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AmityvilleHams · 02-13-2017, 01:09 AM

There's definitely a lot of misinformation regarding hamster cages and toys!

Unfortunately,some people just don't know that hamsters are essentially terrestrial creatures,meaning they live on the ground rather than climbing and such.

Climbing toys intended for small animals are rarely if ever appropriate for hamsters,as there always seems to be some sort of unsafe feature whether it be chains or gaps in ladders or other things.While some of these toys could work for rats(or other climbing animals),that does not mean they're hamster safe as rats and hamsters are extremely different in a lot of ways despite a few similarities!

02-13-2017, 01:09 AM
AmityvilleHams PM Fluffy for custom title Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 4,545	Re: Do Syrians needs to climb? There's definitely a lot of misinformation regarding hamster cages and toys! Unfortunately,some people just don't know that hamsters are essentially terrestrial creatures,meaning they live on the ground rather than climbing and such. Climbing toys intended for small animals are rarely if ever appropriate for hamsters,as there always seems to be some sort of unsafe feature whether it be chains or gaps in ladders or other things.While some of these toys could work for rats(or other climbing animals),that does not mean they're hamster safe as rats and hamsters are extremely different in a lot of ways despite a few similarities!