Hamster Care Guide

Bringing home your baby ham is a big day for you but a bit of a scary one for your hamster. I recommend giving them a week or so to settle in and get used to their new space before intruding too much. Keep handling to a minimum, but DO handle them when you get them, keep sessions short and sweet with rewards like sunflower seeds, apples, carrots, strawberries, mealworms, lettuce, green beans, oats... Lots of fun things to feed your ham! This will make interaction with you more pleasant. 

Enclosure size- Don't over complicate it! Bigger is not always better as it can cause the hamster to hide more.

Some recommendations for enclosures are Bucatstate, Niteangel, Prolee, aquariums and you can even DIY your own storage bin enclosure.

Example set up below (It's great and very large, but can use some deeper bedding) features a Large Niteangel Hamster wheel.

For food, I recommend a lab block and seed mix. I feed kalmbach 18% Rodent block or Mazuri and a weekly seed mix. Hamsters need food and water 24/7, you do not measure their food, they must have it available at all times.

Hamsters are nocturnal and like to dig, burrow and chew. Good chews are walnuts, Whimzees dog chews, apple sticks, cardboard, popsicle sticks are all good options! There are many homemade chews you can give them too.

For bedding aspen and paper bedding are good choices as paper holds burrows well. Feel free to add hay to help hold it together.

I do recommend a hamster wheel as they are AMAZING enrichment for hamsters!

Syrian hamsters are SOLITARY! They will fight to the death.