My Hamster Care THEN vs NOW

[@ilovekittens9987]

The book at the beginning is incredible! I’m so happy they are trying to teach children proper care of animals. It should 100% be incorporated into schools.

[@JermsHot]

I like cats

[@ilovekittens9987]

@@JermsHot me too!

[@faithmindbodysoul2001]

I hope so! I completely agree 🤓💯❤️🤗✝️🙏🏼🐹🐾🐹🐾

[@aeerjgyehgyuierhjgukjlr]

@@faithmindbodysoul2001 bro used nerd emoji 💀

[@sunnychiang4556]

Bruh not everyone in school keeps a hamster. But I agree it should be read by people who keep hamsters

[@beancake]

I could feel your pain when you talk about your oldest hamster enclosures. I hope it brings you some peace and relief that not only have you improved your own hamster enclosures, but hundreds of thousands of people who have updated their hamster enclosures based on your videos.

[@presentpossible]

by sharing what you know, you've helped a lot of first-time hamster owners skip the first steps! thank you for all you do :)

[@ziafekdbsb]

✨I love how you're being so humble about this and not making anyone feel bad. I love your videos and thank you for helping me and so many others care for their hamster! 🐹

[@VictoriaRaechel]

Thank you!!!

[@thegreatmoosenation4481]

The new hamster book is so awesome! I hate how most children's books have misinformation about hamsters. This is a game changer! Love your videos!

[@VictoriaRaechel]

Definitely!

[@junelondon1703]

It´s really inspiring to see your progress. I got my first hamster over 20 years ago and my hamster care has emproved so so much since then. The important thing is: NEVER STOP LEARNING 🥰🐹

[@kylah_rose]

Oh my gosh I just love your channel and how much you’ve grow over the years and how much you dedicated to just make sure your hamsters have a good life | ❤️ thank you

[@VictoriaRaechel]

Thank you so much!!

[@justjoeythingsss]

i am genuinely so proud of you and as a fellow hamster owner i am so scared to show my past pet care because I am a lot better now and actually learned everything I know about hamsters from you so this was not only an amazing video but it takes guts to show past mistakes like this and I really appreciate this 😊🐹💕

[@justjoeythingsss]

I guess what I am saying on top of everything is that we appreciate you 😊💕💕

[@VictoriaRaechel]

I don’t think anyone should ever be scared to show their past! Thank you!!

[@justjoeythingsss]

@@VictoriaRaechel np so proud of you to be able to do this ☺☺

[@LC-thatsme]

My first hamster, Dusty, just recently passed away the day before my birthday and I just want to say thank you. In order to convince my parents to get me a hamster, I decided to learn all there was to know on hamsters and you helped me learn so much as well as give her a long life. Thank you

[@VictoriaRaechel]

I’m really sorry for your loss of Dusty ❤️

[@chloescrazylife5756]

I'm sooo sorry for your loss, hope your parents say YES!

[@pancakespets]

First! Wow, that book in the intro is amazing! They should have that in every elementary school classroom, it would really help change the incorrect hamster care stereotype! Your hamster care journey is really inspiring! I'm a huge fan and you have inspired me to start a KZbin channel to help educate people on proper hamster care, so thank you! You're are amazing, Victoria! 🐹❤️

[@thehamsterhouse3]

@🐹CreativeB 22 me too 😂

[@hammyluvv910]

Same

[@JustSoyy]

Oh you watch Vic too?! Well of course you do, everybody loves Victoria 😆

[@thehamsterhouse3]

@@JustSoyy Ikr hahaha

[@mymelodyxox]

I've had about 10 hamsters. i was probably 5 or 6 when i got my first hamster and Im 18 now. just this year I learned proper hamster care and looking back i feel so guilty and I wish i could've done better. i appreciate your time to making videos to educate people bc without you, i probably wouldn't ever have learned.

