What can you do?
There are many options in entertaining your hamster. But you need to remember one very important thing; even if you love your hamster and might be desperate to have fun with your hamster, they are nocturnal so don't suddenly wake them up at like midday because it will feel like the same to you as being woken up at midnight when you are fast asleep. Best times to have fun with them is up to 9am in the morning and from 8pm in the evening. And also, you won't be able to play with your hamster all the time. They want to play on their own sometimes with the equipment they have. These are some examples on how to keep them happy and entertained:
- Hold them at least once in 2 days for at leas 20 minutes. But each day, don't go on with your hamster for more than 1 hour or it can get very stressed.
- Change their food and water everyday.
- Put fun equipment such as tubes and egg boxes.
- Wheels are very good for them to exercise. But remember, they are dwarf hamsters so get them a smaller wheel instead of an average one (silent wheels are best as they don't make any noise while the hamster is going on the wheel!!).
- Let them train their teeth- this can be done for example just by putting them an egg box or a chew stick.
- Give your hamster a hamster ball. Some hamsters find it stressful at first but then they will find it fun in the end! It is useful because while cleaning its cage, you can put your hamster in there. Don't put the ball in the cage though because it will take up most of the room and there will be barley any space to go around. When letting your hamster go in the ball, put in in the ROOM your in (not the cage). Don't open the doors though because your hamster in the ball might go through and you might not know where it went.