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Dwarf Hamster Essentials & Goodies
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items All of the toys, treats, and must haves we use to take care of and spoil our adorable dwarf hamster Pickles. We've tried lots of different snacks and accessories and this list contains only the “Pickle Approved” items so you can hopefully find winner...
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Enclosures & Bedding
Food and Snacks
Accessories & Toys
Enclosures & Bedding
The cages and bedding that are appropriate for dwarf hamsters
In order to give Pickles the room he truly needs as a hamster we went with this Guinea Pig cage that has two levels.
Timechee Guinea Pig House
We use this cage specifically for when we need to transport Pickles or when we are cleaning his larger enclosure.
BUCATSTATE 3-Level Small Hamster Cage
So much more dust free than the first bedding we tried using and my son loves that it comes in fun colors.
BUCATSTATE Hamster Bedding
Great value for the size bag you get. Plus, no other sand bath sand we have tried came with an easy way to close the bag while this one has a spout that makes it so easy to pour and store.
BUCATSTATE Hamster Bath Sand with Pour Spout
Food and Snacks
All of Pickles' go to snacks and food.
These treats were just the right size for Pickles and he gobbles them up!
Vitakraft Drops Mini Banana & Cherry Flavor
Pickles loves these corn treats both popped and unpopped.
Vitakraft® Mini-Pop Small Animal Treats
Pickles goes gaga over this seed blend when we leave a little in bowl as a treat.
Brown's® Tropical Carnival® Extreme! Select Seeds Small Animal Treats
These are great to hang in different parts of Pickles' enclosure so that he not only gets a treat but some enrichment. They are made so that you can leave the stick to chew on as a toy after they finished with all of the food.
Vitakraft Crunch Sticks Hamster Treat Apple Honey
Pickles absolutely devours these mealworms as a snack
Fluker's® Gourmet Style Mealworms
Pickles really enjoys this food and we love listening to him crunch away on it!
Oxbow Essentials Hamster & Gerbil Food
These are great to hang in different parts of Pickles' enclosure so that he not only get a treat but some enrichment. They are made so that you can leave the stick to chew on as a toy after they finished with all of the food.
Vitakraft® Peanut and Honey Glazed Hamster Crunch Sticks
These treats are larger than the ones specific for dwarf hamsters, but he can still easily hold them and enjoys them.
Vitakraft® Drops Hamster Treats
We recently tried this food with Pickles and he is enjoying it. It is smaller than the round pellets so he seems to eat more of them and not store as much.
Oxbow Garden Select Hamster & Gerbil Food
These little granola bar like treats are nice and soft and the easily break into small squares which is perfect for our dwarf hamster.
Vitakraft® Special Rewards Menu Fruity Bar Treat
Pickles seems to enjoy chewing on these little snack balls. We do notice that he doesn't often finish a whole one but like that it helps promote chewing.
Vitakraft® Veggie Snackers Small Pet Treats
Accessories & Toys
How we keep Pickles cage and beyond fun and stimulating.
Pickles enjoys cruising around in this (highly supervised for short amounts of time of course!)
Kaytee Critter Cruiser Exercise Car for Hamsters
We hang these on the sides of Pickles cage from time to time for some enrichment. He really likes chewing on the carrot flavored sections.
Full Cheeks™ Small Pet Veggie Lovin' Kabob - Treat & Chew
This sand bath fits well in our hamster's enclosure and comes with a handy scoop to clean it out without having to empty out all of the sand. Most of the time we leave the top off because he doesn't seem to like to go into enclosed spaces.
BUCATSTATE Hamster Dust Bath
Pickles has a blast climbing all over his hidey house and snuggles up inside of it to nap sometimes.
Full Cheeks™ Small Pet Funhouse Hideaway & Hay Holder
We keep two of these small plastic food bowls in Pickles cage. One for his round pellet food and one for snacks of fresh fruits and veggies.
Full Cheeks™ Small Pet Plastic Bowl
This exercise wheel is just the right size for Pickles and very quiet when he runs on it at night.
Full Cheeks™ Exercise Wheel
This water bottle is so easy to change out because you just pop it out of the plastic holder and then back in again. No need to open the whole cage and unscrew or unhook anything.
Full Cheeks™ Plastic Water Bottle 4 Fl Oz
This pet smoke detector easily attaches to your cage and gives off a strobing light if smoke is detected so firefigthers can find your pets cage more easily.
Rescue Retriever- Smoke Detector for pet Rescue in a Smoke or fire Emergency.
We've been using this mesh playpen to give Pickles enrichment outside of his normal enclosure as well as a place for him to hang out while we clean his cage.
Portable Mesh Pet Playpen
We got this maze for Pickles for Christmas. It's a great way to give him some enrichment outisde of his enclosure and there are multiple ways you can set it up and spots to add toys and treats so he won't get bored with it
Enriched Life Customizable Maze
Of course Pickles needed his own stocking for his first Christmas! We found this adorable one at PetSmart and put some treats in it for him.
Merry & Bright® Small Pet Stocking
We grabbed this cute bed for Pickles as a Christmas gift so he could use it when he is in his playpen. It ended up being a little larger than we thought but he will still love it.
Merry & Bright® Small Pet Cuddler Bed
We grabbed these mineral sticks for Pickles stocking and to give him another toy that he can chew on and keep his teeth healthy
Full Cheeks™ Small Pet Mineral Desserts - Treats & Chews