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AmityvilleHams · 12-11-2019, 05:02 PM

Engel is correct. Separate housing regardless of species is best. It is far more natural, with hamsters in the wild interacting with other hamsters for breeding purposes. You'd also have this being supported by overwhelming evidence of numerous hamster pairs and groups falling out eventually no matter how hard an owner tries, along with the unavoidable additional and completely unnecessary stress that pair and group housing bring to hamsters. You can also accomplish quite a bit more in the way of safe enrichment without having to tackle the obstacles pairs and groups can bring!

I would personally avoid the 450 square inch minimum though. I would aim for the range of 516 square inches to 775 square inches per cage per hamster, all on one completely uninterrupted floor space(no tube connection or similar modular cages etc).

Keep in mind you must set up a cage in a safe way as well, lots of enrichment but no unsafe objects(things with chains, ladders with gaps, tall objects, etc - which can be advised upon even further with cage setup pictures once you've got things sorted!) along with not leaving too many wide open and uncovered spaces which can make any hamster nervous.

12-11-2019, 05:02 PM
AmityvilleHams PM Fluffy for custom title Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 4,545	Re: Worried if bin cage is not suitable for new robo pair. Engel is correct. Separate housing regardless of species is best. It is far more natural, with hamsters in the wild interacting with other hamsters for breeding purposes. You'd also have this being supported by overwhelming evidence of numerous hamster pairs and groups falling out eventually no matter how hard an owner tries, along with the unavoidable additional and completely unnecessary stress that pair and group housing bring to hamsters. You can also accomplish quite a bit more in the way of safe enrichment without having to tackle the obstacles pairs and groups can bring! I would personally avoid the 450 square inch minimum though. I would aim for the range of 516 square inches to 775 square inches per cage per hamster, all on one completely uninterrupted floor space(no tube connection or similar modular cages etc). Keep in mind you must set up a cage in a safe way as well, lots of enrichment but no unsafe objects(things with chains, ladders with gaps, tall objects, etc - which can be advised upon even further with cage setup pictures once you've got things sorted!) along with not leaving too many wide open and uncovered spaces which can make any hamster nervous.