ALUSTECK® offers a sturdy and modular aluminium construction that is durable and easy to clean. Thanks to the flexible plug-in system, you can adapt the cage individually and extend it at any time.
Build Your Own Hamster Cage - Hamster Enclosure Building Instructions
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Build Your Own Hamster Cage
Hamsters have very specific requirements for their enclosure. Therefore, it is advisable to build a hamster cage yourself with ALUSTECK® individually to measure, in order to guarantee the rodents the best possible living space in the hamster enclosure.
If you want to build the perfect hamster cage yourself, you can benefit from several advantages.
Design details
Structure with plug connection
Use of the wooden panels
Integrate Plexiglass panes
Use of the sliding doors
At ALUSTECK® you order the material for your project like a kit, directly configured to your desired dimensions:
ALUSTECK® - It's that simple
For the needs of your hamster, the enclosure or cage can be precisely adapted to your spatial conditions with ALUSTECK®.
Aluminium is ideally suited for building a hamster enclosure in many respects. Furthermore, it is very light compared to wood.
The materials
With these materials and appropriate tools, you can successfully build your own hamster cage. ALUSTECK® is the first choice for many rodent fans when building hamster enclosures. The system is lightweight and very easy to assemble!
- Up to 30%
discount - Professional
quality - Modular system
lightweight aluminium - Cutting
to size - Personal
contact - Affordable &
secure shipping
Due to our various profile variations, the system is extremely easy to combine with other materials such as acrylic glass. Also, hamsters cannot gnaw on the material, as is the case with wood.
Step by step: Build your own hamster cage
This DIY hamster cage building instruction shows you step by step what you need to consider when planning and building a hamster enclosure and how to best proceed.
The aluminum construction of the cage is easily assembled using plug-in connections and supplemented with external accessories such as Plexiglas panes and other necessary components.
Hamster Enclosure Building Instructions
Building it yourself offers many advantages. The hamster cage can be precisely adapted to the spatial conditions and the needs of the hamsters. With ALUSTECK® you can easily build your hamster cage yourself.
Our step-by-step hamster cage building instructions will help you! In addition to these building instructions, we also have a suitable base cabinet as a building plan for you to download.
- Bill of materials / Materials
- Assemble lower front
- Complete front
- Assemble back panel
- Connect front and back
- Install trim, panes and lid
- Attach front element
Required parts list / materials for the hamster cage
ALUSTECK® profiles
Item | Item name | Variant | Item no. | Quantity |
1 | Aluminum profile 2 double webs 10mm inside angle 25 x 25 mm | Length: 950 mm, Surface: anodised, Cutting diagram: C | R-2DST-SI | 4 |
2 | Aluminum profile 2 double webs 10mm opposite 25 x 25 mm | Length: 950 mm, Surface: anodised, Cutting diagram: C | R-2DST-LR-SI | 1 |
3 | Aluminum profile 2 double webs 10 mm inside angle 25 x 25 mm | Length: 325 mm, Surface: anodised, Cutting diagram: C | R-2DST-SI | 2 |
4 | Aluminum profile 2 double webs 10 mm inside angle 25 x 25 mm | Length: 400 mm, Surface: anodised, Cutting diagram: C | R-2DST-SI | 4 |
5 | Aluminum profile 2 double webs 10mm inside angle 25 x 25 mm | Length: 900 mm, Surface: anodised, Cutting diagram: C | R-2DST-SI | 2 |
6 | Aluminum profile 2 double webs 10 mm inside angle 25 x 25 mm | Length: 550 mm, Surface: anodised, Cutting diagram: C | R-2DST-SI | 2 |
7 | Plastic U-profile custom-made from PVC / 8 x 6mm | Length: 948 mm | PR-U-K | 8 |
8 | Plastic U-profile custom-made from PVC / 8 x 6mm | Length: 398 mm | PR-U-K | 8 |
ALUSTECK® connectors & accessories
Item | Item name | Variant | Item no. | Quantity |
9 | Right angle 1 outlet | grey | 3D3V25-X1.5MK-RAL7035 | 8 |
10 | T-piece | grey | 2D3V25X1.5MK-RAL7035 | 2 |
External accessories from DIY / specialist stores
Item | Item name | Variant | Quantity |
11 | Cladding panel base | Length: 948mm, Width: 398mm | 1 |
12 | Front pane bottom | Length: 948mm, Width: 321mm | 1 |
13 | Acrylic sliding doors | Length: 505mm, Width: 546mm | 2 |
14 | Side panes | Length: 896mm, Width: 398mm | 2 |
15 | Cladding panel rear wall | Length: 948 mm, Width: 898 mm | 1 |
16 | Cladding panel lid | Length: 948mm, Width: 398mm | 1 |
Step 1: Assemble lower front panel
Items for this work step:
1 x Pos. 1 | 1 x Pos. 2 | 4 x Pos. 7 | 2 x Pos. 9 | 2 x Pos. 10 | 2 x Pos. 12
In the first step, the front side of the construction is assembled, starting with the lower front side. The PVC-U profiles are inserted twice between the webs of the aluminum profiles and additionally glued. The outer U-profile is inserted in such a way that the pane can be inserted, but the inner U-profile is inserted in the opposite direction.
Step 2: Complete front page
Article for this work step:
1 x Pos. 1 | 2 x Pos. 6 | 4 x Pos. 7 | 2 x Pos. 9 | 2 x Pos. 13
After the lower front panel for the hamster enclosure has been connected, the upper front panel with the glass sliding doors follows. Here too, the PVC-U profiles must be glued in, but in such a way that one sliding door can be inserted into each of the PVC-U profiles. This allows the sliding doors to be moved as desired at the end.
