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Pebbles82 · 04-07-2021, 04:07 PM

Lots of opinions on hamster balls! General consensus is they're not good for some of the reasons Dodo mentioned. The other issue is hamster balls are too small. Rat balls are a better size but have larger slits so toes get caught easier. I do have the Savic rat ball (which has the narrowest slits of all the rat balls) and I do very occasionally let our hamsters go in it - if they hop into it. But a playpen area is better.

Maximum time they should be in a ball is 10 minutes really with constant observation. It's great for transporting them though. Even a smaller ball is good for that.

04-07-2021, 04:07 PM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: New owner! Best cage for robo dwarf hamster Lots of opinions on hamster balls! General consensus is they're not good for some of the reasons Dodo mentioned. The other issue is hamster balls are too small. Rat balls are a better size but have larger slits so toes get caught easier. I do have the Savic rat ball (which has the narrowest slits of all the rat balls) and I do very occasionally let our hamsters go in it - if they hop into it. But a playpen area is better. Maximum time they should be in a ball is 10 minutes really with constant observation. It's great for transporting them though. Even a smaller ball is good for that.