[@minilamma4879]

It’s never too late to change! Hopefully you are giving your hamsters better qualitied life now

[@MyCuteHamster00]

This video was soo needed! The hamster community can sometimes be a bit tough on new owners.This is of course out of good intentions and genuine care for hamsters but it can sometimes have the opposite effect where people stop listening to any advice. We learn and we grow, and once we start learning we see that there is so much more to learn. You went from really tiny cages to amazing care and to improving soo many hammy lives by posting videos. 🥰🐹 Also, love your nails! 💕

[@VictoriaRaechel]

I completely agree!! & thank you 😄

[@happyfilms6301]

It’s so heart warming how Victoria does sooooo sooo much for her hamsters and doing her best

[@bundleofbooks_]

Hi Victoria! As a new hamster owner who, for now, is unable to give my hamster all the enrichment she needs, thank you so much for this video! I feel so guilty because I feel like I'm letting my hamster down. Thanks to your videos, I'm really planning to provide my hamster with a lot more enrichment as soon as my family's situation is better. Once again, thank you so much! You're such a blessing to the world! ❣️

[@Paperbird76]

There are things you can make for your hamster that don't cost anything. Look around online and be creative with what you have 😘

[@elizabethandrus9091]

Just got my hamster a couple days ago! Thanks to you he is thriving in his new forever home❤️

[@g30rg1e_7]

I really hope the book goes into primary schools it will improve the care of many hamsters also i love how you show your beginning care vs your care now its really amazing because some people might be embarrassed to show there back care

[@VictoriaRaechel]

I hope so too! I think if kids request it in their library they may be able to get them in!

[@lifeinboston101]

I need the hamster community's support to request local libraries to stock a copy of this book. This way more people have access to it ❤️

[@acc49382]

Who else is glad that hamster care has upgraded/changed?! ☺ Also thank you Victoria for your channel, because a lot of people out there (including me) like your videos and some people want to give their hammy a better life/care!💗💗💗💗

[@louisetollin2884]

hey victoria, love your vids. My hamster Elvis is from a pet store backround and he was always very scared and would try to bite on every interaction even after a couple months. I have been watching alot of your vids and Following alot of your tips and he no longer bites, eats out of my palm, loves a pet and enjoys free roaming and exploring me. Thank you so much! Love me and Elvis.

[@VictoriaRaechel]

That makes me so happy to hear! I love the improvement!

[@xxcheeseburgerwithextrahum2385]

woah it improved a LOT over the years! I’m happy that you created your channel bc i would never have gotten a good hamster care tysm ❤🧡💛💚💙💜💖

[@Vinixllq]

Victoria you have come so far, I love that book too it’s amazing Bye the way my friend’s bunny died last night,she was soooooo sad So he stoped eating and drinking and he wasn’t moving, they brought him to the vet but right when they were about to go in the doctor had to leave they have them waiting for three hours and nothing happened sadly we knew it was gonna happen rip Comet

[@carlygerber7758]

Wow! I'm so proud of how far you have come Victoria ❤

[@marleybucy2605]

I NEED THIS BOOK…. But also, love this vid Tori! ❤️❤️ And how your not shaming anyone! Without you, Boone probably would have ended up in critter trail! Thanks so much! 🫶🏻

[@VictoriaRaechel]

Thank you!!! 😄❤️

[@ChillingDusselgurr]

That book looks so cute! I kinda want it just for myself ahah xD Anyway though ooo I didn't know you were inspired by German hamster care to upgrade your cages at some point, that makes me kinda proud lol. But I guess it makes sense, given when I check for certain tips when it comes to hamster care, lots of helpful info I find on German forums dates as far back as 2005. And afaik Rodipet exists for about as long too. Thank you for making all that info internationally available! All the happy hamster owners thanking you here definitely speaks for itself :)

[@carriemiles937]

And there are other ways to provide things on a tight budget. I took brown paper packaging & twisted it up & made a “log” bc I just don’t have the $$ for driftwood, etc. I saw my hamster under it all happy. I took an old plastic tub & that’s his sand bath. I made a multi chamber hide w cardboard. Also, I found aquarium sand on Chewy for $5. It’s very soft & my hamsters love it. For my Syrian, I used an older food dish for his water dish.

[@jesseMadoo]

Love your log idea. Will definitely try that. I found Mr. Data's sand bath in the kitchen section of my neighborhood thrift store, $1.80

[@cynthiaporta7420]

Finally, a book that tells the proper way to care for hamsters. They deserve it. 🥰

[@lifeinboston101]

Thank you ❤️ We are very proud of the book

[@strxwberrypuff]

@@lifeinboston101 you didn’t write it??

