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Pebbles82 · 03-03-2019, 03:05 AM

Final tip - after mentioning nests and hoards. It's best to not remove all their hoard or they get very anxious and start peeing on it. Again if a hoard is pee'd on it needs removing, but I try and leave a bit of dry hoard that's clean behind, then always add new food to replace what's been removed (less maybe) in exactly the same place. They accept that then. I tend to "prune" the hoard when changing the substrate as it can get quite large and older food can go a bit stale but dry hoard does last surprisingly a long time when hoarded. Ours have always eaten any fresh food or veg straight away rather than hoard it, so that hasn't been issue but you'll find your hamster's habits soon enough!

03-03-2019, 03:05 AM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: Hi, giving Syrians another try after a long time. Final tip - after mentioning nests and hoards. It's best to not remove all their hoard or they get very anxious and start peeing on it. Again if a hoard is pee'd on it needs removing, but I try and leave a bit of dry hoard that's clean behind, then always add new food to replace what's been removed (less maybe) in exactly the same place. They accept that then. I tend to "prune" the hoard when changing the substrate as it can get quite large and older food can go a bit stale but dry hoard does last surprisingly a long time when hoarded. Ours have always eaten any fresh food or veg straight away rather than hoard it, so that hasn't been issue but you'll find your hamster's habits soon enough!