hi! new over here!

[Nimal]

and yes i have got m new hamster. but i am not able to recognize its color. Any guesses??

[CMB]

Congratulations on your new hamster. Not sure of the colour. You may want to add a border around the bottom of the cage so you can have deeper substrate for digging without it falling through the cage bars.

The cage needs a solid floor too. It looks like is has a mesh floor, which can cause your hamster to get bumble foot, which would be painful for your hamster.

A dark nesting box is needed. A upside down box with a hole cut in it would do.

Some chewable toys, cardboard tube and a flat flat form could be added.

[Nimal]

Originally Posted by CMB

Congratulations on your new hamster. Not sure of the colour. You may want to add a border around the bottom of the cage so you can have deeper substrate for digging without it falling through the cage bars.

The cage needs a solid floor too. It looks like is has a mesh floor, which can cause your hamster to get bumble foot, which would be painful for your hamster.

A dark nesting box is needed. A upside down box with a hole cut in it would do.

Some chewable toys, cardboard tube and a flat flat form could be added.

thanks for your advice. actually i have kept a large plastic tray on the bottom of the cage which fits. so i have kept the substrate and other thing on the tray so no worries of it to get a bumble foot.

but there is a problem. its bites the bars often. the area of the cage is above 360 sq in. and i have kept a proper sized wheel, some toys and even a digbox. but it didnt stop biting the cages. what to do?

[Nimal]

Originally Posted by Nimal

and yes i have got m new hamster. but i am not able to recognize its color. Any guesses??

And yes i forgot to say.. my hamster's name is FRED! he's my first hamster!!

[Hamsterita]

Hi and welcome!!

Fred is gorgeous!

CMB pointed out perfectly the problems of the bird cage. Maybe adding enrichment could stop the chewing problem. Starting by putting a deeper layer of substrate could help, as a lot of hamsters like to burrow. I don't know the size of the wheel, but being a syrian Fred will need at least a 20 cm wheel, you could add dow chews as whimzees, tunnels as loo rolls and other things that could keep him away from the bars.

You can also take a look at this thread Managing Bar Chewers

[souffle]

He is very cute - I would say either a Dove or a Mink banded long haired hamster you have there.

[CMB]

if you have a look at the Show us your cages thread. You will be able to see lots of ways to setup a cage.

You could use the ideas to make Fred's cage better for him. As you change the cage show the photos so we can offer other suggestions.

[Thin Lizzy]

Congratulations on your new ham Fred who's so beautiful!