“It’s definitely not perfect, but things don’t have to be perfect to be useable, and anytime I’m able to do something on my own regardless if there’s a flaw, I’m still pretty proud of myself” love that energy ✨

My hamster died last night and his name was teddy and he was my first hamster. When i saw him dead in his cage i thought about how much you have helped me. Because when I got Teddy he was in one of those pet smart cages, but then I did some research and found you. You told me about bin cages so I made him one and i just wanted to say thank you.

I'm forever grateful for this tutorial! I would be so lost on what to do when building a diy enclosure. I'm not that handy tbh but you make it so simple to follow along. Excited to see what's coming next :)

7:25 I choked laughing, it's way too relatable! 😂 love seeing you do more DIY videos, especially more cages you can really never have enough of them 😝

After searching through an uncomfortable amount of cage videos, this one is really a GIFT. Simply explained & demonstrated! Thank you!

Any dad would be so proud seeing his daughter being so skilled when using a drill-driver or however it is called😅

I love how friendly this cage looks. My own hamster cage which is a mix of homemade and 2 fishtanks looks like a prison...

I didn't know that using real glass is cheaper than using plexi glass. I wanted to add a big window to my hammy's enclosure since it doesn't have one, but plexi glasses are so expensive that I always kept delaying this plan. Thank you so much for the advice Victoria!

I think this is my fave cage u've done so far 🤩The white and wood combo looks so good and modern! The wood will blend in so well with natural themes as well. 10/10 🥰👌🏽

I love this style and the fact that there is wood on the bottom! ☺

Attaching two pieces of wood at a 90 degree angle is sooo much easier if you have corner clamps. They are a great investment for people who like to DIY and are not expensive. I really recommend them! They are fantastic! ❤

Victoria is the reason both my hamsters lived a long happy and healthy life, keep doing what you’re doing! ❤️🐹

i’m actually building this cage for my female syrian hamster lily right now! she is currently in the ferplast maxi duna cage which i have realized caused her a lot of stress and she will climb on the bars on the top of the cage. so i took this into notice and knew i had to make her a new cage! and i knew you were the right place to look for a suitable cage for her! thank you.

This is beautiful! It's also worth noting that you should use silicone in a well ventilated area. 🥰

Exactly what I've been looking for to upgrade our enclosure this holidays, thanks for posting and keeping it simple!

That’s great I would definitely have a go at that for my next hamster so I can make the biggest cage possible for the space I have, custom made is a brilliant idea. You did an excellent job thanks for the demo.

I'm really proud of you Victoria! I love seeing you do it yourself. Exemplary!

aww so excited to see which lucky hammy will be joining your family!, i recently got my first hamster cupcake in her 900 square inch cage of unbroken floor space with 10+ inch of bedding!, she’s a Russian dwarf i love her so much! tonight she climbed on my hand and ate the treats off it willingly and it’s such a magical thing i’m so happy even tho it might seem silly i was so over joyed she came to me and sat on my hand! i have only had her a month and she was so scared at first but she has really blossomed ! 💕🐹 with out your channel i wouldn’t have know proper hamster care!!! thank you so so much for helping me give cupcake the best life possible!!!!! 💕🐹🎀✨

Looks great! I love watching your DIY Builds as it always gets my creative juices flowing lol. I love your videos they help so much. Wishing you a safe and happy Christmas and looking forward to the new year content ☺️

You did so great job with the enclouser! 😍

Thanks so much, Victoria!! I am building my cage very soon! I already got the wood but I had to use birch plywood because there wasn’t any aspen but I made sure I got the right measurements.

That enclosure is beautiful! It looks so clean and also is an amazing sized enclosure! 💛💛💛

These are always so helpful, love this!

I love this so much Tori, it's such a beautiful cage! Setting up all the bedding and stuff is going to be so fun!!

