Help, I don't know what to do.

[Tutu]

Also if you had space you could put sand bath for her. I just can imagine your hammy would love it as she seems very active hammy. If you can't have bigger cage how about try to get different spinner so you could have more floor space? Also as others mentioned your hammy seems to need more entertainment (unlike mine who just digs deeper down to get away from me then totally ignores everything I get her apart from carrot or parsley) she looks supper cute

[summerdaze]

Guy, I'm gonna leave the site. I'm fed up of being told the cage is too small. It's 72 by 45 at the widest point if I put the substrate up to the top of the base. This is her 4th cage and I bought it 1 week ago. i have bought item after item after item. as in, probably 30 plus items. The national hamster website that I first went on says 30 by 30 as a minimum cage size (which I think is too small but anyway). its not like im keeping her in a mini duna. its a zoozone. it is 72 by 45.

also, whenever i let her out, she goes straight to the corners of the room and starts digging them up. on that premise a room of 2.5 metres squared is too small for her.

I feel like everythin I buy is wrong! Like I bought the flying saucer bc I'd read it was better than wheels. She has had 3 wheels (I think). Now people are saying to get that out of the cage. It was the only thing that she didn't tip and bang on the side of the cage.

I know you're all tryign to help but this has become more hassle than its worth. maybe i shouldnt have come online as sometimes ignorance is bliss.

i spent the previous 2 summers in hospital cos of a health condition and this yr is the first yr its been under control since then. i dont want to be worrying about all this when i feel i have my freedom for the first time.

like i said, i know you were all trying to help. there is no malice in the above of what ive said, just frustration.
bye!

[linford27]

Summerdaze I know its really frustrating, I was like this too with my first hammy, but the cage probably is still a little small. Understandably you don't want to buy yet another cage, but it is whats best for the hammy. You are looking to give her more entertainment - a bigger cage is the best way.
Its a shame you are leaving HC, its a good forum with loads of helpful people.
And ignorance isn't bliss when it comes to pets, I'm afraid.
If you don't want to be worrying about this for your health, then pets are not for you, its unfair on the pet too.

[newcastlemam]

Originally Posted by summerdaze

Guy, I'm gonna leave the site. I'm fed up of being told the cage is too small. It's 72 by 45 at the widest point if I put the substrate up to the top of the base. This is her 4th cage and I bought it 1 week ago. i have bought item after item after item. as in, probably 30 plus items. The national hamster website that I first went on says 30 by 30 as a minimum cage size (which I think is too small but anyway). its not like im keeping her in a mini duna. its a zoozone. it is 72 by 45.

also, whenever i let her out, she goes straight to the corners of the room and starts digging them up. on that premise a room of 2.5 metres squared is too small for her.

I feel like everythin I buy is wrong! Like I bought the flying saucer bc I'd read it was better than wheels. She has had 3 wheels (I think). Now people are saying to get that out of the cage. It was the only thing that she didn't tip and bang on the side of the cage.

I know you're all tryign to help but this has become more hassle than its worth. maybe i shouldnt have come online as sometimes ignorance is bliss.

i spent the previous 2 summers in hospital cos of a health condition and this yr is the first yr its been under control since then. i dont want to be worrying about all this when i feel i have my freedom for the first time.

like i said, i know you were all trying to help. there is no malice in the above of what ive said, just frustration.
bye!

You asked for help and that's all people are trying to do I understand its frustrating when you feel you are being told what is best but people are truly only trying to help you and your hammy.