Hamster Central - View Single Post - Recommended minimum habitat size for dwarf hamster

Vierville · 05-23-2021, 04:18 PM

Ria P I totally agree. It very much depends on the individual hamster. Our Monty barely used large areas of her living space as she was not the most active ham even as a youngster, preferring to come out for food and then go straight back into the one nest (of three) that she almost exclusively used.

Norman is much like Monty but he comes out for only a brief nightly run on his flying saucer. He ignores both his wheels complely. Admiral Nelson, Baldrick and Nanuk were all much more active and used all of their living space but definitely never showed signs of not being happy with their habitats that were comprised of two cages each joined by tunnels with a cumulative area of +/- 4800cm2

I must agree that 80cm x 50cm sounds like a good minimum size, that comes out at 4000cm2 which is still 1000cm2 below what the rescue organisation specifies as a bare minimum just for unbroken floor running space though...

05-23-2021, 04:18 PM
Vierville Hamster Addict Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 1,010	Re: Recommended minimum habitat size for dwarf hamster Ria P I totally agree. It very much depends on the individual hamster. Our Monty barely used large areas of her living space as she was not the most active ham even as a youngster, preferring to come out for food and then go straight back into the one nest (of three) that she almost exclusively used. Norman is much like Monty but he comes out for only a brief nightly run on his flying saucer. He ignores both his wheels complely. Admiral Nelson, Baldrick and Nanuk were all much more active and used all of their living space but definitely never showed signs of not being happy with their habitats that were comprised of two cages each joined by tunnels with a cumulative area of +/- 4800cm2 I must agree that 80cm x 50cm sounds like a good minimum size, that comes out at 4000cm2 which is still 1000cm2 below what the rescue organisation specifies as a bare minimum just for unbroken floor running space though...