Impressive Turnout for Hamster Fair 2023

UK rescue network Happy Hamsters organised the 2023 Hamster Fair, held at Millennium Point Birmingham with a huge attendance of over 500 people. The impressive venue held a lot of hamster related stalls, games and talks that took place in a huge auditorium with a large cinema screen that featured a live chat with Victoria Raechel.

There were a lot of amazing hamster owner friendly stalls and variety for everyone with merchandise such as cups, pictures, stickers etc. One ingenious activity was a wheel spin game from Pocket Sized Paws for when you spent over £15 to win a free gift!

The organisers arranged some fun games to raise money for their rescues, such as hook a hamster, guess the name, raffle and more with lots of prizes including Victoria Raechel merchandise. They also put on a swap shop to swap some of your old hamster products for other products.

The Talks

Kate and Sophie from Happy Hamsters UK started off the talks and discussed their rescue. Then the much anticipated live chat with Victoria Rachel came on to the big screen with an adoring gasp from the crowd. Many audience questions were answered and the talk can be seen in the below video. Finally, there was a debate with the panel including Sophie (Happy Hamsters), Tiffany (Hamster Welfare) , Polly (Bright Horizons rescue) and Clare (nico_syrian_hamster). There were questions asked and we all gave our take on things.

Video from Fern the Syrian Hamster

The day was amazing for everyone, young and old, It was nice to meet up with other hamster lovers and meet a few TikTok and Instagram friends. It is definitely worth going to! Next years venue has already been announced and it will be held in Leicester on Satur day 20th July 2024.