[@strawberrybabee1983]

the first hamster i had (was actually my sisters) but she was bought for my sister as a birthday present. she lived in a cage from Pets at Home called 'Savic Spelos XL entry Mouse and Dwarf hamster cage' and we had a little russian dwarf hamster live in it for about 6 months. Then in 2015 we went to Florida on a family trip for 2 weeks, we gave the hamster lots of food (like we sprinkeld it everywhere and most of the cage floor was covered) and filled the bowl and bottle up with water so she didn't dehydrate, anyway we got back from the trip and surprise, surprise.... we came back to a dead hamster. obviously me and my sister were devastated so we wanted to throw her a funeral, we buried her in the garden. a few hours later we have a little jump on our trampoline to get our minds of things..... guess who we see digging out of the dirt😭😭

[@Velociiraptor]

😭

[@theurhehe4799]

Lol 😂 was he alright

[@Allthingshamster]

That is one crazy story!! I'm glad the hammy was alive!

[@EmmaB1012]

Thanks to you I was able to convince my parents to get me a hamster! She’s now a year old!

[@hammyluvv910]

The books illustrations are beautiful 🤩

[@viddeliten]

The way you always take care not to lecture but to gently inform and let us know how to improve! It makes it so accessible ❤️

[@equiineediits316]

your care is DEFINITELY better now, my hamster was in two critter trail cages with nothing in them (literally nothing), with less than 2 inches of bedding,and he was super unhappy i feel so bad. but then i found you obvi and now he has a bin cage with enrichment and 4 different digging dishes/boxes, 9+ inches of bedding and a proper diet :) tysm for everything ur literally my favorite person 🥹

[@cursedbumblebee5741]

Your hamster care journey was so fun and Interesting to watch, and the book is also very interesting , thank you for this video!!

[@Hayleyissoslay]

I love your videos. My hampster is living the life thx to you. ❤

[@allyc3045]

i loved this video! i started watching you about 10 years ago, i still remember your video introducing peach! so crazy we have grown up together and learned so much about hamsters hehe❤️

[@laattardo]

I am 45 and I wish I had known when I was a kid how to properly care for them. It's great to see how much progress has been made for the care of hamsters. I never felt great about the tiny cages... I knew they were not happy with all the chewing on the cages.

[@wickedwest89]

Everything about this video is wonderful!!!

[@patriciasbunch9884]

It feels good to know that all hamster new owners make the same mistakes. I love that you shared this information with everyone. It has been very enlighten. I love that you kept trying and kept going bigger and bigger. You've learned from your mistakes and now you can share your experience with everyone else and educate them on the dos and don't of hamster care. I can admit I'm on the same path you was on and by watching you I've gained so much education on what I can do differently. I've watched all of your other videos. I never watched or seen this one. It's nice to know I'm making progress as well and eventually I will get there.

[@momokochii5181]

its so good to see that u had a bad start too. I felt so bad cuz I held my first hamster in a small cage but my current bby has a nice big place cuz I joined a hamster club and people helped me

[@LenazRandomz]

Hi Victoria! My sister bought me your hamster lover sweater for my birthday which was on august 16-- I love it!!! It's adorable, I wear it almost EVERY DAY.

[@VictoriaRaechel]

I love hearing that!! ❤️

[@Lizaalamode]

So happy to have all of your guidance available, my hammy lives the best life thanks to you!

[@ownedbyme7992]

hamster care have gotten so much better and I think you had a big part getting the word out. You have helped me and so many others with there hamsters! Thank you!! 💕

[@spikeflys2740]

Amazing video Victoria I really like that you talk about your past to the present and shows we have mistake and we can keep improving

[@kateyaiko]

You’ve come such a long way! And I love your cages right now!💕 I hope one day I can afford to do what you’re doing!!!!!🐹🐹🐹

[@VictoriaRaechel]

Thank you Kate!

[@MaddzDrawz]

Hi, Victoria! You helped me so much with my hamster care. It’s definitely not perfect but i’ve definitely grown a lot. My first hamster i put in a critter trail. 😢 Thankfully, I found your channel and found out about bin cages! He was in a bin cage the rest of his life until he passed. I now have a long haired Syrian hamster named Dustin. He’s in a 1000 something square inch cage. ❤️ Ps. I love your videos!

[@VictoriaRaechel]

I love hearing about the progress people have made, you’ve done great!

[@MaddzDrawz]

@@VictoriaRaechel ❤️❤️❤️

[@lizw3731]

I wanted to thank you again for your advice/help when I commented on your previous video asking for help. I did get the bunny to an animal rescue and they did confirm that it was a black new zealand dwarf that most likely was abandoned. Now its safe and will find a home. Im glad I saved it and appreciate your help greatly. 💜

[@VictoriaRaechel]

That's really great to hear!!

