Poppy Bee Hamstery

Poppy Bee Hamstery We are Syrian hamster breeders in Clifton, Virginia. Our goal is to promote interest in Syrian hams

I am heartbroken to share that our sweet Indie passed from labor complications today. The vet team initially tried resc...
01/08/2025

I am heartbroken to share that our sweet Indie passed from labor complications today. The vet team initially tried rescue efforts, but it was clear Indie was too far gone and the most humane course was euthanasia for her and her newborn pups.

This is a rare incidence in hamster breeding, but always a possibility.

Indie was a beautiful and spirited hamster and she will be missed dearly. Hug your hammies for me and give them some extra love today.

01/08/2025

Snowy Owl’s intended owner unfortunately backed out, so we are scrambling to find a good home for this sweetheart! Snowy Owl is very sweet and happy to sit with you and eat snacks! He is ready to go home starting this weekend, please reach out if you are on our waitlist and interested, or send in an application!

01/06/2025

Baby hamsters tried out sand boxes yesterday and at first they weren’t so sure, but one minute later they were all having fun!

01/01/2025

Edit- Calabaza has a home!

Calabaza is a silver grey (het) long haired satin male looking for a home in 2025! We have decided to keep his brother for our breeding program, and we are bringing home his uncle hopefully this Spring!

Calabaza was born this past September. He is shy and more of a late night owl, but tolerant of handling with warm up and gentle hands. Please reach out if you are interested in him!

01/01/2025

Happy New Year to our Hamily! Thank you for your endless support and kindness, we appreciate it and love you all! Good wishes for 2025!

12/31/2024

Enjoy sissies Ponderosa and Evergreen snacking and posing!

I’m slooowly catching up on emails and messages and beginning to line up homes! It’s been a hectic week with family illness and holiday busyness.

I hope to have more time to share videos of all the pups next week!

Welcome to Phoenix’s crew of cute winter critters!These guys gave us a work out during the photo shoot, but I think we m...
12/30/2024

Welcome to Phoenix’s crew of cute winter critters!
These guys gave us a work out during the photo shoot, but I think we managed to snap some great poses.

We aren’t 100% sure on coloring ID for a few of these, RS can be tricky to ID when not combined with dove. Importantly, these pups carry black which will help us as we continue to pursue introducing silver into our Russian shadow dove line.

We are currently thinking of holding back Moose, Seal, Beluga, and Lemming to grow out and consider for our breeding program but only plan to keep one or two.

12/29/2024

We weaned our last litter of this year yesterday! Phoenix was bred to both Hammibal, and Hammibal’s son Nimbo. Hammibal was feeling more like sleeping than making babies, so we decided to give Nimbo a try. Based on the litter I believe Nimbo fathered most, but it looks like Hammibal may have fathered at least one!

I think the little guy in this video is a RS silver mink. He is one of our likely keepers. I’m hoping if we do keep him, we can test breed for both RS and silver, though I’ll have to eventually select away from umbrous and cream so that might be tricky. We will be holding back one female possibly too from her litter.

So far Phoenix’s litter is the busiest and most scrambley (yes I made up that word). They haven’t been handled as much as the others because my family came down with illness over winter break and it’s been pretty hectic. I do hope we can take photos of them either tomorrow or early next week.

Meanwhile the pups from mama Violet and Mini Plucky are also doing well. We have one pup from Mini Plucky that often cries- sweet Douglas. But he did very well with handling tonight, so I think he just needs time.

Regarding next litters- Wizard was bred to Oslo, but it doesn’t look like the breeding worked. Wizard lost weight so I took her to the vet. She possibly had a UTI, but we aren’t sure. We are treating and getting her back into good condition. Behavioral wise she’s the same sweet silly girl. I’m hoping she will be well and ready to breed again sometime in the new year.

We are working on breeding Drama and Indie to Magic Lantern! Fingers crossed breedings take as I know many new folks who recently joined our waitlist are waiting patiently. I also hope to process the new applications I’ve received soon!

Welcome to two of our lovely winter litters! We have two litters of 9 pups each from mamas Violet and Mini Plucky. I lik...
12/27/2024

Welcome to two of our lovely winter litters! We have two litters of 9 pups each from mamas Violet and Mini Plucky. I likely will not begin reaching out to folks for selection until next week.

