How to make a cage for a hamster with your own hands?

Many of us live in our house our beloved pets, whom we adore and try to take care of them, feed them with the best food and admire their cute faces, being touched by this defenselessness and naivety.

However, some pets cannot live in the house “at large”. Therefore, they need their little houses, where they can relax, sleep and always feel comfortable. In this article, you will learn how to make a cage for a hamster with your own hands. Make a house for your beloved pet is not difficult. It is done quite easily, and you can easily find materials in your home or in the nearest store.

Do-it-yourself cage for a small pet can be made from materials such as plastic, wood, box, container. You can also place the hamster in an aquarium convenient for him. But if you prefer an aquarium, then it is better to choose a product of a rectangular shape.

The design of the cage should be convenient for the animal, that is, not too small for the hamster to be comfortable enough in it. For instance, the standard option is a cell measuring 50 by 40 cm, and in height from 20 cm. Such housing will be quite comfortable for the pet.

• Standard cell - 50 by 40 cm. Height - 20 cm.
• The area of ​​the medium-sized cell is 70 to 60 cm. The height should be at least 30 cm.
• Big cage - 90 to 80 and a height of 40 cm.

The shape of the cage for hamsters can be diverse. However, the optimum is rectangular. Not very good shape is square or round. A cage can be two-story if, for example, you have not one, but several hamsters. If you decide to make a two-story cage, then in this case you have to pretty mess around. But despite this, the result will exceed all expectations, since houses on two floors are the most convenient for a small animal.

You can make a polygonal cell. But for this it should be remembered that if you choose this particular form for your pet, then the home should be spacious enough and not small.

To make a homemade cage for a hamster at home is not difficult. You can make a home even from improvised materials that are likely to be found in every home. Here you can find out about several optimal options that are standards for building a cage for hamsters.

To make a hamster home out of plastic bottles, you need 3 bottles with a capacity of 6 liters.

• First you need to cut off the neck, retreating from the lid about 8-10 cm.
• Cut out the middle of the cover (threaded washer).
• In the side of the bottle, make holes equal to the diameter of the cap from the neck. Such holes must be made in only two bottles, and in the latter, holes should be made on both sides. In order to connect the bottles, you have to put a cut neck through the hole on one of them, but so that it passes through the hole of the second bottle.
• To secure the bottle from the inside, secure the neck with a threaded washer.
• Similarly attach the third bottle to those two.
• At the bottom of the bottles, make small holes for the rope, so that the house can be moved or suspended somewhere with great need. Pass a strong rope through the hole you made.

Thus, you manage to make a three-room “apartment” for your pet.

The second simple way to make a cage is to create it from an ordinary cardboard box, for example, from shoes. However, the bottom of the box will have to be filled with sawdust or a special filler. Also, do not make a cage out of a small, low box, otherwise the animal can easily leave the territory of its “apartment”. Give preference to large, spacious boxes with higher sides.

You can also build a cage from ordinary wood. This method is more complicated compared to the previous two, however, a house made of wood will be much stronger and more attractive in appearance.

In order to build it, you will need pliers, a double-sided file, aluminum wire, a paint brush, an electric jigsaw (if not, you can replace it with a circular saw), nets with small cells, side cutters, paints for metal, plywood.

Wireframe.

• To begin with, you will need to make yourself a drawing for simplicity and then, in accordance with it, perform the structure.
• Fix the mesh on the floor and cut out the details you need from it.
• In the resulting blanks, you need to make holes that will serve as a door and windows. Do not leave sharp protrusions so that the animal does not hurt, always align them.
• Go through the grate with paint or clean it with white spirit.
• Form the door clamps using aluminum wire.

After you have formed the frame, proceed to the pallet.

• Make a drawing of the necessary parameters on the PVC sheet and saw off the unnecessary (what is left should not be thrown out, as this is useful for making the sides).
• Further, the sides must be glued on the sides, but first you need to verify their parameters, where the height is 10 cm, the length for the sides is 42 cm, and at the rear and front there are 52 cm.
• With plastic slats, it is necessary to glue the inner side of the junction of the pallet and the side.
• Then you need to strengthen the joint between the sides and the pallet for greater reliability of fastening. This is done using 6-8 cm plates. For a corner, you need 2 plates with parameters of 8 by 10 cm.
• If you want to make legs for the house, then you will need 16 pieces of plastic 5 by 5 cm. Glue every 4 to each other. These are the legs for the resulting design. Move the frame to the finished pallet.

Making a hamster house out of a plastic container is the easiest of all the ways.

In order to prepare the house, you just need to make a few air holes with a hot soldering iron. You can also make a hole for the door. Fill the bottom of the container with filler or sawdust.

You can turn any fairly spacious aquarium into a hamster home. It is only necessary to fill the bottom of the aquarium with a special filler and put there everything necessary for the animal like a bowl, a drinking bowl and a wheel. You can put wooden or plastic ladders.

The aquarium should be at least 20 cm high and about 40-50 cm long. The ideal shape is a rectangular shape. The most uncomfortable forms of an aquarium for a hamster will be round or square.

To equip a house for a small animal is not difficult. You will need to put some bedding or special filler, which you can easily find in any pet store, you can fill the bottom with sawdust. It is also necessary to put in a cage a drinking bowl and a bowl for food. In addition, for a hamster, as a rule, put the wheel. This is a necessary minimum, which must be observed if you want your pet to be as comfortable as possible in his home.

We present to your attention several interesting examples of how you can equip a house for a hamster. You can repeat this yourself from improvised materials and with the help of the above tips:

• home-made two-story wooden house for a large family of small animals;
• use of the aquarium;
• dwelling from an ordinary plastic container;
• An interesting option of wood and glass;
• Another original way to equip a hamster cage from a regular aquarium;
• the easiest way to make a house for a hamster from an ordinary cardboard box with minimal cost and effort;
• housing for a small animal from an ordinary cage for parrots.

Whatever method of arranging the cage for the hamster you choose, you should always remember about ventilation, otherwise your pet may suffocate or get sick. In order for the animal to feel as comfortable as possible, do not forget also that the cell should not be very small or low.

The height of any cage for a hamster, as a rule, is at least 20 cm. Do not install the animal house near heating appliances, especially in winter, avoid direct sunlight. As you can see, building a cage is not difficult, and there are materials for construction in almost any home.

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