Why Doesn't My Hamster Like her new bin?

[Fluff N Roll]

I made cooki her bin add on about oh 2-3 weeks ago and she doesn't seem to like it. i mean she does go down there some of the time but i dont really think she likes it. is there something that i can put down there that she will like? she seems to like her CT3 alot shestays up there all the time well when i dont have her out. But what do you think, what can i put down there that she will like? :boggled: ;) :p :)

Thax,
Dakota

[Zouave]

Food? A wooden house to climb on and hide in?

Maybe she is still nervous about going down there. (?)

[yamihamham]

Hide some treats around and in her toys. Mabey she will loosen up on the place. My hamster loves his bin extension.

[RodentKing]

I put like 7-10 inches of carefresh in Ham-bone's add on and buried a tunnel in it to stimulate some activity also made a huge pile of carefresh towards one half of the place so she can burrow in it.

Also put a tasty chew stick in there for her.
In fact, as I was posting this she decided to have a snack!!

Here are some pictures:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/RodentKing/habitat003.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/RodentKing/habitat002.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/RodentKing/habitat001.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/RodentKing/ham-bonesnack002.jpg

[o0sapphirerat0o]

awesome pic! do you have a top for that? lol

I just finished up my bin cage as well (well her new one) it is a "christmas tree keeper" so it is about 4ft long, 1.5 ft wide and 1.5ft tall. She isn't exploring much, but still runing in her wheel and built 2 nests. lol.

[RodentKing]

awesome pic! do you have a top for that? lol

I just finished up my bin cage as well (well her new one) it is a "christmas tree keeper" so it is about 4ft long, 1.5 ft wide and 1.5ft tall. She isn't exploring much, but still runing in her wheel and built 2 nests. lol.

I use my two youngest mice's bin as a top for that part of ham-bone's habitat. As soon as my check goes through I'm going to build her a third story with a top.

edit:

As far as ventilation goes there is small openings all around the edges, she has not shown me any signs of poor ventilation...This is also part of my motivation to build her a third story.

[Fluff N Roll]

great idea rodentking!! :) i will try that, she isn't much of the burrowing type. i have a box in there that ijust had. and she kind of likes it. she seems to be going down there more and more.

great ideas :idea:

[RodentKing]

I made Ham-bone the last extension that she is going to get. Here it is, she seemed to like it.

Big pics sorry:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/RodentKing/ham-boneMANSION001.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/RodentKing/ham-boneMANSION002.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/RodentKing/ham-boneMANSION003.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/RodentKing/ham-boneMANSION004.jpg

[Fluff N Roll]

that is alot of bedding, maybe once I get more money into my pockets. lol I will buy carefresh "I see that's what you use" and she may like that better. I am used aspen, and she doesn't like to dig in it. I like your cages they are big pictures so I couldn't get a full few but from what saw it looks cool.

[RodentKing]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/RodentKing/ham-boneMANSION004.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/RodentKing/ham-boneMANSION003.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/RodentKing/ham-boneMANSION002.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y300/RodentKing/ham-boneMANSION001.jpg

[amoo3]

i put litrally everything they need to survive into their bin and they pretty much live in it and just visit the top cage now lol

i have a house
2 wheels (one for each)
a giant food dish that, when i first put together, looks goodenough for me to eat,
a water bottle
a chew stick thats never chewed..

well yea.. thye do everything downthere now so i inda just eptied out the top cage lol

[Fluff N Roll]

Thanks amoo.
Great pictures rodentking.

Cooki has been going down there more and more.

I have a box for her to hide, one of those hamster tvs that they can sleep in,tubes,and I guess I could put food down there so she sees it is a good place.
She just stays up in her other cage, unless she gets bored and then she goes and wans to see what is going on. That is when i have to get her out or she goes crazy...

[christen]

the bins are soo cool. i dont think i could ever make one for each of them since my dwarfs dont get along well with others. and i dont have that kind of space here.

.. i could keep the litter though. [im having no luck finding new owners anyways] and pimp them up a bin home.