Once Upon a Burrow

16/08/2026

🐚 Meet the collection… 🧜‍♀️

From mermaid grottos to villain lairs, every hide is made to turn any cage into an under ocean 🌊 kingdom. Quality built, pet-safe materials and ready to be the coziest spot in the enclosure. Swipe through and pick your favourite 🤩

🐚 Mermaid tail hideout
🦀 Cheeky crab hideout
🐚 Ariel’s shell hideout
🐙 Ursula’s cauldron corner

Which one’s your favourite? Let us know below!

Made with care, built to last, and ready for your little one’s next chapter. 👑

🏰 Once Upon a Burrow - link in bio to shop the collection

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15/08/2026

🍪Oreo’s 🐹 Hamrassic Park set up 🦖, I placed the Rosewood Pet Products chew tunnel into his gorgeous soft bedding and used his Hamrassic Jeep as a tunnel entrance.

I love giving Oreo little secret passages. I think I could sit and watch both hamsters explore their homes (with a cuppa ☕️) for ages. It fascinates me but I also feel proud that I made an ethical happy home for them. Beautiful Bandaby | Homes Not Cages aspen bedding.

Any cool set up ideas - Creating secret tunnels to extra spaces… please show me 😍

15/08/2026

🏡 Rocket 🚀 Cupcake’s 🧁little Bluebell Cottage moment 🌸 💙

Perched perfectly on top of his dig box, this hide has quickly become the star of the enclosure, it genuinely looks like his own little home, and I love that you can peek right inside to see him settled in with all his different substrates.

The floral details and that little brick chimney just make the whole corner feel like a proper storybook scene. Such a sweet way to add height, character and a cosy hideaway all in one!
Bluebell Cottage (and other hides) available at www.onceuponaburrow.com

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12/08/2026

Welcome to Pirate Cove 🏴‍☠️✨ the enchanted hideaway your hamster didn’t know they needed.

🦈 The Great Shark Tunnel Hide is the star of the collection, 40cm nose to tail, it’s a walk-through tunnel AND a shady hideout in one, made for proper exploring and tunnelling (not just a quick hide-and-peek).
💀 Skull hide with a “poison” bottle for extra pirate drama
🦀 Cute Grumpy crab hide guarding the shore
🧜‍♀️ Mermaid tail for a magical touch
🏚️ Pirate cottage tying the whole scene together

All made from natural wood with pet-safe printing and non-toxic glue built with your hamster’s comfort and instincts in mind, not just cute for the camera.

Best suited for 100cm+ Syrian set-ups so there’s room for the whole crew to explore.

Which piece is your favourite… shark, skull or crab? 👇

06/08/2026

🚚 🍍Delivery from Pandypals 📦🥕🍌

Love my order from my little floofs are going to be so happy. Also did not expect the wreath to be that big and pretty

02/08/2026

Thank you Lauren Fable’s Hamster Rescue I’m obsessed 😍 this means so much to me as Oreo is going through a hard time at the moment and this just makes me so happy. 😀

30/07/2026

Cannot wait to share ours 🖌️🤩😬

🎨 Professor Stash's Questionable Portrait Studio

Your pet deserves a masterpiece...

Unfortunately, our volunteers may have other plans.

Donate £10 (or more!) and one of our wonderfully untalented artists will create a gloriously questionable portrait of your pet.

Every donation helps provide food, bedding and veterinary care for rescue hamsters.

Our volunteer artists are giving up their free time to create these portraits, so please be patient while your masterpiece is lovingly (and questionably) crafted.

Note: Portraits are intentionally silly, and each volunteer has their own unique style. The finished artwork may look absolutely nothing like your pet!

Head on over to our website for more information: www.fableshamsters.co.uk/portraits

30/07/2026

🐾 BIG NEWS… our new website is here! 🐾
Head over to onceuponaburrow.com this is where all our new stock will be landing from now on, so keep it bookmarked ✨
We’ve also just wrapped up a full pricing audit! Our hides stay at our usual £18.95 benchmark, smaller pieces are priced a little lower and larger sourced items reflect the extra cost that comes with sourcing and importing bigger stock. Fair pricing, all round 🤍

Go take a look and tell us what you think 👇

24/07/2026

I cannot wait to see lots of lovely ethical set ups.. messy ones, creative ones, unique or even ones that utilise ways to make it affordable.. I’m super intrigued and hope that this competition spreads lots of awareness, ideas and love that people can use 🫶😍🙌🤩🐹☺️🪄🌺🌷🌼🐞✨👑🌷

🐹 Head over to Once Upon a Burrow and enter their current competition! 🐹

They're championing ethical care and inspiring setups for hamsters, showing off unique, themed, colourful and creative enclosures to give everyone ideas on how to level up their pet's home. DIY items / set ups are very welcome too!

You don't need to own any of their products to enter, this is all about promoting good, ethical care and inspiring the community. 💛

How to enter:
📸 Share a photo or video of your setup
🏷️ Tag on your post on instagram
🔁 You can enter as many times as you like, just make sure each entry is a separate post!

Not entering? No worries.. keep an eye out for people's posts, pick your favourite and send it over to Once Upon a Burrow to be a judge yourself! 👀

The winner takes home 3 hides including from their upcoming Halloween 🎃 and Christmas 🎄 collections.

24/07/2026

🤩 I love seeing how you set our products up 🦕

These looks so good… 🐹✨ this has given me an idea!!! Keep an eye out on my instagram for something exciting 🤔💬

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