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Old 10-07-2015, 10:34 PM   #1
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Default My robo always sits in urine

As the title says, my little girl pees and then sits in it long enough to soak her tail. Is there any way to prevent this? I don't want to have to give her a cat bath every day but i don't want the ammonia to hurt her skin.
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Old 10-07-2015, 10:37 PM   #2
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Default Re: My robo always sits in urine

Hello PumpkinAndBoo. What is a cat bath? How deep is her substrate? Her urine should be soaked up by the substrate.
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Old 10-07-2015, 10:38 PM   #3
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Wiping her fur with a small amount of water to clean it when necessary. She has 6 in. She mainly does it in her sand bath which doesn't soak it up immediately and when she's in her food bowl.
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Old 10-07-2015, 10:48 PM   #4
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Default Re: My robo always sits in urine

Could you make the sand bath a little deeper?
What kind of sand are you using? I use chinchilla sand (not dust) & find that soaks in & clumps up really quickly.
Peeing in the food bowl is normally their way of protecting it from predators or us in other words! She should stop doing that once she's more settled.
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Old 10-07-2015, 10:55 PM   #5
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Default Re: My robo always sits in urine

I agree with Cypher. Also, you want to only spot clean and not upset where she's put things since it will make her pee even more to mark her territory. They get upset if you move things around.
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Old 10-07-2015, 11:07 PM   #6
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Her sand bath is a few inches deep haha. It's sanitized children's play sand. I only spot clean a couple of times a week to pick her poos up. I think she may just be a silly hamster.
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Old 10-07-2015, 11:32 PM   #7
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Maybe she likes the cat baths. . .
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