Building the Ultimate Playpen Experience

I have lately become obsessed with creating the perfect hamster playpen. I had been setting them up in the spur of the moment, always a flurry of pulling things together to entertain an active hamster.

But lately, as I have begun to notice the create benefits of playpen time (the growth in trust between human and hamster has skyrocketed since incorporating more consistent playpen time for all my hamsters, even the skiddish ones), I decided it was time to invest in a more permanent and exciting set up for my hamsters.

Due to the range of colors hamster things come in, I broke it into two playpens. This is actually great, because I often have more than one awake at a time, and it’s always possible that one will fall asleep in the playpen (particularly now that I lined them in fleece and added little fleece cuddle pockets…), so having a backup set up is not a terrible idea.

The “rainbow” playpen is also larger, about five feet in diameter, while the natural is about four feet in diameter. Both provide a good amount of running room and allow me to incorporate a lot of (hopefully!) fun activities for them.

I created a page with links to everything, if you’re interested in trying this for yourself, you can find it here.