About a month ago, my hamster got like 700 likes on Reddit. I tried to edit that post, but it wouldn’t let me. Recently on a Wednesday night we were playing with our hamster her name is marshmallow. We noticed that she was bleeding the slightest amount by her tail. We put her back and we’re trying to be gentle with her. We looked around the cage and did not see no more blood. The next day, I decided to take the cage apart to try to figure out if she was still bleeding or if she got hurt. She had not been bleeding since that small amount of blood that Wednesday night. When I took the cage apart on Thursday night I had noticed she started bleeding suddenly again. I called around, but there was no exotic vets available in the emergency room so the next day I got up at seven and started calling around again. I was not able to find a local exotic vet so we ended up driving three hours to Pullman Washington for their exotics team at Washington State University. When we reached the university, she was still in good spirits, moving around a lot eating her food and drinking her water. But she had started bleeding really heavy suddenly. They said they were gonna have to sedate her to be able to check her stomach to see why she was bleeding. They decided that she either had a tumor, an injury or an ovarian cancer, which is common in hamsters. After sedating her, they realize she did have ovarian cancer. Marshmallow had to go through emergency surgery and be neutered. They said she was full of a lot of blood in her organ. After that, she recovered and she came home this Monday. The vet said usually with hamsters the cancer sticks to that organ it’s affecting. Currently she is taking her medicine in Baby food. Which she absolutely loves. The vet did let me know while she was there. If there would’ve been any complications where she needed blood she was way too large to be able to get a blood transfer from another hamster because she was so large. Said it was largest hamster she’s ever saw not just size but bone structure. So that is the story of my hamster surviving cancer.

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.

Please note that this is Laddu and he is missing a hand. He has one hand and a stub and looks very guilty about what is going to happen next

I made a post yesterday asking if I should be worried because my new hamster wasn’t hiding at all (and was told that I probably shouldn’t). Well, his zero-survival instinct, idgaf mentality is still going strong 😂 this is how I just found I’m sleeping.

I checked if he was actually sleeping and not dead, he opened his eyes, took a stretch, and went straight back to sleep the same way.

Disclaimer: he has plenty of new houses, tunnels and thick paper bedding to burrow. He just chooses not to use any of it.

This is Paçoca (Brazilian peanut candy). She learned to take small nibbles when she wants something different from her usual food. And sunflower seeds are her favorites. What do you offer your hamsters?

Hi, I just noticed that my new baby has some dark discoloration on his balls while he was cleaning himself. It’s hard to get a picture of it and I don’t want to pick him up yet since he only moved in yesterday. Do I need to worry or is it normal ?

So I had this raffia planter that I was going to put some herbs in but Pippi stole it from me. Now it’s her go-to when she’s playing on my bed while I read! Little thief! And not to worry: that pillbox is for her daily treats!

It’s been a month and I miss her more and more every day :(

She gradually rolled out of her little hut while sleeping, it was adorableee 🥺🥺😭😭

I came home from work tonight (about 10:30pm) and didn’t notice my sweet girl hanging out waiting for me. This isn’t something that she does every night, but it is more common than not that she will be sitting on one of her platforms, waiting for me to come home and feed her. When I saw she wasn’t out of her burrow, I went about the usual routine of changing her water and sprinkling some food around her enclosure. Usually the sound of her food mix will motivate her out of her tunnel, but again, I saw no sign of her. Thinking the worse, I began lightly digging into her burrow, assuming that would at least annoy her enough to see some motion. Nothing. I found her to be what looked like sleeping, except she didn’t appear to be breathing. I picked her up, expecting her to be stiff (due to rigor mortis, and similar to what I experienced with my guinea pigs when I was younger), however, her eyes are closed, and her body is still squishy, as if she is just in a deep, deep sleep. I know hamsters can go into a hibernation like state, but it hasn’t been below 70° F in the room her enclosure is in. On the off chance she might still be alive, she is currently in an open box in her enclosure and has been for almost three hours now. Her body is still squishy and shows no signs of rigor mortis, but as far as I can tell she isn’t breathing.
Is there anyway I could be wrong and she is in some sort of hibernation like state? Or am I just grieving?
TLDR; I came home and seemingly found my hamster had passed away. However, when moving her I noticed her body was more floppy, instead of stiff. Not sure if I am just grieving, or if she might be in a hibernation like state?

Gaze your eyes upon Mr.Fatman…

First pic is her today and last is a week ago. Am i just seeing things?

looking for suggestions for my dwarf hamster as she does show signs of boredom !

Doodle I made today based on an idea I have about little fairies using hamsters like horses. Figured yall would appreciate it 💕

It happened before so I changed his bedding to different brand and his hair grew back but now it started again

Should I be worried about these red spots behind my hamster’s ears? I’m very observant of my hamster and know that she did not have these. She also has a red spot like this on the bottom of one of her back paws.

She acts normally though in every way so I’m just wanting confirmation if there’s nothing to be worried about.

I think it's the anus lol, but it's black around there. She is almost a year old, the vet saw her not long ago for something else and since it was the first visit she did look down there to make sure she is a female but didn't say anything about this.

This was so hard to take, so sorry

General statement - not looking for medical advice, just want to hear opinions!

So I'm not sure if this is the right place. I've been in contact with rescues as well. I adopted a hamster that I did not know was pregnant. She had the babies and they are 8 weeks old. I have 7 left that I need to re-home and I'm trying to do the right thing by them. I am located in Rockford, IL.

Hello.

I have had my hamster for almost a year now. I just recently upgraded her cage to the pawhut brand cage as I wanted her to have way more room. Since upgrading she has been chewing on the wood, I understand they chew to keep their teeth filed, but it’s been keeping me up since I got the cage. She has plenty of chew toys and enrichment but still decides to chew the cage. I have tried everything to make it stop, I even put metal corners in, she still chews it. Does anyone know what more I can do, I have not slept in days and it keeps my partner up as well.

I’m going away on vacation for one month so i brought my hamster to my parents place and got him this cage ( 80 × 37,5 × 39 cm) so it’s under the minimum. I have a bucastate cage but it is way too inconvenient for my parents so thats the best I could find. Woulsd this disturb him a lot?

Note: first picture is where he will temporarily stay for the month, second is his normal bucastate cage ( I changed the wheel ever since)

I’ve had hamsters all my life, and have raised a litter of mice before, but don’t know much about hamster pregnancies. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. If the girl in question is pregnant it will also be risky due to her young age, so she will definitely need more care than the normal hamster pregnancy. I will be doing a bunch of research but in the meantime I figured Reddit could help me out a bit too!