They Thought They Had Good Hamster Care! | Baratheon & Lannister Intake Story | Munchie's Place

[@hotpotatoeshotpotatoes6221]

Back ten years ago when I was a child I was guilty of unintentional neglect because I kept my roborovski in a critter trail. I've learned so much from this channel since I started watching it a while back. We cant change our pasts but we can change our actions going forward.

[@hotpotatoeshotpotatoes6221]

@Hamster Life0302 yeah that's a common mistake I think. Luckily thanks to the internet we can learn more and spread more information for the proper care of pets.

[@KikiYushima]

Same. I was a kid and had hamsters and kept them in the awful plastic cages. But this was also the 90s so a lot of this care wasn't known or at least wasn't widely available. Similar when I had a parakeet. I've watched the channel BirdTricks and I learned how horrible my care was: a tiny cage, an all-seed diet, no foraging/destructible toys, etc. The _only_ mistake we didn't make was clipping. We kept that bird flighted, though it did make getting it back in the cage a bit of a nightmare lol.

[@pixienyx4306]

I think every hamster owner has been guilty of this at some point. I did for years. I fully agree, the main thing is we learn from the mistakes and ensure that any future hams benefit from those lessons.

[@smachael07]

I kept my first bunny in a pet store cage 😰

[@somebvnny]

honestly when I was a kid, I assumed hamsters and gerbils and such _were_ climbing animals simply because those fun and colorful hamster cages always had tunnels they could climb up in.

[@sandrafraser7015]

Hamsters can’t jump very well but they can in fact climb up cage bars really quickly.

[@HYDROCARBON_XD]

@@sandrafraser7015 hamsters can actually jump 30-45 cm far and around 20-30 cm high respectively (dwarf and Syrians) and actually fall very high places if they really want to,that’s like a human jumping 5 meters high and 7 meters far

[@reagan8997]

@@HYDROCARBON_XD

[@supernova6694]

I also unintentionally neglected my bunnies when I was a child (cage, dry food etc) and I still feel bad, but my bunnies now are entirely free roam, get only fresh greens, forage and hay and live their best life 😊 we can't change what we did but we can do better going forward.

[@samandthehams4496]

Lannister looks like Victoria’s hamster Lenny! 🥰

[@lasodipop]

OMG yes he does!

[@elisem6831]

Ur so right!

[@charlottedagostino850]

OMG that is so true

[@phrog5003]

I thought that too

[@MissEddieBlueKawaiiKrafts]

I noticed that too!

[@MYCATSEGA12]

i adopted a mother syrian and her son from my local shelter a couple weeks ago and wanted to say thank you for inspiring me to do so! I was hesitant because losing my first hamster was hard and they live such short lives, but now I'm so happy to have them and giving them better lives has been so fulfilling- thank you for all that you do!

[@wolfgirl2979]

My mom said I could get a hamster from Hubba Hubba hamstery in the fall and I'm so excited.

[@adriennequimby3983]

Good luck! :D

[@raeannaschnittgen1875]

@@adriennequimby3983 im sorry but the ranboo pfp is amazing

[@adriennequimby3983]

@ReaAnna’s Critters tysm:>

[@edpie202]

@@adriennequimby3983 mcyt and small animal lover is the best combo ever 👑

[@proserpine3332]

Unrelated but last night I was having a nightmare my hamster was all bitten up and bloody from a dog and my bf woke me up cos I was yelling in my sleep and I immediately woke up and ran to her cage and she was just on her wheel like 👀 what’s up

[@ave.pz1]

lmfaoo 💀😭 glad it was just a dream!!

[@car998]

Yes! I’m not the only one. As a hamster and dog owner I’ve have had that nightmare.

[@Gabriel-vj6jg]

I’m sorry about your nightmare(every dream I’ve had in 2021 was a nightmare)but I’m glad your ham is ok

[@Aisha-721]

@@ave.pz1 me too

[@niks961]

the pain of living in the philippines having to see the horrible hamster care and breeding in our county. the community of actual good hamster owners is so freaking small and kind of hard to find. so, if you're a new filipino hamster keeper, please consider adopting one instead and do not join filipino hamster facebook groups cause they are full of misinformation, you can get your info from international groups.

