5 Signs your Hamster is UNHAPPY

Ever been worried your hamster wasn't happy? In today's video, we're taking a look at hamster behaviour to help you understand the signs that may indicate your hamster is unhappy.

Hamsters are amazing little creatures with unique personalities, and they rely on us to provide them with a safe and comfortable environment. As responsible pet owners, it's crucial to recognize when our hamsters are feeling stressed or unhappy. By understanding their behaviours and needs better, we can make adjustments to enhance their well-being and happiness.

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0:00 intro
0:37 Study
2:45 How do we know they're unhappy?
3:20 Unhappy hamster signs

[kinslovestaylorswift_]

Hey Victoria !! I’m a 11 year old girl who used to have a hamster back in 2020 he sadly passed away after turning two !! now I look back and realize my care for him was so bad and I feel awlful it had to live life in that cage! Thanks to u I got a new hammy his name is Oscar his cage isn’t the best right now but I’m upgraded it to a 50 gallon cage !! Thanks Victoria Ik u won’t see this but thanks for everything we love you💗

[isabel.]

Victoria, im not sure that if you will see this, but i got my first hamster today, and all your videos are extremely helpful. I already knew before that a small cage is not fit for a hamster, but you have helped me and my family be educated. It is currently living in a 47 x 23 x 26 niteangel vista enclosure, and i just want to say thank you for what you do because you have saved so many hamsters

[brimslop]

Oh boy, time to finally understand my picky female Syrian!

EDIT: Joking aside, I am loving the editing on this! You've improved so much even in the short time I've been watching. Thank you as always for being such a good ally to our little friends!

[_Somsnosa_]

So many hamsters are gonna live richer, healthier lives thanks to your videos, good job as always x

[clarawallden]

Hi victoria. Because of my current living situation, being in boarding school I can't have pets right now. But watching your videos reminds me of those precious moment's when caring for another life. Thank you.

[winterswan]

My male syrian who died from old age was very verbal... He would make different noises for communicating what he wanted/felt... I never experienced this with the females, but one of them had a cute way of shaking from excitement if I leaned over to her box and talked very friendly to her ❤❤❤

[sunnevacarat]

Hamsters a lot smarter than some people think. I have had a lot o hamsters, and my most recently passed hamster was so spoiled. He learned how to tell us when he wanted the lights to be turned off. He would wake up at 6PM, and I lived in a studio so the light would be on. After working on a few things, the would stare at me and then lightly bit the bars to make noice if i didnt notice him. That was my signal to turn of the lights. As soon as I did that, he stopped biting the bars and off he went running on his wheel. (Note he was not CHEWING like you see in thee videos online. He would bite a couple of times and stop to wait for me to notice.)

[MyOnlyFransAccount]

We had to put our hammy down recently so I wanted to say that thanks to your videos she was able to live a slightly better than average life

[hermionethehamster]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU for making this video, I am sure this will help so many people and I also love the animations and pictures to help people understand! 🥰

[SavJohnson]

All of your videos are so informative. Love watching your vids each week!

[Hiiiiiiiii]

Hi Victoria I am a younger hamster owner and I wanted to thank you so much for these educational videos if not for you my 4 hamsters would have lived in 20 gallon tanks I knew they were a little small so I asked my mom to upgrade my hamsters and she said “no they are fine they’re hamsters they are tiny and don’t need a big cage” but then I showed her your videos and she realized how stressed my current 2 Syrian hamsters are so she let me upgrade them to 40 gallon tanks with bigger wheels and more enrichment at the time I had one male Syrian hamster named chip and one Female Hamster named Oreo (I still have them they are 1 year old and doing well) then I got 1 Female Robo hamster named Boba and one female Russian winter white hybrid names Coco and I started them out in 20 gallon tanks but now I am building them DIY cages with around 700 square inches of floor space and lots of enrichment thank you so much Victoria!

[ShrekIsHot]

My hamster used to try to escape a lot, but then I started giving her more boredom breakers and taking her out to free roam more often and now she is so much better! It’s so simple to fix these stress behaviors

[iEskimoO]

Great to know that my buddy is well-being and I am providing him everything he needs and would possibly want!

[LilaXEquine]

Hi Victoria! For one of your next videos can you make hamster boredom breakers or boredom breaking for some or all of your pets. Thanks for putting your time in these amazing videos!!!

[dude]

I got a hamster named coco, made her the linmon cage (well over 450 sq inch floor space) she had a 10 inch wheel, different substrates, hideouts, she had paper bedding under which she could comfortably burrow and nest. I let her free roam every night in quite a big room.

She exhibited signs of unhappiness despite all this, was constantly cage pacing and wanting to get out. Theres only so much time i can let her free roam before i let her back in her cage, even i have to sleep at some point. And i live in india so its not easy to acquire accessories for hamsters at all. However eventually the stress got to her and she passed today because of wet tail. She was a year and a half old.

I wanted to educate some and let them know that sometimes a hamster simply does not want to be caged, even when i let her free roam in the room she'd try to climb the walls! I have another hamster who is very happy in her cage. However i am extremely disheartened that in spite of my best efforts i wasnt able to save Coco but i accept the fact that there was nothing more i could do and this wont discourage me from adopting more hamsters in the future.

[laurenmarshall]

Love this video! You are amazing Rachel ❤ It was great seeing you virtually at the hamster convention, it made my year! Thank you for being such an amazing voice in the hammy community xx

[acbrad]

I love your videos! You are the whole reason i was able to get my hamster last week. She is the cutest female Syrian ever thank you so much!

[HippyAngel]

Hello Rachel, i love your videos. I'm planning on getting a Hamster and i'm preparing for it and your videos are helping so much. I'm so thankful that you have such a brilliant channel, thankyou and take care. =)

[MyCuteHamster]

Great video! ❤ Monkey barring and bar biting described as just funny or silly hamster behavior is a pet peeve of mine. Along with the same description of stargazing.

[darksideofthemoon]

My hamster is living the good life! Always sticks treats toys, 2 level inclosure. Every two weeks cleaning and new treats and toys every time. I choose to spoil, I’m all he’s got.