Hamster care in a house with no air conditioning in the summer?

newhamsterowner · 01-21-2019, 11:28 AM

Hello everyone! I have a hamster who I got in the fall so I haven't had to deal with this issue yet but I wanted to prepare in advance. The issue is that I do not have air conditioning in my house, and it gets quite warm indoors in the summer because of this. Since it is winter, and I have heating, everything has been fine. I don't want my hamster to get sick or hurt because of the heat in the summer. He is a Syrian hamster living in a glass terrarium/tank with a metal mesh lid. Is there anything I can do to keep the temperature of his tank at a good level without indoor air-conditioning?
thank you!

cypher · 01-21-2019, 01:05 PM

There's a thread here on keeping your hamster cool which has lots of useful ideas.
Keeping your hamster cool

newhamsterowner · 01-21-2019, 01:32 PM

thank you!!

Pebbles82 · 01-21-2019, 02:16 PM

What country are you in? Assume it’s somewhere that gets very hot in summer! Main thing is out of sunlight and a fan in the room.

newhamsterowner · 01-22-2019, 02:34 PM

I live in Canada, it gets to a high of maybe 30 degrees C in the summer, but it usually stays in the low 20s.

cypher · 01-22-2019, 11:54 PM

The ideal room temp for a ham is 18-21C, unless it gets extremely hot (doesn't happen often here!) I find just closing the windows & curtains & keeping the fan on, maybe a chilled mug or tile in the cage is enough.

newhamsterowner · 01-23-2019, 03:19 PM

Thank you for the advice!