[@Hollybrad53]

I live in the uk 🇬🇧 😉 😜

[@agustinaltieri925]

I’m from Argentina, but I’m currently living in the Philippines. Great country, love the poeple here! Few months ago after watching your videos, I started looking for a hamster through Facebook groups. The things that I had to see, the videos that I had to watch are truly heart breaking(not exaggerating). I decided I’m no longer gonna be looking for a hamster sadly. Love your videos 🙏

[@MunchiesPlace]

I'm so sorry. 😞 It's true it's heart breaking. They're kept on horrible care and usually they're seen as accessories. The person will bring them to their local market place or list then online for sale via FB, which is funny because FB doesn't allow the sale of animals. But it's not regulated. There was one with obvious signs of mites, being sold with her pups. It was heart breaking. But the comments and likes were so high. Animal welfare is not even a thing for some people. 😭 And from my impression I got from my fans and what I saw online, is that they're cheap, easy to breed so if one dies it's easy to replace. God damn it's heart breaking.

[@awetistic5295]

It's tough when there are such huge intakes that rescues and shelters can barely cope. My two newest additions to the rat family are lab rescues. A lab with horrible conditions and abuse was shut down in Hamburg last year and, among many other animals, there were 1000 rats looking for a place. Even shelters that weren't equipped at all for small mammals took some of them in. Gladly, my boys and some of their friends were taken from a tiny cage in a cat shelter to a private rescue. They are so friendly and curious, it just shows that they were in great care.

[@XuiLeeEv]

Food pantries struggle with receiving expired foods as well, hopefully as they raise awareness people donating food to animal orgs will also start to be more mindful of expiration date, too. Thank you for all that you and your team do!

[@Graces_life]

Aww they’re both such gorgeous big boys! So glad they are able to get the proper care from you! :)

[@abbysanimalsyt]

Yes they are! 😊

[@sydneytaylor8128]

Omg! I got a dwarf hamster a few weeks ago and his name is Tyrion. How fitting!

[@kaminabeha4115]

The ferret rescue makes me think of the fact I try to DETER people from getting ferrets by telling people I maxed out two credit cards on ferret medical bills (I work at a chain pet store that doesn't sell ferrets, but people come in asking about them). I loved my ferrets and miss them so much. I want ferrets again someday, when I save up money. I'll definitely get my future ferrets from a rescue.

[@lilimmx1198]

I live in Lithuanian and in pet shop the syrians are housed alone and they have pretty good generics but are super skittish

[@Aisha-721]

They need to be housed alone.

[@lilimmx1198]

@@Aisha-721 yeah but like in american pet stores they house hamsters together

[@erinhartley857]

I love that you advocate for adopting from shelters and rescues! My last hamster was a rescue from Kijiji. The owners had an "oops litter" (or so they say), the poor guy was in a crittertrail, they were feeding him the Fiesta food from Walmart, had him on pine, and he was stuck in a tube. I refuse to buy from a pet store ever again, I would be adopting from a shelter or rescue or adopting from Strong Brew Hamstery if I ever get another ham!

[@TrystaTaylor]

I needed you to post today thank you 😂, I’ve watched atleast 75% of your videos and I’m running out of new ones haha. Also lately on Craigslist in my area the care is actually pretty good! I think people like you are making an impact 😁

[@southafricanserviceshepher5014]

I love you Munchie! I have 4 hammies now thank to you!❤ I have my two Syrian boys, Yushei and Popcorn. And my Syrian gal,Nibby. And my little dwarf girly, Little Mia.

[@brittainyellis6670]

LUCKY I want a 2nd hammy but I can't:(

[@southafricanserviceshepher5014]

@@brittainyellis6670 Aww im sorry, but honestly. Having 4 hams, a bunny, a horse and a young puppy keeps me busy. Just love your hammy as much as you can, they have such short life spans its important we give them the best possible life while they are stull with us.

