THIS IS NOT A HAMSTER! | Craigslist Pet Ads | Munchie's Place
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- Welcome to the CL Pet Ads where we will evaluate care shown in these ads and discuss with you the good and bad pet husbandry. We will bring up valuable points, what works for the pet, mention what could be improved and discuss a species needs. The focus in these videos will be about educating to encourage the viewer on learning more about the pet and to showcase #ThinkAdoptionFirst. Not everyone will bring their small companion to a shelter or rescue. Many choose to list still on Craigslist. There are hardly any rescues or foster homes for small pets like hamsters, so maybe you'd like to help out your small pet community after seeing this video? Who knows, maybe you'll make a different in the lives of pets and people.
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I'm a guinea pig person, I have 7 at the moment, and that picture of the cute Abyssinian all alone in that small, bare cage made me so sad and angry. I just can't comprehend what it does all day... I'm going to take a wild guess that it doesn't get much floor time or much human interaction, or any other stimulation. And when it does get some floor time, a chance to finally run around, it gets shoved into an.... excessive ball? WTF? That is just cruel.
I CAN'T look at CL anymore. I have a rescue/sanctuary, and it hurts me so much to see the abuse and neglect.
I feel your frustration. In the UK cage sizes are improving so there is more variety due to the fact we have been petitioning pet shops and the government for better enclosures. There is unfortunately still too many small cages. Incidentally my adopted Chinese came to me due to being bought as a pair from a supposed breeder!
I'm in the UK too and I see so many people selling their tiny cages on Facebook marketplace! I wish marketplace could ban the sale of them
Over the past 2 and a half years I've had the pleasure of caring for a very social hamster who always wants my attention. I've not struggled to keep him, even when I'm very busy. If the cage is big enough and well enriched, the hamster is fine on its own most of the time! Then they're calm and happy rather than stressed and frustrated, so interacting with them is a joy.
That's awesome!
I foster for a rescue and the sentence I hear the most is: "I bought it for my kids but they are bored of it and have lost interest now"
I know this all too well. We need to have a change in how pet stores sell their care towards kids. We need this to stop. Yes kids should be included in pet keeping however parents and family need to be the focus, not the individual child.
I just adopted an adorable female syrian hamster from the ethical Elevage Petits Princes, she is living her best life in a Large Niteangel Vista Cage. It breaks my heart to see people just neglecting, not caring about these beautiful animals who deserves the world...
And to anyone not knowing and seeing this breeder mention, Elevage is a part of the OHC which is an approved breeder. 🐹
I don't understand why people have a hard time telling guinea pigs and hamsters apart. And if you genuinely can't, why buy a pet you can't even be are what it is??
The amount of workers that have come over to my house and pointed while saying, "Aw, a hamster." Smh.
i also dont, like i serious dont understand why they cant. I showed my mom an picture of my hamster and she said " Is that an rat?!?" 🤦♀️
I remember someone asking if my guinea pig years ago was a rabbit. Does it have long ears and a fluffy tail? No because it isn’t a rabbit. People get all the small animals mixed up. But ya even worse if you own the pet and you don’t know what it is 😑
@@buddyboo91 wait wait wait... AN RABBIT? how do you get an rabbit and an guinea pig confused my lord
People don't do any research on pets they want and end up with something else, or not caring for it properly. Do your research people.
Not a surprise munchie. They just keep making plastic trash that not only is bad for hamsters but also will end up in the landfill!! I imagine so many of these being there. I have to admit I need to update my tanks. I have two 40 gallon breeders right now. Trying to save up for a niteangel stacking system. Love ya munchie. So glad you’re back my friend 🤗
I have seen that guinea pig add. I have thought more than once of messaging them. That add makes me so sad😢
imagine my surprise when i see "doolittle" the "hamster" after searching hamster on craigslist yesterday and seeing him near me lol. its funny because you and your videos is the first thing i thought of! Hi from me and my gerbies in PA
I’m glad munchie is back promoting good care. I hope one day I can have my own small animal rescue. 🐹
That guinea pig is giving me flashbacks of an old Amazon cage video with Munchie seeing a picture on the ad of a supposed 'Syrian hamster' and shouting ' ~THAT'S A GUINEA PIG!!!~'
It's like that now came true.
