Hamsters need exercise! In the wild, they need to run for a few kilometers every night in search of food. Pet hamsters doesn't need to look for food this way, but they still keep running at night. Since this is hamster's habit and it also keep them happy, healthy and in shape, a good hamster wheel is a must for every pet hamster.
Criteria of a Good Hamster Wheel
- Solid running surface, either free standing or attached to the side of the cage. Avoid wire wheel, which might cause injuries if hamster's feet stuck in the wire bars.
- Bigger is better! Get the largest hamster wheel that you can fit into the cage. Your hamster will feel uncomfortable running in a small wheel and it is bad for its spine.
- A quiet hamster wheel is what you need to invest if you don't want to be waken in the middle of the night. Hamsters are nocturnal, they are active and running when you are sleeping at night. There are special hamster wheels which are quieter then the rest. However, if your hamster wheel is come together with the cage, such as the Habitrail series, you can try applying a squirt of vegetable oil to grease the squeaky wheel.
Recommended Hamster Wheels
Wodent Wheel, the only exercise wheel recommended and approved by the ASPCA.
Super Pet Silent Spinner
, it uses patented ball bearings for quiet operation.Photo by annia316 ღ
Hei thanks for the tips, unfortunately we not have much choice here, expecially at Malacca. And i had visited Midvalley Pets World last few months, and I am really disappointed, almost nothing in small animal section. I wish we have one shop only for small animals, at least one in Malaysia.
ReplyDeleteYou can find more small pet products at The Pet Safari and Petsmore. Also, you can consider online purchase for those products not available in Malaysia.
ReplyDeleteI adopted a 6 month old hamster, she did not like the Silent Spinner "safe" hamster wheel, after a few months I rigged an old metal rung type hamster wheel - though not in a great place in the cage, she immediately started running like crazy in it. I noticed on the Silent Spinner she tended to lean out of the spinning wheel, as if to see where she was going. I also found myself wondering about how the ventilation felt to a running hamster in these solid-runged plastic wheels like the Silent Spinner.
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