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Pebbles82 · 11-04-2019, 05:51 PM

I've only had a robo dwarf, but I wouldn't worry about it too much

If you can't smell it then don't worry! They pee such tiny amounts it probably mostly evaporates. With our robo I didn't actually spot clean as couldn't tell where he was going - so I would semi clean one half of the cage at a time and leave the other half (so he always had somewhere familiar smelling). By semi clean I mean going through the substrate and replacing some of it and mixing it in. So I'd do the left hand side of the cage - then 2 or 3 weeks later I'd do the right hand side. But really you can leave it quite a long time if it isn't actually smelly!

They will sometimes use a litter tray with sand in, if you put it inside a large house. Don't worry about poops either unless they start taking over, then spot clean a bit.

11-04-2019, 05:51 PM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: Spot cleaning a dwarf? I've only had a robo dwarf, but I wouldn't worry about it too much If you can't smell it then don't worry! They pee such tiny amounts it probably mostly evaporates. With our robo I didn't actually spot clean as couldn't tell where he was going - so I would semi clean one half of the cage at a time and leave the other half (so he always had somewhere familiar smelling). By semi clean I mean going through the substrate and replacing some of it and mixing it in. So I'd do the left hand side of the cage - then 2 or 3 weeks later I'd do the right hand side. But really you can leave it quite a long time if it isn't actually smelly! They will sometimes use a litter tray with sand in, if you put it inside a large house. Don't worry about poops either unless they start taking over, then spot clean a bit.