MEDINA, Ohio -- If someone had told me years ago that our home would become a breeding ground for tiny rodents, I wouldn’t have believed them. Let alone that we brought the ground-zero “couple” into ...

After Richard’s best and only friend, a dwarf hamster named Etienne, is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he decides to take his pocket pet on a bicycle road trip up the California coast to show it the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images/Heru Agung If you’re thinking of getting a pocket pet, then you might be ...

Dear Heloise: My granddaughter, Bobbi, recently received a dwarf hamster for her 9th birthday. He is a zippy little escape artist! To keep him safe when she wants to play or cuddle with him, she sits ...

Duncan the dwarf hamster has become an unlikely TikTok star and not for running on a wheel or stuffing his cheeks. His owner, who runs the account @duncan.the.dwarf, shared a short clip of the tiny ...

A dwarf hamster named Pebbles is the latest victim in the ongoing battle between airlines and passengers who want to travel with their “emotional support” animals. Pebble’s owner, Belen Aldecosea, was ...

Before Belen Aldecosea flew home from college to South Florida, she twice called Spirit Airlines to ensure she could bring along a special guest: Pebbles, her pet dwarf hamster. No problem, the ...

If you have young children, chances are you get weekly, if not daily, requests for a pet. While a family cat or dog is a right of passage for many, it can be a lot of responsibility for children who ...