Me and my friend are bulding a hamster play pen. We have two little huts, a ball, and tunnels we made everything in a cardboard box. What else could we make?
2006-09-16 09:43:14 · 13 answers · asked by saavygirl26 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Like mentioned before, any breed of hamster will delight in chewing through cardboard quite quickly, so make sure Hammy is well supervised. Another great idea is a litter box with a sheild on the edges - hamsters have problems climbing up smooth plastic and cannot maneuver themselves over the lip on the box.
An excercise wheel is just about the most important thing for Hammy, besides wood to chew on. Hamsters in the wild will run anywhere from one to seven miles in one night searching for food!!! That's alot of running on those stumpy legs!! And wood to chew on is very important, too. Hammy, as a rodent, has teeth that will just grow and grow, sometimes until they grow through the lower jaw! If your hamster is not interested in gnawing on wood, try some dog bicuits. Plain, small dog biscuits (we prefer Milk Bone for small dogs) are great. Break it into at least two pieces, so there is a rough edge to chew on. I have had many, many hamsters who just won't chew their wood toys.
A maze is also a great idea. Hamsters in the wild forage for their food, so make a few wrong turns and put a nice piece of food in the middle (a little treat, like a yogurt drop, piece or cheese, or small piece of lean meat) and let 'em at it!
There was an answer on here that said to let your hamster go if you didn't know how to take care of it - NO!! Hamsters cannot survive outside unless in their natural habitat, which I can assure you you do not live in. If you cannot take care of a hamster, contact your local shelter or pet store and ask for help!!! DO NOT EVER RELEASE A HAMSTER OR OTHER SMALL PET INTO THE WILD!!
2006-09-16 11:31:24 · answer #1 · answered by Steph Gas 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can set up an "alternate" play pen for your hamster - but use a rubbermaid flat container - like the kind made to slide under the bed works great. Get one with a lid, then cut the lid open leaving about 3 inches around the edge - that way your hamster will not be in danger of climbing out. One of the simplest things you can do is fill it 2 inches deep with playground sand and bury sun flower seeds around in the sand. This will replicate the environment that your hamster's ancestors came from and he/she will start digging and love it! Even though all of the hamsters in the US have never seen a real desert - that is where they were made to live. Just make sure your hamster can not climb on something and get out. This is NOT a suitable home for your hamster to live all the time. Sand is not a good cage liner or bedding - this would only be used as an alternate environment for you pet to play.
2006-09-16 09:55:13 · answer #2 · answered by Jami 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You may want to consider making a play pen with wood instead of cardboard. That hamster will chew through the cardboard in minutes.
They also have wire play pens at the pet store that come in different size. This is what I would buy if I were you.
2006-09-16 10:14:11 · answer #3 · answered by ♫ Violinist ♪ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, all hamsters are different. Each one has a different personality. In general I would say that wheels are one of the most fun toys for a hamster. Another one would be the hamster ball. This way you can let them run around the house, as long as somthing is blocking stairs or anything else dangerous to the hamster. If you want to try homemade toys, paper towel tubes make great mazes for hamsters.
2006-09-16 10:56:03 · answer #4 · answered by Blossom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd suggest using a plastic rubbermaid style storage tub instead of a cardboard box. This way, they won't chew their way out, and it doubles as a storage tub for your hamster items.
Coffee mugs work good as cubbies. PVC pipes with coupling connectors in a wide size make great tubes. Just have a dad drill some small holes in it for ventilation.
Bird toys for climbing like those little plastic ladders, and the thick colorful ropes are good, too.
2006-09-16 10:10:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
have you heard of that fluffy bedding you can get? stuff that into a box with a hold for a door and hide seeds in it - put quite a lot of bedding in so it takes a while for them to make a tunnel through it and fluff it up each time. try making a simple see-saw from a peice of cardboard and triangle made from card. you can make a small hole in a lightweight, small hollowplasic ball and posting treats into it, they will fall out when he/she plays with it.
regarding to the fact that they can chew through the box makew sure you watch them at all times and only put them in for 5-10mins at a time. check and repair he box after each session or use a small hole wire mesh instead of csrd box
2006-09-16 09:47:58 · answer #6 · answered by okapi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your hamster will chew through that cardboard in a skinny minute.
Either get a durable cage or let it go free!
2006-09-16 09:45:50 · answer #7 · answered by Ahab 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your hamster will chew through the box in no time. Wood won't work with them either, they will chew through that too.
2006-09-16 09:46:33 · answer #8 · answered by Lola 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
any rodent, will chew through cardboard...get a real cage for them.If you are just playing with them, and going to put them back in a cage later, they are fine..how about a maze race?
2006-09-16 09:51:35 · answer #9 · answered by bjsuno 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make a exercise wheel
2006-09-16 09:45:00 · answer #10 · answered by Biker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