Are bin cages suitable for breeding Syrian hamsters in?

Y/N please!! any details on how to make them etc would be great, too!!
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You do know what you're getting into, right? I would really advise you not to breed them, because it can get really out of hand. Soon enough, you'll have babies everywhere. By bins, do you mean plastic storage containers from a Target or Walmart? I've seen people do it, but it seems a little risky. I would worry about them getting out, and having respitory problems from the enclosure. Especially if you're having tons of babies running around, you'd need a really really really big one. I would adivse you not to.

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Yes bin cages are great are great for syrians. and they are pretty easy to make if you have a few basic tools.
My bigger concern is that you are wanting to breed hamsters with out being sure of what kind of housing to provide. Do you know how hard breeding hamsters is? There can be many problems with breeding hamster including canabalism (mother hamsters may eat the babies for many different reasons). Please do some research before you breed, it's not as simple as sticking a pair of hamsters together and waiting for babies.
Below is a website that has some good breeding basics as well as intructions (and lots of pics) on making a bin cage for your hamsters. Good luck and enjoy!

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are they in seperate cages? if so put the female in the males cage and theyll get it on

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Em,
From experience here, don't get into breeding. If the one you're planning on breeding is the one in your other question, she's too old. They need to be between 4 months and 1 yr for a female. We had a verbal contract with a pet store and they had too many come in when ours were old enough, so kept all of them including 3 Syrian males and about 20 dwarfs (the dwarfs they stopped selling on us). We already had some extra cages and I had gotten a great deal on cages on line so we had enough cages to house all of them plus more. Weigh the advise of others on breeding very carefully. Although it's your decision on what to do. Our food bill per month on small animal food is about $40-$60, this doesn't include treats, litter or vet bills.
If you still are wanting to get into breeding and are willing to raise up to 20 babies per litter, then start buying up the cages. You'll need them. Instead of breeding, I turned to helping others who needed homes (fostered or permanent) for their small animals. I had been advertising with a local free ad paper, but they told me I can't take other peoples pets, then turn around and place ads for homes for them - stupid paper doesn't understand what fostering animals means, that it's for short term until you find a new owner. I have a $5-$10 fee depending on the breed of small animal and they called it selling them. I actually go and meet the potential owners in person and go over the specific care for them first. This is another thing you would need to do with any private people you would have getting yours.
Now for the bin cages, how big are they to start with? One adult hamster needs about a 11"x12"x12" or a two story cage or a 10 gallon tank. Think how crowded it will get with up to 20 babies running around. I would use at least a 20 gallon tank sized cage. Now you are aware that all Syrians are to house alone once they are about 3-4 months old. And you can't house mating pairs together either.

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here is how to make some they will be ideal but keep them clean and well ventilated .read as much as you can on buying and breeding hamsters before you start.also see if a local pet store will buy the young off you before you breed and what price they will pay or if you can get more money letting them pay you with hamster food and bedding etc so your hobby becomes free .i did that with mice at your age.good luck.

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kinda but it depend how many hamsters you want but i would stick with a glass 10gallon tank its a good breeding area :)