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DIY Suspended Hamster Treat Toy

Here's a quick and cheap toy I make for Tim quite regularly.


Equipment:

  • Toilet roll tube/kitchen roll tube
  • Natural String (important see 'Safety' below)  
  • Scissors
  • Hamster food/treats




I save all my toilet roll tubes and kitchen roll tubes etc to make toys for Tim. This is the best toilet roll tube toy I have made so far they seem to keep Tim entertained for a while and only takes me 5 minutes to make.

All I do it grab a tube fold in one end of the tube and place some food/treats in the tube.

 

Then I fold the other end of the tube so that the treats cannot fall out.

 

I then use the scissors to make two small holes as the top of the tube, thread the string through the holes and tie to the top of the cage. 

 

Voilà!

The first time I made this toy Tim ignored it completely because he couldn't smell the food that was in there. To make him more interested I pulled open one of the ends a little so that he could smell the food and he was all over it. After that whenever I put one of these toys in his cage he knows there is something good inside so no need to make it easy for him. In fact now I try to make it a bit harder by wrapping the food/treats in tissue before putting them into the tube. This takes him a little longer to get to the goodies and he can use the tissue for bedding after, win win.

Safety!

  • Only use scissors if there is an adult with you.
  • Only put hamster safe items into the cage. 
  • Only use natural string as this has not been treated with nasty chemicals which can cause illness.
Here's Tim enjoying his Supsended Treat Toy:



(Excuse the bad images I was too amused to notice the reflections)

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