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Old 10-08-2018, 02:40 PM   #1
Natasha95
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Question How Can I Stop My Hamster from Ripping Up the Carpet?

I moved with my hamster to a new apartment about a month ago, and my room is hamster-proof (and a lot bigger than the room he used to run around in back home), so I can let him run free. It took a couple of weeks for him to get used to it, but now he seems to have gotten too comfortable with the room and is trying to escape. He keeps trying to rip up the carpet in front of the door, and in this one corner of the closet, and I don't know how to get him to stop. I move him away, but he just runs right back. I tried barricading the door, but he somehow squeezed through everything. I even tried distracting him with some of his toys, but that didn't work. Any advice?
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Old 10-08-2018, 10:02 PM   #2
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Default Re: How Can I Stop My Hamster from Ripping Up the Carpet?

A lot of hams do this & you can't really stop them if you give them free run of a room, I would restrict him to a play area in a playpen, as large as you can manage with something chew proof covering the floor.
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Old 10-13-2018, 04:12 AM   #3
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Default Re: How Can I Stop My Hamster from Ripping Up the Carpet?

A few of mine whenever let loose in my hall which is small would always head straight to the corners and dig frantically. I ended up placing catalogues/heavy books in all corners which did help.
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