Homemade Houses for Hamsters

When it comes to choosing a home for your pet hamster, its happiness is priority. Luckily, hamsters are usually excited by almost anything as long as it can chew it or play with it, so you will not need to purchase an expensive shop-bought cage. With a few homemade hamster house ideas, you can provide your pet with a fun, comfortable and safe home in which it can live in contentment without spending too much cash.

  1. Wooden House

    • A homemade wooden house is easy to clean and prevents shavings from being kicked out when your hamster is digging and playing. This house can be made by securing with nails a combination of wooden sections and hardware cloth, or alternatively with wood sections, wire and piece of Perspex. Do not use soft woods, and make sure all nails are filed down to prevent causing harm to your hamster. A wooden house will most likely need to be replaced as hamsters like to gnaw the wood.

    Plastic and Wire Mesh Cage

    • A large plastic storage box with an attached wire mesh to cover the top can make a cheap homemade house for your hamster to explore. It is easy to clean out and provides a draft-free home for your pet. The plastic box forms the cage while the wire mesh becomes a window for ventilation and viewing.

    Coconut Home

    • A coconut can be made into a home for your hamster to explore.

      A homemade coconut home makes a fun, unusual home for your hamster to investigate. Put small holes in a coconut and drain the liquid from it. Mark out the entrance of the coconut home and drill the section out, which should be about 2 inches in diameter. Take out the flesh and sand down the edges so that your hamster remains safe to explore.

    Tissue Box House

    • A tissue box house provides a fun, stimulating home for your pet hamster. This type of house can be easily and cheaply made, and only requires empty tissue boxes with any plastic taken off. It can be placed in your hamster cage or on the floor where your hamster should be supervised at all times. You could even attach tissue boxes together to make an exciting tunnel by cutting holes out of the sides and connecting them securely with paper tubes using tape.