Billy Extension Hamster Cage

After I purchased the small cage from Pets at Home, I made a research of hamsters and I came to the reality that the cages they are selling there are way too small for a Syrian hamster, even if there are even markings that it is suitable for a Syrian hamster.

After I made this discovery I wanted to make a bigger cage for Daisy since even a few days I started to see the symptoms being in too small cage. 

So I planned a trip to Ikea and I bought a Billy extension for book shelf. Her cage is made out of 3 Billy extensions because when I bought the parts I didn't think she will come out of the cage so easy and how wrong I was. On the first night she climbed out of the cage !

The dimensions of the cage are 80x70x55. Unfortunately me or my boyfriend we don't have space for any bigger cage, but she seems to be happy in there and doing normal hamster stuff. 

So what I decided is that I'm trying to build higher walls with the third Billy extension. I screwed extra holes on top of the cage walls and I attached the extra walls with the metal plugs that came with the package. 

To be honest the cage is not the most beautiful one, but at least she has more space to run around and all her small cage symptoms are gone. 

Daisy has in her cage sand bath, several hideouts, tubes and 20cm diameter Trixie wheel (Bigger on is on order) and also some chew toys to keep her teeth tidy and short 

My Little Furry Baby

Final burst before it's the cut of date for my German assignment! But before that there is always a time for a short brake.

I've mentioned in my quick update post that about an month ago we got a small furry baby to our family, a Syrian hamster and we named her Daisy (Hunt)

On 31st of December we were on our way to a supermarket and on the way there we decided to go to see cute little animals to Pets at home which is really nearby.
And when we came out from the store, we had purchased cage and a hamster, the food we left into the supermarket, we even didn't go in, since we had our hands full already.

She is about 4 months old at the moment and I read somewhere that Syrian hamsters are laid back and not that quick in their moves, who knows if they are just saying that or can be also that we just chose extremely vivacious little lady, however is the case, she is very much loved.

After she moved in, we have changed her cage about 4 times bogged cage. At the pet shop they are giving wrong kind of information about cages and pretty much everything. It would be better to do some research about hamster housing, which unfortunately I didn't do. But I learned pretty fast since I kept reading and watching hamster care youtube channels for hours for the first few weeks.

Have you had a hamster before and can you provide some good hamster care tips for me? All the tips are more than welcome since I am a beginner with hamsters