so i am starting this project at 8:23pm and we will see where we end up
when i do a new cage setup or i'm just adding or changing some things around in the hamsters cages i do like to
put them in the bathroom with some food and water, wheel and accessories so then they are able to
not be in the way, they're not gonna be stressed out because they're watching me
remove things
for Mabel's enclosure i am removing all of her stuff because i do have to do a bit of a clean
down below in her burrows if you didn't know she does pee at the bottom
so i do have to go in every once in a while wreck
her very nice burrows so that i am able to
clean everything because i can't just leave pee sitting in the enclosure for
months and months and months
it does need to be done um it is unfortunate but
it is what it is so that is what i am doing in this clip, there are some
pretty large pee chunks over in this particular corner
and also this is some of the cardboard tubes that i put
below that Mabel has completely destroyed this was a complete tunnel
as you can see both of them are just
ripped to shreds
Mabel had filled this watch box completely full of bedding um and i was kind of excited that i was
doing a cage clean a bit because i could properly put this watch box in a little bit better than i
had previously get it closer to the bottom
i also am adding in one of those niteangel halfway cardboard tunnels
for Mabel to use in there and hopefully i'll be able to see her go through there
i also did want to try out some of the NiteAngel aspen shavings so i'm kind of trying to do
a lasagna layer type thing with the aspen shavings and then some of the paper bedding
i couldn't add too much because then it would be a little bit too full, i also had a little struggle moment
here trying to figure out how i could put the dig boxes in with
the halfway tunnel i did manage to figure it out but the halfway tunnel did get a little bit covered with bedding but that's okay
the aspen shavings are extremely soft i was really really surprised
they're really small shreds
you can't really tell that it is lasagnaed in there but i did
i did do my best and i did add a little bit more uh clean paper bedding for Mabel
next i'm using the wavy corner Niteangel platform to put in the corner here to put
the acrylic dig box in
oh it's so perfect
then i'm just adding back most of her accessories
majority of these are the same i did want to add this corner hide but it was just not going to fit
with the chamber hide and everything else so i had to exclude that from the enclosure
i also am adding in some of the Niteangel chews
i decided that i wanted to fill one of the dig boxes with the Niteangel
cork bark pieces and then the Niteangel
aspen and birch chips
and then i filled the corner acrylic dig box with some cork granules and
her little jar there got filled with the aspen and cork substrate
next adding in some of the Niteangel moss i actually really really like this because it's easy
to add a pop of color with it
and you can shape it into whatever spot you really want it
and then we are done for Mabel's setup, as you can see
it is slightly different but very similar to the previous setup
that way it's not too stressful on Mabel
next we move on to Dipper's enclosure so he gets his turn in the bathroom to go play
all right it's 10:06pm um
i made myself a coffee so i'm gonna chug this
and get this done
like Mabel's i'm just taking everything out and sweeping everything up because he is a pretty messy hamster
so i kind of had to clean everything up first
the chew is chewed
i did have a little bit of a dilemma trying to fit everything i wanted to fit into the
enclosure but i did make it work and i ended up really really liking how the enclosure turned out
next i'm filling up the dig boxes so the acrylic one gets the Niteangel coco peat substrate and
this is Dipper's favorite substrate you guys
he loves it so much the other substrate i added in was the aspen and apple chips
and then little Mabel kind of popped in to say hello
next um i was adding in another platform in the corner there because i did want to fit
that corner hideout somewhere so i managed to fit it right there
then i'm just filling up Dipper's cork granules dish
and i did manage to spill this all over the cage
adding in his discontinued petco mushroom
his water dish
and can't forget the cork log this is a staple for every single hamster enclosure
and adding in some of the sprays
it's now 11:04pm.
so Waddles is a bit of a shyer hamster so he was actually in the enclosure the entire time
i knew exactly where he was hiding he was hiding in his multi chamber hideout
he does this he doesn't really like the ring light so he will typically hide
um but i just made sure to work slow when i was digging i made sure to dig very very slow just
in case he decided to pop his head out somewhere
um but he pretty much stayed in the exact same spot as before
i did put in that corner wavy platform on the side so i could put his little
digging dish over there and i did decide to give Waddles
the watch box
i think a lot of people call them i like to call them peekaway hides
but i'm hoping that Waddles will get some use out of it
Waddles also got that bridge hideout from NiteAngel
and the kind of corner potty but i decided to put substrate in that instead of using it as a potty
i think i was dancing right there
um so i'm just adding in some of the previous accessories he had in there as well as that wavy
bridge i figured he would really like
i'm not too happy with the way Waddle's enclosure came out it's just really hard when he's in the enclosure because i'm very scared i'm going to
scare him and he did decide to pop out
and say hello to which then he was like oh nope not about that life
so for his digging dish in the corner i used the aspen and cork substrate
and then i filled up that little potty with the cork granules but this is the larger chunkier granules
and of course had to add in some of the new sprays that we got
Waddles absolutely loves sprays
i also added in the new fuji water dish for Waddles
as well as don't forget to sprinkle in some herbs for foraging i also did this in the other hamster's enclosures
and same goes for scatter feeding a bunch of his seed mix
all around the enclosure for him to also forage for
and then that is the final setup once again not happy about it
probably will change it around when i have a time when Waddles can be out of the enclosure
so maybe i'll update you then i do find the linnmon enclosure to be a lot harder to set up than my diy enclosures i
think it's something about the height wise
so it is 11:38pm and i am now
finished everyone's enclosures
so i hope you guys have enjoyed this video and i will see you in my next one
you