Re: What to do with their food stash after cleaning?
I would try to avoid cleaning the whole cage at once, just spot clean as needed & only remove any food they may be going bad (if she stashes any fresh food & not just seeds) if you do clean the cage save some of the old stash & put it back where it was or just replace it with a little fresh hamster mix. Most hams will get upset if someone steals all their stash!
Do the same with the nest too, keep back some of the nesting material from the old nest & put it back when you've cleaned.
With spot cleaning as needed daily you probably won't need to do anything like a full cage clean more then once a month or even longer, you can also just clean out half the cage at a time which is a lot less upsetting for them.
I wouldn't tip the old bedding & substrate into the carrier where she is while you clean, that will probably cause her to panic anyway.
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