[@brittainyellis6670]

@@southafricanserviceshepher5014 Yes, we have to love them and care for them as long as we can, we will never know when there last day of life will be. Also having all those pets sounds like a dream world for me

[@kyiacassidy]

@@brittainyellis6670 it's better than no hamster. Love your hammy. You should post cute hamster videos and it probably will take you somewhere. I have my shecond hammy but rn I have one because my first hammy passed away a few months ago but now we have a new hamster

[@brittainyellis6670]

@@kyiacassidy I definitely agree it is better than no hammer I am grateful I can have one but I can want another one. I will definitely try and post shorts of my hammy whenever I can

[@sophsta123]

It’s great that the owners at least tried to give them decent homes. Quite impressed with the amount of treats and chews included too! I picked up a neglected hamster at the weekend and she came with nothing but bad food and sawdust 🥲

[@iammuse97]

Whatever you talked about in Philippines, it is also happening in my country 💁🏻‍♀️ Just last week, Some random unethical breeder dude, commented on one video about hamster (which is also misleading and pointing the fact tht hamster care is cheap af and you should get a hamster). All hamster lover was like “r u sure hamster care is cheap? Because in reality , if youre going to give the best care, it is super expensive.” And this breeder dude, literally replied on that comment “yes, sis, it is really cheap. You can literally put ur hams in dry and clean paint bucket. And for substrate you can just use whatever sand from the beach.” HE LITERALLY SAID THAT! And he also had the audacity to say “come learn hamster care with me” to whoever come to him and critic him. Omfg. Also , lannister n baratheon 😫😫😫😫 they r sooooo cute!!!! 🥲🥲🥲🥲❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@bubblys_diary]

OH MY GOODNESS that's terrible

[@hotpotatoeshotpotatoes6221]

The paint can part is possibly the worst. Those poor hamsters.

[@adriennequimby3983]

Yes, indeed paint cans make great habitats for animals who roam miles each night in the wild ;-; smh bruh

[@edpie202]

Thank you so much for posting today! Best, birthday, present. EVER!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@camillak9321]

Happy birthday bestie

[@michellemunn7959]

Love ur video's Munchie! How sad for the owners to have to give them up

[@breannemichele9988]

When I adopted a hamster at a rescue, I told them I used your #1 recommendation food and they told me it wasn’t good and only Oxbow was the best. They made me buy a bag to adopt. 🙄 I didn’t feed it

[@adriennequimby3983]

🙄smh

[@karmun0617]

you should have not bought it at all and go to another rescue because by buying that bag of oxbow youre supporting what they do

[@breannemichele9988]

@@karmun0617 I thought about that but they didn’t say it until the end of the process. The hamster I adopted was old and they were surprised I even wanted to adopt him. They are a well known rescue in our area and do really good work, just obviously not educated enough on hamsters.

[@Herosparkaj41]

I just upgraded my hamster's cage to an over 500 square inch prevue pet cage yesterday. Thanks so much for your educational videos if it weren't for you my hamster care wouldn't have improved.

[@beans_avi9382]

The prevue 528 is actually 608 square inches!!

[@frappethehamster8517]

Where I live the BEAR MINIMUM is 450. That’s just over it, my hams cage is about 1000 maybe think about upgrading?

[@Ana-sc6dp]

@@frappethehamster8517 where I live the bare minimum is 775sq inches. I find 450 to be wayyyy too small

[@frappethehamster8517]

@@Ana-sc6dp i 100 percent agree, but I’m just saying that’s where i live’s bear minimum :)

[@Dani-tp4wn]

what ive heard from other hamster pet-tubers like Victoria Raechel is that the hamster balls can cause their feet to get stuck, but also the general thing where its impossible for them to stop once they start running and that causes stress. But yeah maybe playpens work for it since theyre can control their momentum a little better along the edges

[@whitepeach214]

Aww Baratheon looks exactly like my baby Leo! So glad you were able to take them in 💗

[@bayleighhendricks7811]

If the shelves were removed and the topper was more stable, it would work as a raised lid... You know if toppers were made for 40 gallon breeder tanks. The whole tank could be bedding. Would be great for burrowing.