Awesome!! I built a DIY cage several months back and we actually found some purebond plywood, so yay lol. I based the design roughly off of your diy cage you made to replace the melamine one. 🙂 it's 4 feet by 2 feet and my hamster has not shown any signs of stress so far!

I love doing DIYs, admittedly I'm not that great at them either, but you're right that there is always that sense of accomplishment afterwards, plus you learn a lot :)

I love your cage and look at your cages for inspiration and it also’ s works great! Thank you love the videos! ❤❤

it looks amazing victoria! so big and spacious! the tutorial is so helpful for people who are looking on building a new cage for their hamster! cant wait to see the new cage setup i love it when you do them!❤️❤️

Recently found out my hamsters cage was to small when I redid the measurements, I feel so bad she's been living like that for a whole 2 months but as my step dads a builders he's going to be building me a new one for her! I can't wait to show him this tutorial! tysm for helping me with my hamsters!

So grateful for your videos love this so much!!!❤️

I loved how you did all of this for your hamster..I've had my hamster for a few months now we've still be trying to make a DIY cage and some non-toxic paint to paint it so it looks better so this helped me and my brother a lot.

I really like how this cage turned out! Probably my favorite one yet! It'll look great with any theme you pick! ;)

wow! thats cool:) it kinda reminds me of my one that i made with my dad! it was also 2 ft by 4ft

You always make me so happy when I watch your channel❤❤

I love it! I can’t believe that u made this cage about 2 years ago you’ve come so far!

i made this today!! it was very difficult but i love it so much!! and it’s very very big 😍

For those who aren't so handy: Ikea's PAX or PLATSA base elements also make for great enclosures.

Hello. I am new to your channel. I am in the process of getting myself a little hamster and I've been preparing myself with your videos. It's helping me a lot.

Wow this is so nice and you are so kind on your pets . Your pets are so lucky 🤞. And I love your channel ☺️💞

This is such a great video. Really inspiring. You’re skills are amazing. Wow!!!

I've been here since your old channel name, back when peach was still here, it's so nice to see how much you've grown and how far you've come. I wish you the absolute best

Thank you for making these helpful videos!

all of ur hamsters are adorable. Im so grateful for all of your videos. without them i wouldnt be able. to provide the are I now can xx

Nice work! You have something to be proud of!

This makes building an enclosure seem soooo much less daunting!! Thank you :))

Super cool! I’ve only eat he’d like 2 videos and I’ve learned SO much about hamsters already!!! It’s crazy how to industry pushes those tiny cages on the public and takes advantage of our ignorance. Glad I’m learning. Thank you. I’m gonna try to build a cage for my niece who got a hamster.

Super excited to move from a 600 square inch cage to this ! I've been wanting to get a bigger cage and was about to get the pawhut until I came across this ! Thank you so much for the great tutorial ! :)

I’m so thankful that I found your channel! Thanks to you, I got my hamsters bigger bin cages. You taught me a lot so thank you for creating this channel! You earned my sub!

OMG I absolutely love your videos I find them SOO helpful THANKS! ❤️

Let’s just say how much Victoria loves her hamster, that she does this hard work

I love how you did the entire thing without any help. Go Girl Go ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Me and my dad are planning to make this. Thank you for the tutorial!

It looks amazing! My hamster is currently in a home made bin cage k made with my dad and I am so glad she is in a better environment then my past hamsters 🥰

Usually to prevent wood splitting from my experience you'll need smaller screw or nail. Sometimes you just need thin nail rather then thicker screw. It varies on the thickness of your plywood as well

You teach me and others so much, thank you for helping me (and others) give their hamsters the right proper care ❤️🥲

Thankful for your videos! I grew up with hamsters in the 90's in Hartz plastic cages and when I googled cages for my son to get his first hamster, I realized we did nearly everything wrong back then! So I converted a free old entertainment console with a 750 sq ft floor and painted it with beige interior semi-gloss we had around... then I realized your contact paper idea, so I'll cover the bottom with that. The paint can off-gas two months until Christmas. I had my husband chop the sides to 28", as any deeper and I wouldn't be able to reach the bottom, and any shallower I may regret not having enough depth of bedding. 🤩

