Adorable energetic chubby hamster!! Tips, Advice, Tricks & what worked for me!
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Meet Titus! My short- haired Syrian golden Hamster aka Teddy bear hamsters! He's currently five months old. Leave comments if you have questions :)
Here are just a few helpful tips I found pretty helpful when I started caring for my hamster:
- Make sure your entire cage is closed up because hamsters WILL find a way to escape! I caught my hamster escaping multiple times through ways I didn't even imagine
-if your hamster does happen to escape pile books in a stepping manner leading up to a bucket with food inside of it, and the hamster will fall into the bucket
- throw your hamster into his ball whenever you remember! The last thing they want to do is stay inside their boring small cage any longer
- All together, a hamster shouldn't cost much! The hamster itself was $10, the cage was $50, I buy new food once every 4 months ($10), padding once every 6 months ($20), the ball costs $15 dollars, and everything else doesn't cost more than 5 dollars.
- Change the hamster's cage and padding at least once a week. This shouldn't take more than 10 minutes. Wash their entire cage, all their toys, wheel, igloo, food and water containers. You can put your hamster in his ball while you change his cage.
- Try not to wake your hamster when he is sleeping (during the daytime) as this will increase their levels of stress. For new baby hamsters, resist the first week from touching them or altering their environment as this will easily stress them and destroy their immune system.