We thought we'd introduce a few of the people that foster for us, and get them to give you some insight on what it's like to be part of the team! Name & pronouns? Alice. they/them Where are you based? Somerset How long have you kept hamsters? Since I got my first foster in May 2025 Did you start off knowing proper ethical care, or did you have to learn it? I started off knowing it thanks to spending a lot of time in ethical care communities online for other species, there

We would like to wish a huge happy Mothers day to all mums, and all those that celebrate today in whatever capacity! We thought we'd also like to honour some of the amazing hamsters that we've had in our rescue that have been mothers themselves! Our first mum is Merida, who earned her name with this iconic photo which was taken when she was rescued and she was defending her day old babies. Merida was cohoused with two other dwarves before coming to us. Due to being mis-sexed

Moley captured everyone's heart from the moment he came into the rescue. His situation is not a common one, but unfortunately by no means unique. We wanted to share a bit about Moley's background, how he came to us, and how he's doing now. Adorable Moley Moley was found outside in October 2025. As we know, October in the UK is a cold and wet month. Poor Moley was left to fend for himself until he was spotted and posted on a community page. His kind finder got him as safe as h

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who supports Bright Horizon Hamster Rescue on #easyfundraising. Just by taking an extra step when you shop online and collecting a free donation for us, we've currently raised over £1000.66! Not one of our supporters yet? Please join today at: https://join.easyfundraising.org.uk/bright-horizon/yfuxda/c2s/mQ7oHj9a/PMC13/facebook/1000.66 This really is so easy to do! Sign up on the app, and then every time you go to shop at a site that is part of ea

You’ve probably watched your hamster companion enjoying natural enrichment, and imagined them in the wild. Credit: Wildlife Travel What if we hadn’t captured and calmed our fuzzy friends over 100 years ago? What kind of lives would their wild ancestors have now? How would their species have coped with human overdevelopment, conflict, intensive farming? The UK has never had any wild hamsters. The species we keep as companions don’t survive the UK climate and ecosystem; escapee

Sometimes, you are asked if you can take in a hamster and that's exactly what happens. You get all the details from the surrender form, you find a spot for them in rescue, you pick them up, and then they can start looking for their forever home. Sometimes, it's not that simple. Recently, we were contacted to see if we could take in 7 little robos. This was already a large group of little floofs, but we came together as a team, and found space for them. We arranged a date to p

Hi! Welcome to our new addition to the Bright Horizon website! This blog section is going to include many different stories and information that we think you will all love to read about! We have some really exciting things to share! We've got stories of some recent rescues! Updates on some of our amazing residents! And also some more insights into what goes on within the rescue! Please let us know if there's anything you'd like to see in the comments! Do you want more details