Often I get asked about the hamster products that I use, like what are they? where did
I get them?
So I'm going to be talking about all of the current hamster products that I am using right
now.
So the first thing would be bedding, the two types of bedding that I actually use is the
the All living things paper bedding as well as the Great Choice Aspen wood shavings.
Now I'm not too particular about my bedding types as long as it is a safe substrate, I
sometimes will use CareFresh or I'll use Kaytee Clean and Cosy it kind of just depends on
what is on sale at the time.
The All living things paper bedding works fine as well as I like to include Aspen in
my cage setups just because it gives it a different texture and a little bit of a more
natural look.
The next thing is my food and water dishes.
So I will use food dishes on occasion sometimes I will put a little bit of seed mix in here
or I'll put fruits and veggies or baby food and this is just simply a terracotter....
terrorcotter?
this is just simply a terracotta pot saucer and it makes an absolute perfect
hamster dish it's not too deep or anything it's a good size and it's really pretty looking
and I got this at the dollarstore.
And then for my water dishes I use little tiny tea light candle holders I actually got
these off of Amazon and they come in like a big pack and they're perfectly sized for
hamster water dishes.
The next hamster products that I use is my flax, wheat and oat sprays.
You may have seen me use these a lot in my videos these two brands here I've gotten off
of Amazon but i think you can also get them in the bird section of the petstore and my
flax sprays happen to be from PetValu a local farmer sells to our PetValu so that is how
I am able to get flax sprays.
The next thing I use is Hay!
Now the hay isn't for eating hamsters aren't herbivores so they don't need to eat hay,
they can nibble on it if they want to but most hamsters aren't going to but the reason
I use this in my hamsters cages is to make burrows more stable.
When you mix in soft hays like this one, this is botanical hay you can also use Orchard
grass hay both of which are pretty soft hays they're not going to poke a hamster in the
eye or a cheek pouch but it can really help keep the burrow really stable and I like the
botanical hay because it smells really good.
The next thing I use is moss on occasion I will stick this in spots that I think need
a little bit more touch of color, moss is safe for hamsters and this is just pillow
moss that I got from PetLand and it makes a really nice natural theme.
Wooden ledges such as these!
So this is actually homemade I got the wood slice off of Amazon, you can get a big pack
of different sized wood slices and I bought some dowels, I glued them onto the bottom
and this makes a perfect little ledge for your hamster.
You can stick it into the bedding and it also works great for a natural enclosure, I really
really like the way they look.
Next is cork logs now I have a ton of these and I've gotten them from many different places
but you can mostly find them in the reptile section of the petstore and these make really
great tunnels as well as you can get them off of like Amazon or reptile websites such
as Pangea.com.
I also use grapevine wood, grapevine wood is one of the only safe drift woods that i
know of and it's personally my favorite you can get really nice big chunks like this one
I got this one off of Pangea.com but you can also get them off of Amazon as well as once
again the reptile section of your petstore.
They are going to come in different sizes, shapes, different twirls all of that.
So you kind of just have to look around and find the perfect piece.
The next hamster product I use is the Wodent Wheel Senior.
This is an 11" solid running wheel this is a great size for Syrians and even dwarfs as
well.
It's definitely silent I wouldn't say it's super duper loud the only thing is if it comes
off balance and it starts wobbling but other than that if it ever gets squeaky or anything
you can put a little bit of baby oil or vegetable oil on the axel and then it becomes super
quiet and I got this wheel off of ExoticNutrition.com The next product that I use is really heavy
and it is reptile sand this is also upside down so that really doesn't help you guys
but I've opened it from the bottom it is the reptisand all natural terrarium sand.
Now this sand doesn't have any added dyes or calciums to it.
This color is the natural red color which I've never really used before until now I've
usually used the white colored sand but either one are fine because it is natural sand and
this is super heavy.
I like this sand in particular just because it is really really soft I do also sometimes
use childrens play sand when I don't have access to this I did have to order this off
of Amazon because none of my petstores sell reptisand anymore for some reason they all
have calcium added to them which is something you don't want and now I'm going to put this
down.
Now to hold my sand I use one of these Andwe I don't know how to pronounce the brand name
but this is a large hamster sand bath so the sand can fit in here there's a little hole
here it also comes with a terracotta dish that you can put in place here and you can
remove it if you want to but this is a really great large sand bath and it reminds me of
one that you can get from RodiPet but this I actually got off of Amazon.com.
The next hamster product is something that I absolutely love and it's one of my favorites
and that is the Andwe hamster multi-chamber hideout with the removable lid.
It has 6 different chambers inside of there, which my hamster loves.
I like that it has a removable lid, there's a hole here and a hole here.
The only thing thats bad about this is that this particular brand seems to be sold out
of this hideout but there is another brand who makes the exact same multi-chamber hideout
which I'll also leave linked they are from Amazon I don't know if they're like the same
brands just two different names but they're basically identical.
So this isn't really a hamster product but it goes along with the last two things and
this is Plastikote fast dry project enamel and I use this on my wooden objects like the
hideout and the sand bath so that it if hamster pee gets on it, it's not going to wreck the
wood.
This is water-based I think and it is safe it doesn't have a ton of odours from it when
you paint it on, a lot goes a long way and it does help protect the wood a lot.
The next thing is my herbs now I get my herbs from StarWestbotanicals.com I have a variety
in here and I actually just recently did a video all about herbs and hamsters so i'll
leave that linked in the "i" cards above so you can go ahead and check that video out.
So hopefully this video was able to introduce you guys to some new products maybe and hopefully,
it can help you if you ever seen something that i've used and were like where the heck
did she get that.
I'm going to leave all of the links down in the description bar below so makes sure to
go check that out and I will see you guys in my next video, bye!