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AmityvilleHams · 10-31-2019, 06:46 PM

Cats and all other predator species(including dogs) must be kept away completely from hamsters and other prey species. This needs to be done with a reliably secure door, and if you have an individual predator species that can open the door the door must be locking to prevent them from opening it.

I'd also not use hamster balls. As Dessi mentioned there's not much oxygen, but they also happen to block off pretty much all of a hamster's senses which is incredibly stressful. A playpen, play bin, or clean dry bathtub are all much better ideas that don't block hamster senses and actually give enrichment unlike any hamster ball!

10-31-2019, 06:46 PM
AmityvilleHams PM Fluffy for custom title Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 4,545	Re: Ways to Bond with Hamster?? Cats and all other predator species(including dogs) must be kept away completely from hamsters and other prey species. This needs to be done with a reliably secure door, and if you have an individual predator species that can open the door the door must be locking to prevent them from opening it. I'd also not use hamster balls. As Dessi mentioned there's not much oxygen, but they also happen to block off pretty much all of a hamster's senses which is incredibly stressful. A playpen, play bin, or clean dry bathtub are all much better ideas that don't block hamster senses and actually give enrichment unlike any hamster ball!