Designing A Home For My New Hamster | The Little Cage Project Ep.3 

#rgbgamerhamster

@@emmalouise543I’m not sure if it’s been said in a video yet but it’s been changed in the info section in all his social media platforms

Would say the same. This made my serotonin levels spike. Good content!!!! 😅❤

Yeah, it really is! I have collected up this video and forwards to now just to have something to watch from her. I love this channel with all the content

You know what you're right, my bad! I shall promote you to chief popcorn maker as an apology 🍿

i had the exact same thought :O

Im searching in the comments for this. I thought it was someone else initial.. ahh make sense now, thanks for enlightening me🎉

Is it infrared they can’t see or any red at all?

Thank you so much :)

I'm using birch plywood as it's the most common kind where I live, but you can use any kind made from a hardwood species. Also if you live outside of an EU country look for "NAF plywood" or formaldehyde-free plywood to ensure its safety. You can coat the wood with any food-grade or pet-safe varnishes if you want to protect the wood from moisture to prolong the lifespan, but you can use it untreated too. Avoid buying pre-treated plywood though as these might contain harmful substances. Flour glue can only mould if it remains moist for a long period of time, so as long as the clay is allowed to dry fully there's no risk for moulding. If you're concerned that your clay might take too many days to dry fully you can add a small amount of salt into the mixture to provide additional protection :)

The stand for this cage is from ikea, it's called the Kallax! Mine's a super old beaten up one that I did some repairs and custom work on, repainted it, removed one of the dividers, added custom drawer fronts etc. If you buy them brand new they can be a bit pricey, but they're not hard to find second hand as it's one of ikea's most popular furniture pieces :) (This is the unit on ikea's US website) www.ikea.com/us/en/cat/kallax-shelving-units-58285/

HAMSTER-HAVING SWIFTIE HERE!

@@mariahlynn7715 Yay! 🤩

Cost-saving reasons and convenience since I have an seemingly bottomless collection of egg boxes, cardboard, and paper tubes that can all be used for it :)

@@SomethingAnimal Makes sense! Thanks for answering :)

Immediately opening 16 different google tabs to research this because it's piqued my curiosity too 🧐😅 Initial info suggests that since hamsters get most of their vitamin D from a healthy balanced diet a UVB light probably wouldn't be needed, which makes sense since they are crepuscular/nocturnal and wouldn't often be out in daylight anyway, but I'm going to dig around and see if I can find out if anyone had actually tried UVBs for pet hamsters and whether or not it made any difference to their health.

Hamsters are solitary animals, it is a common misconception that it is okay to keep dwarves together! Only Campbell dwarves - very rarely found in most countries - are able to be kept together, but only by very experienced individuals and in the absolute optimum conditions with multiples of everything. Hamsters receive no benefits from being housed together, and it can be very risky if they were to suddenly turn on each other, which is sadly often and can be hard to notice when they are going to do so. :)

This might be a regional difference, in EU countries regular birch plywood is considered a safe material to use for pets as the EU has strict laws and regulations for the lumber industry. If you're in the US or Canada look for "NAF plywood" it uses natural adhesives instead of formaldehyde and should be safer for pets :)

Yes red light is less perceivable to hamsters as they only see colours along the blue-green spectrum, as well as having naturally poor eyesight, so red is the best colour to use if you want to light your enclosure without disrupting their natural activities :)

Could be that he didn't want to get paper clay goop on his hands, or that working with the wire might hurt.

They were just to help get the texture right, I used bare hands later on the house walls when I wanted to achieve a slightly different texture. I'm not worried about my future hamster framing me for a bank heist or anything haha 😂

​@SomethingAnimal I'd be careful if I were you tho. Coco once had access to my finger prints and framed me. I'm currently being trialed for tax fraud and attempted toe eating

he/him according to his insta pronouns🥰

Buy me the land and the materials and I'll do it