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I reuse my wooden toys providing that they've not been chewed too much and the previous occupant didn't pass away through an infectious illness. Some of the toys that I've reused were hardly used by previous owners and to me it seemed wasteful to throw them away and in other cases the toys have only been used by a short term resident and again, I felt it wasteful to keep buying and discarding toys with every hamster that comes and goes through our hamstery. However, I can see why people would prefer to buy new and if they feel more reassured by buying new then they should stick to what they're most comfortable with.

We usually buy new wooden nest boxes for all our permanent residents although Matthew prefers one of the hides that we'd given to his father when he was on loan here rather than the new one we'd bought for him.