Archive for the ‘Hamster Safety’ Category

• Hazards Inside Your Hamster Cage

  Friday, July 30th, 2010

  A hamster cage should help make your hamster feel safe and secure. When your hamster feels safe, he or she will sleep, run, and play comfortably. But there are possible dangers in a hamster cage. So keep these in mind when you plan and set up your hamster’s cage. Falling Hamsters have poor eyesight. Their [...]

• Finding a Lost Hamster Using the 4 Ls: Lock, Look, Listen, Lure

  Thursday, January 21st, 2010

  Most hamster owners have a story about how their hamster got away. Maybe it escaped from its cage or maybe it just jumped out of your hands and took off running. It’s not that your hammy doesn’t love you. It’s just that hamsters like to run and burrow – that’s their nature. So to them [...]

• Preventing Hamster Escapes

  Thursday, January 21st, 2010

  Where’s my hamster? What hamster owner hasn’t said that at least once? Usually, your hammy will be hiding in its cage – in some tube, under some toy, or deep in its bedding. But hamsters are explorers and if given the chance, they will get out of their cage and investigate their surroundings. We call [...]