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Originally Posted by Serendipity7000
Is it for a Syrian or a dwarf hamster? I don't use an actual sand bath for a syrian, just a corner litter tray with sand in - neither of our syrians have been bothered about sand baths. For dwarf hamsters, most people feel they need and enjoy a sand bath/dish of sand and may also use it as a toilet as well.
For a toilet litter tray, I use these
Not too big, not too small and it's open at the top so they can get in and out easily. Big enough to pee in the very back corner (so neat of them!) and sit in the front for a wash. It also fits in the corner of a cage. Syrians tend to choose a corner of the cage for a toilet - so wait and see where the hamster chooses, spot clean the pee and add a bit more substrate to replace, and put the litter tray there, with the sand in and a tiny bit of pee'd on substrate on top the first time so they know it's still their pee corner. If you put it anywhere else they will ignore it 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trixie-Corn...gateway&sr=8-7
I am also not good at converting kg to litres lol. But for comparison the 10kg bag of Fitch would probably easily fill three 100cm cages to about 6" deep. Whereas the biggest bag of Kaytee I doubt would fill a single 100cm cage to 6" deep. |
I'm getting a Syrian so thank you for clarifying. I've added that toilet to my cart. I'm loving the Trixie products and my cart is mostly full of them. I've also decided to get the package where you can buy two bags of 4kg Fitch bedding and test it out. I'm going to leave Kaytee comfy and clean for now and go with Fitch.
I was wondering about the depth of bedding. Does the substrate need to be deep all round or just the house and corners? Should I start a new thread asking about that and how to divide up hamsters habitats into two Samla bins.