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Fluffagrams · 05-21-2018, 05:12 AM

I think a lot will depend on the hamster's individual situation. If a hamster is healthy, of a good weight and is not pregnant then there's no reason not to give them a wheel in their cages however several of mine do not have wheels for various reasons. One for example is very elderly now, another has scarring on her respiratory tract, another cannot maintain a healthy weight. Some breeders remove the wheels in the week before the pups are due but I prefer to remove them from the cages of my females during pregnancy and until the pups have been separated as I feel that their energies are best conserved for raising healthy pups.

05-21-2018, 05:12 AM
Fluffagrams Moderator Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Bath, UK Posts: 3,640	Re: wheel or no wheel? I think a lot will depend on the hamster's individual situation. If a hamster is healthy, of a good weight and is not pregnant then there's no reason not to give them a wheel in their cages however several of mine do not have wheels for various reasons. One for example is very elderly now, another has scarring on her respiratory tract, another cannot maintain a healthy weight. Some breeders remove the wheels in the week before the pups are due but I prefer to remove them from the cages of my females during pregnancy and until the pups have been separated as I feel that their energies are best conserved for raising healthy pups.