hamster advice (please)

[andyscooter]

we bought a hamster for my daughter last year

its still ok i havnt killed it (yet)

it seem to of become obsessed with trying to get its water bottle through the side of the cage and trying this makes the cage wet

just bought another one to put in the cage with no water but still no use

she is detumind to get to the other one

any idea whats up with her and why she has suddenly decided this is good ?
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[lihp]

fill it with lemon juice.

It will stop it trying to get it when it tastes it

[Minty]

What would Freddie Starr do?



I don't understand this 'other' water bottle? You have one in the cage and another somehwere???
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[hedgehugger]

Try a small water bowl?
rather than a bottle.
Not so deep that it can drown, though!

[Skudd]

Get a cat.
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[stinkwheel]

I'd go with boredom too. The wifes bunny rabbit does that too when it's attention seeking.

Add more cage furniture to chuck about, bog roll tubes and stuff.
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

A small hamster laptop would keep it occupied.
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[1cyl]

Sorry OP, but I'm gonna need a pic here. Or a paint diagram at least
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[duhawkz]

Will it blend?
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[LustyLew]

I got a hamster a few weeks ago.

The cage came with pathetic wheel about 5.5" in diameter, which is no good for a Syrian. I replaced it with a 8.5" wheel which takes up a third of the cage floor, but he loves it. Runs for hours and hours. When we can, he'll have free run of the hall, if it's on the floor, he'll give it a nibble. That or he's in his ball.

Since doing all of this he's been less keep to chew at the bars.

perhaps more stimulus or as Stinkwheel said, try distilled water.

There's always the carrier bag and house brick option...
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[andyscooter]

heres a crappy pic of cage off ebay

https://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb129/andyscooters/_35_zps79cc79c0.jpg

basic cage layout is a plastic tank with a top opening which is bars
it has a platform for the bed/food and the floor for the play area

the wheel is joined onto the top floor but never gets used

the bottle goes in through a hole in the side of the bottom part of the cage (shown)

cage has wooden things to chew and treats

hamster comes out for fuss/handling every day

have now put a new bottle on the cage and the old one is now inside to play with

seemed to be quieter last night
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[Ste]

That's not a cage, it's a shoebox and a small one at that!

[Omega]

Looks more like a tank than a cage. He's probably trying to remove the bottle so he can escape. Clever little bastard.

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[stinkwheel]

I'm not sure I'd be using distilled water.

In fact. I would advise against it. I suspect you could land up missing some important trace elements.

Bottled water would be fine if you were worried about a bad taste.
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