This cage looks awesome!! I’m not sure but my guess is that Dipper will be going in it as he is on the cover of the video 🐹 Can’t wait to know next Saturday 😊. I also hope you will do a cage set up video as they always inspire me so much 🥰

I love that you are giving a variety of cages for our Hammy's! The one I built (Wich was one of yours) I loved so much! I might adopt another hamster and make another cage. Thanks, Love you 💘

Our ham has a large cage, isn’t being too active and is fairly happy and young, he seems straight up BORED with his enclosure, I cannot wait to upgrade him to this beautiful new home. Thank you so much for being you, and helping us ham parents be the best ham parents there could be

AMAZING!!!!! Idk if I'm as skilled as you, but I can definitely try. Thank you for the video, friend.

:)) I honestly lost track of how many cages you have

I’ve been wanting to make a diy hamster cage for so long! Thank you! 🪴

I'm so impressed on your skills. I hope I can help you with that so that it will be easier to build an enclosure for your hamster💕

So love, the babies are all so adorable

This summer in august I watched your last video and I bought the supplies my dad helped me build a cage like this I’m glad I didn’t get the wood you used last time luckily I didn’t have enough money for it so I went witch cheaper wood to which i coated with wood protector I forgot what it was called and then I painted it white but building taht cage was rlly fun and my new hamster loves it I still need to get him a sand bath but I’ll get him one once I get money! Because after all I’m the one paying for him I don’t even have a paying job I just sometimes go to work with my dad I’m only 14 so I think this a big accomplishment:)

Thank you for this tutorial!, very helpful 🐹🐹

WTG "Ickle Miss DIY" Hint - pilot hole both materials. Love your Can-do attitude.......

Hi Victoria. I just subscribed to your channel because you really have some in-depth information about our little critter friends. You are doing a great job at this and I am enjoying your vids very much! I'll certainly be staying in touch. Thanks, Jim

U should do more building vids cos u are so good at it

omg it looks so good! im getting my first hamster next week, and ur videos have helped me so much!

This is beautiful!!

Your cages are always amazing!

This is such a great enclosure, I'll definitely need to have a look to see if I can find some similar plywood in the UK, that'd be great for my gerbil enclosure if I could find it! Also, I think your thumbnail is great! It really shows off the enclosure in all its glory ☺️

If you want to avoid the ply-wood splitting You can actualy use a drill to create a hole before putting the screw in :)

I love your videos Victoria I always take ur advice for giving a hamster enrichment and things they need! Keep on being you and don’t let haters beat you down! ❤️❤️

That looks like perfection

me and my dad built an enclosure exactly like this a few years back. I love it and I find it's a great size for providing all the enrichment that hamsters and mice need.

Love this tutorial! This is amazing! And also that enclosure is such an amazing size, when I first saw this, I thought u will get a new hamster, but is it an upgrade for one of your current hamsters?? 💛💛💛xx

I love watching your videos, they have educated me so much thank you

awe, id be so proud of this! you did great. And now im inspired to build one for my ham :3

Hello Victoria. Thank you for creating this tutorial. I have now purchased all of the materials to attempt to do this myself as I want something larger than a 40 gallon breeder tank for my Syrian hamster. The dimensions of this new enclosure will be 60”x23.5”. I do have a question regarding the floor of the interior. Can you use contact paper in place of the natural varnish? Or can contact paper be placed on top of the varnish? Thank you for your help in advance.

You inspire me to start building more of my hamster things by myself instead of just relying on my boyfriend or dad to help me!

