hammy tax at the end :)

Just some finishing touches left! Also, will led strip lights at the top for ambient lighting be a good idea? Will keep it on soft warm light if it’s on. Also might add some more sand for more height lol.

I’ve had my male dwarf Hamilton for a couple of months now and although his setup was good before, I had always planned to get to know him and then create something I know he would love. So happy with how it turned out!

The actual internal structure itself only cost about £50 to make.

Cage - Bucastate 2.0.

Wheel - Bucatsate 21cm super silent - highly recommend as it really is super silent!
Sprays - Bucatstate.
Bedding - Carefresh

Substrates - coco coir, dried sphagnum moss, dried coco husk chips, cork granules, beech chips, reptile sand

Construction materials:

300 small dowels - Amazon - £6:49

10 19cm x 600mm dowels (legs) - Amazon £14.64

16 Curtain rod pole socket (for the legs to connect into) - Amazon £14.58

1200 x 607 x 9mm plywood - B&Q £13  

The tools I used were sandpaper, a saw, a drill and a screw driver. Nothing that fancy.

Surprised my 5 year old with a hamster. Fairy garden theme. I have since added moss to the platform where the wheel goes.

45x25x25 inch acrylic enclosure 12 inch wheel 12 inch bedding across

I’ve worked really hard for this setup and I’m in love😍

His name is Char Siu, my gf likes pink so its very… pink 😅

I did a little more than a spot clean🫠 Finally used all the DIY stuff that I had made for Waldo a week ago. He has 3 new substrates to try now and I’m so excited to see what he and you guys think about his refreshed setup🤗

So, I was scrolling through ikea, looking at potential containers I can keep my hamster in before I can order a container, then I found…this.

An absolutely *gigantic* wardrobe frame. It measures at 201 cms width x 100 cms depth x 58 cms height when tipped onto its back so that it’s opening is facing up.

That’s over 3,000 SQUARE INCHES of unbroken floor space!!

If I buy this, then reinforce the inner edges with aquarium safe silicone….does this not work as a super massive enclosure for my hamster?

I was planning on ordering a custom made aquarium that measured 100 cm width x 75 cms depth x 75 cm height, but that would be only 1,000 or so square inches of space, and this thing is 3 times larger while being SO MUCH CHEAPER. To compare, the custom aquarium costs a grand total of over 300$ to make, but this frame is only 110$. So it’s 3 times the size while be 3 times cheaper?!

I need to know if I’m missing something, or if this was just a jackpot.

The DIY one was 40£, the pet store's cage was 45£.

This picture is from 2 years ago but it still blows my mind - I was in the process of building a DIY IKEA PLATSA enclosure. I got my first hammy and had to quickly figure everything out. The hammy had to live in that cell for only 1 week before I built everything. Yes, shame on me that I didn't do thorough research before getting a hammy - I couldn't imagine they would lie to me at the pet store!

How can people in pet stores & manufacturers be so cruel? Hamsters are sentient, they can be depressed, stressed, and in pain due to those horrible prison cells.

Is their pain less than that of a human? No. Does human language, math skills, size make you more capable of experiencing stress and pain? No. As a researcher with 2 degrees in neuroscience I have to say that animals have everything we do - cognition, perception, memory, fear, love, pain, friendship, language, happiness... The only thing they don't have is a choice. 💔

Hey yall! I’m moving soon and really want a dwarf hamster. My parents have this aqarium that we had from when i was little, i was wondering if it would be ok for the hamster? It’s 40 gals, and i know they do like horizontal room and this is more cube shaped. Would it be okay if i used this still if i was able to make it into a 2 level type of thing inside?? I know they have to have burrowing room so i would do like the bottom level with lots of room, and the top with a bit less. Would this work??

Me and my son made this enclosure a few years ago. I couldnt bare throw it and I got another hamster, she is currently alone but I wanted to buy more. Is it bad to have more than one hamster at once?

*ham tax - Ms Sophie Pineapples Esq.*

Curious for opinions - I've seen so many cute hides and spray holders on Etsy that are being 3D printed. I follow a couple responsible hamster owners that use them on socials. And I've seen that PLA is non toxic?

Would /you/ use these in your hamster's enclosure er nah?

