Choosing The Right Hamster Cage For Your Pet Hamster
November 23, 2009 by Graham Cordingley
Filed under Pets
A hamster is a solitary pet and they should live by themselves, in their own in their cage. Their hamster cage should be the largest hamster cage you have room for or can afford. The average sized cage is 1 square foot in size, but as previously said purchasing a larger hamster cage is far more preferable.
Not only will your hamster love you more for getting it a larger hamster cage, it will be far happier with the additional space also. It is recommended to only keep one hamster per cage as they are very territorial and will fight each other. This can lead to them often seriously hurting each other, except for dwarf hamsters who tend to be more sociable, but it is still a good idea to only keep 1 per hamster cage.
Hamsters are inquisitive animals and will love exploring their cage, but never forget a hamster is a exceedingly good escape artist. So you need to keep this in mind when selecting its hamster cage, if you decide on one of the wire ones then make for sure the opening between the bars is narrow enough to stop your hamster escaping. This applies more so if you decide to keep a dwarf hamster as a pet!
Hamsters are able to open the doors on some types of hamster cages, so if in doubt add an additional fastener to the door this will keep your pet hamster from escaping.
A hamster should have some playthings to keep it entertained and a exercising wheel is recommended as well. Hamsters are nocturnal and will be doing a lot of their playing, exercising and eating at nighttime. Because of this you want to make for certain the toys and particularly the wheel, are quiet when when used. This applies even more so if your cage is to be kept in a bedroom.
If you live in a residence where keeping animals is restricted taking a hamster as a pet might be just the way around this. It is good for your children to keep a pet like hamster as they will soon learn how to take care of their pet hamster while playing and having fun with it.
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