Registered Charity No. 20206484

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Start your ethical hamster care journey with us

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Never know what products to buy or where to find them? Our shopping guide includes everything you need for the perfect set up and all the stores to buy them from!

Our care standards are based on scientific research, and we have collected as many research articles as we could so that you have access too!

We work closely with a number of businesses and organisations to be able to provide you with the best of the best when it comes to ethical hamster care!

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For the hamster moms in your life 🥰🐹 Celebra

For the hamster moms in your life 🥰🐹
Celebrate Mother’s Day with our lovely E-Cards, you can find the link to @dontsendmeacard on the Donate page through the link in our bio or our Welcome highlight!!

We welcomed two new Syrian hamsters into our foste

We welcomed two new Syrian hamsters into our foster network this week. 🐹🐹

Benji, a 5 month old male who we offered to help find a home for; and Amelia, also 5 months old, whose previous owner was struggling to cope with caring for her due to allergies (and a pet cat that was a little too inquisitive!). Both wonderful friendly hamsters who we hope won’t spend too long looking for a new forever home.

🟣 If you’d like to adopt either of these cuties please fill out our adoption form on our website in the RESCUE page.

Adopting a hamster from us not only takes a hamster out of foster care, but also provides us with the space for new intakes who may urgently need our help.

Benji and Amelia are prime examples of how we don’t just take in abused animals, but also help owners who realise they can no longer care for their pet, and want to ensure they go to 5 star loving homes. You can help us continue our rescue and rehoming work by donating - we have a perpetual need for consumables such as bedding and food for our rescue intakes as well as possible vet visits.

🟣 If you can donate even a few euro towards the care of our hamsters we would be truly grateful. You can donate through the link in our bio!

🌟🐹🌟ANNOUNCEMENT🌟🐹🌟 WE ARE NOW O

🌟🐹🌟ANNOUNCEMENT🌟🐹🌟

WE ARE NOW ON REDBUBBLE AND DON’T SEND ME A CARD!!!

On RedBubble, you’ll find lots of merch that you can buy with our designs on. We’ll constantly be creating new graphics so you’ll definitely find something you like. Production costs are covered by RedBubble, so we don't dictate base cost of products or shipping, but 20% of the cost price will be donated to our charity to help hamsters in need.
You can buy our merch through the homepage on our website or our Welcome highlights!

By using Don’t Send Me A Card, you can donate a custom amount to Hamster Info Ireland when purchasing one of our E-Cards to send to friends and family. We already have cards for Paddy’s Day, Easter and Birthdays and we’ll be adding more as we make our way through the seasons and celebrations. 100% of your donation through Don’t Send Me A Card is sent to us, but PayPal fees are applied.
You can buy E-Cards here through the donate page on our website or our Welcome highlights!

❤️🐹❤️ FEBRUARY DONATION APPEAL: ❤️🐹❤️

Our little Roborovski litter are approaching separation age and are moving into their "grown up" foster enclosures. Financial donations in the month of February will be primarily used to make them comfortable while they stay with us seeking forever homes, with surplus donations aiding our wider rescue and fostering activities.

❤️ DONATION LINK IN BIO

Hey everyone! We thought we'd share a little upd

Hey everyone!

We thought we'd share a little update with you to show all we have accomplished so far and what we're working on as a charity at the moment. Although it's been a lot of hard work, we're very pleased with what we've achieved over the past few weeks since becoming a registered charity. We're also very excited about what's to come!

We'd like to thank all our followers for their support. For anyone that would like to, we'd really appreciate if you left a review on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/HamsterInfoIreland to tell us about your experience with us, whether you adopted a rescue hamster from us or have just enjoyed our website or social media content.

Drop a comment below if you have any thoughts on how we could improve or any ideas for our charity in the future! 💜

Just thought everyone would like to see how Tink i

Just thought everyone would like to see how Tink is this evening. She’s just had her teeth trimmed and now she gets to free roam for a little while before heading back to her detolf for dinner 🥰🐹

3/3… So why is this Tink’s story and not Jelly

3/3… So why is this Tink’s story and not Jelly Beans? Well, Jelly Tot was renamed Tink, and at 3 weeks old she weighed 7 grams while her older brother weighed 14 grams. Having a runt in the litter isn’t uncommon, but there was something different this time and Sophie had to figure out what that was.
After a quick examination, Sophie found that Tink’s upper teeth were growing back into her mouth and up towards her skull. Her bottom teeth.. well one wasn’t growing at all and the other was growing sideways and out over her cheek. Tink’s first vet visit resulted in all 3 overgrown teeth being cut all the way back to see if they’d regrow properly.
Sophie had to handle Tink more than she ever had to handle a hamster, so Tink grew very comfortable with Sophie and would let her examine her teeth as much as was needed, and would happily sit in Sophie’s hand to wash herself afterwards.
Unfortunately, her teeth didn’t grow back straight. It was quite evident that Tink would need an experienced forever home who could make sure she got all the right soft foods and monitor her intake of solid foods. Sophie had fallen in love with her, so it was only right for Tink to stay. Sophie has to trim Tinks teeth at least twice a week to make sure she can eat properly. That’s why she’s so tiny.
Jelly Bean, Skittles and Bonbon found their forever homes and at 7 months old, Tink is only 21 grams on average but otherwise happy and healthy… and obsessed with cuddles once she's had her teeth trimmed.
If you'd like to help care for our rescue hamsters, please apply to be a foster home - link in bio - website - rescue.
Alternatively, you can donate through paypal, or buy our little friends some toys and accessories from our amazon wishlist - link in bio

2/3… 2 weeks later, things escalated, Jelly Bean

2/3… 2 weeks later, things escalated, Jelly Bean had gotten pregnant a few days before Sophie rescued them and on September 2nd, gave birth to another litter of 7.
Luckily, Sophie had dealt with a very similar situation before and knew what had to be done. The original three babies were three weeks old, Skittles and Bonbon were a healthy enough weight to be separated from their mother. Skittles was double the weight of Jelly Tot, so he got his own enclosure and loved having his own space.
The two girls stayed with mum another week. With winter whites, the female offspring tend to stay with mum if she has another litter and help look after the new babies. They keep them warm while mum stretches her legs and grabs a bite to eat.
Jelly Bean was under a lot of stress and although she tried her best to raise the new litter, unfortunately her efforts were not enough and none of the second litter made it.
The two girls were then given their own enclosure. Jelly Bean needed a break and that’s what she got. Never having to go through another pregnancy, she could rest. Skittles, Bonbon and Jelly Tot were all loving their new, stress free enclosures.

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