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Old 10-12-2018, 08:01 AM   #1
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Question Behaviour linked to cage?

Will be taking in another hamster, this time a winter white, at the start of next week. His(her? Not really sure what its gender is) old cage is a small, I think the dimensions are around 50 by 30 cm. I put a picture beneath, maybe some people know what this cage is called?

He's a bit quirky, from what I hear.

-Very tiny. But he turned 1 year old yesterday.
-Lightining quick
-Very messy, pee and poos everywhere in cage
This means his current owner doesn't give him wooden things and cleans his house and wheel weekly.
-Loves to dig, bulldozes his bedding to one half of cage.
-does react to voice, also doesn't bite.
-Can't be handled, very hyper and climbs on and over all his toys
He has a medium sizes silent spinner.

Is this behaviour linked to his cage size?

Also needing name suggestions, he's called a very common and boring name, that translates in to "Tiny face" or "Tiny snout"
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Old 10-12-2018, 08:11 AM   #2
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Not sure what the cage is called but I have seen that or very similar & it is pretty tiny.
His behaviour sounds fairly normal to me, if he doesn't have a sand bath or a proper house it's not surprising he doesn't have a pee spot & tends to do it all over the cage unless he's peeing a lot & drinking a lot then you might need to consider diabetes (I'm guessing he is probably a hybrid rather than WW?).
What cage do you plan to put him in? If he's a year already & has spent his whole life in that cage then I wouldn't go too big at least to begin with.
I'd get to know him before you think about names.
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Old 10-12-2018, 08:58 AM   #3
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Criceti 15, with a good amount of substrate and tubes. I want to give him a sandbath and later a better and bigger house.

His color is golden red eye, I think? Dutch term I do know, "Geel wildkleur roodoog." So a hybrid is possible?
He never had a sand bath, but had a fairly tiny plastic house that comes standard with alot of Ferplast cages. Has always been housed tiny.

I am curious to see if he will change behaviour once properly settled Will be leaving him alone for most of the first week and just observe him.
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Old 10-12-2018, 10:24 AM   #4
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I love his colouring. Hope all goes well with the gradual changes. Lucky hamster coming to live with you.
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Old 10-12-2018, 10:53 AM   #5
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It's the Savic Peggy 50cm x 36cm x 28cm- see link below. It is a bit small but some people find dwarf hamsters are ok in smaller cages as a starter cage. However he is a year old and sounds very active. If you have a bigger cage and can give him more enrichment I'm sure he'd appreciate it but it would need setting up so as lots of hidey places and overhead cover - so he doesn't feel too exposed. And they do take 2 weeks to adjust to a bigger/different cage usually.

He does sound like it might be a need for more activity and space/stress - weekly cleanouts won't have helped.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Savic-5040-...c+hamster+cage

The Criceti 15 sounds like an excellent option - not too big not too small.
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Old 10-12-2018, 10:54 AM   #6
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He is a lovely colour - I think he'll be very happy with you.
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Old 10-14-2018, 06:30 AM   #7
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He will be coming tonight.
Really curious how it will turn out.
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Old 10-14-2018, 01:07 PM   #8
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My last hamster was in a tiny cage before I got him, with a 4 inch wheel (he was an adult Syrian), he was nippy, messy, very nervous and not active at all.

I moved him into the Alaska with a 12 inch wheel, he was so active, very friendly always met you at the bars in the morning when I got up and evening when he got up. Was no longer skittish and nervous. I didn't even have to out much work into taming him, just seeing him frequently and giving him more space to be a hamster worked
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Old 10-14-2018, 02:01 PM   #9
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My last hamster was in a tiny cage before I got him, with a 4 inch wheel (he was an adult Syrian), he was nippy, messy, very nervous and not active at all.

I moved him into the Alaska with a 12 inch wheel, he was so active, very friendly always met you at the bars in the morning when I got up and evening when he got up. Was no longer skittish and nervous. I didn't even have to out much work into taming him, just seeing him frequently and giving him more space to be a hamster worked
Glad he got a better life with you!

Tiny man is here, and he's tiny. Front half of the body looks fine, but his back half seems a bit tiny.

Stil...there's a chance the former owner comes and picks him up, it was very hard for her. In that case I've advocated for a Kios cage and not the Peggy one he had before.
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Old 10-15-2018, 10:18 AM   #10
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Glad he got a better life with you!

Tiny man is here, and he's tiny. Front half of the body looks fine, but his back half seems a bit tiny.

Stil...there's a chance the former owner comes and picks him up, it was very hard for her. In that case I've advocated for a Kios cage and not the Peggy one he had before.
How is he?
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