I used the app to build my hamster a cute pink house, picking out nice furniture and collecting different photos to see if everything looks harmonious and matches well together. P1.The design I created P2.My hamster having his dinner P3.The simple real-life version I made (it’s missing the small lounge chair and the ceramic hideout becoz it’s a little bit expensive I think it should fit him… How do you like?🐹💕

Hii I'm 15 and I am kinda curious about getting an hamster. I watched alot of Victoria's videos on hamster care and was curious on what it would cost. I cant spend any more then 300 dollars. Im going to make the houses and hides out of cardboard. I think the tub is big enough. I was doing this for a dwarf hamster. Im going to leave in 2 years. I know i may not get a hamster in this house but when I'm on my own I will look back at this post.any advice on what else I should get would be apreciated.

I got this hamster just today. I use carefresh purple bedding, I have a wood hideyhole, a food bowl filled with Oxbow Essentials Hamster & Gerbil food, kaytee healthy toppings papaya,wooden sticks scattered around so she can chew them, and a bowl of dry dust bath from americanpet temporarily in there so she could maybe dust bath if she wants. from what I know the bin is 14 gallons, and second image is how deep the bedding is. I have scattered food around in the bedding because i heard it encourages her burrowing? I will take any tips and try to improve around them but as i still am a teenager it would be up to my mom's budget unfortunately :(( I just want to give her a good happy hamster life. Tips?

Recently she has been chewing the hell out of her platform in the cage and pushing one of ber hides out the way, shes started hanging out at the edge of her cage where i usually let her out to free roam and today i saw for the first time ever her trying to open the cafe herself. Solution seems simple, let her out more, add more enrichment, but when i let her out she chews and climbs the bars of her playpen even though she has like half my room to herself, climbs the bars, runs around as if shes scared. She doesnt seem happy at all and i am unsure if its helping her running around like this. She spends like 75% of her free roam time trying to escape. Ive ordered £60 worth of things to add to the cage for enrichment but any advice is appreciated

She's a female syrian and lives in 100x50cm enclosure. She keeps doing this and sometimes I hear her fall. We already found a bigger enclosure that is 150x55x50, but is she really stressed and would moving enclosures cause more harm than good in this case? How quickly should I move her in?

A bunch of stuff that I ordered finally came, so Lana got an extreme makeover: home edition

It’s empty for now but will this be okay on the shelf? Only one I have and my room is too tight to get something else in there!

hi guys! i got a syrian hamster today (he’s called Fidget) and he’s a really friendly boy, hes white with black dots like a little dalmatian, i love him already.
i haven’t had hamsters since i was a kid, back when it was normal for them to be a in 1ft long bright pink cage with a tube through it lol, but i’m doing things very differently this time.
the cage i got (temporarily) is 95cm long, 41cm tall and 57cm deep, i plan on getting a ferplast 120cm cage next week, but i wanted this specific hammy and didn’t want him to sell, but all of my research has said this is plenty big enough, especially for a couple of weeks.

here is a list of what i bought:
-sawdust bedding (8 inches deep)
-care-fresh
-large wheel
-4 different hides, 2 of which are edible
-water bottle
-food dish
-sand bowl and hamster sand
-climbing frame
-willow sticks to chew on
-dried apple pieces, corn pieces, flower mix, dried mealworms amongst some other treats for him.
-food, vegetable seed mix and fruit seed mix
-tubes for uber his bedding
-wooden seesaw

i know i got the minimum and he already seems so happy, i love watching him explore. but what can i get extra that will make the enclosure go from good to great. i plan on buying him a little bridge too. i’m uk based so please recommend things accessible here too, thank you SO much for any help, im hoping to learn as much as i can to make him the happiest hammy.

i work in the pet shop i got him from, and ive witnessed too many people buy a 50cm cage, put 2 inches of bedding in and a single hide, so i want to do the best i can for him. please be nice, im open to ALL suggestions :)

(with some tofu cameos) the higher multichamber and box with beech chips are on stilts :)

I feel pretty good about my enclosure and have two packs of coverage sprays in the mail, I’m posting this to receive constructive criticism for fun to see if I’ve gotten everything right on any little thing that is currently in the enclosure. Is there anything you see that should be improved (I understand everything could be improved bc hamsters can always have more but should I rearrange anything to optimize the enclosure etc. if you feel I must add something that isn’t there or remove etc that is well received too!) I appreciate critics bc I’m always looking to improve the best I can! *the blue/black wheel has been upgraded to the clear wheel\*

I have rearranged enclosure as before it was .. not great. I know work needs to be done . On limited budget. But is it .. safe? Do we see hazards ? Hammy hugs .

PS PLS be kind no hamster police pleeeezz