Step 3: Assemble back panel
Items for this work step:
2 x Pos. 1 | 2 x Pos. 5 | 4 x Pos. 9 | 1 x Pos. 15
In the first step, the front side of the construction is assembled, starting with the lower front side. The PVC-U profiles are each inserted twice between the webs of the aluminum profiles and additionally glued. The outer U-profile is inserted in such a way that the pane can be inserted, but the inner U-profile is inserted in the opposite direction.
Step 4: Assemble middle element for connecting front and back
Items for this work step:
2 x Pos. 1 | 2 x Pos. 5 | 4 x Pos. 9 | 1 x Pos. 15
The back element is first placed on the back so that the middle element can be attached. The PVC-U profiles are glued in again according to the same scheme as in step 1.
Step 5: Insert side panels, floor trim, and lid
Article for this work step:
2 x Pos. 14 | 1 x Pos. 15 | 1 x Pos. 16
Now insert all remaining plate and disc elements into the hamster cage.
Step 6: Attach front element
In the last step, only the front element is attached, which completes the construction.
Done: Set up hamster cage construction correctly and complete
The finished hamster cage. Made easy with ALUSTECK®. Examples Hamster Enclosures Customer Projects
Hamster cage DIY Customer project 1
Hamster cage DIY Customer project 2
Hamster cage DIY Customer project 3
Needs of a Hamster
To build the perfect hamster cage yourself, it is important to know a hamster's needs so you can optimally adapt the habitat when building the cage.
Here you can learn more about keeping hamsters.
Area Calculation
If the habitat is not adapted accordingly, the rodents can suffer damage and illnesses.
Hamsters have an extremely pronounced flight instinct, as they are prey animals in the wild. Hamsters are therefore rather shy animals and dig tunnels and caves for protection - in the hamster cage, of course, into the small animal bedding. They use these as a refuge and sleeping place.
Hamsters are solitary animals
Tip:Hamsters are also solitary animals. They only live with a partner or in a group (offspring) during mating season. Group or pair housing of hamsters can even become dangerous for them, as they can attack and injure each other.
The ideal habitat
Hamsters are very active animals when they are not sleeping. Hamsters are rather nocturnal, so they usually sleep during the day. However, when hamsters are awake, their high activity is expressed through their constant urge to move, e.g., by running, climbing, and playing. Just like you know it from the hamster wheel.
The rodent's teeth are optimized for gnawing and continue to grow steadily, so they must be worn down accordingly, otherwise they will become too long and can lead to injuries in the hamster's mouth area. Hamsters particularly like to gnaw on wood, so care must be taken that if this happens, the wood has not been treated with chemicals. The chemicals could lead to health problems for the hamster.
How much area is needed?
The space in the cage is particularly important, because a small hamster already needs at least 0.5 square meters of space. Larger hamster breeds, however, can also require up to 2 square meters of space per hamster.
Should you decide to keep multiple hamsters, the space requirement per hamster increases.
In this case, the hamsters must absolutely have enough space to be able to get out of each other's way. Hardly any hamster is suitable for group housing.
However, if you have planned enough space for your hamster, this is not all.
You must offer the hamster various hiding places and provide deep trays of at least 10 cm for the bedding so that the hamster can dig sufficiently.
Don't forget space for the furnishings
Tip: Once everything has been taken into account, there must still be enough space for some climbing opportunities such as bridges, tubes, etc.
Products for the construction of the hamster cage
Materials for your kit, easily configure and order online!
Alu square tube 25×25 Aluminum profile without web 25 x 25mm square tube without web
From €8.16*
€8.16*
Connector 25×25 Right Angle 25x25mm Connector Square Tube Right angle €6.62*
Variants off €2.57*
From €2.57*
Connector 25×25 Right Angle 1 Way 25x25mm Connector Square Tube Right angle 1 outlet €8.13*
Variants off €2.67*
From €2.67*
Connector 25×25 Joint connector 45 to 195 degrees swivelable 1 outlet 25x25mm plug connector square tube Swivel connector 45–195° 1 outlet €5.64*
Variants off €5.16*
From €5.16*
Connector 25×25 Flange with spigot - Connector Square Tube 25x25mm / Plastic Flange with pin
€3.27*
€3.27*
Adjustable foot Height adjuster / Leveling plate - Leveling foot M8 Ø50mm, 2 holes Levelling plate M8 Ø50mm
€2.45*
€2.45*
Online cutting service:
Profiles cut to size! 955mm
Profiles cut to size! 955mm
How uniquely our customers build:
FAQ: Build your own hamster cage
Yes, with ALUSTECK® you can plan the size, shape and fittings exactly according to your needs. This way you can easily integrate levels, tubes or additional climbing elements.
Glass, Plexiglas or close-meshed wire mesh are ideal for creating a safe environment. Wooden walls should be protected with a non-toxic coating so that they do not become soaked with urine.
Ventilation grilles or open wire areas on several sides ensure good air circulation. A sufficient supply of fresh air is especially important to prevent the build-up of moisture and unpleasant odours.
Yes, several levels give the hamster more opportunities to move and create an exciting environment. It is important that the levels are non-slip and safely accessible.
A mixture of hemp bedding, wood shavings and hay is ideal, as it is diggable and low in dust. A deep layer of bedding allows the hamster to act out natural behaviours such as digging.
Yes, the modular system from ALUSTECK® allows the cage to be extended easily. This way you can add further areas or climbing structures later on.
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All projects and information are for inspiration only. We do not provide any legally binding information regarding construction and implementation. All constructions you undertake with ALUSTECK® are your responsibility. Please check your construction yourself for statics and correctness.
For the information mentioned above, ALUSTECK® assumes no liability or warranty for the correctness of the construction, for statics and the usual wear and tear of the goods, as well as defects or damages of any kind arising from incorrect application or negligent handling or operation or extraordinary use.
