Resources
One of my goals in operating Home Sweet Hammy Home is to share credible care information because 90% of the people who contact me wishing to adopt are not aware of proper hamster care and still believe store bought cages and food are acceptable. 5 percent know a little bit and the other 5 percent have extensive hamster care knowledge.
I aim to teach all that I know 100 % and my resource list has grown over the years, so I am excited to share it with anyone who wants to learn. Please also feel free to share. Hamsters no longer need to be thought of as "starter pets", "toys", "cute accessories", "cheap entertainment for the kids" etc.
Because so many others have done all the hard work and my time is super limited in running this rescue I'll just link quickly to each resource, but please spend time reviewing these for a more in depth understanding of proper hamster care.
One of my favorite YouTube Channels dedicated to improving the lives of hamsters is Cosmic Hamsters where you can find videos about DIY's including building your own hamster cage and accessories, which wheels work well, hamster issues affecting our community and so much more! Another You Tube channel that has very good videos is MyCuteHamster where you will find a variety of hamster videos and helpful visuals and advice. Lastly, one of my favorite hamster videos is called Hamsters Take Patience
This scientific journal has been circulating amongst the hamster community and I first learned of it from Munchies Place who also links to this website to give us examples of proper hamster care.
Some of my favorite hamster care You Tube videos are linked below and following them are links to websites and forums with excellent information but please note, this list of resources has been compiled over the past 4 years and new content has been published since my compilation. I normally will email this list to people who reach out to adopt hamsters prior to us having a phone interview but in 2025 my goal is to direct people to this list online to save me the time it takes to copy and paste into each applicant's individual email several times weekly.
I recently added up how many times I sent out these resources and averaged out 172 times in 3 months. That is a whole LOT!!! So I am proud of myself for FINALLY getting these listed here for you all and saving myself some future time
Cages:
Should You Get a Hamster?
Hamster Care and History:
What NOT to do and why:
https://youtu.be/K-78oX2R0eo
https://youtu.be/1o1viH33O9c
Proper Hamster Care Website Resources:
https://www.fatpotat.com/
https://www.smallpetrodentawarenessweek.co.uk/hamsters
https://www.hamsterwelfare.com/
This next website is a German one and will load in the German language but Google will translate it to English. It has good care information for several animals besides hamsters and is my go-to for proper preparation when receiving any animal into the rescue.
http://www.diebrain.de/hi-index1.html
Hamster Forums
https://hamsterclubhouse.com.
https://www.hamstercentral.com/
https://www.thehamsterforum.com/