| What a hamster needs | Cost/Price | Remarks | |
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| Cage | Safari Habitrail | $18 (Petmart) | The safari with wheel and second deck is pretty popular but the metal grilles rust. |
| Simple metal cages | $15 (bigger ones are more expensive) | Cheaper ones look like metal wires twisted together and rust easily. | |
| Good quality cages | From more than $30 to over $100 | These might be more sturdy and rust resistant. | |
| Wheel |
$4- $7.50 $6 (safari wheel for fish tank) |
Get those without grilles at the bottom so that hamsters' feet won't get caught and injured. | |
| Food dish | $3.50 | Some owners do not use food dishes. | |
| Water bottle |
$2.50 - $7.50 $5 (Safari water bottle) |
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| Wood shavings |
$4 - $4.60 (witte molen) $6 (Sluis) |
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$6 for a packet of 435g $9 for a Vitacraft packet |
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| Safari outpost | $5 | Can be used as sandbath containers. The hammies can have the sandbath as and when they like it. A bit expensive though especially if some of them like to pee in it. They also love to sleep in the sandbath container. | |
| Tidy toilet | $4 | ||
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| Vitacraft food | 3 for $10 | include treats like fruit sticks, yogurt drops, etc | |
| Sluis dwarf hamster food | $9 for a 1kg packet (Petlovers) | ||
| Nutra Puffs fortified treats | $4.64 for 43g pkt | limit to 2-3 puffs per day per hamster | |
| Cliffi Dolcino biscuit | $2.30 for a 35g pkt | ||
| Kaytree Food | $5 | ||
| Packet of seeds (bird seeds, sunflower seeds, etc) | $2- $3 ( Shop opposite Petmart at Serangoon North) | ||
| Hobo Yogurt Delight | $4.40 | Other flavours are available too. | |
| Fresh vegetables | Young corn | $0.50 per packet | These are only examples of what hamsters eat. They love many other veggies and fruits too. |
| Bean sprouts | $0.20-$0.40 | ||
| Big corns | $1-$2 for 2 corns | ||
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| Vet care | A minimum of $20 | The minimum is the consultation fee. Other costs include medicine given and how sick the hamster is. Even GST has to be considered. | |
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| Maze | About $35 |
Use your creativity to make toys for your hamsters. Make sure the toys do not have sharp edges or any parts that will hurt them. |
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| Ladder | $2 (Pet Lovers) | ||
| Toilet rolls | Free | ||
| Plastic trays | $1.99 ($1.99 Shop) | Put some shavings and seeds. The hamster can sleep in it, use as a toilet or just run in and out. | |
| Hamster ball | $6 (Transparent orange at Pet Mart) | This ball of diameter 17 cm can be used by a Syrian. There are smaller balls at the same price for dwarf hamsters. | |