Haha I wanna visit Amazon again and see what cages they have now.
@@MunchiesPlace Was that the same video where you grabbed your hair and yelled 'THAT. IS. A. *SYRIAAAAANNNNN*!!!!' ? Because that was peak Munchie Rage.
I have a hamster it lives in my stepson room, and he loves the little thing. He'll take it out and pet it and give him fresh fruits and vegetables. I make sure that feed and water and sand bath are clean and beding is clean and changed. Little guy like talking to him will chatter away 😆. It lives in a night angel cage I got from someone. He was surprised by how much space our hamster needs, lol
Catskills is a mountain range 😂 didn’t know this would interest ppl
I first found this channel 5 years ago when I was 13, and I'm 18 now getting ready to get a hamster! I have a 115 × 60 cage and am so grateful for what these videos have taught me :D
@@niteblooms that is about the size I had for my hamster in his c&c cage. Wish you good luck!
Wowww you are spoiling as munchie
Zomg another video in like a week! Feeling so spoiled!
I'm happy that you are happy about it. Haha.
I do not understand this people. No matter if I am buying a dog, cat, hamster, gerbil…. I always read, read, and read from multiple websites to get things as good as I can for the animal. If I would not have space for a cage for hamster, gerbil or maybe two gunia guinea pigs I would not buy any.
Totally understand your frustration!
I love your videos. I am getting a hamster and I’ve been researching what have you been saying and you’ve been so much help we just got it yesterday I got a Chinese dwarf hamster white fur. Her name is Willow and I’ve been following all your steps you have been so much help.
Its so sad to see those little cuties in these boring and empty prisons 😭
Also: you spoke directly out of my soul as u said its total nonsese that they have "no time" for their hamster. They're nocturnal and dont need much human interaction... esp if provided enough enrichment...
Its so so sad how people treat their pets...They are great pets and its really fun to watch them do their little hamster-things...
I dont understand why people get animals and NOT even provide the bare minimum for them - Isnt it the best part of owning a pet if u see them thriving and happy...?!
Because i want to SPOIL my boi as best as i can: I've recently upgraded my enclosure to 15624 square inches (not sure if i conversed it correctly its 1,08 square meter or: 180x60x70 cm) ... and its such a delight to watch my boi explore and nibble on his sprays. I am happy to see him happy ❤
I was at a pet store yesterday. And this little girl & her dad come in. And me and my bf where looking at the animal's. And I heard the little girl say "A hamster yeah ok I wanted one" but the animal she was looking at was a Hairless guinea pig. And then then she called Baby Quils baby chickens. (There not the same)🙃 And then I think they either left with a Male rat or the baby Quils. Witch I feel bad for any animal that goes to there kid or any kids. Kids should not get animals.
It also brings my point to my grandma bought my 9year old Cusin. A Axolotl all cuz she wanted it then she don't take care of it. I ended up Recuseing Male Russian Tortoise, from a family there kids didn't want it anymore.❤
now the axo part is crazy! I am an ex animal care advisor, and I saw that most people seemed to conflate common or accessible animals with being simple to care for, but rarer animal with being hard, so often I would hear, "its /just/ a hamster, its /just/ a bird, how hard can it be?" But I mean, the most basic look into Axolotls shows that they are kinda advanced/high maintenance- its needs flowing water, so a pump, but don't let that water get warm from the pump! so you need a cooler, their skin is frail, gravel kills them ect ect its crazy, pretty hard to dial in. I had to tell a real kid enthusiast who I helped get is African clawed frog setup together that I didn't think he was ready yet even though he had recently begun succeeding with A display species, bc Axos are just That Much harder. (He was around 9/10, but i am not 100% sure)
I acxtually adopted my guinea pig chloe from a woman who got her for her child but they werent taking care of her
I live in Idaho and i haven't been able to find any hamsters for adoption. I checked my local animal shelter
These people put as much effort into their animal care, as their ad description.