A gentle reminder that I cannot guarantee availability for any of these pups. We will be selecting hold backs and potential breeder contract hammies, and we must go in order on our waitlist, and this takes time. We understand how excited and eager our adoption families are! Please have patience with us ❤️!

12/21/2024

This little toot has stolen my heart. But he definitely needs to learn bite inhibition! Tiny ham-shark

12/19/2024

These are all the papas of our current litters! Sam, Oslo, and Nimbo! Super lovely boys with friendly personalities.

12/17/2024

Welcome to Phoenix and Nimbo’s pups! This litter is cinnamon based. Some are also silver and/or Russian Shadow. Two are minks and one is red eyed ivory. Some are dominant spotted from papa too.

We plan to keep a silver blonde or RS silver blonde from this litter (so I hope one or two of them grow nicely for us!)

12/14/2024

Welcome to Mini Plucky and Sam’s pups!

They are mostly doing well, though there is one tiny fighter working on eating well so they can catch up in size to their siblings.

It wasn’t ideal to breed dominant spot to banded, but I wanted to breed black to cinnamon, and they were a good match temperament wise. I was hoping Mini Plucky might be silver grey (a color you can’t see on black alone) but it looks like she is not. I am hoping one of the cinny satins in this litter will be our keeper.

I will be introducing Phoenix and Nimbo’s litter next! They turned 2 weeks old yesterday.

12/14/2024

Buddy always samples the baby mush. He loves hamster babies, I mean he loves baby hamster food 😂

12/14/2024

ntroducing Violet and Oslo’s pups! Mostly golden, one golden umbrous (maybe more?) and two blacks!

We have several upcoming retirees looking for homes. Violet from Pearl Hamletry has never had a litter and is decidedly ...
12/12/2024

We have several upcoming retirees looking for homes.

Violet from Pearl Hamletry has never had a litter and is decidedly child free. She is available to go home now.

Phoenix and Mini Plucky will be available in about 3 weeks!

Please message me if you are interested in any of these three hammies!

12/09/2024

Sound up for some hamster ASMR!

Yeep seriously doesn’t care about my antics as long as there is food present. I would venture he is as food motivated as Whimsy, and that is saying A LOT. Because he is so food motivated, we actually took a trip to the vet several weeks ago. I wanted to make sure he was healthy given his Beagle dog-like determination for snackies (iykyk, my childhood friend’s Beagle destroyed and ate an entire container of Girl Scout cookies including the box). We determined he’s healthy- just um… rotund. Yeep is on a bit of a modified diet- mostly lab blocks, less seed mix, but I do not hold back from fresh veggies. Yeep is still growing, and at tonight’s weigh in he was 200 grams. He is just more of a softball shape, which we love.

In other news- all mama hamsters are doing very well, taking good care of their pups. The babies are starting on some veggies now and I will be offering mush soon. They will be two weeks old later this week so hopefully I can share some videos soon.

Oh- and look forward to more videos of Yeep in his Christmas best. He really is a stellar ham.

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Snowy Owl’s intended owner unfortunately backed out, so we are scrambling to find a good home for this sweetheart! Snowy Owl is very sweet and happy to sit with you and eat snacks! He is ready to go home starting this weekend, please reach out if you are on our waitlist and interested, or send in an application! #hamsters #syrianhamstersofinstagram #smallpetsofinstagram #petstagram #hamstergram #pets #syrianhamster #poppybeehamstery #poppybeeathome

Baby hamsters tried out sand boxes yesterday and at first they weren’t so sure, but one minute later they were all having fun! #hamsters #petstagram #hamstergram #syrianhamster #smallpetsofinstagram #pets #hamster #syrianhamstersofinstagram #cuteanimals #poppybeehamstery #poppybeeathome

Edit- Calabaza has a home! Calabaza is a silver grey (het) long haired satin male looking for a home in 2025! We have decided to keep his brother for our breeding program, and we are bringing home his uncle hopefully this Spring! Calabaza was born this past September. He is shy and more of a late night owl, but tolerant of handling with warm up and gentle hands. Please reach out if you are interested in him! #hamsters #syrianhamsters #petstagram #smallpetsofinstagram #hamstergram #poppybeehamstery #poppybeeathome

