my drawf hamster

Question
I just got my drawf hamster Tiny. and i've never ever had a hamster before and when i got him from the pet store they never told me anything about him. he has a really great cage. he has a slide that he can climb that leads to the top of the cage and there is a wheel that goe around the top. then there is a top that leads to the top like a bed looking thing. then we got him a ball wheel. he has the blue beding and im no sure the name of the food. i know nothing about them. Can you please help me please

Answer
Hi,
thank you for your question.
If yuor cage looks anything like this:
http://www.petplanet.co.uk/shop_dev/assets/new_product_images/hagen/habitrail_pl...
http://www.animalinstinct.co.uk/acatalog/playground-setup.jpg
I can only recommend getting a new cage. Those cages are way too small even for dwarf hamsters, badly ventilated (which can cause respiratory infections) and all that plastic isn't safe. It can be deadly when chewed and swallowed. A good dwarf hamster cage should be at least 30x15x15" long, wide and high. You can build one yourself from OSB panels, those are sold at hardware stores and they are not that expensive. You just need to paint them two or three times with acryllic paint to make them pee-safe, use paint meant for children's toys (it's not toxic). A mesh wire lid is important, hamster can jump surprisingly high. Tanks can also be used as hamster homes, they just mustn't be higher than wide, otherwise the ventilation is not good enough.

I recommend mixing your own hamster food. Get a good brand (I like Ecotrition and KayTee) and mix it 1:2 with bird seeds (KayTee Fiesta for parakeets for example, contains a wide variety of seeds).
You will also need to offer vegetables and leafy greens at least every other day. Cucumber, zucchini, carrot (the greens as well), dandelions, chickweed, ribwort, camomille, sunflower, basil, dried stinging nettles, parsley, daisies, marigolds, chard, spinach, pumpkin and leaves and twigs (as long as they were not treated with pesticides) from hazel, willow, poplar, beech, birch, oak, apple, currant and pear are safe for hamsters. The tree leaves and the bark are an excellent source of minerals, the wild plants also contain minerals and calcium.
Fruit and sweet treats should be avoided since dwarf hamsters are prone to diabetes and other disease caused or helped along by too much sugar in their diet. Sunflower seeds and millet spray make good treats.

Animal protein is another important part of dwarf hamster diet. The best source for it are insects: crickets, mealworms, locusts or silkworms, which can be fed alive or dead. If you don't want to handle insects, you can offer egg, curd cheese and small amounts of mincemeat, but I recommend feeding insects.

The hamster needs a sand bath to keep its fur clean, Use chinchilla sand for it, other sand is too coarse. Most hamster wheels are too small and can be dangerous. A safe wheel is the Wodent Wheel:
http://www.transoniq.com/
I hope I was of some help to you, if you have any ore questions, please let me know
Jennifer