Hello everyone

DRPepper · 01-23-2018, 11:44 AM

Hello everyone, I hope you and your hamsters are doing ng well, I'm a new hamster mom. Any advice and tips on caring for a hamster are welcome. My Syrian hamster's name is Dr. Pepper. He's still quite small/young, when we got him he was advertise as "baby hamsters available for adoption" and we've had him for almost 3 weeks. He's currently in a Ikea Billy Extension habitat **don't worry, he'll be getting an upgrade soon** I bought the Iris Tree Box (52.88"L x 20.88"W x 14.00"H) So any suggestions on how to convert this bin into a habitat would be greatly appreciated. Also he has an 8 inch comfort wheel, which fits in the bin. Thank you 🐹😄❤

CMB · 01-23-2018, 01:10 PM

Hello. Have a look around the forums. There is a lot of useful info here. If you have any particular questions just ask.

cypher · 01-23-2018, 01:42 PM

Hi & welcome to HC

Congrats on getting Dr Pepper, look forward to hearing more about him.

If you need help with your bin cage their's a thread here you might find useful.
As CMB said have a browse through the forum for info & just ask if you need more help with anything.

DRPepper · 01-23-2018, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by CMB

Hello. Have a look around the forums. There is a lot of useful info here. If you have any particular questions just ask.

I have gone through some forums now. When I made the account it asked me to make a post and this is what I came up with.

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Originally Posted by cypher

Hi & welcome to HC

Congrats on getting Dr Pepper, look forward to hearing more about him.

If you need help with your bin cage their's a thread here you might find useful.
As CMB said have a browse through the forum for info & just ask if you need more help with anything.

Thank you.

Pebbles82 · 01-25-2018, 05:52 AM

Hello and welcome. An Iris bin cage sounds amazing! Yes unfortunately a lot of older posts used photobucket to link photos and photobucket pulled that forum option. More recent threads have embedded images now. For some ideas you could look at the latest "lets see your cages" thread

Let's see your cages - New thread - July 2017

Or if there's something specific and you start a post asking about it, people can add their images to your thread to give an idea of setups

For converting an Iris bin - I would think it would be similar to any other bin cage conversion. I have seen photos of people not using the lid at all but using kitchen racks (rubbermaid?) as a barred top! That might be a bit expensive though. But meant less need for cutting the bin for ventilation at the sides.

Unfortunately, due to the photobucket thing, a lot of images that used to come up on google have disappeared too. But there are a few here - including the one with the grid top.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ir...w=1252&bih=553

I'm sure if you start a post titled Iris bin conversions, you'll get more feedback from US members. The Iris bin isn't available in the Uk so it tends to be US members who have them

DRPepper · 01-25-2018, 05:17 PM

Thank you for the information

breakfastwithbutternut · 01-25-2018, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DRPepper

Hello everyone, I hope you and your hamsters are doing ng well, I'm a new hamster mom. Any advice and tips on caring for a hamster are welcome. My Syrian hamster's name is Dr. Pepper. He's still quite small/young, when we got him he was advertise as "baby hamsters available for adoption" and we've had him for almost 3 weeks. He's currently in a Ikea Billy Extension habitat **don't worry, he'll be getting an upgrade soon** I bought the Iris Tree Box (52.88"L x 20.88"W x 14.00"H) So any suggestions on how to convert this bin into a habitat would be greatly appreciated. Also he has an 8 inch comfort wheel, which fits in the bin. Thank you 🐹😄❤

Welcome! If you have questions on food, I can help with that! I have a YouTube and blog that focuses on healthy foods and DIY treats for hamsters so feel free to ask and hopefully,I can help

I was a new hamster mom when I got Butternut, too!