What's the best way to get a hamster warm?

Question

I am looking for ways to keep hamsters warm. My boyfriend and I have 2 and are in a basement bedroom and it's very cold down there. My boyfriends hands turn color when he's on the computer in his room where the hamsters are. There is a small ceramic heater in the room but not enough to really do much since there is dog that opens/closes the basement door (his food is down there). Can you tell me of any products, bought or home made, that are safe to use for hamsters or any other rodent to help keep them warm?? Thanks.

I'm looking for serious answers here... Your Dumbass comments like "toaster" and "microwave" are not welcomed...

Answer 1

perhaps try keeping like a 40 watt light bulb over the cage, not too high of a watt or too close to the cage because then they will die, they are very sensetive to heat and cold weathers so be very careful. try aiming the light dawn at least 12 inches away from the cage. 60 watt would be too hot and turn thm to a crisp

Answer 2

What I have found to work pretty well is bricks. Depending on the size of the cage you may need one or several. In the summer, I freeze them and put them in the cage and in the winter, I heat them up in the oven, usually when I'm already baking something. I wait about an hour for them to cool a bit and I have covers that I sewed out of thick material so they won't be uncomfortably hot or cold for my hamster. It will heat the entire cage a bit and if the hamster gets chilly it can snuggle up against it to get warmer. This is the best option I have found. No wires or anything dangerous, but you do need to make sure that the brick is not too hot to hurt the hamster, just warm to the touch. If you don't bake often, there might be another way to heat them up but I don't know, you would have to consider it from your own perspective. They conduct heat fairly well though and should stay warm through the night.

Answer 3

do not use cotton or a towel, blanket, or other material as he will chew this and can get it stuck in his pouches and it can cause digestive problems. a heating lamp or even just a light nearby would help. just make sure it isnt too close and that it's not on the entire cage because they need some darkness and they may want relief from the warmth sometimes. do u know the exact temperature. get a thermometer & check. if it's below 60 he could go into hibernation which isnt good---i wont go into details since that hasnt happened.

u can buy a reptile under-tank style heating pad for around $10-15. they are self-regulating and safe to leave on around the clock. (don't use the kind made for humans) it is best to either place the pad under one corner of the cage or to raise the cage about one inch and place the pad beneath.

r they syrian or dwarf? dwrf can handle low temps better.

make sure they have plenty of bedding for their nest. aspen and/or carefresh. give them some plain, dye-free toilet tissue that they can shred for their beds too. i use scott.

brick idea isnt good. again the material over it isnt good, plus they could easily get burned by the brick & it's not going to safely hold heat long enough.

Answer 4

What you can use is a heat bulb used for lizards in the room connected to a thermosensor. The sensor can be used to detect what the temperature has reached and to switch off the bulb once it reaches that temperature and to turn it on again should it drop below. Any pet store dealing with lizards or other warmth dependent animals should be able to help you with that. Another option would be an air con heater of some sort as you want to warm up the air around the cage and not have just heat blowing diretcly at the cage/tank. Hope this helps.

Answer 5

The rooms where hamsters live sould be from 70-80*. If it's any colder get them out. They can't live in that kind of coolness. Hamsters (Syrian AKA Teddy Bear) come from the desert of Syria (where the name of the hamster comes from). They are used to heated places. If you really want thease hamsters down there to stay warm why not put a heating pad under thier cage?

If the Syrian hamsters live together they must be seperated imidiatly. They have a natural instinct to protect thier territory; they will kill any other hamster, even thier own sibling to have thier own territory.

I wish you and your hamsters good luck!

P.S. Hamsters cannot have towels around where they can reach thm. They will chew it up the string will consrict thier intestines. Trust me it has happened before.

Answer 6

a towel on the cage might block the air ways into the cage

Richard grere was a gerbil

microwave and toaster is evil

i give my hammy cotton from the pet store for his bed. its warm and they like to tear the crap out of it. some people dont believe in cotton like stuff because it can get twisted around their feet like a turnecit (sp?). but titly loves it. he fluffs it and buries himself in it. but if your boyfriends hand turn purple when on the computer, turn up the heat. if its too cold for you, it sure as heck too cold for the hammy. move his cage next to your bed or some where where its warmer. he needs heat and so do you. i'm scared of heating pads because they can melt a cage and might over heat the little guy. just turn your heat up more. if you are using a space heater and dont want to leave it on all the time (which i wouldn't do) move the cage to a warmer spot while the heater is off. once the heater gets turned back on move him back. but how cold are we talking about?

Answer 7

That's so sad, I hate thinking that my pets might be cold. I would suggest buying a larger space heater to heat the whole room. I used to have one with a Thermostat so it would shut off at a whatever temp I wanted. I wasn't expensive. That way your hamsters will be warm and you won't have to worry about over heating them or exposing them to danger. Don't wrap a towel near them, they chew. If they are against an outside wall, move them to an inside wall or at least away from the wall. If you go with the heat lamp idea, make sure it is far enough away from them so they don't over heat. Good luck with your little guys!

Answer 8

My suggestion would be to put a thick blanket on the sides of the cage to keep out draft. You may also want to buy a heater light (like for lizards) to put on top of the cage--along with a thin blanket in between so that its not so bright--. This will keep the hamster warm enough. But, just make sure you buy good bedding. Hamsters can make their own warmth, but, they need good bedding to be able to burrow. You could also ask a local pet store employee and they could recommend items.

Hope this helps! :)

Answer 9

on no account cotton wool. that is poisonous to hamsters, purchase some HAMSTER wool in case you like. :) positioned a blanket over the cage to maintain in warmth at evening AND day. put in a non-draught room and maybe positioned a heat warm water bottle under his/her cage :) it continually works with my hamsters. in the journey that your hamster turns chilly, then try this : Get your hamster off the mattress in the present day, do no longer hesitate. Is he chilly? if so, get a warm water bottle WITH a cover or blanket over it and place your hamster on it and commence gently speaking on your hamster and rubbing it to heat it up. positioned a tiny spoonful of Sugar into some water and spot in the journey that your hamster liquids it. place some nutrition in front of him to boot, he may be hungry or misplaced his urge for nutrition. Is your hamster ok now? No? properly : shop a blanket over the cage. confirm it quite is removed from ANY draughts and in a heat place, no longer too heat. shop a clean furnish of bedding, water and nutrition incase. :)

Answer 10

i use to have that problem too my sisters room was cold also i use to put a blanket around there cage but not the front of it so they can look out. but when they was sleeping i would put it around the whole cage .also you can put some papper towel rolls in there too or tissue rolls also. so they can make warm beds for them selves. or go to home depo and have them cut you tubes made of that hard plastic stuff but i think tissue rolls will work .they just may chew them up lol you may have to keep puting new ones in lol good luck !