The grey hamster/mouse has a tail. It’s hard to see but if you look closely you can kinda see it in both photos. Definitely a mouse :)
If frustrates me as well because my grandma used to own hamsters and we got to because the people told us to, and then we had to separate them they both died from cancer, but still the fact that other people are making this mistake and annoys me
It's so sad how many people get hamsters and don't know or care to research how to care or them. I remember this girl in my dorm getting a hamster and she hadn't even bought a cage for her. It's kinda how I got to research hamsters myself and after like 3 months of her dropping her off every weekend at my place (cus she went home over weekends and I stayed) I kinda kidnapped the hamster. Her name is Bicky and she's been with my sister now for 2 years. We got her a bigger enclosure (she kinda went from a small box I last-minute crafted that day to a few other enclosures during my search) and she's now 2.5 years old. I am really happy that videos like these exist because I do remember our first hamsters (when we were 5 and 11) and yeah we knew nothing.
i just adopted an syrain hamster yesterday! Shes so sweet. (havent touched her yet, but i already love her) The person i got her from told me shes about 12 weeks (got her from a breeder dont know if an good one though. I asked what breeder but they though i meant breed.) So i assume they had her for an month or two. Hopefully one, so they werent seperated too soon. They got rid of her because they where busy with 17 rats. She came into my cage and currently had made an super deep burrow shes sleeping in.
In my local petshop I would go in there and look at that the normal cages and i thought they where bad (they have a 3 inch base in and then just bars probaly about 200 floor space) but after seeing these cages ... well mine look pretty good.
Why so people think plastic cages the size of a shoebox is good for a hamster. I have a hamster who just wants to explore. Thank you so much for what you do munchie.
I love these videos so much ! Keep it up 😸
Love your passion Munchie!
All I can express is 🤯🤯🤯Research people!!!
I saw a lot of bad care in this video and I just hate it I wish someday in the US will see better care for our small animals
I've never heard of an eyeless white hamster so I looked it up. that's insane. poor babies. ): reminds me of people who inbreed pitbulls until they don't even look like dogs anymore.
Have you looked at a side by side chart of what dog breeds used to look like versus now? It's horrifying.
I just adopted a hamster & she has one eye. Her name is pooh bear & shes my 2nd female Syrian in the home
As an actually ethical breeder of Syrians and at some point Chinese hamsters... What the actual eff? Why does some breeders actually think it is ok to put highly active animals in small breederboxes?!?!?!?! And the Kaytee enclosures? Garbage. I don't get why people literally believes it is ethical to put their furbabies in such small enclosures!
I have followed you for quite some time and I get just as frustrated as you when seeing such bad ads. I am first in my country to be super strict with alot of things breedingwise and enclosure size in my hamstery and everything along with it and I hope I can make a change in Norway!
I hate it so much when people buy animals "for the children", especially small animals. IT. IS. NOT. A. TOY! And what would children do with a solitary, nocturnal animal anyway?
Are you saying eye less white? is this different from winter white? I haven't heard this term before so genuine question. I just got my first Syrian a few weeks ago from my local animal shelter in Maine. Love your videos.
Truly eyeless. The ones that survive infancy (don't die from their internal deformations) have no eyes and are deaf for the rest of their adult lives.
@@myoldvhstapes thats truly horrifying
Hopefully the black hamster is just there for pictures, but with the water and food I doubt it. That hamster is most likely living there, disgusting! That poor hammy must be so stressed and wound up, it literally has no space no wheel.
Oh boy
😂
@@MunchiesPlace 😂
I don't get it... hamsters and many other small animals have such short lifespans. It's always like I blink twice and my ratties are chonky grandpas. How can parents not be responsible and take care for the pets as their own? What lesson is that supposed to teach their children - if a living being becomes annoying, just get rid of them?
