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The truth is that after the loss of Bobi (our previous hamster), my partner and I were really sad and felt guilty for not having done more for Bobi in the face of his sudden death... But I think fate intervened.
As some of you may know, we live in Barcelona, and I thought that in Spain in general, no one was aware of what “hamster German care” or more “natural care” was. Just keeping hamsters in decent conditions: habitats measuring 100 x 50 cm, substrate of at least 15 cm (ideally 20 cm), feeding them seeds, vegetables, fruit, nuts (not pellet), large wheels and wooden or ceramic hiding places, textures and logs, free roam outside the cage, etc.
Well, one day I was scrolling through Instagram and I came across an account that was sharing all this in Spanish! I clicked the follow button and while looking at other posts, I saw it: they were advertising hamsters for adoption in Barcelona.
And there she was: a female dwarf hamster only 1 month old (now 2), from irresponsible breeding... I knew we had to adopt her. It was just like a special connection.
We emptied Bobi's cage, cleaned all her stuff, filled it with new substrate, and eagerly awaited the day we would go to pick up Maia
It's pronounced ‘Ma-ya’.
Unfortunately, there is still a lot of ignorance about what it means to have a hamster... And we can't stop thinking about all those furry, whiskered little animals that don't have a family to love them and provide for them.
We are still a little concerned about the issue of vets, as at least in Barcelona, we don't know any vets who don't say such basic things as to give them pellets to eat. And after what happened with Bobi (those of you who have read the post where we explain his death), we are on alert and will be more insistent at the slightest change in behaviour or strange thing we see in Maia...
We will be sharing Maia's adventures here, thank you for reading
As some of you may know, we live in Barcelona, and I thought that in Spain in general, no one was aware of what “hamster German care” or more “natural care” was. Just keeping hamsters in decent conditions: habitats measuring 100 x 50 cm, substrate of at least 15 cm (ideally 20 cm), feeding them seeds, vegetables, fruit, nuts (not pellet), large wheels and wooden or ceramic hiding places, textures and logs, free roam outside the cage, etc.
Well, one day I was scrolling through Instagram and I came across an account that was sharing all this in Spanish! I clicked the follow button and while looking at other posts, I saw it: they were advertising hamsters for adoption in Barcelona.
And there she was: a female dwarf hamster only 1 month old (now 2), from irresponsible breeding... I knew we had to adopt her. It was just like a special connection.
We emptied Bobi's cage, cleaned all her stuff, filled it with new substrate, and eagerly awaited the day we would go to pick up Maia
It's pronounced ‘Ma-ya’.Unfortunately, there is still a lot of ignorance about what it means to have a hamster... And we can't stop thinking about all those furry, whiskered little animals that don't have a family to love them and provide for them.
We are still a little concerned about the issue of vets, as at least in Barcelona, we don't know any vets who don't say such basic things as to give them pellets to eat. And after what happened with Bobi (those of you who have read the post where we explain his death), we are on alert and will be more insistent at the slightest change in behaviour or strange thing we see in Maia...
We will be sharing Maia's adventures here, thank you for reading
Congratulations ❤
So glad you gave her a home. Looking forward to hearing more about her, and great you found a rescue in Barcelona 
In her Foster home she was living in a bin cage (those that are clear and usually used to keep stuff) and she didn’t have much things or space so I think almost everything was new to her. 
We’ll see this week. Any advice apart from obviously leave her space, dark room, silence…?
She also tried broccoli and cauliflower and she loved it. Tomorrow is time for carrots and next day parsley 
Of course she has already tried worms and pumpkin/sunflower seeds 
