By purchasing hamster, in any case you will also have to consider it a housing for it - a conventional cell or a full-fledged house. The second, by the way, it is possible to make it yourself and thereby get a multifunctional design, spending the minimum of money. There are also variations of small houses that are simply put inside the cells and are used to a greater degree for the game.
Design features
The house for a hamster made with his own hands should have several mandatory zones: where rodent will sleep, eat and store reserves. In addition, it is important not to ignore the toilet, litter, the ability to play and carry out hygienic procedures. From toys, experts are recommended to acquire a running wheel, the size of which depends on the size of the animals, well ventilated tunnels, hammocks or swing, as well as details that allow you to develop teeth: wooden sticks, twigs, mineral stones.
For drinking can be driving, which will come down by an ordinary bowl. For feed it is worth taking a pair of tanks - for wet and dry options. We must not forget about pressed sawdust.
Dimensions
Of course, what sizes will be homemade home, it is determined depending on which dimensions of the rodent itself, and what functions should perform design. As an option, a wooden house for a small hamster requires The side walls of 10 sizes are 10 centimeters, and the front and rear must be at least 15 per 10 centimeters. Tree takes for top With the sides of 17x12 centimeters.
The form
In principle, the shape of the house under construction may be any. However, there are several requirements for the design itself:
- It is important that the owner has the opportunity to penetrate inside and clean;
- In the structure for hamsters of small size, there should be no large gaps through which they can run away;
- If rodent, on the contrary, is large, it can be stuck in too narrow passage, so these should also be avoided.
Step-by-step instruction
Deciding to collect a house for a hamster at home, it is important to make sure that the selected material is characterized by environmental friendliness, and if the animal tries his "on the teeth", no terrifying consequences for his health will arise.
If plastic is taken for construction, it must be food.
From cardboard
A cardboard house is easy and simple, but it will not be able to differ much resistance and long-term. You can print a template on fine paper, and then transfer it to cardboard and cut out the stationery knife. Then all the details be flexed in the required places and glued. At the last stage, the inlet for rodent is cut.
However, it is much easier to take a cardboard box, which remained from paper napkins, and construct a dwelling based on it.
From plastic bottles
To create a plastic design, a two-liter bottle will be required, a stationery knife, a marker, scissors and a lighter, which is easily replaced by matches. From the bottom of the container, the necessary height of the house is measured and marked with a solid line across the circumference. With the help of the stationery knife, this part is cut off, and the edges are melted under the action of lighters.
Next in the house is cut out the passage in the form of the arch, the edges of which are also treated with fire.
If you ignore this stage, the animal may be drunk about a sharp surface. The finished house is placed inside the cell.
There is a variation of manufacturing a more complex design of three or four five-liter bottles. Its drawing is best examined on the Internet, but the basic meaning of the design is that the bottles are connected, inserting one to another, forming tunnels. A bedroom is made in one of the tanks, the second is organized in the process of feeding, in the third hamster can go to the toilet, and in the fourth, if it is available, have fun on the wheel. Between themselves, components of the houses are additionally strengthened with glue and scotch.
Another plastic housing for rodent becomes Construction from a conventional container in which useful little things are stored. The size of the used box should be rather large so that the hamster does not experience inconvenience when finding inside. For example, it can be a container sizes 640x460x300 millimeters.
For the manufacture, a felt-tip and line, construction grid, pencil and knife, lighter or matches, as well as plastic clamps are also used. A hole is cut in the lid with the help of a heated blade of a knife, which after that is tightened with a grid fixed by clamps. The holes for the latter are again created by a hot knife.
From plywood
When you get a ready-made parcel box from plywood, you can transform it into a hamster house. On the side of the design drilled or cut the inlet. Optionally, you can cut through several winds. Such a house should paint colorless paint for an attractive appearance.
From Coconut
The most environmentally friendly and stylish will be a house made from coconut. The main thing is that it is necessary to do is cut through the hole, the diameter of which will be at least 5 centimeters. Drain of milk, it is also necessary to remove from the inside the pulp with the help of the chisel.
If you first hold the coconut in the freezer, it will be cleared much easier. Empty coconut is rinsed well, and the entrance is additionally polished by sandpaper. Such a house is placed in an animal cage.
From paper
The easiest way to create a house for a hamster, using two cardboard tubes remaining from toilet paper or paper towels. Both are alternately flattened, after which the semicircular holes cut into them on both sides. After straightening, one tube is inserted into another, forming a cross. This design is placed in the cell.
Another unusual paper house will be done from the toilet paper. Although, most likely, it will live no more couple of days, the manufacture is so simple and economical that it is possible to create a design as much as you like to entertain a pet. In addition to toilet paper, an air ball and a pelvis filled with water will be used. First of all, the ball is inflated to the size of a large apple. Next, the paper bursts into separate pieces and soaked with water.
Each sheet immediately passes on the ball. It is necessary to act until eight layers are formed on the design, and it will not be covered completely. Then the future house is removed to sleep on the battery. The hardened design must be rid of the ball, for which he is being sainted with a needle or simply unleashed. At the end of the hemisphere, a neat entrance is cut in the form of the arch.
From wood
For quite a long time, but a wooden house made of sticks from ice cream is created. In addition to the 80-120 details, we will use glue on wood, ruler and knife. To create a house is pre-drawn drawing. This building has two side walls, gender, ceiling and two parts of the roof. All of them are created by parallel compounds of sticks. Finished floor, ceiling and walls glued together.
To make the roof rafters, it will be necessary to place sticks along and then across to ensure greater reliability. While the glue is not dry, you can additionally strengthen all rubber bands.
If the house is planned by two-storey, it will be necessary to consider the system of entering the second level, for example, due to the staircase made from the same sticks.
The most successful solution is definitely considered a full-fledged wooden house. The wood used should be covered with antiseptic and verses. Optionally, it is possible to provide a lacquer layer, it will simplify the process of cleaning the design. For construction, a 4 centimeter thickness will be required, Ideally - from the deciduous tree. In addition, drill, sandpaper, hammer, a set of nails, wood glue, jigsaw and drill.
First of all, prepare blanks according to drawings. Then drink holes for input and ventilation. For convenient fasteners, narrow rails used at the connection points. Each item is worked with a skin, and the edges are sacrificed by sandpaper.
After this walls are connected using hammer and nails or self-draws. It is not necessary to fix the roof, as it will deprive the owners of the opportunity to clean up.
At the end, all the isge of carnations is checked so that they do not have the ability to hit rodent.
From the box
Very simply, a house for rodent from a regular box, remaining from paper napkins. In this case, cardboard tubes from toilet paper, scissors and PVA glue are also needed. The box is installed so So that the hole turned out to be ahead, and the pair of rollers is fixed crosswise.
The resulting figure is inserted into the hole, forming the entrance to the house. Similarly, fixing some more rolls, you can make a labyrinth. All parts for reliability are strengthened with glue.
Interesting examples
Knowing the technique of weaving from the vine or having a basket of suitable shape and size, you can make a very unusual and stylish dwelling. As a peduncle, a round plylock is usually used, on which the wicker "Yurt" is fixed. Additionally cutting hole in this case there is no need.
Clay workers working with clay can make a house for a hamster from this material. In this case, it is better to make a removable, in order to be able to fit inside. You can decorate such a design with volumetric clay elements.
By analogy with the nesting house, you can make a house for rodents from the stump of suitable shape and size. In this case, you will have to work, cleaning "insides", but the resulting design will look very natural and will not bring any harm hamster.
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