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Cray-Zee Critters (formerly CrayZfish & Critters) is a small-scale Syrian hamster breeder located in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Our focus as a breeder is to bring healthy, friendly hamsters to the prairies while guiding others towards ethical hamster-keeping. CrayZfish & Critters is a Syrian hamster breeder and small animal rescue located in Regina, Saskatchewan. Our focus as a breeder is to bring quality, friendly hamsters to the prairies. As a rescue we work primarily with small mammals such as hamsters and guinea pigs, and birds such as budgies, lovebirds, and cockatiels.

01/06/2026

Happy new year everyone! 🍾🎉 We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and start to the new year! Our holiday season went pretty much like Smee’s reaction to tasting a candy cane for the first time. 😂 We’re in the “hiding in a stocking” stage now haha.

Lots and lots of announcements and updates need to be made, if I can find the motivation to do so. To our followers and supporters: thank you for being by our side through all of this! I seem to say this every time, but truly, hearing from all of you, seeing the photos and updates, it means a lot. 💕

12/25/2025

On behalf of the critter crew, Golden says, “Merry Christmas and happy holidays!” 🐹🎅

12/12/2025

We want to extend a huge (late) thank you to Excalipurr Cat Cafe and their volunteers for hosting yet another great pet market last Saturday. The head honcho was fighting an illness through it all and still did an amazing job! 💪

Zack enjoyed pigging out on all the kale he was offered! 🐷 Quite a few visitors thought he wasn’t real with how calmly he sat on the table. 😄 Bobby Lu was a heart-stealer! He was even gifted a (not-so) little crochet Christmas toque from Handcrafted by Deb. 🥹 Lu fell in love with a gentleman in a black coat, and one particular little boy had grown so fond of him that he kept coming back to say hello. 🐹 The family now has a picture with Lu and all the kiddos to remember him by! 💕

We were surprised by the amount of folks who identified us as the “rescue on the radio”. We explained in more detail our reasons why we’re shutting rescue down, and what our responsibility as a hamster breeder in the prairies is. We brought to light the issues of pets as gifts, impulse-buying without research, hamster mills (yes, they exist!), and the problems inflation is creating not just for us but for every animal rescue in the country.

If you haven’t already, we recommend these lovely local businesses/rescues/advocates to support:
• Spoiled Petz - Spoiledpetztreats
• Bird Friendly Regina
• Scraps - MJ
• Regina Cat Rescue
• Tigger's Dog Rescue

12/06/2025

We are here at the Christmas Pet Market—2170 Albert St, at the corner of 14th Ave—from 10-4pm! Make sure to stop by and support all the local vendors, rescues, and organizations!

Zack & Chewy are making their 2nd appearance, hoping to meet their forever family. Bobby Lu is our Syrian ham-bassador! While he isn’t available for adoption, his daughters are, and he’s helping us be a voice for change in the hamster care in the prairies.

12/04/2025

Well! Yesterday morning we woke up to an unexpected phone call. We thought it was a potential adopter asking for more information (which is normal)…only to be frozen in place when the gentleman introduced himself as a CBC journalist. 🥲

Somehow, some way, CBC saw the post we made the other day about our reasons behind closing our doors as a rescue. Admittedly, I was not prepared to do a phone interview, let alone having it broadcasted live. Anxiety got the best of me right at the beginning (when I lost my train of thought lol) and at the end (when I forgot how to properly say ‘thank you for having me’). 😂 Shlok and Danny, I really am so grateful for the opportunity! 😍🥹

We hope we were able to shed some light on the behind-the-scenes difficulties that all animal rescues are facing here in Saskatchewan in the segment, and the importance of our goal as a pet breeder in Canada. Jumbo Joe and Soda Pop have new families now, but Sid the Kid, Bobby Lu, Zack, and Chewy are honoured to have been mentioned on the radio!

12/04/2025

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-103-the-306/clip/16185548-regina-based-small-animal-rescue-shut-its-rescue-operations

Well! Yesterday morning we woke up to an unexpected phone call. We thought it was a potential adopter asking for more information (which is normal)…only to be frozen in place when the gentleman introduced himself as a CBC journalist. 🥲

Somehow, some way, CBC saw the post we made the other day about our reasons behind closing our doors as a rescue. Admittedly, I was not prepared to do a phone interview, let alone having it broadcasted live. Anxiety got the best of me right at the beginning (when I lost my train of thought lol) and at the end (when I forgot how to properly say ‘thank you for having me’). 😂 Shlok and Danny, I really am so grateful for the opportunity! 😍🥹

We hope we were able to shed some light on the behind-the-scenes difficulties that all animal rescues are facing here in Saskatchewan in the segment, and the importance of our goal as a pet breeder in Canada. Jumbo Joe and Soda Pop are with their new families now, but Sid the Kid, Bobby Lu, Zack, and Chewy are honoured to have been mentioned on the radio!

12/04/2025

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-103-the-306/clip/16185548-regina-based-small-animal-rescue-shut-its-rescue-operations

Well! Yesterday morning we woke up to an unexpected phone call. We thought it was a potential adopter asking for more information (which is normal)…only to be frozen in place when the gentleman introduced himself as a CBC journalist. 🥲

Somehow, some way, CBC saw the post we made the other day about our reasons behind closing our doors as a rescue. Admittedly, I was not prepared to do a phone interview, let alone having it broadcasted live. Anxiety got the best of me right at the beginning (when I lost my train of thought lol) and at the end (when I forgot how to properly say ‘thank you for having me’). 😂 Shlok and Danny, I really am so grateful for the opportunity! 😍🥹

We hope we were able to shed some light on the behind-the-scenes difficulties that all animal rescues are facing here in Saskatchewan in the segment, and the importance of our goal as a pet breeder in Canada. Zack and Chewy are honoured to have been mentioned on the radio!

12/03/2025

We’re feeling a bit melancholy right now. As most of you know, Zack and Chewy have been with us since July 2022. In that time they’ve only had one application, and it’s because of Chewy (although it’s not his fault).

Chewy isn’t as social and friendly as Zack. He knows his boundaries and isn’t afraid to stand up for himself, which makes the pair unsuitable for children or beginner piggy owners. That, however, doesn’t mean Chewy NEVER wants to snuggle.

Zack and Chewy will be at the Christmas Pet Market this Saturday. This will be our last attempt at finding their forever family, so it’s possible that this will be our final snuggle together. It’s bittersweet: we want them to live their best life, spoiled and loved; but selfishly, we’ve grown fond of their presence.

Come the new year, we will no longer be calling ourselves a rescue. With the way the world is going, we just don’t have the excess money to handle the burden, especially without support. We will of course do what we can when there are no other options when a situation arises, but we want to focus on upgrading our hamstery and meeting NAHA’s ethical breeding standards.

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Regina, SK
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+13065415567

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https://crayzeecritters.wixsite.com/crayzeecritters

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We are primarily a pet breeder based in Regina, Saskatchewan. Our focus currently goes towards breeding the M. auratus (Syrian) hamster species, and Procambarus crayfish species.

We also welcome a wide variety of tropical fish, other hamster species, and small birds if they need a new place to stay, or will help them find new homes if we are unable to meet their needs here.

Our goal is to introduce, guide, and educate others who share the passion we have for all living creatures. We are always happy to answer questions and give advice—and the resident pets never turn down an opportunity to make new friends!

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