Hamster Care On a Budget: DIY Cardboard Playpen!
It’s not beautiful, but it’s insanely functional and totally free!
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Natural Hamster Haul!
Let’s face it, there’s nothing natural about the fact that I live in Southern California wirh four hamsters living in many plastic bins all around my apartment.
There’s nothing natural about hamsters running on hamster wheels.
...And I’m pretty sure hamsters do not naturally come in contact with coconuts 🌴 .
Just because it’s natural doesn’t mean it’s healthy (for example, cotton fiber is quite dangerous for hamsters to use as bedding material).
The point of saying all this is- whether you are using natural or man made hamster products, the important part is to make sure they are safe for your hamster. Read reviews, Hamster Forums or ask the hamsterGram community!
I decided to buy some (researched & safe!) natural products primarily to give my hamsters new textures and shapes to interact with. Natural products like cork rounds, coconut hides and other wooden items give my hams new stimulation and enrichment.
I really loved all the items I bought and highly recommend! All of my hamsters seem to enjoy these products (in fact, Laverne is asleep in one of the cork rounds as I write this!). They are also very cost effective!
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Shirley Free Roam Time
I feel like I will probably have endless videos of Shirley being adorbs while she explores our home. She is just too cute and sweet and it’s so fun to see her just take off running and having fun.
Hamster Care on a Budget: Thrifting for my 🐹 Hamsters
Hello!
While I do love to splurge on some fancy hamster things from time to time, the reality is I am just a regular gal trying to make ends meet and I don’t always have the money to buy the latest Niteangel product.
I still want to provide great care for my hams and give them a rich and stimulating life, so I’ve been thinking 🤔 of creative ways to do this.
This week I decided to stop by my local second hand shop (Goodwill shop) to see what I could find that was ham-appropriate.
I did find a few things that have become very handy!
How do you provide enrichment for hour hamsters without spending a lot of $$?
Sleepy Steven
My favorite moments with little Steven are the mornings when he decides to come out. Usually he comes out so that he can have some chew time with his whimzee and sometimes lingers in hopes of a snack from us :).
I just love his little curious nose!
Hurricane Steven
I came home from work this week to find that Steven, the Roborovski hamster, had fully destroyed his sand bath area. I had to find out what exactly happened so I reviewed the day's footage on my Wyze Pet Cam.
I found the events that occurred so amusing and adorable, I had to share!
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Shirley Play Time
Our favorite place to play with Shirley is on the couch. She can’t get between the cushions or climb the sides, and he gets a pretty good space to run. Plus, we can get eye level with her and really experience all her cuteness!
Shirley Gets Some Free-Roam Time
Lately we have realized that a great place to let Shirley, the dwarf hamster, free roam and have some hamster playtime, is on the couch.
She can't get between the cushions and we can catch her before she goes off an edge (although she tends to be careful and this is rarely something we need to do).
The couch is also micro suede, so she can't easily climb it.
It's nice too, because we can sit down and be more eye to eye with her.
Creating a Budget Friendly Play Bin for my Dwarf Hamsters 🐹
I decided it was time to spruce up Laverne & Shirley’s play bin area.
They no longer live in the same enclosure- Shirley was bullying Laverne, which is interesting because Shirley is the sweet hamster and Laverne is much more apt to bite… but maybe because she has gotten used to defending herself?
However, they do share a play area (although not at the same time). I also often connect their play area to one of their enclosures using hamster tunnels so they can enjoy exploring it on their own at night.
In order to create my budget friendly hamster play bin I have been collecting clean, small boxes for the past few weeks specifically for hamster use! While there are lots of great products to buy for your hamster (I personally just splurged on some gorgeous hamster foraging items from Europe I hope get soon!) I think many hamsters are very happy to enjoy the simple pleasure of exploring small nooks and crannies, sprinkled with snacks.
I spent $0 on this hamster play bin and I think (I hope!) my dwarf hamsters are really loving it!
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Hamster Starter Kits!
Hi Hamster Friends!
This has been a dream of mine for a while now- to create a “kit” of curated items to help limit down the overwhelm of a new hamster owner (or one just looking to do some upgrades).
I bought so many things I didn’t need, that didn’t work, that weren’t right for hamsters, as I struggled to figure out what hamster items were safe and appropriate.
SO! I finally did it. I did the work for you! Of course this isn’t the end all of what you need or would want for a great hamster enclosure- I like to think that one never fully achieves completion and is always striving for improvements- but I think it’s a pretty good start!
Click on each photo to be taken to a curated collection of items! :
Photo by Frenjamin Benklin on Unsplash
Picking Up Shirley
Our bond and understanding of Shirley has grown so much!
She has even started this funny thing where she licks our hands (anyone else experience this? It is beyond cute!).
We normally pick up all of our hamsters using a cup first. Even if they are okay with hands, sometimes having a hand pick you up is just too scary for our hamsters.
But Shirley lately has started just totally giving in to being picked up, it's almost comical the way she just relaxes her body and waits to be scooped up. What a funny girl!
I know understand how much personality hamsters have! Laverne, Shirley's sister & identical twin, is very active and spunky but is not a fan of hands scooping her up.
Both girls are territorial, Shirley is usually only territorial in the area where she sleeps. Laverne is definitely more territorial and generally more likely to bite or swat, she does do better once she’s outside of her enclosure.
Shirley Gets a New Bin Cage (and the Prevue 9.5” Quiet Wheel!)
Hello hamster 🐹 friends!
Today’s RGH short is of Shirley, one of my foster dwarf hamsters.
