The Replacement Henati

Roboterrarium 200x70

User Hamsterhaus hat dieses Nagerterrarium mit 200cm x 70cm x 70cm hier in hamster Forum presented (all images courtesy) . The terrarium was made by Terrarien.ch to size, as is the cabinet. The edge litter should be allowed to about 35cm high enough to litter, so the hamster can really dig. The large plane is fully sprinkled with chinchilla sand, because love Grey-dwarf hamster sand.

Left: cork tubes and parts, houses, bridges, willows, wooden pipes and tunnels, Desert Root (root savanna), hay

Right: level with sand, stones, vines, roots, cork tubes, mangrove root, willow bridge, houses and drinking

"main house" is a multi-chamber timber house in the middle area of the enclosure, the "underground" is , as in the 10th article of March 2010: The underground house described. It takes away no tread and is used as a starting point for self-dug structures of the hamster.

The enclosure is so large that the wheel could be removed after the hamster had not used it for weeks (this was checked by a marking on the wheel). The small Roborowski lived previously in a 120cm x 50cm basin, where he had behavioral problems (stereotypes) are shown - always in the same cycle, hours of shuffling in the corners - which have been fully committed since the move into the large enclosure. Should be keeping hamsters!

English Summary

The Roborowski hamster hamster house of user from the German Hamster Forum two lives in this 6'7 "x 2'4" x ' 4 "(200cm x 70cm x 70cm) made-to-measure terrarium by Terrarien.ch . The bedding depth is almost 1'2" (35cm) and consists of wood shavings mixed with hay. The terrarium is furnished with cork tubes/tunnels, wooden tubes and tunnels, willow bridges, several roots (desert root, wine root, mangrove root), stones, houses, hay, a water bottle, and a big platform made from poplar plywood which carries the large sand area (robos love sand).  

The main hideout is a multi-chamber wooden house in the middle of the cage. It is below the bedding as described in the post of 2010-03-10: The Subterranian House . Therefore, it doesn't take up space in the cage and is a good starting point for the burrows of the hamster.

The cage is so big that the hamster never used his wheel anymore so it was removed after many weeks of non-use. The little roborowski had been living in a 3'11" x 1'8" (120cm x 50cm) tank before where he showed stereotypies - running the same circle over and over, trying to dig in the corner for hours. After moving into this terrarium he has completely stopped all stereotypic behavior. Good for him!