Granted Chaos Exotics

06/26/2025

Cross posting this to my personal/breeder pages. My hamster breeding program is in a pause, for an unknown amount of time.

All prior adopters are still ALWAYS welcome to message me for breeder support, and I am still always willing to take back my babies if you can no longer house them. Please still reach out and let me know if your ham is unwell or passes away, as I still want to forward that information to those who are carrying on my lines for me, for the sake of bettering them even while not in my hands.

I hope this pause will be short, but I have to focus on the safety and welfare of my animals and myself at this time. Juggling litters is simply not going to be ethical or responsible for me for the time being.

Thank you

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06/17/2025

Hi everyone! We are finally settled from moving states, and now function out of Flowery Branch, GA. We are also taking a break from breeding campbells, several of our breeding quality campbells have been reallocated to homes that can further my line, and I hope to get back into them in a year or so.

We're finally choosing a main gene focus in syrians, and will be discussing that focus soon in a future post. In the meantime our remaining campbells who can integrate will be made into same s*x colonies and I'll be studying, recording, and trying to publish information on. Dwarf Hamster colonies are a critically misunderstood concept. I believe nearly every dwarf has the capacity to thrive in a colony, whether they're purebred or show clear hybridization signs, and I'm hoping creating a library of information on vocalizations, interactions (both positive and negative), and cage layouts made to encourage a healthy bond will help reduce the stigma. My information will currently only be able to highlight campbells' behavior, as I simply do not own any hybrids or winter whites, and I always recommend https://milkbunhamstery.org/ for robo information, since my small robo colony is not being actively studied.

I hope all of my prior adopters are enjoying their babies, and I hope in the future I'll be able to provide campbells for pet homes again! My lines have been moved on to Neuse River Rodentry and a breeder in GA who isn't extremely active with hamsters online, so I'll let them decide if they want to be mentioned. I'm still always happy to give breeder recommendations for the species, and since I'll be starting my colonies on the larger side I will have a few solo campbells who may not thrive in a colony and need to be removed, so if a mature friendly ham is something you may want in the future, they will be listed on this page.

Hamsters with temperament, type, longevity.

04/30/2025

These 5 girls are like my welcoming committee every evening! All 5 sit at the door of their cage and beg to be picked up, and then run around my bed in a flurry for 5 minutes before settling down in my lap for cuddles (even if Pippy was on an adventure in this particular video 🤣)
This is the type of temperament i really strive for, these girls (other than Pippy, who's actually not related to them) take after my founding doe, Pfizer so well

04/22/2025

👀4️⃣🏠 POST
I will be updating this post instead of making new ones repeatedly!

Info including cage size needs for individuals will be shown, you can go larger, but not smaller for your pet, as this is the size i believe they'll be content in based on current behavior/busyness!

Please PM me for info about someone!

04/20/2025

I will have both campbells and syrians available at this time!

TESTING, TESTING… 🔎

📍 Midwest to East
🗓️ Late July OR Mid September 2025

Mel's Neighborhood Rodents is feeling out a potential route that would occur either in late July or in mid September depending on the amount of inquiries received for this trip. Fill out a form or contact us on our website to inquire!

🌐 Please view our site and our transportation group for important adoption, surrender, & transportation information!
🏠 Proof of a SUITABLE enclosure for your future furry friend is required in order to submit an adoption form from us and/or our rescue partners.

View our available rescues, as well as those from our rescue partners, on our site: https://www.melsneighborhood.com/adoption/rescues

04/06/2025

Another mite update!
NEARLY everyone appears to be in remission, it was found a few days ago that the hay bale we use for enrichment, which is stored away from the infested room, managed to get infested, so 2 bins got reinfected and have been strictly away from the rest of the critters - as well as the bale discarded.
Mr. Mooley just found out that we've reserved a few new girls for the hamstery, who'll hopefully be here towards the end of june if everything lines up with transport. Additionally, his sister will be paired to an outcross boy at the beginning of next month, assuming everyone remains clear and is still gaining weight/at a healthy weight.
I'm so happy with the current hams in my line, and I'm thrilled to be able to be planning so clearly for my next generation. This break in breeding was amazing for letting me really evaluate all of my critters, and I spent a lot of time analyzing a variety of lines to see what I personally would like to improve on with mine.

I'm so happy with where temperaments are at with my keepers, and the type flaws are being carefully bred away from. I'm so thankful to all of the wonderful people who've been mentoring me!

02/26/2025

ANNOUNCEMENT
NEW INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE VIEWED/PROCESSED UNTIL APRIL 1ST

Unfortunately we are dealing with a hard mite outbreak, and until it is under control we will not be homing any critters. The hope is that by April 1st we can begin processing purchases again, but until then animals will not be leaving this house until they're completely clear of mites and are actively regrowing any patchy coats (mostly armpits and necks). Replies may be a bit slower with the intensive workload that managing a mite outbreak in many dozens of rodents brings, but at minimum I will work to maintain interaction with all prior and current adopters who are reaching out for breeder support.
We will be making an album of av aïlabl è critters soon, but they will be view only until april 1st. You are welcome to message in the meantime, as if you enquire first and get approved to adopt you'll have first choice of pet quality hamsters, but I will not be responding to enquiries until the start of April (this will be noted on any critters posted till then)
If you received a hamster from me who came down with mites within 2 weeks of coming home, please reach out as I will be paying for the treatment, in case it came from here before the mites were noted.
In the meantime we'll be using this down time of not processing new inquiries to rework how all data is organized, and will be adding a small initial application to streamline basic information collection!
I'm hoping to also stockpile some nice photos for future uploads, but we'll see if that happens 🤣
(our pet hedgehog, Fig, for tax)

02/14/2025

There will be Syrian and Campbell's babies ready for this route! Also still have a few retirees of both species 👀🏠

01/28/2025

Hi friends! We're headed on the road tomorrow to deliver some hammies! So excited to be sending Cas to a wonderful family, and Deckard (now Pudge) headed to Dandelion Critters to help start up a silver gray line!

We're also bringing along Sweet Sunset's Attic, who will be bred to my partners' longhaired black tort. She's 6-7 months now, so depending on whether they want to rear the litter or send her home with me to rear myself, he may just be coming along for the ride.

When I get back on Wednesday, I will hopefully be meeting a new syrian litter, and will have some campbells headed out of the nest to meet too.

The pup pictured is part of a litter with an outcross that unfortunately didn't go as planned. Mom decided her newborns needed their ears barbered, so we have 5 earless pups and one with what looks like a battle crop 😅 These pups (black, opal, and agouti) will be looking for pet only homes, as they do have the potential to be barberers themselves.

If you are interested in a funny looking dwarf, please keep an eye out, these guys need another 2 weeks, and then they'll be 👀4️⃣🏠, and transport will be available through Mels in february! I will try to get all 👀4️⃣🏠 animals photos up to date and posted by next wednesday.

01/27/2025

This gorgeous boy! I can't wait to get some BEA genetics for my line 😍

01/16/2025

Lots of info on my syrian babies! Check each photo for a description and info, PM if you have questions!

01/12/2025

Oh how I love a mottled opal...

This girl is a keeper that I have in with my red eyed lilac male, I honestly still have a few hold backs who still need names and she's one of them 🙈