Welcome to the August cage makeover! This post is a followup from my last two about selecting safe and enriching hamster toys and accessories. Those posts as well as all the DIYs seen here are linked at the end for those interested.
Stew’s cage had dwindled from perfection since the last month’s undocumented deep clean. The setup will be redone, soil removed and replenished, and everything washed as needed.
I emptied all the accessories from the cage, put Stew into his carrier, and began preparing the soil. I scooped out the top layer, added half a bag of new soil, and thoroughly combined the soils together. Next, I spread it evenly and packed it down.
Then in the far right corner I placed my DIY popsicle stick apartment, and a wooden tissue box holder from my local dollar store, for nesting options.
I knew I wanted Stew’s wheel in the middle of the cage at the back, so I placed that there right away. I proceeded to fill my DIY yogurt tub nest box with wood chips and shredded tissue for bedding and placed it in front of the apartment as a sort of entryway.
I topped off the sand bath and placed it in the front right corner with a small terra cotta pot in it for cover.
Next I added a few more hideouts throughout the cage. In the middle we have a piece of hollow birch bark hidden in the soil, along with a little glass sphere to duck into. By that we have the little green ceramic hammy hide and across the cage in the back left corner, my DIY suitcase hidey house with a bendy bridge leading on top of it.
And to finish off, I added in a few space filling accessories, including the mini duck basket, some moss, food and water dishes, some pebbles, a popsicle stick bridge, a bark tunnel, and a toilet paper tube.
I love how this setup turned out, and Stew seems delighted to have a change of scenery.
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The DIYs Featured in this Post
- Suitcase Hidey House
- Boredom Breaker
- Popsicle Stick Bridge
- Popsicle Stick Apartment
- Yogurt Tub Nesting Box
Beanie the Hamster 