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Hi everyone ☺️ I came to share some more about Oreo! I rescued her in April. In the picture you can see what she came home in and what she was upgraded to. I'm not sure how old she is but look how little she was 🥲

She is probably the chillest, most go-with-the-flow hamster I've ever had. She's not jumpy at all and she's never bitten. She loves being nosy and listening in to conversations, especially about her! She also takes more baths than any hamster I've ever seen.

On the flip side she's also a troublemaker and will try to escape from everything 🤣 She also loves to hide and is way too good at it...

It is very hard to get a good photo of her because she doesn't like to be still for very long and my phone camera can't keep up lol

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That Bucatstate cage arrived with a crack in the front panel (and loads of other issues 😮‍💨) so we couldn't use the front door. I finally bought a new one when it broken even more and a whole piece of acrylic just popped out! I was absolutely dreading building it because the first one took hoooours to build. This time around it looks like they've added some pieces of acrylic to hold the rubber seals open and that has made a huge difference! We got it built in under an hour which was such a relief. Now I need to figure out what to do with the dodgy old broken one 😆
 
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Oreo loves treats ❤️ The only food she will refuse to eat is freeze dried pumpkin. She just pretends it doesn't exist. A few months ago in these pics she was a lot chubbier. I was worried I'd over fed her! Now that she has been unwell with pyometra and has had a spay, she is lighter and I'm trying to help her put that weight back on. The last pic is her today enjoying some porridge.

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She has a gorgeous, cheeky little face. Hamsters do seem to love porridge. The Bucatstate is a great cage, it's a pity it seems to be prone to arriving damaged. Hopefully the company has successfully addressed this problem. It really dwarfs the old Hamster Heaven. I hope Oreo will be well now. She certainly has found a super home 🏡
 
Gorgeous girl and gorgeous photos 😊. Thank you so much for posting all those lovely photos of her. The little cage comparison with the Bucatstate really shows how crazy and awful cages like the small one are!
 
Thank you everyone ❤️ I'm so happy she's here with me. The Bucatstate definitely holds up better than my old Zoozone 2 did back in the day 😆 Luckily I got a partial refund on the broken one.

Oreo is in heat today and she's even wilder than ever. She's got a lot of pent up energy and wants to destroy my sofa 😭 I'm pleased she's feeling well but she really doesn't wanna stay in her playpen. Does anyone's hamster enjoy the playpen?

People say so many things about Syrian girls. How they stink and they're destructive and not cuddly... But I wouldn't change them for the world ❤️

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My girl Blossom 🌸 used to be crazy when in heat 🤪 She wasn't a fan of playpen time or being handled, preferring to be in her own enclosure. She did use to like to have a chat tho, and was very vocal! I just went with the flow with her, and let her be her own hamster 🐹 I guess it can be a bit disappointing if you especially wanted a super cuddly ham, but she was so funny and quirky that she really didn't disappoint!
 
So cute, what characters hammies are. Socks is trying to chew through his playpen increasingly. He does get a good run in it though, so I think it does him some good. He likes to run on his wheel while I am watching ❤ If I put him back in his cage, he meerkats to ask to come out again, but this is at 3am, so I have to go back to sleep 🙁
 
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My girl Blossom 🌸 used to be crazy when in heat 🤪 She wasn't a fan of playpen time or being handled, preferring to be in her own enclosure. She did use to like to have a chat tho, and was very vocal! I just went with the flow with her, and let her be her own hamster 🐹 I guess it can be a bit disappointing if you especially wanted a super cuddly ham, but she was so funny and quirky that she really didn't disappoint!
Kage seems to be similar to Blossom in the way he doesn't seem to want to get sociable. He still takes treats from me - he's not stupid!😄. But having him as he is is so much better than not having him at all. He seems contented enough, so I won't try to force him to do what he doesn't want to.
 
I've been looking at the photos and having a read. Oreo looks a real darling, and I can tell there's a lot of mischief in her 😄
 
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That Bucatstate cage arrived with a crack in the front panel (and loads of other issues 😮‍💨) so we couldn't use the front door. I finally bought a new one when it broken even more and a whole piece of acrylic just popped out! I was absolutely dreading building it because the first one took hoooours to build. This time around it looks like they've added some pieces of acrylic to hold the rubber seals open and that has made a huge difference! We got it built in under an hour which was such a relief. Now I need to figure out what to do with the dodgy old broken one 😆
Get in touch with the manufacturers, tell them the issues you have had and try and get a refund or compensation of some kind at least.
 
Get in touch with the manufacturers, tell them the issues you have had and try and get a refund or compensation of some kind at least.
She did get a partial refund :-)

She sounds great :-) I bet she really loves her new home :-) Yes the Zoozone 2 was seen as amazing at the time wasn't it?! The space particularly. The Bucatstate is so much better (shame they are so expensive!). They were never tall enough for Syrians - you could only just fit an 11" wheel in with no bedding in that area!

Oreo has a lovely set up there. What is she like in between the crazy days? :-)
 
She did get a partial refund :-)

She sounds great :-) I bet she really loves her new home :-) Yes the Zoozone 2 was seen as amazing at the time wasn't it?! The space particularly. The Bucatstate is so much better (shame they are so expensive!). They were never tall enough for Syrians - you could only just fit an 11" wheel in with no bedding in that area!

Oreo has a lovely set up there. What is she like in between the crazy days? :-)
That's good. Something rather than nothing.

I had a hamster years ago. I think the cage he had was similar to the small one Oreo did have. Tbh, I knew nothing in those days. The shop would say it's adequate and I would accept it. How times have changed for the better - with a little bit of knowledge. Yet I still thought the Ferplast I bought was big enough. Lucky I could extend it to how it is now.
 
My girl Blossom 🌸 used to be crazy when in heat 🤪 She wasn't a fan of playpen time or being handled, preferring to be in her own enclosure. She did use to like to have a chat tho, and was very vocal! I just went with the flow with her, and let her be her own hamster 🐹 I guess it can be a bit disappointing if you especially wanted a super cuddly ham, but she was so funny and quirky that she really didn't disappoint!

This is literally Chumley! Super friendly, as long as he's not being physically touched in any way haha. He's got a massive expensive playpen but he's never really enjoyed out of cage time, he just goes a bit frantic and then chills (as much as he ever does) when back in his cage

Oreo is super cute!
 
That's good. Something rather than nothing.

I had a hamster years ago. I think the cage he had was similar to the small one Oreo did have. Tbh, I knew nothing in those days. The shop would say it's adequate and I would accept it. How times have changed for the better - with a little bit of knowledge. Yet I still thought the Ferplast I bought was big enough. Lucky I could extend it to how it is now.
Your cage is fantastic ❤️
 
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