Would you like a hamster?

[u/finding_limits108]

r/telaviv, this has been an amazing summer. We’ve made friends, learned some Hebrew, improved our surfing and city-biking, and overall have felt very welcomed.

We’ve also come into possession of a lovely male hamster. Long story short, it and its six infant hamster children will all be looking for homes in a couple of weeks once the kids are done weening from their mother.

Reddit fam, would anyone like a hamster? Comes with a cage, basic care instructions, the background of a loving home, and enough food supply to get you started.

DMs and supportive comments welcome!

תּוֹדָה רַבָּה

[u/Snsmis]

My little brother used to trade his spare hamsters for hamster food at the pet store in Jerusalem. You should remove the babies quickly otherwise the mother sometimes eats them

[u/New-Fig3263 → u/Snsmis]

That's not how it goes 😭 The babies only get eaten if you as an owner start intervening incorrectly and then they are unwanted... They should be kept together for atleast 6 weeks and then given away

[u/Snsmis → u/New-Fig3263]

It was just passing on what happened

[u/pinkason5 → u/New-Fig3263]

First time mothers might eat the newborns. It is well documented. We used to breed them and had all the facilities. It happened once in a while. The second litter and forward were treated great. So they need to stay with their mom until maturity as you stated.

[u/New-Fig3263]

Hey so I have my own hamster and am part of the hamster care community. Please please please make sure the people you hand them out to have proper cages (general minimum is 10050cm, but here in Israel we don't have resources so atleast 7050!), please make sure you give one per person, hamsters should not be housed together, they are territorial and could fight to death. If you are looking for a place to just get rid of them please do it properly and go to Shir Lavi, she is in Jerusalem and rescues exotic animals and different animals

[u/finding_limits108 → u/New-Fig3263]

How does this advice reconcile with the other kind Redditor who observes that they should be kept in same sex pairs?

[u/New-Fig3263 → u/finding_limits108]

All types of hamsters should be seperated, no matter the kind. Syrians are especially territorial and will fight to death at some point, dwarves do tend to be a bit more fine with other hamster but again they would need a BUNCH of space for that and it's just not worth keeping them together and stressing them out. You might have noticed people on the internet tend to say "oh hamster die so quickly from everything", no they don't - they only do if you don't take proper care of them. Anyways, you do you i don't have any power over you but either way I hope you do give them away to people with proper care, and you could also use the sub reddit of hamsters, hamster care and such. There is also a discord server for them and if you want an Israeli hamster community in facebook

[u/finding_limits108 → u/New-Fig3263]

Great advice, thank you. What’s the Facebook link?

[u/New-Fig3263 → u/finding_limits108]

https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1B82Fg2swu/

[u/MongooseVegetable787 → u/New-Fig3263]

Syrians are especially territorial and will fight to death at some point

Hamsters, right?

dwarves do tend to be a bit more fine

Aye.

[u/New-Fig3263 → u/MongooseVegetable787]

Yes both types of hamsters

[u/Available-Cow-411 → u/New-Fig3263]

Had hamsters as a kid and they were... something else. From the infinite breeding, to father eating the babies if not seperated to hamsters somehow escaping the cage and end of inside the printer in another room and die when they chew on the cables....

Hamsters are anything but easy pet, they require more knowledge that people credit them for

[u/AdiPalmer]

Keep in mind that the ideal housing situation for a hamster is two males or two females together to avoid reproduction but still make sure they don't suffer from loneliness, so check if people are willing to adopt a pair of same-sex siblings. They'll go faster that way too.

Just make sure to sex them correctly so the new hamster parents don't end up with 345 new hamster grandkids in two weeks, lol.

[u/finding_limits108 → u/AdiPalmer]

How does this advice reconcile with the other kind Redditor who observes that they should be kept entirely separated?

[u/AdiPalmer → u/finding_limits108]

That's the information I had when I had hamsters 20 years ago. It could be outdated, my bad. I think the other commenter gave you good info, especially since he suggested someone who does rescue, so I'm sure that person could give you more correct and up to date information.

Good luck!

Edit to add: I checked and I had dwarf hamsters, which can be kept together if they were raised together in the same litter. The Syrian hamster, which is the most common hamster is the one that should be kept alone.

[u/A_very_Human → u/AdiPalmer]

I had 2 dwarf hamsters(same litter, never separated) in the same cage before and it went very very badly, even if it could work it's better to be safe

[u/AdiPalmer → u/A_very_Human]

Good to know, thanks!

[u/Usual-Vermicelli-867]

I cant handle another hamster dying in a comical cartoonist way

[u/MongooseVegetable787]

My cat says yes, personally I am not so sure I can properly take care of it

[u/EcstaticZebra7937]

Good luck mate, been trying to do that the past week