Hamster – Page 3 – Beanie the Hamster

DIY Suitcase House Tutorial

I’ll be showing you how to make a simple (and adorable!) small pet house from a cardboard Dollarama suitcase.

In January I posted about the worst things I’d bought and/or used with Beanie, but this week I wanted to specifically talk about the mistakes I made. Despite how much research I did before getting Beanie, I made a ton of mistakes with her. I hope by sharing my mistakes you can avoid making them, or be made aware so you can fix any mistakes you’ve made and give your hamster a better life.

DIY Two-Tiered Tower 2.0 Tutorial

Greetings, and welcome to this week’s post. I’ll be showing you how I created this two-story platform for hamsters. It is more directed towards dwarf and Chinese hamsters, but it the size is acceptable for smaller Syrians.

It has a little fenced-in upper platform with a ramp leading to and from it. Below is a larger platform perfect for a food dish to rest.

Let’s get into the tutorial!

Semicircular Small Pet Hut DIY Tutorial

Hello and welcome to a DIY tutorial for this popular small pet hideout! You may have seen wooden versions of this hut before, but today I’m going to be showing you how to make it out of cardboard and popsicle sticks. his type of hut is really fun because you can make them in so many different silhouettes depending on what shape you make the cardboard walls! I definitely want to experiment with that. You could use coloured sticks, and do themed cages! Please comment down below if you’ve tried anything like that, or would be interested in seeing a post with me making different designs 😀

Keeping Your Hamster’s Nails Healthy

Like humans, hamsters have finger/toe nails which continuously grow. If their nails grow too long they can become ingrown, literally curling around into your hamster’s foot. This is obviously very painful, and if your hamster’s nails become ingrown they must see a vet for treatment. This week we’re going to talk about how to preventContinue reading “Keeping Your Hamster’s Nails Healthy”

Substrate Depth

One of the first things you’ll learn when researching hamster care is that they require a deep substrate, but that’s very ambiguous if you ask me. What is substrate? Why do they need deep substrate? What qualifies as deep? With this post I hope to bring clarity to the subject of substrate.

Staircase Hidey House and Climbing Toy DIY Tutorial

Hello and welcome to a very interesting DIY tutorial for this staircase-like hidey house for small pets. I saw a natural, wooden hidey house resembling this the other day, and I thought it would be pretty fun to DIY!

I did change the design slightly from the original toy I saw, adding a shelf inside leading to an upper door. I’m including the measurements to make this toy for all hamster species, gerbils, and mice.

Tips For Using Shelves In Your Hamster’s Cage

Today I’m going to be addressing giving your hamster shelves. These tips will help you have a good shelf-using experience 😀

All About Hamsters And Hay

This week we’re going to be talking about giving hay to your hamster. Why give hay to your hamster? What to use hay for? What hay should you give your hamster? All answered!

How Warm Your Hamster Should Be, Keeping Your Hamster Warm, and a Bit About Torpor

In these cold winter months it’s not uncommon for hamsters to go into torpor, a forced and often deadly hibernation-like state, when they get too cold. Today we’re going to be discussing how warm your hamster should be, ways to keep your hamster warm, and touching on how to help your hamster if they do go into torpor.