KAYTEE
That was 100% a chinese hamster. I got one recently that was still very young (not even 3 weeks old but eating seeds and drinking water) she was tiny and very mouse like when I got her and she has huge ears compared to her face because she hasn't grown into her body yet she's still a baby (about 5 weeks) but she has doubled in size and looks more like a baby bunny when her ears are folded down to her back
"don't have enough time to give them attention" is honestly such a stupid excuse... I've rescued about 15 hamsters so far and only very few of them actually wanted my attention every day. Majority of them has been perfectly content being left alone in their large cages with lots of enrichment. Aside from me giving them food, water and treats and keeping their space clean they honestly prefer having nothing to do with me... In my experience caring for one hamster generally takes 30 minutes a day max, maybe an hour if the hamster is very social
I think some leeway should definitely be given to people with disabilities who thought they could do it but couldn't, or when life circumstances change, etc. It's unfortunate but it happens. I had to give up my rats when I got a job that took up more of my time, but they're definitely more demanding than hamsters.
In an ideal world nobody would have to give up an animal. Unfortunately we don't live in an ideal world.
@@soogymoogi oh absolutely if you cannot keep your animals anymore because of health issues it's completely understandable.
I was mainly talking about people who use "don't have enough time" as an excuse instead of admitting they just don't want the hamster anymore and don't want to spend any time taking care of it at all.
Sorry you had to give up your rats, those are certainly a lot more time consuming than hamsters 😓
Just wanted to let you know it's 800 square inches now. At least, that's what people have told me when i talk about getting a hamster.
Unless there is another Ontario in the world, Ontario is in Canada LOL ( that's the province i live in )
I live in L.A. and there is an Ontario nearby. I just looked up how many cities/towns are named Ontario: At least 13. One in Peru and 12 in the U.S. Two in the general area Munchie was searching in this video. So with your province, at least 14.
@myoldvhstapes oh wow well thank you for clarifying this I had a feeling it wasn't my province lol
The Chinese hamsters definitely look a little strange, proportionally. Their bodies look too short compared to most Chinese hamsters, and their fur pattern resembles a wild mouse more than the usual brown with black stripe (though there can be other fur patterns, I know)
I’m wondering if the breeder, who already isn’t seeming very trustworthy selling solitary animals together, might have lied about what animals they were selling. I could be wrong, though, I’m not 100% sure
I honestly wouldn’t be very surprised, since earlier someone was selling their pet guinea pig as a “hamster”, they may just not be able to tell rodents apart from each other
Are bin cages safe for hamsters?
Yes and no. Size wise they are approved. But you really gotta pay attention to the lip of the cage and if any plastic is sticking out from the inside. As they can chew it and create a hole. We at the rescue have moved away from bin cages because of escapees.
@@MunchiesPlace ok
when are people gonna realice that animals arent mean for kids. it should be a family pet or not at all.
It's pronounced "Reading" not "Reading"... I mean... Redding? ENGLISH!!!??? ( I live in the area xD )
The original Reading in England is pronounced 'Redding.' Growing up in "New" England, half the place names were from "Old" England. For the city of Warwick in RI, three pronunciations were common: The original English 'Warrick,' the drop-the-R version 'WawWick' and fully pronouncing both middle consonants, 'War-Wick.' All were acceptable.
@@myoldvhstapes Haha. Yeah, it gets nutty. Even "Lancaster" gets pronounced differently in the different accents around PA. "Lang-Caster" "Lann-caster" "Lanc-eh'ster" etc.
So question since Kaytess cages are so bad shouldn’t we also not buy their bedding? Because by buying the bedding and other stuff it will give them the $ to keep making these cages. Right?
Kaytee is massive in the market and sells their cages overseas. Just asking ppl to stop buying their products is like asking a hamster to stop running. They're too massive in the space. All we can do is educate about their stupid redic cages and make more of an online fuss.
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Ty kindly. ♥️