So, you have to get to know your hamster and find out what's right for him. I'm a big believer in stopping an activity before it ceases to be fun.
At about the 30 minute point, he got tired of it, and then he and the ball didn't move around any more. The Syrian hamster I had was happy in his ball for about 20 minutes at a time. Respecting the minimum size requirements is indeed important, and supervision as well, of course. I have no idea what further countries think, but the points German Animal-Protection makes seems very valid to me. PPS: It seems the English-Speaking countries are fine with Hamster-balls. The German Wikipedia-Page gives the same reasons: German Wiki The German Hamster-community does mostly agree on this, so I will link to a relevant German site which basically gives a long version of what I explained.
I am actually going on German-Language sources, and could not find a matching English source. If you make a good place for him to live, and perhaps a good playpen, you do not need a Hamster-ball (and, actually, none of the plastic-toys :) ) Hide food in the hamsters enclosure so it won't be bored. Try to stick to natural materials (straw and wood are best).
If you want to make your Hamster happy, make sure he has hiding-places, and some area he can dig in. Hamster need hiding-places, or they will be exposed to heavy stress. It is highly unnatural "ground" fro a Hamster to walk on.Īnd it prevent the Hamster from hiding. The Hamster cannot really control the ball, because any ball that has a size the Hamster could properly walk in (without a permanently bent spine) automatically is way too heavy for the Hamster to control.Īs Alivia pointed out it will become dirty.
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