so I think one of the struggles of being a hamster owner can sometimes be trying
to keep your hamster entertained and not bored
hamsters aren't like dogs and cats and you can't just throw them a ball and
then them be entertained for hours and hours they really need things to
stimulate their brain to keep them busy from being bored to start off a good way
to keep your hamster busy is to change up their setup once in a while you don't
have to change up everything but switching out different toys or changing
how the layout is can help keep them busy because they have to kind of go
through explore everything and it's something new to them of course only do
this if your hamsters ok with it some hamsters like to have the exact same
setup but some do benefit from having it switched around sometimes another good
idea is to just get rid of their food dish altogether and scatter feed them
when you're giving your hamster just all of its food in a dish they basically
have to go to the dish take the food bring it back to their nest that's
literally it there is nothing complicated no foraging
involved and nothing so when you're scatter feeding your hamster they
actually have to look and forge and tap into that natural behavior of having to
look for food to bring back to their nest so it can be really helpful if you
have a bored hamster. Boredom breakers are another thing that can keep your
hamster from being bored the next couple of boredom breakers I'm gonna talk to
you guys about are all going to involve food because that is what I find works
best for keeping a hamster busy that is what they mainly get enrichment out of
so it's going to all involve food. so for this first boredom breaker all you're
gonna need are some willow balls as well as some seed mix or some type of healthy
hamster treat and all you're gonna want to do is just stuff these willow balls with
a couple of treats and then your hamster has to kind of shake at it and chew
through it just to get to the treat and it can keep them busy
the next boredom breaker is another easy one all you're going to need is a toilet
paper tube and some orchard grass hay and some of your hamster's seed mix
you're gonna take the toilet paper tube just fold it and then cut a couple of
triangles out on each side of it then you're gonna stuff the first little bit
with some orchard grass hay add some of your hamster's seed mix stuff it with
more hay add more seed mix and then add more hay and then give to your hamster
and then they have to kind of rip at it and destroy it
to get to the food inside for this next boredom breaker you're going to need a
kabob you can get these in any pet store really and I'll also leave a link in the
description bar where you can get one but you're also gonna need some fresh
food or some other types of treats so basically all you're going to want to do
is string all of your fruits and vegetables onto the kabob I also added a
peanut onto mine and then you can hang it in your hamsters cage and they have
to actually work to get the vegetables down and they have to kind of chew at
everything so it does keep them busy
the next boredom breaker is one of my favorites because you can do this to
pretty much anything so all you are going to need is some materials such as
cardboard tubes, hamster chews, wooden sticks basically anything and you're
also going to need some seed mix or some herbs as well as some flour I personally
chose to use buckwheat flour because this is the healthiest type and you're
also going to need some water so pretty much all you're gonna have to do is mix
your flour and water together and you want to get some type of school glue
consistency once you've gotten that consistency you can take a paintbrush
and paint some onto the chew and then quickly add whatever you want whether it
be seeds or some herbs onto it and all you got to do is let that dry and you
can give it to your hamster you can take toilet paper tubes and literally make a
hay covered tube and it's perfect for your hamster to chew and destroy
so for this last boredom breaker it is a type of foraging mat I would call it
but you are going to need some corrugated cardboard I've got mine from
an Ikea package usually it's packaged with their larger furniture like if you
buy an Ikea detolf it'll come with it or you can actually even sometimes find
corrugated cardboard in packages when you order stuff but you're going to need
that you're also going to need some seed mix and a box cutter all you're going to
want to do is draw out some circles and then start to cut those out and then
peel off the top layer of the cardboard so that it leaves this honeycomb looking
type of pattern then all you have to do is add your seeds into there and give it
to your hamster and they have to rip and dig and try to shred it just so that
they can get into the food so I really really hope this video can help because
I know it can be such a struggle trying to keep your hamster busy even when
you've tried every single option so hopefully these can help see ya guys
thank you for watching bye