[@imogen3038]

I live in the UK and you may be surprised, but it's a lot harder than you think to find ethical items for hamsters. The cages are too small, the flying saucers are in pet shops, wheels are literally no bigger than like 12cm. The thing I've done is self-built a homemade hamster bin cage made out of a big box by "really useful box" and it's one of their biggest ones that come in a pack of 3 with two other boxes. Bought it for £60. The place to buy anything such as a wheel would be online, managed to grab one that's 22cm and is perfect for my hamster. He has 709 square inch of space which is perfect. Going out to the pet shop tomorrow though to buy a few little more bits for my hamster perhaps. Although I'm pretty much set on toys and stuff since I got a nice bundle of toys this morning and a big 15kg pack of kids sand for a sand bath. But, seeing all these hamster videos by Munchie and Victoria Raechel it makes me feel so guilty knowing I neglected my first hamster as a kid 11 years ago when I was 9. I've been banned from owning hamsters since that first time back all those years ago because apparently it "smelt", though I guess because I was a kid I didn't bother to clean the hamster and I don't think my family member whoever cleaned her at the time was doing a good job. I've now had my current hamster just over 2 weeks now and still no smell except wood smell from the burrowing depth he has. Have about 10cm of burrowing.

[@alex.c1222]

I've got my Roborovski dwarf in a 75 gallon tank. I can't currently afford anything bigger, but I try to keep at least half of his tank crowded so he can be entertained, and I try to switch it up a bit.

[@Creamy_moon724]

I love that you rescue pets in need!

[@hopefultraveler3543]

Welcome Lannister and Barasteon! Happy that you are in the secure and safe environment of Munchie's care!

[@asherkarr5096]

It's sad so many places get small animal of fish rescues but they don't surive long because so many people will dump animals on them but won't donate time or supplies so they don't have the funds to do it anymore

[@marylock3105]

Pets are my everything 😘

[@RachelGotHamsters]

Love an intake story! And Wow what pretty hams they are, I’m sure they will find loving homes soon! It’s too bad so many fake hamster facts there are out there! I remember how hard it was to find good info when I first started.... I wasted so much money on all the wrong things 🤦‍♀️!

[@ratsforlife8464]

I have finally turned a collection of toilet rolls into foraging toys for my rat Bois. They are now busy tying to get the food out. I had a collection of like 40 toilet rolls to make toys out of. Now I have a whole Collection of toys. It’s so cute one of them is always upside in the most difficult position trying to get the foods out. ❤️🐀

[@nobody4781]

Awww they are all so cute

[@hazelissocool2305]

the cage you showed at 3:17 😭😭😭 it’s probably just about the exact same size as a guinea pig

[@kathavri]

the hamster are ADORABLEEE OMGG

[@rhiannonbaker569]

I love what you do Munchie!

[@leafrlich5112]

OMG! That white and black hamster looks JUST like mine, Oreo! So cute! 😍🥰

[@broski6003]

I have the cage in the background and this was Mike’s second cage (He now lives in a bin cage). I’m using it for my robo dwarf: Baby

[@broski6003]

I removed the floors on the wire level and just use it for the lid of the cage

[@conniestilwell4545]

Some people use tank toppers for turtles to bask in.

[@TheBunnieThatGames]

its kinda ironic that the ad I got upon opening this video was for Kaytee Open Living

[@MunchiesPlace]

Whenever I view a small mammal channel, it's all I see now. At least it's the correct market. I usually don't ever get anything for small mammals, only dogs and cats.

