Enclosure Setups For Poorly/Elderly Hamsters

Sometimes when hamsters are poorly, elderly or in the last days of their life, their enclosure may need to be altered so they are flatter and easier to navigate and the hamster has easier and closer access to food and water without falling over or off things. These are just a few examples of enclosures set up for such times.

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If you click on a picture it will tell you the species of hamster the enclosure was set up for, the enclosure name and a bit about the adaptations that have been made and why.  Where possible, links have been included to videos which show you how these enclosures were set up, or to the owners' social media pages.

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For more general hamster enclosure ideas and inspiration, you may want to take a look at the Enclosure Inspiration page.

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Thank you to everyone that has kindly let me use their photos on this page.