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Old 04-27-2019, 04:29 AM  
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They sometimes will pee in the nest, sometimes if they're younger and a bit messy or if they don't have an ideal nesting setup. What house does she have, and can you see if she's peeing primarily in a corner of it or something? If you look at good houses (rodipet labyrinth houses are one of the best kinds) you'll see they are divided into sections and hamsters will usually sleep, hoard and pee in different rooms, like they would in wild burrows. So that is one of the easier ways of potty training them. But if you are just using something like a shoebox (no base) then you can place a container in the corner where she is peeing most and hope that she'll use it. Houses much smaller than a shoebox aren't going to be big enough for them to exhibit natural behaviours properly even for a dwarf. For now you're just going to have to do the best you can to only remove soiled bedding without collapsing the nest, don't think there's a particularly easy way about it unfortunately!
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