[@b14liggayurasheedrhian39]

You are right Munchie here in the Philippines the pet stores here are so dumb because they say to get two hamsters because the other on will be sad like what ?!?!,good thing I did RESEARCH and did not follow there opinions😎🐹

[@maddiepierre527]

Awh they are so cute

[@soundbreakerharms3915]

If you fill the tank part with bedding does that negait the hight problem

[@Chifly-te5vc]

I saw a Chinese hamster from your shelter on PetFinder named Mia, are you going to be doing an introduction/care video on her? If not, that's okay, i was just wondering because it's hard to find information about Chinese hamsters that's not a decade old 😅

[@MunchiesPlace]

She's currently at the MN division. My partner at the rescue is the one looking after her. So I cannot physically show her. I've taken care of Chinese hamsters before at my place of work in the past but they're rare to see for rehoming and no one ever buys them at the petstore. Eventually we may be able to rescue one or have someone surrender one. But it's all up to the universe.

[@Chifly-te5vc]

@@MunchiesPlace okay 👍🏽

[@rudysworld182]

I love their names

[@alastormarie9553]

I put both a flying saucer and traditional wheel in my Syrian hamsters 75 gallon per hubba hubba hamsters recommendation and she just refuses to use the traditional wheel! I did rescue her from a really bad situation so maybe that’s why.

[@Aisha-721]

Where can you get hamster wheels more than 12 inches?

[@belen4698]

You look great 😊

[@jeanridevilliers6446]

I brought my hamster so many chew toys but she does not chew them at all

[@kikyamart8749]

I just adopted two boy syrians, they were housed together. They are such sweet boys.

[@tabbymoggy2325]

no, don't house hamsters together, they'll end up fighting each other.

[@kikyamart8749]

@@tabbymoggy2325 I said they were housed together. In a crittertrail no less. Now they both have 50 gallon bins, one for each.

[@Darkshade_01]

Tiny hamsters :3

[@amie5458]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@hadesoneiroi]

My neighbor bought a female hamster, and that one became 9 lol I'll have one of the pups, but I'm so frustrated at how could the petshop let the female get pregnant.

[@angelatorres4025]

I recently just got a hamster and I'm not sure what to name her. Any name suggestions?

[@XuiLeeEv]

Hania Star Pippa Daisy Eva Sage

[@catbardsandmover]

Hey! Don’t know if you have named your hamster but how is the hammy?

[@nevaehspets6551]

Maybe you can take the wire top off the mazes and then flip them over and then they can be used as multi chamber hideouts

[@charliesflock659]

These poor hamsters😞 Bye I have birds, and I love them. I have ever had hamsters but I love watching your videos. And some of these points also happen with birds. Like proper cage, diet, mass breeding, and enrichment. I don’t know how people can’t do basic research😩 I would LOVE to have a bird rescue. I am planning on getting a new bird and I want to adopt a bird from a rescue but unfortunately I can’t find a rescue that I can adopt from. So I have settled on a ethical breeder who loves their birds

[@nickierainbow]

The only pets I house in a ten gallon are my inverts… poor hammies!

[@nobody4781]

So pretty 🤩

[@toniadye8633]

Could you say or show what you was feeding Carlos

[@azraelraza2767]

I use that 10 gallon tank to put my hamster in something while I clean his Detolf. They're good for a secure cage while you clean. I don't know if there's any reptiles that can live in a 10 gallon.

[@hotpotatoeshotpotatoes6221]

Same. I use my 10 gallon for a holding tank while I clean too.

[@bugloverspiderlover8490]

Ten gallons are great for tarantulas,as long as you have a secure lid!

[@azraelraza2767]

@@bugloverspiderlover8490 That's actually a great idea! Arachnids would probably use it better than larger animals. Tanks aren't cheap either, I'd hate to have one wasted.

