Sleeping Under Water Bottle?

Goliath · 02-11-2011, 09:59 AM

Okay, so Goliath has recently tried to sleep under his waterbottle. I don't want him to do this as the bedding piling up makes his waterbottle drip, and his bottle sometimes drips anyway. Any way you can think of to get him to stop going there? Putting stuff on top of the spot doesn't do any good as he just burrows under it...

Luther · 02-11-2011, 10:06 AM

Can you move the bottle?

wofunny · 02-11-2011, 10:09 AM

Stella used to do this, Everytime i moved the bottle or her bed she still moved back under it.
Maybe give him a cardboard box for him to sleep in?

Goliath · 02-11-2011, 10:10 AM

he has TWO, count em, TWO places to go under and he chooses his stupid bottle. He's done this at other times too.

Goliath · 02-11-2011, 10:11 AM

Oh, and I can't really move it because of the way his cage is set up because if I move everything he gets grumpy with me.

alexarcano · 02-11-2011, 10:14 AM

lol. Grumpy Hammy

You could try just blowing on him whenever you see him there. Buster started doing this and blowing on him (quite hard) seemed to rmemdy this as he just could not get comfy and he moved

Goliath · 02-11-2011, 10:17 AM

Hehe. I did this this morning and whenever I did it he went under his igloo to ignore me. He's quite the dignified hamster. :/ It was funny but I don't know. I kicked him out of his comfy spot and he wasn't happy. :P

alexarcano · 02-11-2011, 10:23 AM

Well if that does not work you could always try building some steps under the water bottle but not too high (maybe inch gap) so that he cant get under with comfort. Maybe using a stone or something so it cant be moved. Just make sure you boil it or something before using if its umm.. 'borrowed' from the garden.

Goliath · 02-11-2011, 10:24 AM

Well.... I dunno, he's pretty persistent. He would move it somehow. >.<

Gillzy · 02-11-2011, 10:27 AM

Oh my, when I first saw this on the recent threads pae, I thought that your hammy was sleeping under water!! :O