Recommend hamster toys

ThereGoesLucie · 06-11-2016, 11:12 AM

Hello!

I've had my newest hamster for nearly 3 months now, however she only shows interest in her wheel and she hardly chews!

Can anyone recommend any toys that my hammy might find enjoyable or anything she might enjoy to chew?

Thanks

Pebbles82 · 06-11-2016, 12:16 PM

The Antos Crocodile and toothbrush chews are really popular with most hammies. They are vegetable based. The mini size is good for hamsters. They usually go crazy for them and chew them

Mini single - I tend to get 4 at a time. With the toothbrushes you can stick little treats like sunflower seeds in between the bristles and the enjoy getting them out.

https://www.viovet.co.uk/Antos_Cerea...=Antos&sct_r=2

I also really like a couple of the Rosewood Naturals chew sticks. Our hamster isn't a chewer either but he used to like these (he can't chew at the moment). I like them because they're sugar free and have healthy ingredients

https://www.viovet.co.uk/Boredom_Bre...delion&sct_r=1

https://www.viovet.co.uk/Boredom_Bre...rodent&sct_r=1

I found our Syrian really isn't interested in toys unless they are cosy or edible lol! So he likes cosy round hidey places like his coconut hut, and his hanging rat sputnik with some bedding in. I have that hanging next to a shelf so he can easily get in and out of it. They can jump out of the far side though so you'd need to make sure there's lots of deep substrate to cushion if he jumps and no hard toys nearby he could land on. Or tie a tube to the roof like I did so he can't jump out and goes through the tube to the shelf on the other side

I also got him a labyrinth house with two entrances - one on top. They can pop in and out of the top of it as well as out of the front, and the house is nice and dark inside and space for hoards and a nest and a toilet area.

You can also make some good toys out of toilet rolls. Erin's hamsters has a good video - 10 toilet roll tube toys. I like the hammock she made in it - you'd need some sisal string for that, and it's a useful thing to have for tying anything to the bars really as it's safe to chew and not risky like toys with chains.

Most toys sold for hamsters are too small for syrians and they tend to like tunnels and hidey places I find. Our hamster particularly likes this hyacinth tunnel which has holes in the side he can go in and out of, and it's soft and he likes chewing that a bit. The small size is plenty big enough for even a large syrian

https://www.viovet.co.uk/Boredom_Bre...tunnel&sct_r=1

These also make good edible chewable toys and hidey places. They have dried carrot on top and have hay stuck to the cardboard. The hamster size is a bit on the small side but they fit in fine if it's on the substrate and our hammy chewed the door bigger

He didn't use it much in the cage (except as something to climb onto) but out of the cage he spends ages inside it ripping the hay off lol.

https://www.viovet.co.uk/Naturals_Ca...ottage&sct_r=1

These are the sputniks and the coconut house I got

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Happy-Pet-...EAAOxy4eJTL00g

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nobby-Sputn...ds=rat+sputnik

You can get most of those things from Amazon if you want to get things from the same place to save postage.

This is Erin's 10 toilet roll tube toys video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuPeyD6w-CI

You can get untreated sisal string by the metre here

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1308776884...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

This is Charlie's cage to show the sputnik and tube idea thing. The tube is tied up with sisal string. He doesn't have that many toys in it really and it's a low level set up mostly now he is older so not much on the shelves. But he loves the floor space, having lots of substrate to pile up in heaps and sitting under the shelf. One of the best things you can give them is lots of deep substrate so they can dig and burrow and move it around. Charlie's built a big mountain of it in one corner recently

ThereGoesLucie · 06-11-2016, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Serendipity7000

The Antos Crocodile and toothbrush chews are really popular with most hammies. They are vegetable based. The mini size is good for hamsters. They usually go crazy for them and chew them

Mini single - I tend to get 4 at a time. With the toothbrushes you can stick little treats like sunflower seeds in between the bristles and the enjoy getting them out.

https://www.viovet.co.uk/Antos_Cerea...=Antos&sct_r=2

I also really like a couple of the Rosewood Naturals chew sticks. Our hamster isn't a chewer either but he used to like these (he can't chew at the moment). I like them because they're sugar free and have healthy ingredients

https://www.viovet.co.uk/Boredom_Bre...delion&sct_r=1

https://www.viovet.co.uk/Boredom_Bre...rodent&sct_r=1

I found our Syrian really isn't interested in toys unless they are cosy or edible lol! So he likes cosy round hidey places like his coconut hut, and his hanging rat sputnik with some bedding in. I have that hanging next to a shelf so he can easily get in and out of it. They can jump out of the far side though so you'd need to make sure there's lots of deep substrate to cushion if he jumps and no hard toys nearby he could land on. Or tie a tube to the roof like I did so he can't jump out and goes through the tube to the shelf on the other side

I also got him a labyrinth house with two entrances - one on top. They can pop in and out of the top of it as well as out of the front, and the house is nice and dark inside and space for hoards and a nest and a toilet area.

You can also make some good toys out of toilet rolls. Erin's hamsters has a good video - 10 toilet roll tube toys. I like the hammock she made in it - you'd need some sisal string for that, and it's a useful thing to have for tying anything to the bars really as it's safe to chew and not risky like toys with chains.

Most toys sold for hamsters are too small for syrians and they tend to like tunnels and hidey places I find. Our hamster particularly likes this hyacinth tunnel which has holes in the side he can go in and out of, and it's soft and he likes chewing that a bit. The small size is plenty big enough for even a large syrian

https://www.viovet.co.uk/Boredom_Bre...tunnel&sct_r=1

These also make good edible chewable toys and hidey places. They have dried carrot on top and have hay stuck to the cardboard. The hamster size is a bit on the small side but they fit in fine if it's on the substrate and our hammy chewed the door bigger

He didn't use it much in the cage (except as something to climb onto) but out of the cage he spends ages inside it ripping the hay off lol.

https://www.viovet.co.uk/Naturals_Ca...ottage&sct_r=1

These are the sputniks and the coconut house I got

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Happy-Pet-...EAAOxy4eJTL00g

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nobby-Sputn...ds=rat+sputnik

You can get most of those things from Amazon if you want to get things from the same place to save postage.

This is Erin's 10 toilet roll tube toys video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuPeyD6w-CI

You can get untreated sisal string by the metre here

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1308776884...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

This is Charlie's cage to show the sputnik and tube idea thing. The tube is tied up with sisal string. He doesn't have that many toys in it really and it's a low level set up mostly now he is older so not much on the shelves. But he loves the floor space, having lots of substrate to pile up in heaps and sitting under the shelf. One of the best things you can give them is lots of deep substrate so they can dig and burrow and move it around. Charlie's built a big mountain of it in one corner recently

Ahh thank you!!! Poppy loves toilet roll tubes...but not to chew on haha! I've made some coconut shell toys today too! Thank you for the ideas!

CMB · 06-12-2016, 01:55 AM

If Poppy likes toilet roll tubes. Cut a hole in a tube and add another to that. You can link as many as you link to give her a mini tunnel maze.