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Pebbles82 · 08-05-2022, 03:13 AM

I’d just add that there are other things can make a hamster frantic in a cage: cage cleaning stress, moving things around (disturbing the layout), too much open space e above (height). Nowhere dark to retreat to. The smell of other pets in the room, a lot of noise.

I’m sure you already tried everything with your last girl but the one thing I think helps a hamster settle in a cage is a large house that is dark inside and open underneath on top of the substrate. So they can build a large nest and have normal behaviours like hoarding under it or in another area of the house. This mimics a burrow. They need that privacy at times. If it’s big enough to put a litter tray in they will do their toiletting inside the house too.

08-05-2022, 03:13 AM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: What kind of hamster will be content in 1000 sq. inch cage? I’d just add that there are other things can make a hamster frantic in a cage: cage cleaning stress, moving things around (disturbing the layout), too much open space e above (height). Nowhere dark to retreat to. The smell of other pets in the room, a lot of noise. I’m sure you already tried everything with your last girl but the one thing I think helps a hamster settle in a cage is a large house that is dark inside and open underneath on top of the substrate. So they can build a large nest and have normal behaviours like hoarding under it or in another area of the house. This mimics a burrow. They need that privacy at times. If it’s big enough to put a litter tray in they will do their toiletting inside the house too.