
28/01/2023
တွေ့ဖူးသမျှထဲ ဒီအသင်းက အတော်လေး မှန်မှန်ကန်ကန် ပြောဆိုလုပ်ကိုင်ပါတယ်။ တစ်လောကလည်း အစ်မရီး ဗစ်တိုးရီးယားနဲ့ ဆက်မနာလို လုပ်သေးတယ်။
First world နဲ့ Third world ကွာခြားတာလည်း ထည့်စဉ်းစားလို့မရတာမို့၊ ချွတ်စွတ်ကြီး တူတာမျိုး မရနိုင်ပေမယ့်၊ စီရုပ်မကို စံနမူနာထားထာထက် စာရင်၊ ဒီ group လေးကို စံထားရင်တော့ အတော်အလုပ်ဖြစ်မှာပါ။
သူက comment ချင်ရင် သေချာပြန်ဖြေပေးတတ်တယ်။ မေးတာမြန်းတာလည်း အလကားလုပ်လို့ရတာပေါ့ရှင်။
Hey hamster lovers, let's talk unsuitable enclosures!
Unfortunately, the majority of commercially available enclosures are too small or even dangerous because of the platforms, tubes and unsuitable wheels, hides and toys that come with them.
Our minimum enclosure sizes are based off guidance from the Blue Cross, RSPCA, RVC, along with personal experience. Enclosures for hamsters should not:
- Have multiple platforms for the hamster to travel vertically - they could fall from a height and hurt themselves as they have poor balance.
- Mesh/wire platforms - walking along these can cause bumble foot, or limbs and toes can get caught and twist or break, which can lead to needing amputations.
- Plastic tubes attached to the outside of the enclosure - these can break or get knocked off causing the hamster to escape. Tubes should be minimum 5cm entrance for dwarves/Chinese/roborovski hamsters, and 7cm for Syrian hamsters, and should be horizontal as hamsters could fall suddenly and injure themselves.
- Broken floor space i.e. two small enclosures attached via a tube, and multi-tier enclosures, as they break up space that should be allowed for 8in+ deep bedding, and all other accessories.
Every hamster should be housed in an enclosure that can fit:
- A 28cm wheel
- A large sand bath
- 8in deep bedding
- Multiple large hides
- A large dig box
- Natural accessories i.e. cork logs, bamboo roots, driftwood
- Chew toys, forage mix and seed sprays
It's not appropriate for hamsters to be housed in too small enclosures, even if they have access to free roam for a lot of the night, or because 'they don't like large spaces'. Hamsters like large, cluttered spaces. They cannot thrive in tiny enclosures, nor in large, open spaces.
At Happy Hamsters UK, we will not adopt any hamster into any enclosure below the bare minimum or with unsuitable items.