[@hollyd8350]

Hi Victoria, I’ve been watching you for the last several years. I had three Syrians while I was teaching at the Washington state and I just adopted a new little boy is about 2 1/2 months old here in Florida. I am still a teacher and I love this book that you’ve just introduced me to. I have not heard of it before but I do plan to get it for my classroom. I do plan to read it to my six year old first thing next fall in school starts up again. You have a great day and I love your channel. You’ve helped me be a better hammy parent and now I’m sharing that knowledge with the kids I work with and their families. Thank you.

[@samhale25]

That book is gonna be AWESOMELY educational for everyone!🤩😁🤓🥳🤯

[@comicreader1]

I love the enclosures, I had a hamster 2-3 years ago, sadly it passed away from old age. He was like a little more than 3 years old. I miss him so much, he was always sweet, loved to go to people and never ever bit anyone in his entire life. He was the best hamster ever ❤️

[@lexTS89]

I’m gonna have to buy that book for a friend with two younger children. They don’t have a hamster but.. 😂 This was an amazing video, Tori! You can really tell how much work is put into them. 💗 Tell Sadie, JJ, Lola, Cleo, Waddles, Dipper, and Mabel hi for me! 🤍

[@VictoriaRaechel]

Hey it never hurts to start them young with knowing proper care 🤣 thank you so much! ❤️

[@MyMiniZoo]

That looks like a awesome book :) I would have definitely enjoyed it when I was younger. One of my first hamsters, who has sadly passed away now was named humphrie and he lived in a small critter trail cage. You were the first hamster video I watched when he was about 4 yrs old. I finally got him a big tank and he lived on to be 5 1/2 years!

[@driccey5832]

@My Mini Zoo A hamster live 5 and a half years???????

[@swampbrainz]

that's older than the world record?

[@driccey5832]

Ikr

[@MyMiniZoo]

Yes, I know and it’s true I have pictures and proof :) idk if I should submit him to the world records book or not

[@driccey5832]

Yea u shd

[@aestheticbunycare4204]

Yay first🎉 Amazing video and the book seem really helpful

[@Djaniesss]

I got my first hamster today and she was in a tiny cage with super little bedding. The first thing she did was burrowing and running in her big wheel

[@littleroborovski5630]

wow, almost to 600k! definitely needed!

[@lifeinboston101]

Yes! Hamster lovers can request their local libraries to stock the book. That would be ideal! ♥️

[@littleroborovski5630]

@@lifeinboston101

[@m1rr0rba1ll]

I definitely need to purchase myself that book! My younger brother really wants a hamster like me but he has his heart set on a tiny tales cage. I have tried to educate him but he hasn’t listened. Luckily my parents know basic hamster care and know that that is incorrect. I recently sent him the link to your channel hoping he will learn form you. Anyway thank you for making these videos Victoria!

[@VictoriaRaechel]

I think it would be a great learning start for him!

[@m1rr0rba1ll]

@@VictoriaRaechel so do I!

[@HYDROCARBON_XD]

The book it’s incredible,most cartoons and that have bad teaching of hamster/rodent care,like thinking they only eat hay and seeds,small cages,and they are just dumb small guinea pig lol

[@beyoutiful7575]

I felt like I was pretty knowledgeable about hamster cages until I watched your videos! I knew they needed different types of enrichments but all I knew was to get a lot of wooden chews and the appropriate wheel. Im so excited to get my hamster different substrates and dig boxes, etc. how to create an enriching setup, layers, etc. thank you !

[@AniFam]

Awesome improvements~ They are sooo impressive~👍 Thank you for sharing this video~🤗

[@VictoriaRaechel]

Thanks for watching! 😊

[@chloescrazylife5756]

