Why I Love Whimzees!

When I first got hamsters I bought wooden apple sticks and all those things hamsters are supposed to chew on. No luck. I tried putting a thin layer of peanut butter on the chews to encourage chewing, this only gave me a few chews but mostly licks.

Finally, I tried putting the chew toys in their food to make them smell like something they’d want to chew on… still no luck.

AND THEN I gave Whimzees a try.

I had seen Whimzees on YouTube and Instagram, but I still didn’t feel sure about giving a dog chew toy to a hamster. But, turns out, it’s totally fine! Some people say they only give their hamsters Whimzees for short periods of time because their hamsters don’t eat their food if a Whimzee is around. I haven’t found this with mine. My hams are still very happy to eat their food, but I’ll find them later, laying in their sand bath or on their moss, chewing away and looking happy.

You can try them out by buying them individually for about $1 at PetCo, or you can go for the full bag of them (links below). I prefer the alligator shape- I think it’s just cute :)

Whimzees: https://amzn.to/37DBRby  Or from Petco: https://bit.ly/3arbUPf

*please note that not all Whimzees are created equally! Get the kind that are harder (like the ones linked to here), the soft kind of Whimzee is not recommended for hamsters.

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