or lethargic. He ate and peed just fine. Active till the end. He just suddenly passed without warning one night and we opted to preform a necropsy the next morning by our vets and the vets concluded there was I think, fluid in his lungs. So, he was with us for only a little under 4 months. :(

[@googleemail2368]

@@MunchiesPlace That is really sad. Luckily he spent his remaining time knowing love and good care. 🫂🫂

[@autarisanimalhouse.2480]

I live in Covington Kentucky , like right on the border of ky & Ohio. Recently I went into a petco near me to purchase my ferrets food.. & like I always do, even tho I don’t buy animals from there, I walked down the pet isles looking at what they had… & to my surprise they had a roborovski dwarf hamster, in the tank with two, campbells/Russian dwarf hamsters.. in the tiny Russian hamster tank. The robo was desperately scratching at the walls trying to get out. What caught my attention was he was fighting with one of them when I first walked up. So ofc I took a video n went to the front & told the OWNER of the store, they had a robo hamster in the wrong tank, they’re two different species of hamster & will fight n kill each other… he said “no it’s a Russian dwarf it’s just a baby” so I looked them both up on Google n showed pics, I said no those are two different species of hamster, are you able to separate him? He is going to die in there… once again he goes “no he’s just younger than them he’s a baby he’s okay”. Shiz broke my heart, but I didn’t even have the money to buy him to help him let alone all the proper stuff he needs. So I had to leave him 💔 it was terrible. & they’ll never have my business again. It was the only place that sells intune ferret food around here, so I’ve switched. Like I literally showed him. He seen with his own two eyeballs. I really hate people.

[@rowdyrats7035]

Gonna have to watch it tomorrow, because it's super late and I need sleep. But want to leave this comment for the algorithm. ❤

[@Marxnchill]

Aww what a cutie. Wishing you and the babes the best of luck!! 🌸💕🌸

[@virgo1986ful]

That’s a cute name for a hamster

[@mojothebudgies2901]

I rescued a hamster off gumtree myself but never dreamed of palming her onto a rescue. Sadly she only lived 4 months after rescue. She passed during an ultrasound scan. Vet thinks she had heart problems. Couldn't afford a necropsy though as they charge £500 for those here!

[@MunchiesPlace]

It surprises me how much other vets charge for services thatre cheap here. Like a necropsy for a hamster for us, if they haven't been seen prior by our vets, is around 50 us dollars. Otherwise they're free if the animal had previously been seen by the vet and died suddenly. O.o

[@mojothebudgies2901]

@@MunchiesPlace Wow! That is awesome though that it so cheap as it is good to be able to find out cause of death. To be fair one of my vets does offer free necropsy but only on dogs and cats as they have a deal with the local university. They promised me free when my bird died suddenly at their practice then came back to me and said they don't do exotics and that exotics are £500. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I've had quite a few deaths in my life as I adopt rodents and it would have financially broke me to necropsy them all. 😭

[@leyshveguilla]

That was my dwarf first cage I felt so bad after finding out it was not a suitable cage a few weeks later I upgrade to a 20 gal like a month after, yes still not big enough. After another 2 months he went to a 40 gallon and then 4 months he went to a Niteangel vista L cage. Now he is very happy and full of enrichment

[@kyleetodd2880]

the beginning and talking about rescuing animals reminded me of a few months ago when my sister found a fat that had been dumped and left to rot in a cage outside their apartment complex. I went and picked up the cat. The cage it was left in was caked in feces and urine and I took the little cat home to try and clean him up when I noticed he was skin and bones... he was a full grown cat and only weighed 4lbs. I rushed him to the emergency vet after calling and letting them know the situation. Luckily I had just gotten income tax and could afford the expensive vet bills and his hospitalization but he ended up being euthanized. His body wouldn't absorb the fluids and his skin kept busting open when they scuffed him and tried to give him fluids. It was horrible. But I don't regret trying to help. I could afford it at the time and I wanted to help that poor kitty.

[@goneforever949]

Hamsters deserve the world

[@ronclark9724]

Not really, but they do deserve to live in something larger than a shoe box or a serving tray...

[@laceybryan9725]

Is it normal for a robo (def a robo) to be so friendly George has been friendly since I got him he seems to like me and spending time with me , when he wakes up at night I can call his name and he come crawl in my hand

[@deadaccount6385]

I’m not 100% sure if it’s normal but I’ve met a few robos like that. I’ve never owned one but I know people who have had and currently have robos and most of them have been extremely friendly from day 1

[@paulbarrette4271]

Really depends on the Robo. Some I think got poor handling from pet store employees and are super skittish but my Robo girl is super friendly, she just doesn’t like getting pet on the back.

[@Bridgette_equestrian]

Aww I have a robo and he doesn't like being held and is squirmy

[@TuberoseKisser]

It's so easy to modify wire cages to have more tray height for more bedding.

