is it safe to keep a hamster in a bedroom?

Question

the room is pretty spacy but my niece would like it there for her to keep an eye on it and since she's taken a like for it i wouldn't mind (she's a deeo) sleeper too, but she is allergic to nuts and has eczema so i know she's prone to allegies-there shouldn't be an issue with it there-right?

Answer 1

I have two hamsters in my room and I'm not allergic to anything. I dont recall there being nuts in my hamster food, just seeds and corn and those little green dog food looking things. I think she will be fine.!!!! :):):)

Answer 2

You need to pick out all the nuts from the hamster food for her if there's any in there. Read the labels for those containing nuts and avoid buying them if possible. Typically hamster food won't have nuts in it but check first. We have to pick corn from our male rat's food since it can cause him to get cancer. My adult son suggested for her to wear latex free gloves when feeding the hamster just in case. My son also has eczema too, so I know what you mean. His oldest sister is allergic to wood products so we use only hypo-allergenic litters (Care Fresh and Critter Care).

If she's a heavy sleeper then the wheel shouldn't bother her, if it does, she will get get used to it. My son keeps 16 cages of hamsters, rats and gerbils in his room and can have 6-8 wheels going at one time. He got used to all the noise and now can't get to sleep if their not going.

Washing her hands is needed before and after. Use lotions after she washes her hands after handling the hamster will help with the eczema along with a doctor prescribed medication for out breaks. If she should have an active out break she really will need to use the gloves, my son's hamsters tend to bite the affective skin on his hands.

Try also putting an air purifier in her room for the allergies. Is she allergic to animal hair?

I would talk to her doctor for the best ways to room with a hamster also.

Answer 3

why, what wrong with keeping the hamster in the bedroom? i dont see there is a any problems with it but if youre neice is allergise with nuts then put a small towel over the hamster cage then ? or you can gave the hamster instead something else that you do let it eats too?

Answer 4

I used to keep a hamster in my bedroom. If your niece is showing no sign of reaction to it, there should be no problem. Of course, they're active and noisy all night and are escape artists, but the worst it will do is chew holes in sheets or woodwork if it escapes. Mine used to do that all the time...slippery little devils.

Answer 5

i kept my hamster in the bedroom...
As long she did not show sign of allegies should not be a problem...
However hamster are very active at night, my hamster cycling of wheel do disturb my sleep sometime!!!

Answer 6

in case you are able to placed up with it working on its wheel in any respect hours of the evening and the ingesting bottle damn against the cage then yea decide for it. I had a dwarf hamster who i ought to hearken to from my room with the door closed out interior the kitchen at evening whilst he got here alive. I gave him to my brother interior the tip..

Answer 7

You better ask a vet. I dont know -- it could bother her. But whatever you do, dont put the hamsters in a room no one goes into often. My son had hamsters in the basement and the poor things died because he forgot to feed them and water them.

Answer 8

yup...it's ok to keep it in your bedroom only on condition you clean their cage regularly...also, they have to be away from any other pet that could harm them such as cats and dogs...

Answer 9

yeah, just make sure it doesn't learn how to open its cage, mine did and when she got loose is the house she got mean and would try to bite.

Answer 10

i don't think there should be a problem as long as there are none in the food.