Hamster enrichment and social housing (2024)

Devine, A., Boratyn, A.

Abstract

Providing our animals with the best welfare possible is one of our main goals as Animal Technicians. As we want to deliver the most appropriate care for our hamsters, we have undertaken some research projects of our own to ensure the most suitable environment so they can thrive, while providing better welfare and more accurate results. During multiple carcinogenicity studies we worked on aspects that we thought needed the most improvement: social housing and enrichment.