greysome
10-20-2014, 12:22 AM
Hi all,
Last week I unexpectedly came home with a syrian who is tentatively being called Hazel Nut. I won't go into the entire background, but the gist is that instead of getting a hamster a few months from now as I originally planned, I got nervous about the large size of two hamsters in a tank at the pet store while price-shopping. I already had a one level bin cage tentatively done. It's supposed to be the first level of a 2-3 level cage--and tentatively done because it had been cut/meshed for ventilation but I hadn't purchased any tubes yet so was holding off on making any holes/possible permanent changes to the bin.
But to the point of this post: I can't find any tubes I like for Hazle Nut. Since she's a syrian I know the "normal" tubes except maybe the habitrail ovo are too small but looking at the habitrail ovo, I'm worried she will outgrow it relatively quickly. I was looking at drain/corrugated pipes and then started considering molding my own tube out of clay or some moldable substance so I can create tubes with a long "window" running through most of the length of it for both ventilation and so I can check and see if she's in the tube. While looking at possible materials, I came upon something called instamorph moldable plastic (the link which I can't put up)
I was curious what people thought about it. It says it is non-toxic but I figured I should check with you guys since I'm new to hamsters and figured you would probably know more about safe materials/what not than me. Would this be a safe material for Hazel Nut if she decides to go on a chew frenzy (thus far, she has been very good and is only interested in chewing wood, particularly popsicle sticks). I hadn't even heard of it til today (albeit, I have been away from artsy endeavors for over the better part of a decade now and was never particularly into sculpting anyway). I love the idea of being able to custom make tubes/tunnels and oh the possibilities!:D
Last week I unexpectedly came home with a syrian who is tentatively being called Hazel Nut. I won't go into the entire background, but the gist is that instead of getting a hamster a few months from now as I originally planned, I got nervous about the large size of two hamsters in a tank at the pet store while price-shopping. I already had a one level bin cage tentatively done. It's supposed to be the first level of a 2-3 level cage--and tentatively done because it had been cut/meshed for ventilation but I hadn't purchased any tubes yet so was holding off on making any holes/possible permanent changes to the bin.
But to the point of this post: I can't find any tubes I like for Hazle Nut. Since she's a syrian I know the "normal" tubes except maybe the habitrail ovo are too small but looking at the habitrail ovo, I'm worried she will outgrow it relatively quickly. I was looking at drain/corrugated pipes and then started considering molding my own tube out of clay or some moldable substance so I can create tubes with a long "window" running through most of the length of it for both ventilation and so I can check and see if she's in the tube. While looking at possible materials, I came upon something called instamorph moldable plastic (the link which I can't put up)
I was curious what people thought about it. It says it is non-toxic but I figured I should check with you guys since I'm new to hamsters and figured you would probably know more about safe materials/what not than me. Would this be a safe material for Hazel Nut if she decides to go on a chew frenzy (thus far, she has been very good and is only interested in chewing wood, particularly popsicle sticks). I hadn't even heard of it til today (albeit, I have been away from artsy endeavors for over the better part of a decade now and was never particularly into sculpting anyway). I love the idea of being able to custom make tubes/tunnels and oh the possibilities!:D