so today i'm going to be setting up the IKEA linnmon enclosure that I just recently made and
I want you guys to take a guess at what species of hamster you think I'm going to be putting in
here the only hint I will give you is that it is not a Syrian hamster so leave your guesses below
I honestly don't know where to start this is what I hate most about setting up enclosures is trying
to figure out where to put things I'm first gonna start with putting all the stuff in because I
have most of it on stilts and then I'll add in some of the bedding I think this is one of the
NiteAngel three-chambered multi-chamber hideout
where's the entrance there it is
I also have the NiteAngel peek away hideout here
and i've put some little dowels on it so that it can stand a bit in the bedding
i've also put this on stilts the reason i put things on stilts so that it gives the hamster
still the ability to be able to burrow under things without worrying about having something
collapse on them because that would not be fun for the hamster and then that way you also
don't have to just put everything on the base and then that prevents them from burrowing so
it's a good opportunity it's safe and a good opportunity for them to burrow
for other objects that are harder to put stilts on so for example this
dish here is a ceramic heavy dish i've just constructed my own little stilt system here
i might have to just cut these ones down quickly but um it's just popsicle sticks that i attached
into a square and then i attached some dowels and then that will sit in the enclosure
with the item on top and then once the bedding is in there it's all
a lot stabler. I might- let's see i might have to cut this down okay so i got that cut down
and i'll put that there and let's see i think i want to go with this wheel so
the wheel i'm going to be using is the acrylic NiteAngel one this one is the
12 inch or if you want to be more specific i think it might be like 11.8 or 11.9 inches
um i like this wheel because it is easy to wipe out and it has the adjustable stand
i'm gonna put it to the top
i think I'm going to have it like this and now we're going to add in the bedding i hope
i have enough bedding i bought three of the all living things paper bedding so let's see
ugh this is difficult- Lola, what are you doing?
make sure when you are adding your bedding that you are compacting it
while like decompacting it but then at the same time pushing it down
so that it's not
so fluffy because if you leave bedding fluffy it's eventually just gonna get compacted down anyways
by the hamster
that sounded really Canadian oh my goodness
time for bedding number two
oh goodness
that was not supposed to happen
i'll just scooch this back in
and third bedding
okay now i can start adding the rest of the fun stuff in so the sand bath here is going to sit on
the um platform that i made and i'm going to add a little bit of bedding around there to cover that
grapevine wood i have some bendable bridges with some moss in between
to prevent getting any toes or feets caught
so i'm going to add in the sand that i use for my hamsters this is the
ZooMed I think reptile sand without calcium and it's free of dyes and everything
and for this dish i'm going to be putting in some eco earth this is just
loose coconut fiber and a lot of hamsters enjoy digging in this
then for a pop of color i'm going to add some of the pillow moss into the enclosure
time to add our herbs and also some leaves to the enclosure for forage
hi guys are you curious
also going to add in some of these beautiful sprays for forage
and i'm going to just place in the water dish and fill it up with water
i also am going to put in a food dish with some of my seed mix just for the first couple of days
just to make sure they're eating and i'm also going to sprinkle some in the enclosure
and the enclosure is complete and now we just have to wait for the surprise guest to show up