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Reports of another hamster found dead with Soft ‘n’ Safe fluffy bedding trapped in it’s mouth have circulated social media. This report is very similar to other reports from owners finding their hamster dead with fluffy bedding stuck in it’s mouth, blocking their airway. In the Post it says: PLEASE SHARE THIS […]
Our campaigning to get fluffy bedding removed from stores was reported in The Mirror, a newspaper with a daily print of around 800,000 and has a further large readership online. For hamsters and their keepers it’s great that the risks of fluffy bedding have made the news. The RSPCA say “Don’t give hamsters nesting materials […]
Please support and sign the Government Petition to ban small cages. The community have gathered together and with more signatures a minimum cage size law could be made, effectively banning small cages. Here’s a message from the person who started this petition: Who Started the Petition My name is Alex and I run […]
Thehamsterforum.com was set up in 2022 with encouragement from a few enthusiastic and passionate hamster owners to promote good, up to date, hamster care. The forum has a very visual home page with basic care articles and it’s a great place to chat for advice, concerns, and the usual hamster related fun and games and […]
Discontinued for Hamsters but why not Rabbits! It seems that Small Pet Select have followed their own advice against the use of scented bedding for Hamsters but it is a concern that they deleted their advice against scented bedding for Rabbits and they continue to market this product towards rabbits and other animals. […]
The Royal Veterinary College has conducted the world’s largest study of hamsters by analysing the clinical records of almost 4000 hamsters, revealing the 20 most common disorders. In the past, hamster studies have often been conducted in laboratory conditions but it said that this is the first study ever conducted “examining overall disease prevalence […]
We have some very exciting news! Mark and Tiffany from Hamster Welfare will be giving a presentation at Hamster Fair UK 2022! This is the UK’s first hamster fair! Managers of Happy Hamsters UK, the UK’s largest hamster rescue, Kate and Sophie (also known as RainbowFluffers on TikTok) have put together a wonderful day […]
Why are Pet Shops Ignoring the Millions of People who know about Proper Hamster Care! With so many enthusiastic hamster owners who know about the correct size enclosure to buy, correct size wheel to use, the correct type of bedding etc. It’s surprising that the main high street retailers like Pets at Home […]
Hamster Welfare are pleased to have supported SPRAW (Small Pet Rodent Awareness Week) which took place between 20th – 26th September 2021. The first day was dedicated to hamsters and the below slides where shown at the end of the day to highlight the differences between the correct welfare advice and the wrong products that […]
On 15th July 2021 Pets at Home lunched a mini show called “THE PET CARE SHOW” The show depicts “care” from “experts” from little hamsters to big dogs. The hamster care video has now vanished! It was available on YouTube and it had received quite a hefty number of dislikes due to the rodent […]
Many people have asked the question of can I take my hamster outside? And there have been many videos and pictures of hamsters outside. But is it safe? Hamsters unlike cats, dogs etc. that can have injections to protect them from the outside and all the infections they can get, hamsters do not […]
“When you buy a hamster from a pet store chain you are making more space for another animal to be bred in a Rodent Mill” Chain Pet Stores Use Rodent Mills Most Big chain pet stores sadly use something called a Rodent Mill. Rodent Mills are big warehouses that breed hamsters, […]
