Sharing His Wisdom

Tanken has not only been keeping hamsters as a pet but also knew bred them. He already knew that there were hardly any books or websites completely devoted to these animals. When he felt that he knows everything about hamsters and this knowledge can help many others who have hamsters as their pet. This became the reason behind his Youtube channel.

Anything And Everything

Tanken’s channel is all about hamsters. What should be done and what not, the right cleaning procedure, the different requirements of a baby hamster and a grown up. Even people who keep them as pets aren’t aware of all these things. Keeping a hamster is not at all like keeping a dog or a cat. There’s one more such distinct feature of these animals. 

Ever-Growing Teeth

Just like other small similar animals such as rabbits and chinchillas, hamsters teeth never stop growing. Those who live in the wild keep their teeth balanced by cracking nuts that help in tearing their teeth but the adopted one’s teeth keep growing and it becomes a responsibility of the owner of the hamster to maintain the pet’s teeth.

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The hamsters who are being domesticated, also keep their teeth as much as from as they could. All because of their habit of chewing their food as well as chewing the toys or anything they might think of as chewing worthy, sadly, it doesn’t happen always and that’s when owner faces overgrown teeth. However, the owner’s experience of growing a hamster will never be stated as complete until they have been through the process of clipping the hamster’s overgrown teeth.

A Potential Danger

Tanken was planning on filming this video from quite a few months as it can be a life or death thing for a hamster. Yes, overgrown teeth can be very dangerous for these tiny creatures. Their front teeth are known as the incisors and their grown speed is faster compared to the rest of the teeth. They start folding inwards and might get stuck in gums, and for the worse, nose. Hamster won’t be able to eat properly in that case.

Tanken’s Motive

Although owners can always take their hamsters to the vet to get their teeth clipped why to do that when one can do it at home? No appointments, no long waits, and happy and healthy hamster. This was Tanken’s motive behind filming that video. Everything was going as per the plan until the hamster’s actions surprised everyone.