[@threeheadedfly8029]

The Power of 5 food and the tiny bag of litter came with the cage as part of a "hamster starter kit". I know because I have the same kit. I bought it to use as a travel cage for my pet rats. Makes a great travel cage but definitely too small to be anybody's full time home.

[@charlottemacdonald7116]

Aww poor Carlos 🐹💙 sending love Munchie. LittleFoot is a sweet little boy. My Gus didn't grow much either. He's very mouse- like with big ears.

[@mae_the_gay]

I really wish pet shops made wooden toys more common. Rodents chew a lot. I hear sometimes rodents bite people due to their teeth being overgrown. I own mice and I like to give them multiple options for things to chew on. Plus it’s cheap. My mice love old scrap wood and cardboard especially to make their nests.

[@lxbryz5665]

How have you been doing? after your recent video about your situation I've been very worried about you and the rescue!

[@xxsparrowxx8568]

Omgosh…that’s the actual cage I trashed two days after I purchased it 😳

[@adventurousdoglover]

I rescue dogs independently and will either keep them until they find a home or they stay with me unless they can’t be placed in a home. It is very frustrating because I’ve had people come to me saying they took in a dog or cat and they need me to take it in and I only have the funds for what I personally take in. By the time you spay neuter and the cost of updating vaccines I’m easily closer to 250 but I never even ask that much per dog. I also will take a dog back if absolutely needed. Love your work and videos! 😄💕

[@teijaflink2226]

People are so damn lazy and irresponsible and always expect others to take care of their problem (and specially if you're responsible and work your rescue well), it's so frustrating.

[@memorimurasaki1913]

Bedding can be expensive sometimes. The price for the birch wood bedding I used increased so I remembered Erin here on YT put the cheaper kitchen tissue in a shredder and had wonderful bedding for her animal. As for Little Foot, he seems to be part polywhite (makes the body very white)and golden or dominant spot golden. Polywhite is a kinda "aggressive" colour if you breed it down the line. I rather call it golf ball gene, 'cause it makes the hamsters look like one. 🐹

[@Trippersnipper-i3y]

💙

[@allysonparker4203]

Hi from Mississippi

[@thepiglife2591]

I wanna say you're the reason I've rescued hamsters. My most recent was in a TINY TINY crittertrail with no wheel, dirty hay and hedgehog paper bedding as bedding? It has a musli food for all rodents 😭

[@thinriches]

Sock gnomes borrow measuring tapes to measure the socks they steal

[@kaliss.9192]

Thanks so much for doing the things you o

[@kaliss.9192]

Do

[@felicitysmith2213]

I have that same wheel for my chinese hamsters! And thats the same cage my hamster Herman was in when I rescued him. It was full of mold and pee. When I get those cages in good condition I like to use them as the ventilation on my bin cages

[@kaiajackson8538]

I know the vid is old but I love her hair like this

[@kaliss.9192]

Love u

[@chloemisakiwisan7265]

Feeding the algorithm.

[@MunchiesPlace]

Ty :) Anything helps right now.

[@HYDROCARBON_XD]

Its very stupid they say “hamsters are omnivores” but then they put very high fiber diets when most omnivores don’t need that fiber

[@janetmares3726]

I'm confused once you said menu was second best store bought food after Higgins Sunburst if it's not good anymore then what's the second best? My store doesn't always have Higgins in stock

[@ronclark9724]

I buy my Higgins Sunburst from Amazon as my local mom and pop pet store doesn't stock Higgins in my small town...

[@janetmares3726]

@@ronclark9724 ohh I have to buy it at a chain store Im ok with some of their products I just don't want to buy pets there

[@janetmares3726]

@@ronclark9724 but I can't buy it online as my parents don't trust it and I've heard those bags come with weavls (bugs) more often

[@fayeh]

Do you have any tips for bar chewing as I got my hamster (chip) a week ago and he has the savic plaza cage so it's big enough and he has lots of toys, things to chew and a big wheel but he still chews and climbs the bars.

[@justanotherwaifu4317]

Try adding more enrichment. You can add different substrates, different seed sprays to encourage foraging and you can also add herbs around the enclosure. If you add soil or live herbs make sure they're free of fertilizers and pesticides.

[@fayeh]

@@justanotherwaifu4317 okay I will look into and buy some of those tysm😄

[@teijaflink2226]

Wtf I had no idea people did shitty things like this, you're not rescuing or a rescue if you're just going to dump the problem on another rescue (who're usually full anyway), why do people do such wrird things, anything for the attention it gives on social media to pretend to rescue I suppose.

[@workingserberus]

what do I do about my animal control group they have that exact cage two of them they put a male and female in the same cage and they bred Syrian babies two turned into eight I took one and adopted it but that cage they have maybe half inch of bedding what looks to be bird food for food a 4-in wheel and about four in each cage of Syrian hamsters I tried telling them they are going to kill each other they will fight and they did start fighting while I was in the lobby filling out paperwork for my dog they're going to end up having their hamsters die they do not know what they're doing and they refuse to listen