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Fluffagrams · 07-01-2021, 02:05 AM

There is no legally enforceable minimum cage size that applies globally and different organisations will have set each have their own guidelines. Therefore th sizes you often see quoted on the internet are often based on common figures that have become the suggested minimums in countries such as the USA, the UK and Germany.

It can be confusing with so many different figures being suggested as the minimum but at the end of the day, I feel that it's better to choose a cage based on your hamsters personality rather than based on a figure suggested on the internet. A nervous hamster may benefit from a slightly smaller cage than one who is very confident and lively for example and in my years of keeping hamsters, I have seen both ends of the spectrum.

07-01-2021, 02:05 AM
Fluffagrams Moderator Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Bath, UK Posts: 3,640	Re: Enclosure size: confused... There is no legally enforceable minimum cage size that applies globally and different organisations will have set each have their own guidelines. Therefore th sizes you often see quoted on the internet are often based on common figures that have become the suggested minimums in countries such as the USA, the UK and Germany. It can be confusing with so many different figures being suggested as the minimum but at the end of the day, I feel that it's better to choose a cage based on your hamsters personality rather than based on a figure suggested on the internet. A nervous hamster may benefit from a slightly smaller cage than one who is very confident and lively for example and in my years of keeping hamsters, I have seen both ends of the spectrum.