Thank you for another fantastic video it's very much appreciated you showing each step :-)

Very impressive! I'm happy I'm not the only one using power tools in the middle of my carpeted living room for my tiny fluff ball lol For anyone out there who is poor like me and cannot purchase everything new, I actually made mine with materials I already had around the house. I had a few untreated wooden crates that I was not using, I also had a small hamster cage and I used the wiring top from it as a top to the enclosure, and I also have a part of my enclosure with glass on it that came from my coffee table. I've always hated coffee tables with glass so to find a better use for these glass pieces I was pretty happy. I also found wheels to put on the bottom of my enclosure because in my son's room he actually has a shelf with wheels and those wheels are not needed for that tiny shelf so I'm going to remove them. The only thing that I need to purchase new for hammys enclosure are the loop and hooks, and a couple of additional crates because I want to make it even bigger as I'm having a lot of fun building the enclosure and also building hideaways and enrichment for inside. So if you are a crafty person and have basic tools, first look around your home and see if you have anything suitable to save money.

Are you fostering hams? Or possibly upgrading waddles or dipper? Love ur content as always!

Great video! Thanks for showing the hamster safe plant based varnish. I just recently asked what I can use to protect my hamster’s wood hideouts. Are you going to get another hamster then? And also, I have wanted to make my own diy hamster enclosure for a while now. Do you know on average how much this cost? You can round.❤️🐹

Thank you so much now I can go to Home Depot and get those wood materials and since you provided the numbers for how long each should be I won’t have a problem so thank you again 😊

always be an inspiration to all of us, good friend

Hello me and my younger sister made this cage we are 13 and 11 years old we had a hamster named Chubbs he sadly passed away before we could make him his cage now we have a Syrian hamster named napoleon dynamite and we convinced our parents to help us build this cage and we have a lot bedding and enrichment and we are so happy to have found your channel or else we would have still had a small PetSmart cage for our pets and on accident we didn’t get the 1/2 thick wood and if you do mess that up we used angles and 100% pure silicone for the glass and next week he is getting a new sand bath hide outs sprays and herbs and some new food and we are so happy I hope you see this comment to know how much you helped us and how kids can own hamsters at least kids who are old enough

Oh my gosh! Last night I was browsing your DIY cages and look at what notification I got! I love when you make new enclosures! I wonder who will be the next addition! 😯 Edit: Where did you get the wheels from?🤔

Cant wait to watch:) love your channel 💕

This is super helpful! I will be doing this because all of the cages on amazon are to small or break

This looks great! I got a 55 gallon tank for my hamster but I’m having a hard time with the lid. I want a mesh lid and don’t know how to find it

I love the csge I’m saving up to make a diy cage fior my hamster Bella

This is a great base for what I’m planning to do for my DIY cage though I need to be able to take it apart. To do this I am planning on using smaller pieces of wood to frame the glass so that the front can be taken off easily. The wood is going to have cut out sections in the middle so I can silicone and slide in the glass from the top! I’ll be adding mesh panels on the sides as well to hold water bottles and a wheel though im not sure what the best way to attach these would be.

i didn't know where to put this other than in your most recent video. i wanted to say that i finally got a hamster!!! I've been watching your videos for over a month and its honestly amazing how much i learned and how amazing it feels to be giving a proper care to your first pet ever :) thanks for all the good content you make.

im probably so late for this BUT a good way to make sure wood does not split while drilling into it is if you have a drill bit slightly thinner than the screws you are about to drill in it is always good to pre-drill the holes it just helps take tension off the wood when you introduce the screws :)

That is an amazing DIY enclosure I love it

This is my dream cage I want to build. I have to wait till I own my own place but that will be soon. Thank you for sharing an updated version of the enclosure c:

Hi, Victoria! I have a question... I'm in a country where places like Petsmart doesn't exist. And things like the Kaytee Clean & Cozy and All Living Things bedding also doesn't exist, even online! The most popular bedding in my country is the Luxber bedding. Would be appreciated if you did a reveiw on it. Thank you! :))