meet Nora

[Nora]

say hello to Nora

She is two months old.

 

[Socks' Mum]

Lovely Nora Super photo! What a sweet baby

 

[Ambo]

aw! so cute!

 

[Maz]

Hello. Can you tell us a bit about Nora? What are her favourite treats? Is she your first hamster or have you had others?

 

[Nora]

Hello. Can you tell us a bit about Nora? What are her favourite treats? Is she your first hamster or have you had others?

Nora is my first hamster. I did tons of research before adopting her, mostly by watching YouTube videos, using ChatGPT, and exploring this lovely forum while looking for safe foods.

Nora is currently in a plastic bin cage. In my country, it's hard to find hamster cages that are big enough. Most pet shops only sell small ones. That’s why I’m building a 4 x 2 ft cage for her, which is now in its final stages. Another challenge is finding a proper hamster wheel. The biggest one I could find here is just 6 inches. Correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s not suitable for a Syrian hamster. So, I’m making a 30 cm wheel myself.

It’s been less than a week since I brought Nora home, so I’m still learning about her behavior. She already responds to my voice, which is adorable!

She’s not picky about food so far and loves hiding it in her hideouts. She loves her sand bath.

I’m looking forward to learning more about how to care for hamsters and giving Nora the best life possible!

 

[Socks' Mum]

Nora is my first hamster. I did tons of research before adopting her, mostly by watching YouTube videos, using ChatGPT, and exploring this lovely forum while looking for safe foods.

Nora is currently in a plastic bin cage. In my country, it's hard to find hamster cages that are big enough. Most pet shops only sell small ones. That’s why I’m building a 4 x 2 ft cage for her, which is now in its final stages. Another challenge is finding a proper hamster wheel. The biggest one I could find here is just 6 inches. Correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s not suitable for a Syrian hamster. So, I’m making a 30 cm wheel myself.

It’s been less than a week since I brought Nora home, so I’m still learning about her behavior. She already responds to my voice, which is adorable!

She’s not picky about food so far and loves hiding it in her hideouts. She loves her sand bath.

I’m looking forward to learning more about how to care for hamsters and giving Nora the best life possible!

Nora is a very lucky hamster to have such a good owner
Yes, you are right about hamster wheels. Syrians need about 12 inches to run comfortably on. Some female Syrians hamsters chew wood so there is a relative risk of escape from wooden cages under certain circumstances. A 4 x 2 ft cage is wonderful, lovely and spacious and the size, along with deep bedding and enrichment should help to make her content and reduce the risk of chewing. Looking forward to seeing more Nora piccies and learning about her new cage and wheel. I'm sure they will be wonderful

 

[Maz]

Nora is my first hamster. I did tons of research before adopting her, mostly by watching YouTube videos, using ChatGPT, and exploring this lovely forum while looking for safe foods.

Nora is currently in a plastic bin cage. In my country, it's hard to find hamster cages that are big enough. Most pet shops only sell small ones. That’s why I’m building a 4 x 2 ft cage for her, which is now in its final stages. Another challenge is finding a proper hamster wheel. The biggest one I could find here is just 6 inches. Correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s not suitable for a Syrian hamster. So, I’m making a 30 cm wheel myself.

It’s been less than a week since I brought Nora home, so I’m still learning about her behavior. She already responds to my voice, which is adorable!

She’s not picky about food so far and loves hiding it in her hideouts. She loves her sand bath.

I’m looking forward to learning more about how to care for hamsters and giving Nora the best life possible!

That's amazing you're making her a wheel What type are you going for? A bucket wheel? There are various tutorials on here and on youtube, about how to make a hamster wheel - you've probably seen some. I think you could do a really helpful post for others, about how you made it .

I'll link the threads about diy hamster wheels in case they help

Home made hamster bucket wheel

I'm just linking this youtube tutorial. I think it's Erin from Erin's Animals, but the channel is called "Something Animals". It just shows how incredibly simple it is to make a hamster wheel! And having had a few wheels that have a bolt going through the centre onto the stand I can relate to...

www.thehamsterforum.com

Silent hamster wheel using a fidget spinner

Here's another home made hamster bucket wheel. This one is silent by cleverly screwing a fidget spinner to the back (child's toy). It also looks to be a safe construction but uses pvc pipe for the stand instead of a wood stand. This one does seem to need a drill as a definite. With silent...

www.thehamsterforum.com

 

[Zara]

Congrats on your new little friend. Hi Nora, what a sweet little face.

Welcome to the forum, look forward to hearing how she settles in

 

[Tulsi]

Nora is a little beauty. Her enclosure that you are building sounds wonderful.

 

[Rescued One]

say hello to Nora
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She is two months old.

Adorable!

 

[Nora]

Nora is a very lucky hamster to have such a good owner
Yes, you are right about hamster wheels. Syrians need about 12 inches to run comfortably on. Some female Syrians hamsters chew wood so there is a relative risk of escape from wooden cages under certain circumstances. A 4 x 2 ft cage is wonderful, lovely and spacious and the size, along with deep bedding and enrichment should help to make her content and reduce the risk of chewing. Looking forward to seeing more Nora piccies and learning about her new cage and wheel. I'm sure they will be wonderful

Oh, I didn’t realize that hamsters tend to chew on the wood of their cages! I’m really glad I decided to use glass on all sides except the top. I chose glass mainly because I couldn’t find 100% safe wood for hamsters here. I’ll definitely be sharing more pictures soon!

 

[Nora]

That's amazing you're making her a wheel What type are you going for? A bucket wheel? There are various tutorials on here and on youtube, about how to make a hamster wheel - you've probably seen some. I think you could do a really helpful post for others, about how you made it .

I'll link the threads about diy hamster wheels in case they help

Home made hamster bucket wheel

I'm just linking this youtube tutorial. I think it's Erin from Erin's Animals, but the channel is called "Something Animals". It just shows how incredibly simple it is to make a hamster wheel! And having had a few wheels that have a bolt going through the centre onto the stand I can relate to...

www.thehamsterforum.com

Silent hamster wheel using a fidget spinner

Here's another home made hamster bucket wheel. This one is silent by cleverly screwing a fidget spinner to the back (child's toy). It also looks to be a safe construction but uses pvc pipe for the stand instead of a wood stand. This one does seem to need a drill as a definite. With silent...

www.thehamsterforum.com

sorry for the late reply.. been bit busy.

i will post about how i made the hamster wheel for sure. it's been fun to make these....