Favorite cage theme

[hamsterlover246]

unpoplar opinion: i kind of feel like ever since the hamster community had this 100% all natural thing...no one is really creative

many people argue that unnaturalistic cages suck and will make your hamster unhappy but take erins animals for example, her cages arent naturalistic but are still enriching.

i dont know..i kind of feel like many cages are just so similar...no one is creative

I pretty much agree.
I do believe that hamster cages can be enriching without being very naturalistic, but some naturalistic things really make the enclosure better.
Scatterfeeding, sprays, and herbs are natural.
Cork logs make new textures for the hamster to walk on, and secondary beddings too.
Grapevine wood is great for hamsters to climb on, and are good when you have some empty space in the enclosure, but not alot.
I'm not a big fan of plastic in enclosures. Just because it's not breathable, and slippery for the hamster to climb on. They're bad if they chew, and really not natural for them. That doesn't mean i judge everyone who uses plastic
I do think that when you have a pet, making it able to express as many natural behaviors as possible is important. I just feel like in a natural enclosure, that is more possible.
That does not mean a hamster in a non natural setup is unhappy !

hopefully this does not sound rude

just to clear things up what i meant by "unnaturalistic cages" did not mean that i will be using plastic...im also not a big fan of plastic too.. non naturalistic cages should try to implement as much natural items as they can

maybe a colourful enclosure where there is a little rainbow on a multichamber hide or maybe a colourful bendy bridge and (edible) flowers scattered arounds ,scatter fed food, a diy coloured hideout and

Maybe a beach/oceaned themed cage (which is perfect for a robo) with a large sand area, a ceramic crab hideout, hamster safe wood, a coconut hideout, a little coco soil area with a cardboard painted coconut hide

Aaah yes I understand !
I completely agree
theme cages that atill have natural textures etc for the hamster are very cool, even though im not creative enough to make one myself
That beach Theme idea sounded super cool!
Ps: you didn't sound rude

[TinyPaws]

Hi! I don't like using plastic items as my hamster is a big plastic chewer, instead I use cardboard and wooden items. Eric's enclosure is a lot of cardboard, with wooden toys aswell. I hope some day I can have a totally natural enclosure!