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AmityvilleHams · 08-13-2019, 03:49 PM

I wouldn't recommend it. It's not a good size for a dwarf of any kind, at least for a permanent situation.

No matter how much enrichment you add, it'll lack in burrowing depth as it is also fairly short once you add in height for all the enrichment items.

As far as the minimum goes, more people lean towards an 80 cm x 50 cm minimum(with 100 cm x 50 cm being preferred) for any dwarf species(especially since you don't know which species you're getting). This is quite a bit larger than a 30 inch x 15 inch tank even if it may not seem like a big difference! Other than what people actually observe to work in most cases, you'd be looking at the "American" minimum of 450 square inches which has been found not to work long term for the majority of hamsters, even robos.

08-13-2019, 03:49 PM
AmityvilleHams PM Fluffy for custom title Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 4,545	Re: Looking for ideas I wouldn't recommend it. It's not a good size for a dwarf of any kind, at least for a permanent situation. No matter how much enrichment you add, it'll lack in burrowing depth as it is also fairly short once you add in height for all the enrichment items. As far as the minimum goes, more people lean towards an 80 cm x 50 cm minimum(with 100 cm x 50 cm being preferred) for any dwarf species(especially since you don't know which species you're getting). This is quite a bit larger than a 30 inch x 15 inch tank even if it may not seem like a big difference! Other than what people actually observe to work in most cases, you'd be looking at the "American" minimum of 450 square inches which has been found not to work long term for the majority of hamsters, even robos.