Scent

[BethandLil]

As strange as it sounds, I love the smell of my hamster

She smells faintly sweet and (call me crazy) a tiny bit of sesame!

Do you think this is the scent she is giving off from her scent glands?

Her urine isn't very strong unless I get up close to her sandbath after she has just done a wee and then it just smells of ammonia. Not the sweet sesame I can smell on her when I'm handling her.

Anyone else like the smell of their hammy?

[Jennie F]

I've never noticed Khalis normal smell to be honest. But I can certainly smell it when she is in heat. It smells like burnt rubber or plastic and usually gives me a headache! Haha. Ive gotten pretty good at recognising the signs when she is coming into heat, so I can usually stuff my nose with tissues haha. Sometimes she suprises me though. I have a habbit of giving her booty kisses ( that sounds really odd, but its so cute) and sometimes I get more than I bargained for.

The wierd thing is that she doesnt smell bad every 4 days. Its more like every 1-2 weeks that she gets her plastic stench

[BethandLil]

Wow, that's so interesting

I also had no idea female hammies are in heat every 4 days!
Lil consistently has the sweet sesame scent I mentioned.

[Scarlett Empress]

I love the smell of my hammy too - it's sort of warm and comforting! I think my previous hamster, Smokey, smelled stronger than Marty - both females - but yeah I do find it a very nice smell.

[BethandLil]

For me it's a bit like the smell of a new born baby and you can't get enough of smelling them!

Luckily Lil doesn't seem to mind my closely hovering nostrils

[Drago]

All of my hams have smelled really different. Some have smelled like burnt plastic, some like chicken , some like pee, and others don't really have any notable smell. I think it's normal for scents to vary amongst them. I also think diet and bedding has a lot to do with it

[BethandLil]

How very interesting! Such a variety of very specific smells

A few people have asked me if Lil has 'thats hamster smell'. I have responded with a giggle and asked them to explain themselves, which they haven't seemed to be able to do

[BethandLil]

***correction - she smells exactly like Reece's pieces peanut butter cups!! so sickly sweet

[Drago]

Originally Posted by BethandLil

***correction - she smells exactly like Reece's pieces peanut butter cups!! so sickly sweet

Lol how interesting! And here I thought I had the oddest smelling hams

[mamahammy]

My Heather gets a weird smell every two weeks or so lasts a day to a couple of days. Then she goes back to her fresh laundry smell..