SAFE AND UNSAFE MATERIALS FOR HAMSTERS

Safe resources:
Aspen
White birch (lolly sticks)
Willow
alfalfa
Rocks (sterilized in boiling water and baked in an oven to dry. large enough so the hammies are unable to pouch them)
Toilet rolls
Plain paper (no ink or colourings)
Plain card and corigated card (again no ink or colourings)
Non toxic glue- pva, glue gun etc
Toilet roll
Poplar plywood
Birch plywood (more difficult to cut than poplar but more readily availible. plywood is NOT suitable for chinchillas due to the glue used)
Egg cartons (clean and free from raw egg stains)
Toilet roll paper mache (wet toilet roll with water molded over glass bowls/cups etc and left to dry to create tubes and dome shaped homes. Removed from glass before being given to hamsters)

Unsafe materials
Ceder
Pine
Oak
Cotton
Paints and glues without a "non toxic verification" lable
Cotton
Straw (as in the substrate) sharp and possible damage to cheeks (by Demecat)
Hay (mites)
Net fabrics where feet may get tangled

BY: GIZMO GONZALES