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swampystorm
Hi I’d like to introduce myself and my two boys!
The mostly brown hamster is pebble and the white with brown head is bandit. Sweet but timid boys. I’ve had pebble about a month and bandit around 2 1/2 weeks.
Pebble was originally in a Savic hamster heaven cage, but realised this was too small, so I built an ikea kompliment cage. Bandit was in the large habitat 3 from PAH, but after building one kompliment cage I couldn’t leave him out!
I’m by no means good at DIY at all, but building the cages themselves wasn’t difficult. I sealed them with marine safe clear sealants too! However, the lid was difficult for me. It turns out building a simple wooden frame isn’t that simple at all, however I got there in the end!
I am using megazorb bedding, which is wood pulp. It seems to hold burrows well and is only £11.50 from my local equine supplies store. This is complemented by a mixture of undyed reptile sand without anything added and coco coir for a digging pit and Timothy hay.
I’m planning on getting some branches/cork bark and some ceramic hides as well as upgrading to a prettier water bottle on pay day.
The mostly brown hamster is pebble and the white with brown head is bandit. Sweet but timid boys. I’ve had pebble about a month and bandit around 2 1/2 weeks.
Pebble was originally in a Savic hamster heaven cage, but realised this was too small, so I built an ikea kompliment cage. Bandit was in the large habitat 3 from PAH, but after building one kompliment cage I couldn’t leave him out!
I’m by no means good at DIY at all, but building the cages themselves wasn’t difficult. I sealed them with marine safe clear sealants too! However, the lid was difficult for me. It turns out building a simple wooden frame isn’t that simple at all, however I got there in the end!
I am using megazorb bedding, which is wood pulp. It seems to hold burrows well and is only £11.50 from my local equine supplies store. This is complemented by a mixture of undyed reptile sand without anything added and coco coir for a digging pit and Timothy hay.
I’m planning on getting some branches/cork bark and some ceramic hides as well as upgrading to a prettier water bottle on pay day.
Your enclosures for Pebble and Bandit look great! It's super that Pebble is already sitting in your hand after 4 weeks. Look forward to hearing all about them as they settle in 
Perhaps they are offloading old stock for a discount.