Introduction: Hamster Habitat
This instructable tells of a cheaper alternative than going out and buying a lot of pieces for a hamster, gerbil, or mouse habitat. I made this instructable without owning a hamster...but I used to have one. So theres not going to be any pictures or the habitat in use.
Step 1: Supplies
What you'll need:
-Cardboard
-Toilet paper or paper towel tubes
-scissors
-knife
-glue or tape( I would recommend using something your pet won't nibble at, I am guessing glues can be potentially poisonous to smaller pets.)
-pen or pencil
Step 2: Create
1)Think up and draw out a design for however you plan your cardboard hamster habitat.
2)Cut your pieces out.
3)Fold your boxes and other pieces.
4)Put it all together
Tips:
For more vertical slopes in the tubes I would recommend cutting little slits or notches for your pet to grab onto. I would also put more than one way out....you never know. Again I would advise against using some kind of glue that would be potentially dangerous to your pet.
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27 Comments
8 years ago on Introduction
I've got 4 gerbils and they absolutely loved this both running through it and chewing it to pieces!
8 years ago on Introduction
Very easy and quick to make i made one for my two gerbils and they love it!
8 years ago on Introduction
10 years ago on Introduction
What a nice habitat! My hamster would love this!
14 years ago on Introduction
5 stars my hamster loves this i just thought id post a pic
=)
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
aww... your hamster is very cute
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
thanks what sort of hamster did you have?
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
you know...I'm not sure what kind it was. I got it from a friend a long time ago who was having an overload of em breeding. Any ways it was a dark Grey-brown color.
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
Unfortuanetly my hamster died early this year
Reply 12 years ago on Introduction
i have a Syrian hamster called clamore that looks just like that
search Claymore the hamster on facebook and youlle find her!
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
oh i wish i had a hamster like yours im getting a gerbil tomorrow i think i might make this habbitat
13 years ago on Introduction
is this ok for gerbil;s
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
I would imagine so, i did something like this for my old gerbil. Just don't expect it to last too long because they chew through them.
14 years ago on Introduction
I think this would qualify more as a hamster "chew toy" than a "habitat."
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
lol all cardboard things are hamster and gerbil chew toys lol
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Yea they chew on em a lil, and thats one reason I Urge people not to use a poisonous glue or something. I would hate for something to happen. Anyways making it out of cardboard is cheaper and if they do chew it all up...make another. LOL at least they're sharpening their teeth.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
This is making me miss my hamster. :( I had a one-eyed hamster when I was in the Barracks in the Army. :D He was the most popular guy on the block.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Wow thats saddening. If you don't mind me asking how did he lose his eye. lol it's kind of ironic too..a hamster in the army with one eye.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
I was running the veterinary facility at Ft. Drum, and a soldier came in with him and his daughter to have him put down. Apparently the daughter had been too rough with him and literally popped his eye out. The father had decided she wasn't allowed to have pets anymore because she didn't know how to treat them, and brought him in to have him euthanized (his right eyeball was literally hanging out, and he didn't know what else to do.) He told us we could keep the cage and everything, and left. Despite the pain he must have been in, the hamster was very calm, and never in the entire time I had him bit anyone. He just seemed like a "good" hamster, so instead of putting him down, we gave him a little local anesthetic, removed the eye, and put him on antibiotics. He lived for about two and a half to three years longer. He was a great companion, and the way our barracks were set up, all of the heat vents were connected. He liked to get loose, get into the vents, and go to other guys barracks to visit. Everyone on the floor got a visit from him at some point. Great little critter.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
That was quite an interesting little story. :)