okay so today we're gonna be talking about the Habitrail ovo dwarf hamster
habitat and this is a habitat that's designed specifically for dwarf hamsters
just like it says those are the small species of hamsters including robos
there's some interesting information on the package for example did you know
that hamsters are naturally scared of open spaces I didn't know that
it also shows some examples of natural habitats dens where hamsters would have
lived and that kind of inspired to the design of this Habitrail system I don't
know about all that but I'm just sharing with you that that's what's on the box
and what we're looking at is a pile of pieces and the reason that I'm doing
this video is some people are really intimidated by all the pieces and parts
and how they go together they have nice instructions but I'm
gonna walk you through it they have these locking rings and I recommend if
you buy anything extra that you pick up a few extra locking rings just in case
you need some more to change the configurations this is a close-up of how
it works when it turns nice and easy like this that's the open position and
you want to put it on one of your fittings in this case we're using one of
the straight fittings and then when you twist it it locks in place so it
actually clamps and shrinks on to the fitting that you're gonna put together
so these things work really well in fact better than some of the other cage
designs that I've had over the years listen to the noise on this spinning wheel
it's kind of squeaky so as I always recommend don't forget to put some olive
oil on the axle so that it sounds nice and moves freely looking at the t's here and
all the components that we're gonna put together I'm gonna walk you through this
thing step by step and show you how to put it all together these are those
oddball drinking systems that come with these and several of the other Habitrail
systems just give it a twist comes apart you pull off this metal piece here and
that's how you fill it clean it out make sure that this little hole is not
obstructed put it back snap it in place turn it over and shake
it out until it stops dripping of course we don't want water inside our cages or
in the run and then you just latch those little divots in the receiver there and
it's good to go and this is what it looks like if you were a hamster looking
up to drink from it so these are straightforward and again they use these
on a lot of their systems so step one let's
go ahead and put in these little side receivers they clip into those holes in
the bottom and there's little ears that go into the side there that'll be
evident when you look at the way it's shaped they just clip right in and then
we go to what's called their feeder and The Hideaway and it also supports of
course the exercise wheel so the feed goes in the top and if you look around
the side here there's that little opening so it is a hideaway for them and
it's opaque so it's nice and dark in there I've seen some that are
transparent I don't think that makes the hamster feel very secure if they're in
the open and light passes through I think they like dark areas plus you can
see that the basement here is nice and deep for some deep litter I think that
litters gonna interact some people did ask on the last video that I did what
the diameter of the exercise wheel was so it's a little over seven inches in
diameter we're gonna be keeping dwarf hamsters so
they're gonna be smaller now this shows the locking system for the top the dome
part that opens and closes and you can see it's full of perforated holes here
and the little silver rings are the locking system and you can pull it open
from the back or the front and then when you put this in the locked position it's
secure
and again we'll lock that side and that's how it's going to be when it's
locked up and you want to keep your pet safe from escape you can pull it again
up from the front or up from the back depending on whether you're reaching in
to pick up your hamster or you want to rearrange things or if you want to
attend to the food dish which is here in the back so pretty easy everything is
completely accessible you can reach in from the sides so pretty
straightforward now we have the tea I'm going to walk you through as I said step
by step to make it look just the way it does on the cover of the box here's the
locking ring leave them in the unlock position until you push two pieces
together and then twist that ring and lock it up so you have the water bottle
on the end we have a tea and then we're connected there to the side now we have
a little nesting area or a petting area whatever your hamster chooses to use
this for and the pieces just clipped together and of course opens and closes
so you can access your pet when it's in this little component and this of course
is going to connect over on the other side has a white basin I'm going to show
you how it connects in here it just slides in there's a little groove and
then the movable part of the dome clips down and it's secure so that your pet
can't escape through there and again there's more vent holes and stuff these
components don't fit together airtight so your hamster is gonna be able to
breathe probably okay through these other parts and then you'll just connect
that on there now this part is what they call the travel pod so you're supposed
to be able to disconnect this and carry your pet with you if you have to take it
somewhere I don't know if I'm going to use it for that but I'm definitely going
to show you how it goes together because it seems to trouble some people and
they're trying to figure out how all these parts go together
so the semi-translucent part goes on first in the back and it has little
clips that go into the white component then the movable part of the dome just
clips over the top of the two sides and it has that little oval locking device
right on the front there and again lots of holes in it now we're gonna clip on
the handle when you push that on you'll see that there's a little ring here that
when you push down tight it'll clip in securely and it really doesn't swing on
the so that handle will be in a fixed
position and you can carry it around I guess and there it is so that's all
together so we have pretty much the side components are done again they show you
the layout here it's probably best to look at this but you can you can change
it up you don't have to follow exactly the way they have it laid out but this
is a setup I'm gonna do for demonstration purposes so here we are we
have the two tees on both sides here the locking rings are in place and I'm just
gonna add everything so now we have a little petting nesting site on the left
there and don't forget we have the drinker on the right now we have the two
vertical tubes notice that those vertical tubes are full of holes so these
connected pieces and these tubes are small four Dwarfs and they're ventilated
throughout and then we have a ninety degree elbows here on the top then we
have two more tees and the tops of those tees you can add accessories to that or
you can close them off with the windows that are included and then of course we
have the little transporter which is also kind of an upper nesting area and
now I'm putting on the windows on the end here and at the top of each T so
this pretty much is the entire system so you have a central Basin that has your
exercise wheel food and it has the Hideaway and of course it's an area
where you can put a bunch of bedding you don't have to put bedding and all the
little small compartments including the carry apartment at the top because your
hamsters gonna haul that stuff around on their own now you're probably
disappointed because I'm not going to show a hamster in it yet what I'm trying
to show is just what comes with a kit and how it goes together and how it's
going to look when it's finished we definitely don't want you buying a
hamster or a pet that's going to go in these habitats until after everything is
set up and secure you've picked a good spot for it and you have the bedding and
food and everything you need now I'm just showing the dimensions the height
here of course the length and these are in inches so it's always
you know this thing's like 29 30 inches long so it's pretty big make sure you
have space for it and I highly recommend as I'm going to do that you connect this
to other Habitrail habitats so what I'm doing is I'm showing individual videos
that show you each habitat and what parts come with it and how it goes
together but in the end if you keep watching my videos you're gonna see all
of these components all of these habitats together in one little dwarf
hamster village and in the very end of course we'll be adding the hamsters so I
hope you like it I mean this is the habitat that
Habitrail actually makes specifically for dwarf hamsters if you've got one I'd
like to read your comments down below again I probably don't think it's good
enough for a standalone let's connect these to a bunch of other habitats and
see what kind of village we can come up with thanks for watching