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To Own a hamster you need things such as

1. Water bottle (You need to fill the bottle with water everyday, you also need a hanger for the bottle)

2. Glass Cage with WELL-VENTILATED TOP, or a wire cage with a SOLID floor and spacing no more than 1/2 inch.

3. Food Dish (You need to buy food also, use Ecotrition or Supreme Hazel)

4. Bag of bedding (DO NOT USE PINE PRODUCTS. Change once a week as needed)

5. Wheel 8in or larger (smaller models cause back problems and pain for Syrians) WITHOUT WIRE - use Comfort Wheel or Silent Spinner. Hamsters can get their little feet caught between wires and seriously injure themselves.

6) House - wooden or plastic (remove if the hamster chews the plastic) home for it to sleep in

7) Small fruit tree branches for chewing, available at most pet stores (hamster teeth never stop growing, so they need something to gnaw at)

8) Potty - Little John Hi-Corner potties are only a few dollars and work perfectly.

*Give hamsters fresh food as well - they should have a small amount of vegetables daily (make sure you look up the list of foods they're allergic to first, though) and you can give them a treat in the form of fruit and grain snacks once every 2 weeks or so.

Also, use toilet paper rolls or hamster accessories to give your hamster things to do other than run on their wheel - they love climbing and exploring!
This is what I have found that works the best for caring for my little hammy.

Cage

  • 10 gallon tank, with a fitting wired top or a layered expansion.
  • Plastic cages may look neat, but are poorly ventilated and are very difficult to clean and put together.
  • Wired cages have good ventilation, but they make a big mess. ( hamsters tend to kick there bedding out) They are also very noisey (hamsters tend to climb up the bars and chew)

Bedding

  • Hamster bedding is normaly made from wood shavings. Look on the back of the bag find a bedding with low amount of dust, and high absorment rate.
  • NO CEDAR shavings
  • You can also make your own out of newspaper shred up the newspaper into shreds, make sure it is at least 3 in deep (hamsters are burowing animals)

Care products

  • Hanging water bottle
  • Bird feed (food)
  • Wood Chews (no dyes, or cedar)

Toys

  • Wire wheel
  • plastic ball for them to roll in
  • tubes (toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls, No plastic)
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