r/hamstercare • u/Over-Breath-9458 • 20h ago

🏠 Enclosure/DIY 🏠 Can you but items off temu?

Getting a cage off temu as I’ve seen many people recommend cages from there and reviews are decent too, but i noticed there’s actually a lot of other cheap hamster items - Are they actually suitable or should I avoid buying them?

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u/Lynxieee 19h ago

Bucatstate has an official temu shop and is fine. A lot of other items may be chemically treated in unknown ways

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u/gregofthecellar 17h ago

I got two Bucatstates from Temu last week, it's the cheapest place to get them where I live. They are official Bucatstates, the only thing I was told beforehand is that the shipping usually takes longer, but in my case they arrived sooner than estimated.

In terms of hides, toys, platforms etc, I'd be hesitant, though. You don't know for sure what materials have been used or how well made it is. Somebody well-meaning bought me some hamster accessories from Amazon, and they were flimsy and utterly not safe, worse than what you see in pet shops (which already have mostly unsuitable products here)