Hamsters are very cute and unpretentious pets pets. With proper content, they do not give their owners with almost no hassle. Because of their small size, hamsters contain in cells or in special small houses. However, do not forget about the natural needs of the animal in sufficient physical exertion. In order to enable pets to be active, various attractions are installed in the dwelling of homemade hamsters. In the article, we will talk about how to make a wheel for a hamster with your own hands.
Why do you need a simulator?
Hamsters, by their nature, are night rodents. In natural conditions, animals run high distances to feed. Hamsters contained at home are deprived of such an opportunity. In addition, there are no special need for food in independent search and mining, because timely and sufficient feeding pet provides his owner.
But despite favorable conditions and satiety, hamsters still need to periodically receive physical exertion. It is necessary not only to entertain the animal, but also to maintain the health of its cardiovascular system. Regular physical exertion stimulate the metabolism and the metabolism of the rodent, help keep the muscular system in the tone.
And in the conditions of a small cell, you must give a hamster with the opportunity to move, because it is unsafe in free walk to free walk. Due to the small sizes, the animal is not very good noticeable, and it can be accidentally injured. But other pets can be dangerous for hamsters: cats, dogs, large parrots.
The convenient and safe solution of this problem is the installation directly in the dwelling of the pets of the tread wheel. Hamsters rather quickly understand how to use them, if desired, can be climbed onto the simulator at any time and run.
The only disadvantage is that Hamster refers to night animals. That is, his activity in most cases falls at the time of day when we are used to sleep. Therefore, active night jogs can disturb the inhabitants of the apartment if the wheel creaks or elaborates.
Manufacturers try to produce silent roments for rodents. However, a running wheel, which does not make loud sounds, can be made it at home.
Manufacture
Before proceeding with the manufacture of an attraction for your pet, At least in general, it should be understood that it should represent the wheel for jogs.
- The attraction must be suitable in size. The animal should not be closely inside, otherwise he will not be able to move comfortably. Too huge swivel design dimensions are also undesirable. The hamster will be very hard to twist such a wheel with his paws. For an adult Dzhungarian hamster, a diameter is 5-16 cm. Syrian breed animals are better to make an attraction more, as they are larger. For an adult individual, the diameter of the circle must be at least 20 cm.
- The width of the treadmill also matters. If it is not wide, the hamster will periodically fall and can get injured. For individual and medium-sized individuals, the simulator is 5 cm wide. For larger rocks, the width of the track is 7-8 cm.
- Wheel for running should be easily spinning. Otherwise, the animal will quickly get tired and can lose interest in his attraction.
- It is worth collecting that the pet does not hurt his paws during class. This directly depends on the material and the structure of the running track surface. If you decide to use mesh materials, then take care of the cells to be as small as possible. Otherwise, while running in them can stuck the feet of a hamster. And also on the simulator should not be sharp jar or tubercles, about which a hamster can stumble.
- The treadmill inside the wheel should not be slippery. Therefore, a smooth plastic surface should be placed in advance with a dense cloth. For her, a pet will be able to cling to cohesives.
- When installing the wheel, you should take care of its reliable mount . The animal moves on the track fairly intensively, and the shaky design can tip over during its jogging. Therefore, the running simulator must be attached to the prucks of the cells or put on a solid and stable support.
For the manufacture of the wheel, you can use various infringement materials.
From plastic bottles
Required materials: a large plastic bottle of round shape, a nail, a dowel with a diameter of 1 cm, a strip of dense tissue.
Step-by-step instruction:
- Measure 7-8 cm from the bottom of the bottle and cut it at this level;
- In the center of the bottom of the trimmed tank, make a hole and insert the cap of the prepared nail to it;
- Insert a nail into a dowel;
- a slippery surface of the bottle is thick with a thick cloth;
- Attach the homemade wheel to the prucks of the cells with a dowel.
Simple version of cardboard
For the manufacture you need to prepare a strong needle, a sheet of dense cardboard, glue, a ruler, scissors.
Work stroke includes several steps.
- Draw with a circulation two identical circles on cardboard and cut them out. They will serve as walls on both sides of the track.
- On circles scissors, make 2-3 square or round windows. Their dimensions should be slightly larger than the size of your pet. Through these holes, the hamster will be able to wade inside his running wheel.
- From the remaining cardboard, cut a long strip width 5-7 cm. It will be a rift of the attraction.
- Stick the strip from cardboard between two circles. Give the glue to dry and make the details well.
- Determine the center of the circle and pour the wall with the needle in this place.
- The resulting wheel can be put on a support or attach to the wall of a house or cells with a flexible wire.
From tin tank
For the manufacture of the simulator, you will need: a cylinder from a computer system disk (Winchester), a pot of fuster diameter, glue for metal, flexible wire, a file, a piece of fabric material.
Production of a running attraction:
- The first thing to be done is to remove a metal cylinder from a faulty hard drive, for this you should open the disk cover, and take out the part gently;
- Condiments cut at a distance of 6-7 cm. From the bottom, treat the edges with a file.
- From the fabric, cut the strip along the width and length of the treadmill and cross it the inner surface of tin tank;
- In order for the design to be as silent, you can glue a circle from the fabric and to the bottom of the bank;
- Take a metal cylinder from the hard drive and glue it exactly in the center of the round wall of the wheel;
- After the items are firmly connected, the running wheel can be fixed on the rods of the cell.
Video about how to make a wheel for a hamster with your own hands, see below.