A hamster paradise of tubes & tunnels
Featured Hamster Home April 30th, 2008
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In this week’s edition of “Featured Hamster Home“, we bring you Christmas Hamster’s setup for her hamster Damion. When I first saw the set up, my eyes almost popped out of my sockets - what an elaborate and fun set up of tubes and tunnels! This set up is definitely any hamster’s dream, come true. Lucky Damion.
Hamster Hideout (HH): What are the parts that make up Damion’s set up, & the estimated costs?
Christmas_hamster (CH): His set up is made up of Habitrail and SAM tubes. There are about 30 ‘curved’ tubes, 4 8″ straight tubes, 3 U-turn tubes, 1 Habitrail loft, 1 Habitrail tower, 1 Habitrail den, 1 Habitrail playground cage and 1 Habitrail space station cage. The estimated cost if getting it all new is about $200 (Canadian Dollars).
HH: How much time do you need to clean his home each time?
CH: It takes me an 1 and 1/2 to clean his cage and tubes. Not very fun but it’s worth to see his happiness.
HH: What are your reviews about using this set up for your hamster?
CH: The only con to this type of cage is that they are expensive, alone they are too small and with many tubes they are a pain to clean.
But there are many pluses - The habitrail/SAM tubes are sturdy and do not fall apart if you are using the Habitrail lock connectors. The tubes are wide enough for most syrians and dwarfs to fit through and come apart effortlessly for easy cleaning. The cages themselves are easy to clean as well as sturdy and strong. I have dropped the Habitrail space station, which was my first cage ever, countless times and it has never broke.
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And last but not least, a very cute picture of the lucky inhabitant of the awesome setup, Damion.
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April 30th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
WOW C.H., this is quite the amazing setup of winding tubes and cages!
Damion must have a great time running through all of it and exploring. Do you leave the tube setup the same way, or do you change it sometimes? (and does he get confused? 
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Oh, and his picture is sooo cute! He is a big, fluffy ball of fur!
Great article again wiffy!
I don’t know how you keep up with doing them all.
May 1st, 2008 at 3:28 am
Hey thanks! I change it every time I clean the cage and he has a blast exploring the new paths.
Wiffy definatly works hard <3
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May 1st, 2008 at 3:33 am
awesome cage; your hamster must love it!
I’ve never done this whole many-tube thing because if I wanted to access my hamster or clean the cage it would be hard to get my little ones of the tubes. Is this ever a problem for you?
May 1st, 2008 at 4:20 am
OMG.
TUBE PARADISE INDEED.
It’s a wonderful setup! Although it surely takes a lot to clean, though.
May 1st, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Wow! It takes a dedicated owner to set this up and maintain the cleanliness of it all. I can see that Damion is a lucky hamster to be able to enjoy running through the tubes everyday.
May 1st, 2008 at 8:53 pm
And Damion looks just like my Cream!!
May 3rd, 2008 at 6:53 am
Awesome cage setup!!!! and it does look like it would take time to clean. Damion is one lucky hamster!
May 8th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Thanks guys!!
hammyhamsters: Damion loves to come out and play. Sometimes he does become a brat and run off and hide in the tubes but once I shake the ‘treat jar’ he is out begging for food and for some time out of the cage, hehe.
May 18th, 2008 at 6:54 am
wow omg this cage setup is so comlicated idk how you did it chris…but damion is lucky to have an owner like you. I have 2 cages that are connected together and idk how you find your hamster when you need him
June 19th, 2008 at 9:14 am
to crazy for me, what if the hamster gets lost
July 8th, 2008 at 12:14 am
What is the inside diameter of the tubing? Is it ribbed or smooth on the inside?
August 28th, 2008 at 5:15 am
wow i need one of those for my hamster hervay he just is still figuring out the tubes. is damion a teddy bear hampster?