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Old 07-09-2017, 06:44 AM   #11
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It's fine keeping them in the same room. One thing that hamsters don't handle well though, is having their environment changed - eg moving the cage to a different room or even a different location in the same room - this can trigger a lot of stress behaviours. So best to leave a cage where it is, once a hamster has settled in. So if you get a new cage for your Syrian, ideally put it in the same place as the old cage was.
Sometimes it's necessary to relocate cages. They just look around & back to sleep or for a run on the wheel. As long as it's not moved on a regular basis you & your hamster will be fine.
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Old 07-09-2017, 07:21 AM   #12
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If I was to buy a dwarf hamster I would only get one due to never having any before and the possibility of fighting. The cage is from Pets At Home and is the medium size (I never bought the cage, it was given to me along with my hamster). The 80x50x50 was the Savic Hamster Heaven Metro Cage but now looking at the Alaska Hamster Cage I think I'll be going for that one as it's much cheaper and is a little bigger.

I'm not wanting to buy another cage because my mum is very difficult to work with and I know she would hate the idea of having three cages in the house. So, it looks like I am unable to get a dwarf hamster but the advice on the cage and wheel were perfect and I plan to buy both
The P@H medium wire cage is 50cm X 30cm X 25cm which, in my opinion, is definitely too small (though P@H do advertise it as “suitable for 2 dwarf hamsters”!!!).

If your mum is being difficult about having 3 cages in the house, couldn’t you throw out the p@h medium cage and simply buy one more suitable for a dwarf hammy?
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Old 07-09-2017, 08:15 AM   #13
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If I was to buy a dwarf hamster I would only get one due to never having any before and the possibility of fighting. The cage is from Pets At Home and is the medium size (I never bought the cage, it was given to me along with my hamster). The 80x50x50 was the Savic Hamster Heaven Metro Cage but now looking at the Alaska Hamster Cage I think I'll be going for that one as it's much cheaper and is a little bigger.

I'm not wanting to buy another cage because my mum is very difficult to work with and I know she would hate the idea of having three cages in the house. So, it looks like I am unable to get a dwarf hamster but the advice on the cage and wheel were perfect and I plan to buy both
Excellent Maybe try and get a refund on the pets at home one then. It's worth a shot. The Alaska actually folds flat so is also useful as a holiday cage if needed It can be a fiddle to put together (according to some people, but others say it's fine) but is great value, a good size and also has a nice big front opening door - which helps with interaction with the hamster and taming.
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Old 07-09-2017, 08:19 AM   #14
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PS Just realised you can't get a refund if you didn't buy the cage lol. ie if it was given to you with the hamster. So keep it as a play cage for during cage cleans maybe. It's always tricky to know where to put a hamster when you're doing a cage clean. You can just store the bars nested inside the base somewhere and get it out when you need it.

Just wanted to pass on some tips about cage cleaning too. Pet shops tend to recommend doing it too often. Clean outs are really stressful for hamsters and if you have enough substrate in and spot clean now and then you only need to do a big clean out every 6 to 8 weeks or even longer. Using a litter tray helps keep everything dry too. They will usually use on if you put it in the corner or area they choose as a toilet and put some chinchilla bathing sand in it, then you empty it every 5 days or so and hardly ever need to do a big clean. I used to use this one but any small dish will do. I like this one as it fits in a corner and our hammy used to very neatly pee in the back corner then sit in the front to have a wash.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Houses-Ha...=hamster+potty

To save on the cost of substrate (and so you can afford to put plenty in) you can buy it in bulk. Fitch is very popular on here - it's recycled food grade paper. It's sold in 10kg or 20kg bags. The 20kg works out very cheap and only costs about £4 more than the 10kg. I get the 10kg because I find the other one too big to store in the house. The 10kg one lasted me about 6 months with an 80cm cage and is about the size of a small child's beanbag chair - I stick ours in the corner of the room with a throw over it.

You can only get Fitch online though - either direct from the manufacturer or on Amazon (where it also comes direct from the manufacturer). It does need to be stored indoors though or it can get damp and smelly. It's a bit like Carefresh, but better in my opinion, as cheaper and has no dust.

https://www.fitchrecycling.co.uk/ani...-delivery.html

Diet is the other important thing. They need a good hamster mix. Not all Hamster mixes have good ingredients or enough protein. Harry Hamster is the one recommended by the National Hamster Council for Syrians (called Tiny Friends Harry Hamster). The pieces are a good size, is is sugar-free and has enough protein.

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