Hiii Victoria Raechel 😁 You really inspire me! As a hamster owner I find watching your videos really helps me improve! I'm really grateful to have your channel there to help me with things that my hamster is doing like showing signs of boredom! Because you have over a decade worth of experience I know I can really rely on you to have the best advice when it comes to hamsters. This video was much needed not just for me but for first time hamster owners to realise that you can't just have perfect hamster *Click* like that its takes time and patience. (P.S. Sorry if that was cringe) You care for Mabel, Dipper and Waddles is amazing, your so inspirational to everyone who watch your videos. Mabel is so cute and beautiful, I love her enclosure the way it's set out I find really nice! 😄 I know you got the names Dipper and Mabel from a cartoon (sOrRy FoRgOt ThE NaMe 😳) now I really want to watch that because it looks very goood! (tHaNkS fOr ThAt! ) Dipper is the cutest! 😀 In love the name! His enclosure again is amazing! I love the depth of bedding and his mushroom house! And finally Waddles although I don't normally see many Chinese hamsters (i aPoLgIzE iF i GoT ThAt WrOnG) he is spectacular he is so beautiful. I love freerome time! 😁I think it's great idea, I will defienly start doing that. Would you have any tips on when moving a hamster from one enclosure to another? Thanks that would really help because right now I am saving up to make my hamster Dito a new glass cage a bit like yours but a bit smaller! Also I know Dipper has a D.I.Y. cage but Mabel doesn't where did you get Mabel's cage ? 😁 Can I just say Cleo and Lola are the cutest rabbits I have ever seen! I have always wanted rabbits and seeing them makes me want to get them but we really don't have the time to care for rabbits properly right now 😄! I would love to see more videos showing them or maybe even a video dedicated just to them! It would really mean the world for you to reply but I know that you have 594K subscribers and you can't reply to everyone! I really love that you incorporated the book " WHO HAS A PET HAMSTER ?" I feel that the book will really inspire people to change how they treat there hamsters! I really hope that the book is sent to primary schools to provide with the hamster education they need! I think this video is just great, I love seeing the past hamsters. It just goes to show that not everyone is perfect and noone is going to get it right the first time ! If your still doing videos in a some years time it would be great to see another version of this video. Btw I love the cage setups! Sadie and JJ! How are they! I love them! They are adorable! I know you don't make many cats videos but I would just love to see them and possibly see them in a video! I think it's amazing what you are doing! You are providing all of your animals with amazing care! And all by YOURSELF! You should be so proud! I just don't understand how you do it! Looking after 7 animals (i tHiNk) And run a KZbin channel. Your fantastic! ☺ Hope you never change! Your an inspiration Byeee

[@xxsimplyzaraxx5933]

I will be purchasing the book bc yeh I’m looking for lots of hamster stuff to fill up my room and I’m currently trying to save up money because I’m only 10 years old and I have a hamster Whitch it’s very hard for me to buy hamster stuff as I live in Scotland and it’s hard to save up money for the hamster aswell but I have just bought stuff to make a diy enclosure I measured it and it’s 1,453 sq but I’ve been saving for months because my cadge is boring but I’ve been working on it And now I’m ordering stuff from night angel and rodi pet ❤️ so thank you for giving me this info I keep learning more about them each day you are really a inspiration:)

[@katelynm2137]

I look forward to your videos every Saturday ☺️

[@nevaehmartinez2133]

Victoria is so amazing! She dosent lie about how she used cared for hamster. It’s great to know that she even didn’t start of on amazing hamster. That’s why I love watching her she is not fake. She also doesn’t want to make anyone feel bad. 💗✨✨

[@danielrajagukguk2100]

The book is very good for children. I have 2 younger sisters, my youngest sister has a hamster named Cookie. Cookie is very skittish and not really known tame. This book might help my youngest sister to know how to care for her hamster. She picks it up aggresively sometimes, but now I remind her good things to do with the hamsters.

[@shaylastorm]

Love this video❣️ it's so awesome watching how you have grown and learned throughout the years . Just goes to show how much you truly care about your critters 🤗 💯🙌❣️❣️ That book is just the cutest I can't wait to order it ❣️🐹

[@VictoriaRaechel]

Thank you Shayla!!!

[@shaylastorm]

@@VictoriaRaechel you're most very welcome girlfriend 🙌❣️

[@lifeinboston101]

Thank you for supporting the book!

[@sparkflylight5787]

Thank you victoria, I watch your video before I'm going to pet hamster for a second times, my first syrian hamster don't have a proper care, this second hamster I'm trying to make them life better, watching your videos, teaching me a lot about hamsters. 😊I have 2 dwarf hamster now.

[@Nature101]

what a great video! the difference between both the first, and the currents are crazy! im so glad you could come this far and give your hammys this care :D

[@jackselby5276]

I have a 50 gallon tank right now. I wanna get bigger but my hammy seems to be living a great life. btw your videos are amazing! I can now do so much more things with my hamster than my old ones because of ur videos.❤

[@savannahgoode4818]

i remember watching these videos, i have been with you since the beginning!! brings back some memories

[@VictoriaRaechel]

Ah thank you for sticking around for so long!

