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Pebbles82 · 05-01-2020, 06:33 PM

What country are you in? Hamsters need low height and plenty of floor space. They will climb but aren't good at getting down so can have injuries from falls. A barred cage is fine as long as it's not too tall. For a dwarf hamster you'd be looking at something minimum 70cm by 40cm and no taller than about 38cm with plenty of depth of substrate (cushions landings). The Hamster Heaven is a good sized bar cage with good access (if you remove the penthouse and external tubes). The Ikea Samla bin 78cm is ok for a bin cage. Personally I think they do better with front access (ie a cage) than top access.

In my experience hamsters only climb to a) get to something (eg if there isn't sufficient ramps etc to reach a shelf) or b) to see if they can escape! They don't really do it for fun. They may do it when a bit stressed - eg after a cage move but will settle down again.

05-01-2020, 06:33 PM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: New cage, help? What country are you in? Hamsters need low height and plenty of floor space. They will climb but aren't good at getting down so can have injuries from falls. A barred cage is fine as long as it's not too tall. For a dwarf hamster you'd be looking at something minimum 70cm by 40cm and no taller than about 38cm with plenty of depth of substrate (cushions landings). The Hamster Heaven is a good sized bar cage with good access (if you remove the penthouse and external tubes). The Ikea Samla bin 78cm is ok for a bin cage. Personally I think they do better with front access (ie a cage) than top access. In my experience hamsters only climb to a) get to something (eg if there isn't sufficient ramps etc to reach a shelf) or b) to see if they can escape! They don't really do it for fun. They may do it when a bit stressed - eg after a cage move but will settle down again.