[@giovannisingergs4159]

For me I adopt my hamsters from the PetSmart doctor program and I like that more but I want to encourage people to ask for an adopted hamster that is in the back before they think of buying one

[@Maybbies]

Hiiii love your videos you are so inspirational

[@BlessedWithPets]

Munchie I need your honest opinion on my hamster care. I have a female Syrian hamster and I got a 20 gallon long when I thought 360 was the minimum but yeah... my parents would not allow me to get anything wider to I had to get/make a topper. So my tank topper is another 20 gallon long tank with a hole drilled in the corner so she she won’t just fall off a ledge. As of now the top layer is sand and has her water bowl a wooden nite angel hide her food bowl and the bottom layer has the all living things bedding at least 6+ inches of bedding a bendy bridge curved as a hide a half log a ladder to the top and a home made multi chamber hide and there are willow and apple sticks scattered and buried in the bedding and I sprinkle herbs when I clean the cage and I feed the menu diet mixed with oxbow pellets and a 21% protein lab block and I’m working on trading the oxbow and menu for the sunburst hamster diet and also give the lab blocks. As treats I give my hamster sun flower seeds gerber puffs whimzees oat sprays and millet and I don’t feed treats too often I can’t rehome my hamster because my parents won’t let me so just please let me know what you think and also if I left anything out feel free to ask me any questions. Thanks!!💗💗💗💗 P.S. my hamsters name is Sookie

[@kohlenhydrat2665]

Hi. Tank toppers don't enlarge the floorspace. It's still way too small and I'd recommend getting 2 bins and connecting them or something. It's better to connect it with a tube like this ⬜⬜➖⬜⬜ and not like this ⬜ || ⬜ sorry for the weird comparison but as I'm from germany my english isn't very good lolol

[@AnTran-vb4dd]

Munchie can you make a video about what type of sand is good for hamster because I don't know what sand to get my hamster .

[@AutumnSwift2]

I in particular wanted a Robo but no one was rehoming one so I had to go to Petco.

[@vixxenreigns]

@Munchie's Place I have a really good question for you. I am trying to get proper information out there. Are tank toppers okay for ANY small animal? I personally don't think so because I think small animals could get hurt by climbing up on them and falling. I KNOW they're not good for hamsters or rats but someone was asking about giving aware their 10 gallon tank topper for free on a rescue page and suggested maybe it would be good for mice. I just want to know so I can put it on my Facebook group I started to get information for proper animal care out there.

[@sensoryzoo8293]

So can females not be longhaired? I'm slightly confused now

[@DamonNomad82]

The answer to that question is a genetic one, which means it's complicated, but here goes: Female hamsters are much less likely to have super long hair like the male hamsters in this video, because the trait is linked to the X chromosomes. Traits like that usually only show up in males, because they only have 1 X chromosome, while females have 2 X chromosomes and the second one tends to mask traits that are on the first one. For a female hamster with long hair, she would have to have 2 copies of the gene, 1 from each parent. For males, they only need to have 1 copy of the gene. To sum up: it's theoretically possible to get long-haired females, but they are much rarer due to genetics.

[@sensoryzoo8293]

@@DamonNomad82 cool thanks for explaining it

[@chuckmckendry194]

A little off topic, but what does it mean when your hamster licks your hand or face?

[@felixadriensfavoritecousin]

Yay a new video! 😊

[@lexy10985]

Ur amazing I learned so much thru you I have 2 happy hamsters in 75 gallon tanks separately of course haha

[@Aisha-721]

75 gallon can hold 2 of the larger species or if they'd fight anyway.

[@Aisha-721]

I hope they were dwarves or robos since Syrians and Chinese hamsters need to live alone. I don't know if a very large cage like that would be able to contain 2 of the large hamsters without a fight.

[@lexy10985]

@@Aisha-721 I said they are in separate 75 gallon tanks not together I know better than that lmao

[@lexy10985]

@@Aisha-721 I wouldn’t even put robos in the same cage but if u read my comment it specifically says separately of course lol the are Syrians separate in 2 different 75 gallon tanks!

[@symphonysonic8643]

The people who make these tiny cages MUST have heard it’s unethical- like they have to know what they’re doing and just don’t care! There’s no way they haven’t heard the feedback..?

[@josiegonthier5003]

my first hamster starved when the pet store recommended that i get oxbow :/

[@maryw.5779]

I've got my dwarf hamster, Bug, in a Preview 528, and he can't climb up the ramp to the second level. He tries, but just slides back down. His feet/claws have gotten stuck in some fabrics, and then he panicked. Has anyone got any safe ideas to make it easier for him to use both levels? Thanks.

