Tails of a Hamster Owner

Welcome to our blog and welcome to the world of hamsters

Hello and welcome to our blog, here you'll find interesting facts and information about how to care and look after your hamsters. We've started this blog as we ourselves have a hamster and we couldn't find definite answers to some of our questions when it came to taking care of our hamster.....

"Can we bathe him?", "How deep does the bedding need to be?", "How big should his cage be?"

So we've decided to compile everything we know and understand about hamsters in this blog, hopefully helping other hamster owners at the same time as well as us learning more.

We would love to hear your stories about your hamsters, the mischief they get up to, their favourite toys and food, and see your cage set-ups.

Here is our hamster, Oreo, we have quite a few stories about this little escape artist!!

We bought Oreo in Pets at Home on the 7th of June 2021 on a bit of a impulse buy at the time and Brad wasn't so sure about it all when we bought him, but since I was so in love with him we decided to buy him anyway. We haven't looked back since, and he has been a treasured part of the family ever since.

For starters here's a couple of our little darlings favourite things!

Oreo's favourite food/treats:

• Sunflower seeds

• Broccoli

• Cucumber

• Yoghurt drops

Oreo's favourite toys:

• Rosewood boredom breaker carrot toy and treat holder

• Hamster tubes

• Small 'n' furry, Flying Saucer Exercise Wheel

• Tiny Friends Farm Small Animal Bathing Sand

Let us know what favourite toys and food your hamster loves and follow this blog to find more tips and tricks!

Here are the links to his favourites:

• Sunflower seeds - https://www.wilko.com/wilko-functional-wild-bird-sunflower-seeds-1kg/p/0080191?gclid=Cj0KCQiAjJOQBhCkARIsAEKMtO0RCrr-1aamk-8kTuUWLvjnwh872smPLNBa2wM7z-uyICzNeF3Gs8YaAud2EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

• Yogurt drops.- https://www.petsathome.com/shop/en/pets/vitakraft-wild-berry-drops-rodent-treats-75g?weight=75g?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=google_shopping&cm_mmc=Google-_-CPC-_-%20google_shopping-_-google_shopping&ita=1976&ito=google_shopping&istCompanyId=7255ccad-a1fc-4729-af31-478f79e5071c&istFeedId=385e6b9a-8b03-4076-a8bb-e4737df8549c&istItemId=imrxmmipr&istBid=tzwt&cq_src=google_ads&cq_cmp=16026949853&cq_term=&cq_plac=&cq_net=g&cq_plt=gp&gclid=Cj0KCQiAjJOQBhCkARIsAEKMtO2234W6aLBwjTJ4i8RzEVimNZdnd86UwShnU7xetyq403-KvS3mbi0aAtApEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

• Sand - https://www.wilko.com/tiny-friends-farm-small-animal-bathing-sand-1kg/p/0498988?gclid=Cj0KCQiAjJOQBhCkARIsAEKMtO3Ulj63cNcMwbkZ8-cEaPugpKCAa9spi--Vx0qS4k_cC_9idMNyJgcaAlBrEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

• Exercise wheel - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Small-n-Furry-Saucer-Medium-Assorted-colors/dp/B00228QYIK?th=1

• Tube set - https://www.amazon.co.uk/N-C-Connection-Transparent-Adventure-Accessories/dp/B092474ZNZ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3AVB54WX27M8E&keywords=%27NC%27+Hamster+tubes+3+set&qid=1644518312&s=pet-supplies&sprefix=nc+hamster+tubes+3+set%2Cpets%2C53&sr=1-1

• Carrot toy and treat holder - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rosewood-Boredom-Breaker-Carrot-Animals/dp/B00M2W3YQQ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=312J1QHSUBPMK&keywords=Rosewood+boredom+breaker+carrot+toy+and+treat+holder&qid=1644518350&s=pet-supplies&sprefix=rosewood+boredom+breaker+carrot+toy+and+treat+holder%2Cpets%2C100&sr=1-1