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Monthly Archives: July 2008

Choosing your hamster

The main thing about choosing your hamsters is thinking about age because hamsters live for 1-2 years on average so you need to pick a young hamster if you want to have time with him/her. From 5 weeks old is [...]

Toys

Your hamster really only needs one toy (running wheel) so it can play and get exercise at the same time and your hamster needs 4 things:
happiness
sleep
exercise
and food & water
If you really want your hamster to have more than one toy then go ahead and buy some but believe me a running wheel will do 2 [...]

Homing your hamster

The correct cage should have an exercise wheel and tunnels for the hamsters to climb through.
A deep pile of wood shavings will give the hamsters a comfortable place to hide, and make sure you have a wee and poo spot (or it might be everywhere but it probably will anyway!!!).

Hamster health

If your hamster looks unusual it may be because you are not refreshing its water every day or because your putting its food in its toilet area (were it wees.) or it may just simply be because it hasn’t had enough water.
If your hamster is not eating it will probably be because you are not [...]