How to care for dwarf hamster

Tips to care for dwarf hamster

• Cage
  There are many cages sold at the pet shop started from aquarium made of glass, Habitrail or Wild plastic and also trellis called wire cage. An ideal cage size for hamster is 25 cm x 30 cm and height is fairly enough to place a jogging wheel.
  
  Cage that has bigger size, it's better to be a "home" for hamster life. The best cage must be equipped with bedding which has a function to absorb pee of hamster and also toys to make hamster is not bored. Besides that, it can prevent hamster to be obesity.

• Place of food and drink
  Food place used by hamster in the cage can be made of plastic. As a drink place can be used a bottle that can drop water if hamster licks it top. A food place that has bowl form is not recommended because it can be spilled and making wet in the cage.

• Accessories for hamster
  Hamster accessories are used to make hamster feels comfortable in the cage. Those accessories which can be used to be hamster accessories are: jogging wheel, house, swing tunnel and many more. It can be found easily at the pet shop. Well, it price is not too expensive.

• Bedding for hamster
  Hamster bedding is usually using wood shavings. They are also used as pee absorbent and as a material to make a nest. Besides use wood shavings, we can use sand. Unfortunately, this sand can support hamster to make it dry if hamster is placed at the hot place. Because it, better to use wood shavings as it bedding if hamster is placed in the cold place.
  
  We can also add tissue paper ripped as hamster bedding. (Wait a minute; we can see that hamster will collect that tissue paper to be a nest)

• Toilet for hamster
  It can be bought at the pet shop with any various prices. Basically, hamster is a pet that likes about cleanliness. We can teach it to pee or poop at the toilet. How to do this training? Put a little hamster pee and poop at the tissue paper. Actually, hamster will know and understand how to pee and poop at that place.