[@Atricea]

It's really the same with almost any small animal - information and education is the way forwards and we can always learn more about how to care for them. I had guinea pigs as a kid and when I think of their cages today, I feel so bad for them, because they had tiny cages (smaller than our first hamster cage, which was above the bare minimum for dwarf hamsters), no enrichment and they lived alone. Today I'd do so many things different and better. But... our hamsters have had the best care we could give them since the start, thanks to you 🤩

[@Lifewithexotics]

I don't even have that book and it's my favorite without even reading it all the way! Gonna look into buying it for sure!

[@ChrisHoulihan]

Thank for your videos! I am a lifetime hamster fan but my 7yo just was thrilled to get a hammy for her birthday so I have learned a lot from a short time on KZbin. I wish we could get the big box stores to subscribe to you so people aren’t sold the wrong products from the store first.

[@voltage7660]

Hey Victoria! I just wanted to make this comment telling you I appreciate everything you do! I just found your channel the other day after I picked up my new Siberian Hamster this past Friday name Buddy Winston. (Thought it was neat it was the same as your first hamster) I started watching your video's just before I got him and I've learned so so much. You've really helped me provide alot of appropriate care and enrichment for him. I've Just started and I got a wonderful encloser for him, I'd love for you to see it. (It's never gonna be done though I have so many plans thanks to you!) Once again, thank you for all the hard work you put into your channel, I hope you see this, and it touches you cause you help all us amazing hamsters owners out there, and im proud to say im one. I'll enjoy the next several years watching your channel and bonding with my new friend all along the way :) Thank You, keep doing what you do! Looking forward to more videos and I hope you and all your little friends are great! :) (And Me & Winston are very happy to be apart of the Ham Fam)🙂

[@paula.covaci]

Thanks to your videos i learned all of this before getting my first hamster and did not have to go to all that process:) Thank you! 🤩

[@MK-gr2bf]

Yay love your videos! My hamster past away in december last year🥺 He was almost 3. Love you Fluffy♥️

[@tekieko]

thank you for kindly explaining how to make our hamsters happy. You really make no one feel bad if they don't have a great enrichment in the enclosure from the first moment you have a hamster. (Sorry for my bad english). I love your vídeos.

[@Malucha72]

Hi Victoria just got my hamster and i just wanted to say thank you for doing hamster care i have been watching your videos ever since i have anted a hamster

[@kittykatsnitsnat]

Amazing! Will definitely recommend this video as well as your "Watch THIS Before You Get a Hamster" video to prospective hamster keepers.

[@ButterFromDiscord]

9:10-9:33 I would remove the glass on the bottom and attach a container that’s the same size horizontally, but bigger vertically and fill it with bedding, that way you don’t need to slope the bedding!

[@bellacat16]

OMG I need this book for my kids and their school!!!

[@lifeinboston101]

Yes please! ♥️

[@EggyHamster]

Thank you for making this video! I do my best hamster care that I can, but I always know that I could do better. I keep trying to improve as much as I can, but I feel like it’s not good enough compared to other hamster cages. This shows how much work really goes into making hamster cages and how long it takes. This was an amazing video :) ❤️

[@americanmade3734]

Love the transformation in the cages. Waddles just looks like plüeschraupe on bottom nice and deep bedding. On top his and mables both resemble hers. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ so Amazing to see this in North 🇺🇸. Does it get annoying to have to do this every couple of years? Go through beginning till end ?

[@emmakovacs2992]

I love your videos, they are so helpful and helped me give better care to my adorable Russian hamster, I’m getting two bunnies soon and I’m so excited for them. Your videos are awesome!

[@jaredjordan9863]

Loved this video and loved seeing rodents past! It's great that you showed that animal care is a journey and not something you just start out being great at.

[@Soccersuperstars479]

Thank you for teaching me so much about hamsters

[@VictoriaRaechel]

Happy to help!

[@xoxo..aubree]

I love how u give ur hamsters a great life!

[@francimm2]

Victoria I have a question. So basically I have a dwarf hamster and for some reason near her water dish I smell a abnormal smell. I know it’s not she passed away. I saw her today alive and well but still that smell. Do you think it’s ok?

