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Old 11-26-2018, 03:25 PM   #1
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Hi all as title says I’m new here but have owned hamsters all my life,I’m Lloyd from South Wales and was raised on a a farm all my life this where my love for animals was formed.now in my own house with a family of our own we have our house hold pets which consist of our dog,four cats and 2 fish tanks plus our six hamsters 3 of which are mine 😋 one was adopted into our family today with its crittertrail home which i have exiting plans for which il reveal soon,he’s temporarily housed in a duna cage.nice to meet you all from me and my 3 hamsters Kouvu the Syrian,zoomer the Russian dwarf and buster my adopted roborovoski 🙂
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Old 11-26-2018, 09:33 PM   #2
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Hi and welcome to HC!
Sounds like you do have a house full of animals lol! Congrats on your new little ham adopted in you home today! Looking forward to seeing his plans. Good for you for taking him out of the crittertrail situation. Looking forward to seeing pictures of your hams!
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Old 11-26-2018, 11:20 PM   #3
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Hi & welcome to HC
That's quite a family of pets you have! sounds great
Look forward to hearing more about your hams.
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Old 11-27-2018, 09:31 AM   #4
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Old 11-27-2018, 03:45 PM   #5
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Thanks all. hamsters all doing great and our adopted lil boy had his first run in his ball today,sadly he’s not had much handling but I’m slowly working on it ��.ive bought him a 4ft bin cage which his 3 crittertrails will be added to as well I love the looks of these cages and don’t have the heart to discard them,just to bad they are to small and the fact my fat Syrian will get lodged in the pipes if I dared put him in one ��
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Old 11-27-2018, 05:18 PM   #6
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Please don’t put dwarf hamsters in balls, their feet can easily slip and get caught in the vents! Robos especially can also feel claustrophobic and go into panic mode when put in a hamster ball
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Old 11-28-2018, 09:18 AM   #7
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Hello and welcome!
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Old 11-28-2018, 09:41 AM   #8
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I agree with alpacassei. Hamster balls are not safe for any species of hamster.

Like alpacassei said, dwarf (and Chinese) hamsters and sometimes Syrians can get their feat easily stuck in the vents of the ball. Hamster balls also provied poor ventilation. They also tend to be way to small. If a ball is to small, you will see them arch their backs. Long term, this can lead to arthritis and other hip problems which are no fun as your hammy ages. They also are very stressful for your hammy. They will have no where to hide if they get scared. They really do go into a panic mode.
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Old 11-29-2018, 04:47 PM   #9
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Thanks for the advice on the balls fortunately my hamsters don’t use balls often as I have a playpen for them but occasionally they have to go in the ball for safety reasons as we have cats and 2 young children,the hamsters are closely supervised.buster our adopted robo,s bin cage is coming on great and have managed to combine 2 of the crittertrails with the bin I will post pics in another thread soon,crittertrail one day I’m sure will build a bigger enough cage for hamsters instead of micro homes 😒
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