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warf hamsters like exercise, and they love running. Here’s some ideas for hamster toys for your beloved pet.

There is plenty of choice available to increase your hamster’s fun while giving him or her needed exercise. Pet stores will have a wide variety of cages, toys, and wheels.

And your hamster will definitely need a wheel. It is known that they can run up to eight miles in a single night on these things, can you imagine that and with those small legs! But please make sure, if you have a dwarf hamster, that your wheel doesn’t have rungs. These not only hurt your hamster’s feet but can also, possibly, cause a broken leg if their foot slips between the rungs and gets caught.

Plastic toys are of course very popular. They are easy to clean, come in bright colors and very inexpensive plus they come in almost any shape or form. They can be bought online or at your local pet store.

Have you though about buying a hamster ball? I’ve always found them very useful and fun for your pet. And you can pop your pet inside while cleaning the cage, and they can get some exercise while you get the job done. They are invaluable!

And what do you do if you haven’t got much money? Try making homemade hamster toys! There are tons of things around the house which can be used, just make sure it isn’t toxic, you don’t want to give you pet stomach ache or even worse poison him or her.  Try  the cardboard center from a simple toilet paper roll. Hamsters love these and they’re free! You can also cut the ends off small soft drinks bottles and use them as tubes, perhaps even build a labyrinth for you beloved hamster.  Cut the bottles with scissors very evenly and carefully sand the edges so there are no sharp areas.  Put one bottle slightly inside the other and tape or super glue them together.  It’s easy to make both long and short tunnels for your hamster to craw and climb in.