[@gacharosie294]

YAYY VICTORIA POSTED!!! 💕💕

[@Avfais]

Soon I will be upgrading my Syrian hamster’s cage to another cage that provides her with 1000sq inches of floor space and a lot more things to keep her busy I can’t wait. Thank you for helping me with making sure my hamster has the life they deserve 😊❤

[@obsidioontv5134]

me and my mom LOVE Watching your videos! We watch so we can provide some great care for my hamsters, Hams and Tapioca!

[@VictoriaRaechel]

Aw I love that! ❤️

[@The_Hamsters_place]

I got a hamster for Christmas just 6 days ago. Since then I've been watching ur videos trying go be a better hamster owner! All I need right now is to buy a new cage, my lovely hammy Rose has one of those "metal" cages, my parents don't know how bad those can be for them. May I ask what cage do you recommend? I'll do anything to make her as happy and comfortable as possible. 😆💕

[@Peachy-iv8xi]

Hello! A bin cage is a really easy and cheaper way to go! She has a whole video on that if your curious. Hope this helped:)

[@dees3179]

Really important video to make, well done and thank you.

[@Tbh.Frankie]

I love her sooooo much! And that book is SO good!❤️❤️

[@kayleighbennett4976]

My 2 hamsters are in a detolf with a diy slightly bigger detolf on top which is then split down the middle to give them both the bottom full of burrowing material and the top for their wheel food and sand bath with other enrichment. I’m proud of how my care has come on but still hope to fill them up a lot more like you do with your hamsters! Xx

[@hamstersnharmony8608]

Hi Victoria Reachel! I love your vids! ❤️ You really inspired me to make my own hamster channel! Thank you!

[@Astroplays-p2v]

I just got my hamster a ikea detolf! Thanks for learning me the proper care!

[@Onelittle_skzfan]

Woah! 😮 this is so cool victoria, how during the years you been like changing cages for your hamster since you were young and I like how you decorated mables, waddles, and dippers enclosures this really help me on what cages to I give to my hamster so they can have a good 👍🏻 life thx victoria :)) 👍🏻😊

[@Gigi-bj8wv]

Love the cage setups! 🥰❤️

[@VictoriaRaechel]

Thanks!

[@joannasisemore7184]

i adopted (bought for $20) a neglected robo boy. the owners didnt even know that there were different types of hamsters. i bought him sight unseen and was shocked at his condition when he arrived. he had a tiny wire cage with a 4" wire wheel. no bedding and a couple of seeds. he had no hides and no chews or toys. the water bottle didnt work. when he came out from behind the wheel i discovered he was bones and fur. his back legs barely worked and he kept falling over. that day he got a new zilla critter cage 40 gal breeder tank with an entire 50l bag of carefresh. its been two weeks and he has doubled in weight. he eats everything in sight. he loves all his toys and chews. i had lots of chews since my syrian refuses to chew them. i have to trim his bottom teeth weekly. so tutter the robo still has issues. even though he has deep bedding he will not dig or tunnel. he shreds the carefresh and makes a nice nest in his sand bath. also he never runs on the niteangel wheel. he chews the edges and stores his food on it. it also makes a great chair. would really like to have him run but its a big nope on his end. he also wont even try the water bottle but happily uses my former mouse water dish thats a mushroom that has 3 holes in the base and it autofills. he is an awesome boy and very friendly even though previous owner told me after i already had him that he bit. he has never tried to bite me. still needs more weight but he improves a little every day. IF YOU HAVE A HAMSTER MY BIGGEST ADVICE IS TO FEED IT!

[@googleemail2368]

Thank you for rescuing this precious baby. It is wonderful to hear how you have saved him.

[@SoftTires]

I’m getting my first hamster on October! And all thanks to you I’m getting one I have been watching your videos for sooo long now I’m getting one my mom also watched and now we are going to make are hamster live the best life I also have a dog and a cat so yeah! And I have doing a lot of research thanks!

[@davidgarcia-rv3fs]

You are amazing Victoria !

[@cakeeeetime]

This kind of video needs to be a trend! If you got a unsuitable enclosures you could transform them into toys or hide outs for free roaming time. If you got unsafe toys you could transform them into something completly diffrent. e.g. Small plastic wheel?-Flower pot. Small wire cage?- Add a cloth on top and it's a hide. The bottom could be a sand bath (or enriching substrate).

[@ashxiia]

Wow Victoria! You have come so far! I love your vids sm and I love your care you inspire me so much!