@we_are_bandaby: We started Bandaby because we saw multi billion dollar companies stacking their shelves with hamster cages and balls and saucer wheels that are completely unfit for welfare. 🥺🐹💔 (And ugly too!) We’re on a mission to fix that. To rebuild the pet industry better and kinder than it is today. So when one of those big companies came and approached us for a partnership - we said that as long as they were selling products below welfare standards, we would never work with them. Brands our size would normally KILL for an offer like that. It can be a life changing opportunity. But, homes not cages is more than just any tagline for us. We will never compromise our values as a team - no matter how big the cheque is. ❤️🐹✨🙏🏼
Hamsters and smaller rodents shouldn’t be pets anyways. They don’t make good pets. So yea sure let’s buy a 500 dollar cage for a 25 dollar rodent
2026-08-10 15:41:26
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Alex :
I get the sentiment, but surely having your product in the same space as those awful options helps to educate people/grow your brand and could have made lots of hamsters so much happier rather than none at all?
2026-07-29 08:29:29
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Dannielle✨ ADHD • Reflections :
Adore your product and can completely understand where you’re coming from, that said, wouldn’t having your product in stores offer a direct in store solution that people can choose and be seen anyway? I’m struggling to see the logic as they will keep selling those old cages regardless, yet if you were in store, people can discover you sooner - especially if you designed the packaging boxes in a way that educate too. I understand wanting to oppose their old ways, but idealism can also be harmful if it stunts growth in hopes of perfection first. A lot of companies like them will take a number of years to change, and old cages are more likely to be phased out rather than replaced overnight because of the current stock/supplier relationships already. Having strong ethics is fantastic, and it’s obviously your call, I’d just be interested to hear your decision making around that, given how this could have scaled your product, reach and impact exponentially into a market that desperately needs it.
2026-07-29 02:34:09
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Cali 🇬🇧 :
Good for you - animals need people like you
2026-07-28 09:07:09
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nora 🌱 :
wait but couldnt you have partnered with them to promote proper care?
2026-07-30 15:05:12
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sophieloux :
I understand your standpoint but I’m assuming people buy these cages through lack of education and convenience so stocking your product along with having a display that educates would be a win win no? Exposure of your mission and giving people a convenient, humane option
2026-07-31 11:57:27
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Bananapeppers :
This is really inspiring but I can’t help but wonder, this retailer sells all of these enclosures that are inappropriate, if your products was featured in the same space, others may be more inclined to buy your product over those? It also may be the first time someone is seeing a product like yours and being exposed to the facts around smaller enclosures? Surely this is better than not reaching those consumers at all?
2026-07-28 09:34:58
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Floofs and Scales :
massive respect! it's so inspiring to see people and brands making themselves kind of good choices
2026-07-28 09:11:44
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Ncognito :
Why don’t you let the “bad” companies convert by letting them start selling better product, like yours? By providing them with better products their customers can choose better products, provide better for their animals, and eventually the “bad” products will be ignored for the better alternatives, hopefully.
2026-08-10 23:28:38
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Janeway :
wouldn't saying yes, make it better for animals, by making them more accessible to everyone buying pets!?
2026-07-30 14:57:38
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owl pellet :
I understand where you're coming from in saying no, however, by saying yes could you not have used it as an opportunity to reach more people and inadvertently push better welfare to people? :o
2026-07-28 23:32:27
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ajkelly9217 :
Surely your cages could reach more people ? Made them more assessable and well known?
2026-08-10 13:07:41
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jeremymurray475 :
That’s impressive I’m glad there’s still people out there like you 👍🏻
2026-08-10 23:54:55
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user6084510672148 :
Immediate follow - more people need to pick morality rather than money. The world would be a better place
2026-07-28 07:48:37
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A 🇨🇦 :
Just a different perspective, but maybe if you got into the retail stores, the public might buy better homes for their hamsters because then there is a option and that might spark them to learn more. If you aren't in these stores then all they have are bad options and won't know better.
2026-08-11 00:07:04
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•lena•🐾 :
So true🫶🏻 hamsters need a home like yours bandaby enclosures not cages🐾
2026-07-28 07:06:55
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TattooedSJ :
Thank you for being their voice 💝✨
2026-07-29 06:13:03
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Beany 🐦🐙🐶🐨 :
Good for you both 👏👏👏
2026-07-28 07:59:21
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DKM :
Morals 🥰
2026-07-28 07:56:58
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cotnoto :
I hope a good company sees this and you can partner with them instead. this is the kind of care that is needed in pet welfare.🤍
2026-07-28 12:17:52
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nix :
thank you for putting your respect of animals before a brand deal. while I and im sure yourselves understand that uou may have missed out on something incredible. it means much more to the animal community and pet owners like myself. Continue with the work youre putting into your own products that support the needs of our furry friends. thank you for your REAL care. better things from better companies will come! you did the right thing
2026-07-28 07:07:20
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philippa • nestr 🐾 :
Found you from this video!! I have been wondering where the challenger brands are for smaller animals / pets and here you are!!! So cool, keep going 💙
2026-07-28 16:27:03
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ameelia2608 :
My daughter wants a hamster, keep telling her no until her find a proper home suitable for her hamster! Teaching her that small cages aren’t home! She’s 5! ♥️
2026-07-31 08:40:26
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