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Pebbles82 · 12-28-2018, 08:20 PM

It looks good - maybe needs a bit less open space in the middle and another couple of inches of substrate - that encourages normal behaviours like burying things, digging etc (it doesn't cost more in the long run as you need to clean out a lot less with more substrate, especially if the hamster uses a litter tray).

I would have one concern and that is the chains attached to the hanging toys on the sides - hamsters climb bars and can get a toe or foot caught in chains and there are many stories ofa hamster hanging by a broken leg. Easiest thing would be to remove the chains and hang them up with sisal string or sometimes I use plastic cable ties (ie just leave the one metal loop attached at either end and put a cable tie through that). Or attach them so the chains are outside the bars and not inside.

Also an idea is to not put the nesting material inside the house - but put it in a heap somewhere in the cage - then the hamster forages for it (they may pouch the paper nesting material) and carries it to where they want to make a nest and it will probably be in the nice corner house you have. But they like to do it themselves!

Is it for a syrian or dwarf hamster? Not sure what size wheel it is.

12-28-2018, 08:20 PM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: Cage layout It looks good - maybe needs a bit less open space in the middle and another couple of inches of substrate - that encourages normal behaviours like burying things, digging etc (it doesn't cost more in the long run as you need to clean out a lot less with more substrate, especially if the hamster uses a litter tray). I would have one concern and that is the chains attached to the hanging toys on the sides - hamsters climb bars and can get a toe or foot caught in chains and there are many stories ofa hamster hanging by a broken leg. Easiest thing would be to remove the chains and hang them up with sisal string or sometimes I use plastic cable ties (ie just leave the one metal loop attached at either end and put a cable tie through that). Or attach them so the chains are outside the bars and not inside. Also an idea is to not put the nesting material inside the house - but put it in a heap somewhere in the cage - then the hamster forages for it (they may pouch the paper nesting material) and carries it to where they want to make a nest and it will probably be in the nice corner house you have. But they like to do it themselves! Is it for a syrian or dwarf hamster? Not sure what size wheel it is.