Buying a cage is the highest expense in keeping a hamster but it is important to provide the largest cage possible for the hamster as this is where it will spend the majority of its time and too small a cage can lead to behavioural problems.
There are a variety of hamster cages available from pet shops or Online Pet Stores including plastic and wire cages, enclosed plastic cages some of which comprise different compartments with inter-connecting tubes, aquariums and metal cages. However, in addition to commercially sold hamster cages it is possible to make a suitable home-made hamster cage from relatively cheap and easily obtainable items.
Different species of hamsters are best suited to different types of cages and so it is important to ensure that any cage purchased is suitable for the species of hamster that it is intended to house.
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