Hi all,
I'm a new hamster owner as of today (silly series of events, where I got a girl in one of my lab's hamster that used to be her roommate's hamster, that neither of them wanted any longer). The last time I had one was when I was very young, and now I'm a senior in college studying pre-veterinary animal science. I have two absolutely spoiled rotten free-roam bunnies, and I want to offer this new friend the same quality of life that they get so I'm looking for some ideas to soup up what is her currently dismal tank.
For some information on her, she appears to be a bigger Syrian hamster (the wheel is unfortunately way too small for her, I will be getting a new one) and her name was Melon but I think I'm going to change it to Thaddeus the Conqueror
What she has right now is a water bottle (would a bowl work better or just as well?), a food bowl (which I'm thinking about ditching), a small flying saucer that is dwarf hamster-sized, a small hide, and about 5 inches of bedding. From what I can see, she isn't having a great time and is trying desperately to make an escape
I've given her some chews (which she had none of prior to her arrival) and a small timothy cube before my trip to the pet store tomorrow. I can't get a longer tank (the one I got was 20gallons deep) because of space, but I'm wondering if anyone had any ideas for DIY tank toppers/good tank toppers to buy so I can free up space for her to run on her bedding and get some exercise, in addition to giving her a lot more bedding to burrow in at the bottom of her tank? I know that a lot of wire tank toppers aren't great because their feet can get stuck in them, but I desperately want to give her the space she deserves.
New Hamster Owner, Inherited 20g deep tank
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