charlie's (a.k.a ricky rat) thread

[Socks Mum]

Hi! Haven't posted on here for a while.
Here's Charlie, a little bit more grown up! He really enjoys spending time with me and at certain times he stands on the corner of his enclosure for me to pick him up.
He is seemingly really healthy, although I had to remove his house I made for him because he kept getting little wounds on his feet. I've treated it and now it's healed.
Any tips to keep him more busy in his enclosure? He is really not interested in toys and stuff. He just chooses to sleep in his enclosure or sneak around in my room. No really hints of him getting bored in his enclosure though.
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Very handsome hammy!

 

[charlieqhel]

He's so gorgeous. So the house was the culprit then - which house was it? Maybe splinters?

There are a lot of tips on this thread for home made boredom breakers

Cardboard creations

This is a thread to show how many things you can make for your hamster or enclosure, out of cardboard :-) Cardboard is your friend.

www.thehamsterforum.com

I made the house out of ice cream sticks. It was fine at the beginning, but in his smaller enclosure he began chewing on it out of stress or boredom I'm guessing. He stopped after moving to his now enclosure but I kept the house. I don't know how I didn't realize it would give him wounds. My mom came up and told me how the house may have been the issue and I immediately removed it after that.

Thank you for the link, I'll be checking it out! ❤

 

[charlieqhel]

Very handsome hammy!

He is flustered. Why thank you! ❤

 

[Zara]

Charlie is super cute . Defo take a look at the various cardboard creations. I don’t have a hamster at the moment but our previous Ham used to love them with a treat hidden inside. The majority I made with finished toilet roll holders.

 

[charlieqhel]

Charlie is super cute . Defo take a look at the various cardboard creations. I don’t have a hamster at the moment but our previous Ham used to love them with a treat hidden inside. The majority I made with finished toilet roll holders.

Thank you, I'll definitely try that! He loves tearing stuff up.