[@kohlenhydrat2665]

Maybe try putting more bedding in there so the ramp isn't that steep?

[@dylghtbae]

I live in a really small city so I have to get my hamsters from petstores cuz I don’t have any other choice

[@anthonymcdonnell6615]

Lennister is lenny's cousin

[@felixadriensfavoritecousin]

Aw haha

[@ericasands311]

Loving the tan! Ever thought agout going blonde again? I really think it would suit you. Thanks for your videos!!

[@MunchiesPlace]

Just to clarify I didn't tan nor can I tan. I turn red in the sun due to my fair skin. I just finally got my bloody camera settings down so I don't look like a ghost and need to invest in a better lens so I can achieve the correct settings I want for the model I have now which is a Lumix G7. The camera also changes warmth depending on the white balance but now I'm holding a piece of paper everytime I set up, so I can get the correct white balance since auto isn't ideal. Secondary my hair usually changes the skin tone or the lipstick which I'm still trying to figure out which tones do well for cool tone skin. Some hair colors really wash me out, but I dye my own hair and find out the results afterwords. I believe this copper hair is a warm tone, but usually I stick to cool tones. But I can confirm it's thanks to my recent attempts to fix my camera issues, that I lowered my shutter speed and aperture. I did lower the iso down but that only fixed the grain I was getting in the video. I'm also tweaking it depending on how far away the lights are. My issue I have is with my camera view finder. It's always much darker than tma computer screen so my mistake before I was making, was that I thought It was too dark and I just kept flipping buttons around till it got brighter. Now I'm finally understanding the "world of photography" as one may say. Hopefully this makes sense a bit. Edit in: also ty for the kind words. Blonde is a possibility, but I'm trying to get my ass to brown so I can turn into green again. 🟩

[@tiffanykey4589]

Oh that add was well placed. Munchie I want to show you what they came in. Add little boy : wow dad look at this (looking in an aquarium.) 😂😂😂😂 also the hamsters are so cute. Does lannister poo gold? 🤣🤣🤣

[@angelicauy9032]

MENCHIE I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT YOU'RE GLOWING !!!!

[@Aisha-721]

I asked one of the people who shows a bunch of hamsters on a channel in Japanese where do you get all those hamsters and they said I breed them at home. I had a suspicion that the Japanese were doing this. No wonder they have such a large number of dwarves in one place without fighting. The closest I've seen to fighting was when they were given a millet spray and there was such a large number of hamsters not everyone was able to get a bite at the same time. I heard an awful lot of squeaking in the video.

[@papapossum9909]

Can you do a cage review on this $200 huge ass cage off Amazon? I bought it for my hamster and it broke within the month.

[@ave.pz1]

Hi :)

[@audrinachai]

💗

[@Vanessa-rd6le]

Hi

[@dylanwigginss8168]

Also is hay bad for gerbils if so why is it

[@kohlenhydrat2665]

No. They eat it

[@dylanwigginss8168]

@@kohlenhydrat2665 I know but she said in a video that she didn’t want the food because it has hay in it

[@MunchiesPlace]

Hay is safe for gerbils as they use it to grind their teeth and carry it for nesting material. Hay contains fiber but gerbils don't eat a fiber diet. They are a protein based diet. Please be aware some hay types may cause some gerbils to have an allergic reaction. It's uncommon but the rescue has gus-gus and jaq who couldn't have hay due to allergies from it. Thankfully they were adopted to a home who also had a hay allergy and said they wouldn't be using hay anyways.

[@Saf333]

👍

[@Aisha-721]

At least bottles were leaking in the bag and not the hamsters lol. At least water bottle leaks don't smell like hamster leaks lol.

