If you are going to go and get a hamster and need to know what a  hamster needs, then here is a list:

  1. cage (12in * 30in of floor. 360 sq. in)
  2. bedding (2 – 3 inches of depth)
  3. wheel (one that does not have their backs arch)
  4. Hamster running on a wheel

    As you can see, his back does not arch. Good wheel.

    ball

  5. food
  6. water tank
  7. chew toys (one of the most important things for one reason, it chips your hamsters teeth that are always growing, and if their teeth get to big, they cannot open their mouth and they will starve)