Personally I would not create a digging home for pet hamsters. I have heard of animals getting lung infections from things in the soil especially if it is left too long and gets dank and mouldy. Also if the substrate is not quite right cave ins can occur leading to crushing of suffocation. They also get rather dirty if the soil gets wet. Ours are very happy to dig and bathe in a shallow tray of chinchilla sand and burrow in a deep layer of litter as used for their bedding.
|