[@pinkgoth6]

We can swear so you dont have to

[@Paperbird76]

I was lucky the rescue where I got my hamsters gave good information about what cage I was going to need because I would have bought something like this probably... lots of bad info from pet stores indeed😑

[@marylock3105]

I put my 12 pets before my self when I have a sad day my 2 syrin hampsters ghost and spirit give me a cuddle plus my rats give me lots of love when I cry wormtail and fang and scabbers 2 and Peter and ichey and scrathey and my 4 cats Marmite and bowbow and bowey and arrow my avvery

[@_lilitu_5671]

ITS A LENNY

[@joycehook4832]

Doesn't Munchie like Rats? She didn't mention them as a possible rescue.

[@MunchiesPlace]

We don't take in rats as they have different care needs.

[@Enter-name]

What is your favorite to take care of, hamsters, gerbil, or the pigs

[@joycehook4832]

@@MunchiesPlace thank you for your reply...

[@evie402]

Rats have very different care needs, and I actually live in the same area as munchie and we have a few people rescuing rats here, rats are a super popular pet over here and all the people I've met who have them had proper care!

[@dylanwigginss8168]

Is a 20 gallon tank ok for two gerbils?

[@kohlenhydrat2665]

Hi Absolutely not. That's way too small

[@dylanwigginss8168]

@@kohlenhydrat2665 but I thought in one of her videos she said that it was ok

[@dylanwigginss8168]

@@kohlenhydrat2665 also why size is ok

[@kohlenhydrat2665]

@@dylanwigginss8168 yeah i know that she said that but I'm going for the German minimum as in germany there are the best cages and the best care. I believe every care should be like germany so I'm sharing my opinion on those small cages for gerbils. Mine have also shown stress in their 20 gallon tank and they couldn't really burrow, so i upgraded to a 40 gallon tank and now they are happy and are burrowing 24/7

[@dylanwigginss8168]

@@kohlenhydrat2665 this might be to much dd or me to ask but can you give me a link to a good 40 gallon that’s not to much money. Also it had to be in the USA

[@kwiggy5091]

I have a co-worker at Petco that sells this set up (but 20 long) CONSTANTLY and I cannot get her to do better because "no one wants a 40 breeder" You won't know if you don't TRY AHHHHH

[@MunchiesPlace]

As someone who had to do this for years, ive given the customer all my information including links to the California Hamster Association and ontario hamster club and people say they "rather get the 20 now and then think about a 40 later". Honestly they are speaking the truth in most cases. Unfortunately you just gotta let them run with the information and try your best. 🤞

[@kwiggy5091]

@@MunchiesPlace I don't really have that hard of a time when I show them the enrichment items they need, and explain their wild range and such. If they don't want to go the the 40B, I show them bin cages. It's not hard. It's just that my coworker keeps hers in 20 long and she thinks it's sufficient. And I know you know the struggle, being an ex co-worker hahaha 😂

[@frozen7900]

I honestly cannot understand how people can confuse male hamsters with females, like their balls take up half their body lol

[@MunchiesPlace]

Males can retract their balls and in smaller underdeveloped males, it may be much harder to tell. However the people said "they don't remember" if the store gave them this information or they just assumed without double checking. I made sure to ask them before assuming it was the stores fault. So we can't deny or prove it was.

[@beepboop2553]

15 years ago when I got hamsters with my siblings, we didn’t realize that our second female Syrian was actually male until we saw him mounting the other hamster. I actually had assumed that his “vulva” was swollen due to going into heat or something. Lmao We didn’t think to check ourselves, because we assumed the pet store would have them sorted correctly.

[@andressanzcorrea1168]

Yo le doy papaya y coco frescos a mi Cosma. Pero mucha papaya da diarrea. 🐹

[@nevaehspets6551]

Is Carlos your only personal hamster right now? Just wondering

[@kayaallen9886]

i believe so

[@MunchiesPlace]

Starfire is a foster fail but due to medical. So technically yes Carlos is the only personal pet I got. Banana who's only been spoken of on IG, is another foster fail but it's due to him being a complicated Brachycephalic hamster.

[@steampunkpixie2643]

Those names are very Game of Thrones. The books are better than the T.V show.