Bucatstate Cactus Hide
Welp… if you read my blog post about my love of the Bucatstate Cactus Water Bottle, you won’t be surprised to see that I added to my Bucatstate Cactus collection!
Full disclosure, after I posted on Instagram about how much I loved the water bottle & left an enthusiastic review on Amazon (I think it’s important to leave feedback!), Bucatstate reached out to gift me the matching hide.
I believe this hide will come in varying sizes and colors in the future, but currently only comes in the large size, and in this green color (but I love the green color!)
I wasn’t sure how the large size would work for my mostly teeny, tiny hams. It IS roomy for them, but they all seem to like it!
Peggy the Roborovski hamster checks out the Bucatstate Cactus Hide, size L
Peggy enjoys the fluffy, pillow inside the Bucatstate Cactus Hide, size L
The hide comes with a little, fluffy pillow on the bottom - I would remove this if you were going to use the hide in a permanent set up. For a playpen situation, where the hamsters don’t stay long, I think it’s fine. The major concern is that your hamsters don’t chew & ingest the fluffy pillow. My dwarf hamsters rarely chew on things like this, but something to keep in mind if you have a hamster who likes to chew.
I actually think my hamsters love the fluffy, little pillow! I found Dexter asleep on it the other day. He left one, tiny, poo, right in the center of the pillow when he left!
Dexter the dwarf hamster gets sleepy on the little pillow included with the Bucatstate Cactus Hide
The hide also features a removable lid - this is handy if you’re looking for your hamster but don’t want to disturb them too much. It’s also great if you have this hide in their enclosure and you want to do a quick spot clean without disturbing their bedding.
I used to have a cupcake hide from Niteangel with a removable top for my Roborovski hamster, Sofia. She loved being in it, and it was great to have that removable top to check on her, if I hadn’t seen her in a while and just wanted to make sure she was okay. Sadly, Niteangel doesn’t sell this cupcake hide anymore (for some reason, they’ve stopped making a lot of their cute hides!) but it looked a lot like this one from Etsy.
So, if you’re in the market for a cute, ceramic hide for a hamster of any size (Syrians included!) this cactus hide might be just the ticket! If you don’t have a ceramic hide for your hamster yet, I highly recommend you get one! Ceramic hides are easy to clean and disinfect (most can just pop in the dishwasher). They also act as a cooling place for your hamster during summer months. And some hamsters just LOVE a ceramic hide. I recently put a little strawberry, ceramic hide in my dwarf hamster, Dexter’s cage, and he has now made it his primary residence.
There are many great options from Niteangel & Bucatstate or on Etsy. Just make sure you get a size appropriate for your hamster - Syrian hamsters will need larger hides so they don’t get stuck. Smaller hamsters (like dwarves and robos) can use any size hide.
For more about hamster hides, check out my Hides page!
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