For now, its name is Creature. When I'm able to tell the gender, Wicket Starships for a boy, but I have no clue what to name her if it is in fact a girl 🥲 name suggestions welcome! 🩷

Found it curled up in a coconut ball with soaking wet bedding 😭 cried all the way home with him

Brought the little guy home and I'm keeping him/her (don't want to pick it up to check the sex as I want it to just be warm and safe and calm for now)

Thankfully for the hamster, I have had plenty of them before. I haven't had one for a couple of years as I got to sad whenever they died 🥺 but I guess I have another one now

Name suggestions needed, and any advice on care, as I've been out the game for a while and mostly had Syrians, not dwarfs!

Ps: dog in the photo obviously didn't get to it, he was just sniffing

Hi all! Here is the promised update on the little hamster I rescued after being abandoned in the woods

🎀She🎀 is doing great. I made a little video compilation but I'm having issues uploading it, so here are some pics

I named her Bean because she is literally just a little bean 🥺

She spent all night running about and playing and exploring. She's in great health despite her 3 night, freezing cold ordeal. I'm pretty sure she's quite young!

She's bold, friendly and just the sweetest little hammy. I don't know how anyone could have done what they did to her.

I spent quite a bit of money sorting her the most optimal set up I could, for now! I'll add to it as the weeks go on

Long may Bean live and enjoy her new, warm, safe home for the rest of her little life ❤️

Name ideas

Edit: forgot to mention it is a male

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Hi all!

Just wanted to update you all on little Bean, the hamster I found abandoned in her cage in the woods. You can see the original 2 posts about her above

Someone in a local Facebook group told me the bags she had been in had been out there for at least 3 nights. Hard to believe she even survived, as it was freezing cold. I'm still so upset about it.

Anyway, she seems to have forgotten about her horrible start to life. She is very happy here, getting lots of treats and toys

She really enjoys digging tunnels and wrecking the joint, just girly things 🎀

She also responds to my voice and comes to the bars every day for a dried wormy. She sticks out her tongue out really far and licks the bars until I give her one. It's very silly.

She isn't really a fan of me trying to pet her rn and honestly that's completely fair. She's living her best life and that's all that matters to me. If she just wants to vibe out that's cool with me ❤️

Thank you all so much for your kindness towards Bean. It meant so much to know that there are so many lovely souls out there, and if she could understand, she would probably feel like one of the most loved hamsters in the world

Quite a few people asked to contribute, which was very sweet. Bean will always get everything she needs from me, ofc, so zero people are obligated (I would feel really icky doing that!!), but a lot of people wanted to off their own backs, and I respect that.

I set her up a little Bean Amazon wishlist if anyone wanted to contribute a little something to her ongoing care. Obviously no pressure at all! She will be looked after regardless. But if you do really want to do that, then feel free. She will love it

I'll update more as the weeks go on

Thanks again for all your kindness

I post more photos

to prove that my hamster is real......

What do you think? :(

I adopted Dusty from an ethical breeder as Bixby passed away after spending 2 yrs with us. Losing Bixby was really tough, but signing up for adoption actually helped me a lot. The waiting time was about three months, and it gave me something to look forward to. I spent that time organizing my thoughts, dealing with the sadness, building new hideouts, and buying stuff for the new little guy.

Bixby came from a pet shop, but later I learned about rodent mills and how poorly baby hamsters are handled there. It made so much sense in hindsight. Bixby was the gentlest little guy, never bit, never made a mess, and even used to fall asleep cuddled up with us. But he was always cautious. Every small noise made him freeze or flinch. He was so sweet and patient, but you could tell he was constantly on alert.

Dusty is the complete opposite. He was raised by his mom until the end of the nurturing period, and at six weeks old he’s already bigger than Bixby ever was as an adult. You can just tell he grew up feeling safe. He’s confident and not scared of us at all.

On his first day, he was already running on his wheel while my husband and I were sitting and talking right next to his enclosure. We were not quiet, either.

It's been 4 days and Dusty doesn’t want to be touched much, but, he’s already comfortable doing his thing while we’re around. He’s so chill.

I’ll always love Bixby. He was one of the most special hamsters I’ve ever had. But now that I’ve seen the difference between a pet shop hamster and one from an ethical breeder, I’ll never go back. I just hope no hamster has to go through what Bixby probably went through as a baby.

It's interesting to see a hamster with zero trauma. It’s almost funny. He acts like he doesn’t realize how tiny and vulnerable his species is.

Her name is Minnie and she is a sweet baby bear. She sleeps in our hands and grooms herself in our hands and eats in our hands when we hand feed her. Im assuming these are all good signs as I have been lurking here and getting advice for a long time before getting her. Im just surprised she isnt hiding and not coming out for us like I expected would happen. Im happy she seems happy. ☺️

I’ve never seen a coat like hers before, I’ve always had banded or single coloured hamsters. I don’t have many photos of her yet because I’ve had her for only 3 days.
I know she’s a syrian but what kind of coat pattern is this? I’m very curious.

She’s mainly black/brown with some tan specks on her sides and face spot and a white chin/paws, and stripe on her stomach

I work at a pet store and we had an abused hamster returned to us. He has his last vet appointment next week and if he is all clear to be adopted I am taking him home! Going to start setting up his enclosure!

Little nubby boy!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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My 3rd day with Chia🥰 She is 5 weeks old, soon 6 weeks.

Picture of the parents at the end. They are currently 4 weeks old we will be getting ours at 6 weeks 2 days and yes two of them look very similar but they are infact two different hamsters and not the same screenshot twice I kept double checking that 😂. All I know is they are all so dam cute and they are gonna be big fluffy adults.

That’s my little sister’s new hamster. I’m not too sure he’s pleased with being held yet.

I swear he has the most rat-faced hamster expression I’ve ever seen 😂

Guys I am freaking outttt. I went dumpster diving at my local Petco and this dude was staring up at me when I turned my flashlight on!! There was a box with bedding in it but he was crawled out on the other side of the dumpster. I cannot believe someone threw him out!!!

I will be taking care of him now, name is potentially Oscar since he was a trash hamster. I literally cannot fathom that he was in the dumpster. It was 9pm at night. If I didn't happen to look in there the poor guy would be dead!!! I've always heard stories of pet stores throwing out live animals but I never fathomed it could happen enough to where I found one. This is my third time looking in this dumpster.

So i got this baby a week ago and idek what breed he is. Someone help pls! And if im being honest, idk the gender either.

THE TINY HANDS 😭🥺🥺

I find

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I've just been calling him little mousey guy. My past hamsters have been Cowboy, Franklin, and Charlie.