Shirley came with her sister, Laverne at the end of Nov, 2020. Originally they shared an enclosure. I watched them very carefully for a week or two and it seemed that Shirley was bullying Laverne a bit (resulting in a more aggressive & fearful Laverne). By the time I decided to separate them, Shirley had taken over both hamster hides and Laverne was sleeping in a pile of bedding next to the hide. I had also heard a few squabbles over wheels and hides. I never saw any bites but I didn’t want to take any risks (since I can’t always see them!).
Laverne has done very well post-separation. She has begun coming out more and more and seemingly wants to interact with us.
Shirley at first seemed to struggle little more with the separation, but after a few weeks she has come out of her shell and is such a doll!
When I separated them I left Laverne in the 200 qt bin and moved Shirley into a 100 qt bin. This video is of Shirley checking out her new digs (and new wheel!). It was filmed in mid-December, 2020 (sorry, it took me a bit to get this up!). I had to put together Shirley’s bin very quickly and I realized after filming this video that she needed more bedding! So, I moved a few things around to provide 8” deep of paper bedding on one side of the bin.
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Steven’s 200 qt Bin Cage Tour
Little Steven, the Roborovski hamster also got a Niteangel Multi-Chamber Hide for Christmas 2020!
Just like for Sofia, I originally installed it over a large sand bath. Steven, however, is less neat and organized than Sofia, and his mult-chamber hide over sand turned into one, giant, whiz palace.
It actually was such a mess that I decided to take the mult-chamber hide out and wash it before I gave it back to him and placed it in the cage arrangement shown in this video.
This new setup seems to be working pretty well. Steven seems interested in all the new things and I’ve begun hiding seeds in various little nooks for him to enjoy finding.
I by no means feel that my bin cage is “done” or perfect! This is a work in progress and probably always will be, as I will want to give Steven an enriched life while adjusting his surroundings to meet his needs. I felt that it would be helpful to document and share my bin-cage set-up progression for anyone who has hamsters or is looking to get one.
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Sofia in the Digging Play Bin
I created a “digging bin” for Steven & Sofia a few months ago, and it continues to be a great place to provide some out of cage enrichment without worry about losing them in a small crevice.
Both Steven and Sofia are fairly nervous little creatures (Sofia’s curiosity can overcome her nervousness though), so having a consistent space they come to I believe has helped it feel safe to them. I do try to update it slightly with new items for variety, but since they only spend about 10 minutes at a time in the bin, I’m not too worried about it being boring to them.
Sofia in particularly loves to hunt for seeds, so this bin works perfectly. I just sprinkle a few throughout the bin and she does to town digging all over! It is really quite adorable to watch.
Hope you enjoy!
Shirley in Her Play Bin
Shirley and Laverne both have funny schedules for hamsters. I’m assuming it has something to do with their past lives, or maybe they have just learned that we bring them treats…. but the minute we wake up in the morning, there they are, standing up and looking up at us expectantly!
Shirley happened to get up in the late afternoon today, begging to be either picked up or fed, probably both, so we brought her over to the temporary play bin we have set up for interacting with our hamsters. Laverne and Shirley love this box that I’ve placed in there, they go there specifically to eat the seeds they’ve found, so you’ll see there are casings everywhere… I know time to clean it up a bit!
The lighting was so beautiful though, I had to share :)
Hope you enjoy!
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Sofia Enclosure Updates, Continued…
If you saw my post from last week, I added a Niteangel Multi-Chamber hide to little Sofia’s 200 qt., bin cage enclosure.
I didn’t realize she would so quickly make the new, multi-chamber hide her home, so I put it over a sand bath, thinking she might enjoy a sand bath with more cover.
Fortunately, she LOVES the new hide and quickly moved in. Unfortunately, she has fully moved in, which means cleaning up her sand bath is a little tricky. Normally I wouldn’t be so concerned about keeping her nest clean, but she’s also taken to peeing in one corner of the multi-chamber hide. I can’t clean it easily without removing her from the cage (she doesn’t love someone rooting around in her nest, understandably).
After about a week it was getting pretty smelly in there and I decided it was time for a change… and here are the results! It’s a small change, but if you have hamsters you’ll know that hamsters do not love change, so all changes need to be well thought out so they can be executed in a way that causes the least amount of stress for your little, fur friend.
Do you have a multi-chamber hide? How do you or your hamster use it?
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Shirley 💕
Shirley has come so far. When she first arrived here we hardly even saw her. I actually had several days where I wondered- is she okay? Should I make sure she’s still breathing?
Shirley is still shy, but lately she’s been coming out more. Particularly in the mornings (she’s probably caught on to the fact that humans bring her food). I find myself frequently drinking coffee while I feed her some millet and a softly pet her fluffy, little bod.
I’m learning so much about hamster personalities and temperament. Shirley and Laverne look so alike we might mix them up if it weren’t for their wildly different personalities and body language.
I’m not sure what their life was like before they were surrendered to the rescue and then came to live with us. But I hope they are enjoying their lives, I’m certainly enjoying getting to know them :).
Shirley is Just the Sweetest
I’m obsessed with Shirley. She’s like the perfect hamster. She’s so sweet and gentle, she seems to enjoy a good back rub and just is the fluffiest little ball. She is a foster ham, which means a nice person might get to enjoy all that she has to offer! But if she has to stay with me forever… well, fine :).
I got these little woven baskets from Target a few weeks ago. They are so handy for hamster wrangling and general interaction. it’s a nice place to put a hamster and interact with them without the worry of hard edges.
Shirley is eating Higgin’s Sunburst seed blend.
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