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Reader Stories: Hamster Show and Tell

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Sometimes the best hamster advice comes from owners of that animal. Share your stories about your hamster and tell us why you love, or don't love your pet hamster in hamster show and tell.

Brag About Your Hamster

Winter White Dwarf - He's a She!

I (shockingly) got my hamster at Paul's Pets. It is so shocking because at Paul's Pets the employee who told us what they had there said they only had boy dwarf hamsters. Obviously that is not true a…More

Daphne's Great Personality

Pets at Home. She is only 8 weeks old and still very shy. She is kept in an aquarium style tank with different levels, ladders and wooden toys and a thicker layer of bedding at the bottom because she…More

Budda the Ham-Star

Pet Land Aquatic Adventure.... She was my clearance ham-star!My sister was the first one to pick her up. Budda was snoozing in her hand, and the one I had in my hand bit me so I put it down and my si…More

Balls of Fluff!

My sister. She'd purchased two from a local pet store, and the clerk assured her that they were both girls... right. By the time she managed to get the extra cage to separate them they were on their …More

Hamster Tips

I got Dexter from my local Petco. He was calm even when he got taken out of his place at Petco, and was super calm on the way home. After one day he was used to EVERYTHING! I recommend Petco for anyt…More

Hamsters Having Babies

Terri's Aqualand is by Dairy Queen in Roscoe. I also got another hamster. They had babies so we separated them. When they had babies I separated Mickey and Minnie (the parents). I had 19 babies and t…More

Even Mom Likes This One

I bought my hamster at Live Oaks. He was really cheap, I adopted him and he is really calm he loves climbing on people. He really never bites and he is the calmest small animal ever. The rest I've se…More

Fur Ball the Stress Reliever

Got it from a pet store... at first "fur ball" wass quite ill-tempered as he would scratch you when you held him... but as time passed, when I get to my room, he just runs and runs and runs and jumps…More

Loves Treats!

I purchased them at my local PetCo. I was not looking to buy a pet but when I saw them I just had to! At first I was only going to buy one of them but as soon as I saw that there were two in the cage…More

Advice on Handling New Hamsters

I didn't rescue my hamster. I brought it from Notcutts in Bagshot I think and I would definitely recommend buying any kind of animal or cage or hutch from there as there are very good quality. You ca…More

Taming Hamsters

I got him from Pets at Home today and he was the last one left. He is a long haired hamster and was asleep when we saw him but he woke up quickly! I call him Alfie and he is a long haired black and w…More

Hamster Tricks

I got him from Pets at Home about 2 years ago. I got him form my birthday. He was in a cage with around 5 or 6 other hamsters and he just stood out. I called him Austin and he`s a very friendly littl…More

New Hamster From a Friend

It was given to me by my sister's friend but when you take a hamster from a friend remember to ask what kind of hamster it is, what food it eats, what does it like to do, is it a female or male, and …More

Hamsters with an Attitude

A big pet store. She kind of ran at me... and kept smacking her head on the glass. At first, I thought she had issues or something, but then the pet store guy took her out and said she was just hyper…More

A Beautifully Colored Hamster

I got my hamster from Pets at Home and she's a baby. She's ginger with a white zig zag down the middle and she has a white line, a little one, going down a bit of her head. She has a star coming down…More

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