Happy New Year to our Hamily! Thank you for your endless support and kindness, we appreciate it and love you all! Good wishes for 2025! #hamsters #syrianhamster #petstagram #happynewyear #smallpetsofinstagram #petstagram #poppybeehamstery #poppybeehamstery

Enjoy sissies Ponderosa and Evergreen snacking and posing! I’m slooowly catching up on emails and messages and beginning to line up homes! It’s been a hectic week with family illness and holiday busyness. I hope to have more time to share videos of all the pups next week! #hamsters #petstagram #smallpetsofinstagram #hamster #poppybeehamstery #poppybeeathome

We weaned our last litter of this year yesterday! Phoenix was bred to both Hammibal, and Hammibal’s son Nimbo. Hammibal was feeling more like sleeping than making babies, so we decided to give Nimbo a try. Based on the litter I believe Nimbo fathered most, but it looks like Hammibal may have fathered at least one! I think the little guy in this video is a RS silver mink. He is one of our likely keepers. I’m hoping if we do keep him, we can test breed for both RS and silver, though I’ll have to eventually select away from umbrous and cream so that might be tricky. We will be holding back one female possibly too from her litter. So far Phoenix’s litter is the busiest and most scrambley (yes I made up that word). They haven’t been handled as much as the others because my family came down with illness over winter break and it’s been pretty hectic. I do hope we can take photos of them either tomorrow or early next week. Meanwhile the pups from mama Violet and Mini Plucky are also doing well. We have one pup from Mini Plucky that often cries- sweet Douglas. But he did very well with handling tonight, so I think he just needs time. Regarding next litters- Wizard was bred to Oslo, but it doesn’t look like the breeding worked. Wizard lost weight so I took her to the vet. She possibly had a UTI, but we aren’t sure. We are treating and getting her back into good condition. Behavioral wise she’s the same sweet silly girl. I’m hoping she will be well and ready to breed again sometime in the new year. We are working on breeding Drama and Indie to Magic Lantern! Fingers crossed breedings take as I know many new folks who recently joined our waitlist are waiting patiently. I also hope to process the new applications I’ve received soon! #hamsters #petstagram #hamstergram #syrianhamster #hamster #poppybeehamstery #poppybeeathome

This is vampire baby’s uncle Yeep! They share a genetic disposition towards tolerance of Christmas hats, but mostly a tolerance of Christmas hats when snacks are provided. To see vampire baby wearing his Christmas best - Check out https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD0rs_OM-_P/?igsh=NjVzeWk3NmxmNWh0

This little toot has stolen my heart. But he definitely needs to learn bite inhibition! Tiny ham-shark

These are all the papas of our current litters! Sam, Oslo, and Nimbo! Super lovely boys with friendly personalities. #smallpetsofinstagram #hamstergram #syrianhamster #hamster #syrianhamstersofinstagram #petstagram #exoticpets #pocketpets #cuties #cutie #cutepetsclub #poppybeehamstery #poppybeeathome

Welcome to Phoenix and Nimbo’s pups! This litter is cinnamon based. Some are also silver and/or Russian Shadow. Two are minks and one is red eyed ivory. Some are dominant spotted from papa too. We plan to keep a silver blonde or RS silver blonde from this litter (so I hope one or two of them grow nicely for us!) #hamsters #babyhamster #petstagram #smallpetsofinstagram #pets #hamstergram #syrianhamster #hamster #cuties #cutepetsclub #cutepets #smallpets #poppybeehamstery #poppybeeathome

Welcome to Mini Plucky and Sam’s pups! They are mostly doing well, though there is one tiny fighter working on eating well so they can catch up in size to their siblings. It wasn’t ideal to breed dominant spot to banded, but I wanted to breed black to cinnamon, and they were a good match temperament wise. I was hoping Mini Plucky might be silver grey (a color you can’t see on black alone) but it looks like she is not. I am hoping one of the cinny satins in this litter will be our keeper. I will be introducing Phoenix and Nimbo’s litter next! They turned 2 weeks old yesterday. #hamsters #syrianhamster #petstagram #smallpetsofinstagram #hamstergram #pets #hamsterpets #poppybeehamstery #poppybeeathome

Buddy always samples the baby mush. He loves hamster babies, I mean he loves baby hamster food 😂 #hamsters #petstagram #smallpetsofinstagram #petstagram #pets #hamsterpet #syrianhamster #syrianhamstersofinstagram #hamster #poppybeehamstery

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