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1. Do not keep them in pairs. Hamsters are loners - keeping them together often results in stress, fighting, injuries and death. They are very happy alone.
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2. Minimum cage size
- dwarf hamsters: 30 x 20 x 20 inches (80x50x50cm);
- bigger hamsters: 40 x 20 x 20 inches (100x50x50cm)!
NOT like this:
- Living in cages like this for them is like a human living in an elevator - a lot too small and even dangerous!
- For them it feels like this:
- Behavior like this is a signal for stress because the cage is too small or that they need more bedding:
Better:
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3. Your hamster (always!) needs a hamster wheel - and it must be a lot bigger than you might think!
- Hamster must be able to run with a completely straight back
- on a closed surface
- with a closed back wall!
NOT like this:
Results of those wheels are: spine problems, backache, stress, injuries!
- Minimum wheel size for dwarf hamsters: 9-10 inches.
- Minimum wheel size for bigger hamsters: 12 inches!
Better:
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4. Do not buy them plastic tubes (at all):
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Those tubes are not suitable at all: Hamsters get stuck or suffocate in them easily.
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5. Your hamster needs enough bedding to dig and build tunnels.
NOT like this:
Better:
Your hamster will be extremely happy and dig around and build tunnels all day (night).
A study also found out that (golden) hamsters need up to 12-36 inches of bedding, so just do your best do give them the highest amount of bedding possible. :)
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6. The less plastic the better!
NOT like this:
- Plastic gets swallowed, splinters, can injure or even kill your hamster.
Better:
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7. Hamsters ALWAYS need a sand bath.
Hamsters love rolling around in the sand, for them it’s like showering. How would you feel without a shower?
- You can use those little baths as toilets, but you still need a bigger sand bath!
Better:
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8. Hamsters need a house with at least 2 or more chambers to store food, sleep etc. Also make sure that your hamster does have enough hiding places like coconuts, small houses, toilet rolls!
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9. Do use unperfumed toilet paper for nesting material, don’t use “hamster wool” -> it can tangle around a limb and seriously hurt and even kill your hamster!
NOT like this:
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10. Never ever ever put your hamster or any animal in a hamster ball.
They can’t get out, might suffocate or panic, might run against furniture and seriously injure themselves. The ventilation is terrible, your hamster can’t see/smell/hear enough or use any of their senses properly.
In some countries they even discuss about banning those by law!
Even if you think that “your hamster has fun in it” - please don’t use them!
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Please reblog and spread this information.
Pet stores often are very misinformed and sell terrible cages and have little to no idea how to keep a happy hamster - please be careful when trusting them. In the end they often just want to make money - and the hamsters suffer.
Please adopt, not buy hamsters - there are too many hamsters in this world that we need any more breeding.
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MASTERPOST: Cheap Cages And Supplies For Hamsters - IKEA
~ more to come ~
(Sorry for the spelling errors - I made this post in a rush.)
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Ahahaha why a rock!?
They use the rock as a tool to crack open clams and sometimes they play with it for fun. P.S: Not just sea otters, but ALL otters do this :)
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Did you know that otters are in fact, the best animal ever?
French bee keepers were astonished to find that their bees were producing blue honey. It turns out that the bees were picking up vibrantly colored, sugary waste from a nearby M&M factory plant. (Source)
WE CAN’T PROVE THEY WEREN’T HUGE FATBIRDS
simply the best
I’ve been struggling with my gender a lot over the last few years and have decided that this year I am going to start dressing and looking more how I’m happy with. I want to look more androgynous and feminine, I’ve always looked at their clothes and wished I could wear them because of how they look and how they feel. This has lead me down a bad path for many years. I found some good friends lately and they’ve helped give me confidence about dressing for me, not for the rest of the world. I don’t feel female, although some days the thing between my legs is something I don’t want there. I still haven’t worked out where I am on the spectrum so for now I will rest safely in Genderfluid, although I think that may change this year. All I know is that whatever I am, dressing like this has put a smile on my face which has been missing for a while. Thank you :) (grownupjunk, fuckyoufuckthisfuckeverything and uglydefault)
My parents live in this town and the city legally can’t tear the tree down to build or anything because the tree has its own legal rights and they can’t do anything about it.
how does. how does this happen. how DID this happen
I love this story because this guy in the early 1800’s had so many great childhood memories of this tree and wanted to make sure it was protected no matter what. So he deeded the ownership of the tree to itself and everyone just went with it.
Then in 1942 this intense windstorm came and knocked the tree over. And people were bummed. But someone had saved an acorn from the original tree, so they planted that and now Son of the Tree That Owns Itself is over 50 feet tall.
And since this new tree is technically the offspring of the original tree it’s considered to have legally inherited the plot of land it’s inhabiting.
Two generations of trees owning land is amazing and if you don’t think this is the coolest thing get right out of my face.
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