today we're going to be setting up the Niteangel enclosure you're most likely not going to see a
lot of my head in this video because of the angle but let's get started and set it up i do have to
point out that i have set this enclosure up about three times now and filmed it and i've hated it
every single time so this is the fourth time of setting up this enclosure so hopefully this video
goes well I am using Kaytee clean and cozy bedding and it's in bags because I've taken it out
three separate times so I'm gonna start off by putting just a little thin layer of bedding on
the ground and then we're gonna add in some of our accessories and then add more bedding to it
so the first accessories I want to add in are these Niteangel
hay tubes so this has calendula and just hay on cardboard tubes and they connect together
so I'm going to use this as a secret tunnel entrance
sometimes I get people who tell me that their hamster doesn't enjoy burrowing but sometimes
if you don't give them something like a burrow starter they aren't likely to burrow so something
like this is actually really good because it helps the hamster want to actually burrow
so I'm going to put this at the bottom of the enclosure and this one pipe over here is just
gonna stick up so the hamster can actually sneak into there and I might put this on
top here like that I'm also going to just quickly put in the Niteangel six-chamber hideout and I'm
going to put this on the stilts and I'm also going to extend it since it comes with extenders
let's see if I can do this
these stilts are a really good idea for a lot of things like platforms your sand bath,
hideout because that way you can put a lot of bedding and you don't have to worry
about a hamster burrowing underneath and then it collapsing on the hamster because it's on stilts
so the extender piece just pops into here and then you pop it on there
and then we're gonna put that into the bedding let's see if I can flip it
there except now I have to switch this
around
Now I'm going to
start putting in more of the bedding that I have a huge garbage bag of Kaytee clean and cosy
and I also have a brand new bag of the Kaytee clean and cozy because I
hopefully more bedding will be able to fit in there because I do want to make it pretty deep
oh I might have to here's what I'm gonna do I have another bedding I'm gonna put in here
so then this is gonna be deeper I think and then it will also give another texture
so this other bedding that I'm going to be adding is just the living world clean fresh and clean I
think it's called it's a different type of paper bedding but I've used it in the rabbit dig box
and if you pack it down it actually becomes pretty stable so I wanted to
try it with a hamster so I'm just going to put a little bit of a section on this side
I'm also going to put in this wheel stand here for the Niteangel wheel
a really nice thing about the Niteangel wheels is that you do have this uh back part here where
you can actually adjust how high the wheel goes so I have it pretty high so that I'm actually
able to put a bit of bedding underneath and so you actually won't see the wheel stand
and now I'm going to add in this wavy platform I'm thinking I might put it over here yeah
the next thing I want to add in is I have the Niteangel acrylic sand bath and I've already
put my reptisand in here but I want to put this on stilts in case a hamster decides to
burrow underneath so I'm actually going to go do that so I just glued on some dowels so that
they can be like little supports for the sandbox and it's not going to collapse on a poor hamster
add the sand back in
I'm also going to add in some cork logs so hmm
time for the fun part that's when we add in all of these
crazy accessories so I got this little tube and this one I can fit underneath i
think
I also have some bendable bridges of course now it's important when
you're using bendable bridges you get some
reptile moss make sure it's all-natural and you're going to use some Elmer's glue and glue it
in between the cracks of the bendable bridges and if you want to use a bendable bridge as a fence
like this you're going to want to put moss all the way along the top because you don't
want your hamster's toes or feet to get caught in between definitely not a fun thing for your
hamster
what else there's so many things we have a lot of grapevine wood
we have some birch logs along with the snow mountain water dish of course that's not
going to be filled up until I get the hamster
I have this little wood slice that I have dowels on that I made myself
I'm gonna slip this somewhere
i think that is it for accessories so now we're gonna put the other fun things in like forage
so, so the first things i'm gonna put in are some birch and apple leaves. Leaves can be
useful for foraging hamsters enjoy chewing on them they're good for their teeth they can just add a
lot of aesthetic to a hamster cage as well it just makes it look a lot better for some odd reason
I'm also going to add herbs uh this is my herb jar I have a lot of variety in here so I'll just
leave on screen the different types that I use. herbs are also good for your hamsters
once again they add forage, as well as a couple different herbs, can have different
properties to them like some are good for respiratory infections or other health benefits
and then we're going to add in the sprays so this is an additional forage for your hamster
so here we have two different types of millet so these are great because your hamster
actually picks off the seeds themselves so it's a very enriching thing for them
I also have sorghum and flax seeds so we'll just put these in there as well
additionally i would sprinkle in some hamster seed mix but since i'm not getting a hamster for a
couple of months i'm not going to let hamster food go stale in the enclosure so ta-da the enclosure
is complete so here is what the complete enclosure looks like i do think i'm going to be picking up
some more Kaytee clean and cozy uh to add in there but for now this is what it looks like so we have
the platform with the birch log the bridge as well as the sand bath with our reptisand,
we have a lot of forage, the 12 inch wooden Niteangel wheel, some grapevine wood,
a cork log and the secret tunnels we have down here as well as we have
another cork and more grapevine and the six chamber hideout, water dish and then another
birch log i also thought i would show you it is snowing currently outside so that's wonderful so
i hope you guys have enjoyed watching me set up this enclosure and maybe it also gave you more of
an idea for your own enclosure so yeah thank you for watching and i'll see you in my next video bye