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Old 06-08-2018, 01:10 PM   #11
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Default Re: I'm not sure if my hamster is happy

You could add a level/platform to the cage with a ramp.

If you make a playpen. You can add a variety of things to climb on, under or through. I have my hamsters sand bath/toilet in the playpen and they use it.

Youcan put your hamsters igloo in the playpen or get another for the playpen and leave the other in the cage.
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Old 06-08-2018, 01:41 PM   #12
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Do you have a bath? That can make a playpen subsitute
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Old 06-09-2018, 07:26 AM   #13
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I think the bath can be a bit scary for dwarf hams & is probably better suited to Syrians really.
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Great advice from the others. Perhaps you could raise the cage on a low box or something. Even just a little higher will help. I swapped a Russian dwarf into a new cage and because she'd never been in a big cage before it took her more than a month to adjust. First she ran around a lot and then she got a bit withdrawn. I do think a bigger cage can make your hamster feel a bit more natural and some of their instincts like territorial ones come in which they just haven't been able to express before.
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Old 06-09-2018, 12:41 PM   #15
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You could add a level/platform to the cage with a ramp.

If you make a playpen. You can add a variety of things to climb on, under or through. I have my hamsters sand bath/toilet in the playpen and they use it.

Youcan put your hamsters igloo in the playpen or get another for the playpen and leave the other in the cage.
Thanks for the idea! I´m watching some tutorials and DIY to craft spicy toys for my hamster. I don´t know if my hamster likes stairs because he doesn´t use them all too often, but I will do!

he has a bath but inside the cage. Outside the cage I will put it.

I´m afraid of touching the igloo because he spends a lot of time there and I would hate to mess it up. One time i raised the igloo up and he had tunnels to the igloo, and a ball of paper covering his nest, so cute.

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Do you have a bath? That can make a playpen subsitute
He has a bath! But I´m crafting my own playpen with popsicle sticks, I will show it when its done

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I think the bath can be a bit scary for dwarf hams & is probably better suited to Syrians really.
I really didn´t know, maybe should i take it away to make him more room in the cage?

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Great advice from the others. Perhaps you could raise the cage on a low box or something. Even just a little higher will help. I swapped a Russian dwarf into a new cage and because she'd never been in a big cage before it took her more than a month to adjust. First she ran around a lot and then she got a bit withdrawn. I do think a bigger cage can make your hamster feel a bit more natural and some of their instincts like territorial ones come in which they just haven't been able to express before.
I already found a place to put the cage, it will be on a table so he should be safe there.

It´´s difficult for me to afford a bigger cage than what my hamster has, I do not have more space at home, i tried to make it as big as I could

I figured out my hamster is territorial, because he has never ever bitten outside the cage (he acts very nervously though )



Thanks a lot all of you for the tips, today I put 8cm more of substrate at his cage, added a second level to the cage and I hope he enjoys it! I´m also crafting a playpen with my GF, I will show it when it´s done!

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Old 06-09-2018, 12:58 PM   #16
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When Serendipity asked about the bath she meant your bath to use as a playpen not his sand bath! Some people use the bath (with a towel in the bottom & the plug in) as a play/taming area for their hams but as I said I think it works better with Syrians than dwarf hams which generally do better in a playpen or play bin.
I definitely wouldn't take his sand bath out to make more room in the cage, it is quite important (& fun!) for them to have one.
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