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Old 06-08-2016, 12:42 PM   #1
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Question How to spot clean?

Hey guys sorry this seems like a really silly question but i got advised that I should spoy clean my hammys cage every few days, and what do i clean exactly? She has a corner where she urinates and her bed is quite dirty so will it be alright to clean them, obviously leaving some bedding to keep his scent.

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Old 06-08-2016, 01:15 PM   #2
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Spot cleaning is just removing anything wet/soiled and any poops you see.
If she has a corner where she pees, you could try giving her a litter tray there, which would make cleaning even easier for you
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Old 06-08-2016, 01:23 PM   #3
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Default Re: How to spot clean?

Just remove the droppings and potty areas. Sand baths are great for a potty area, making it much easier to clean out. Don't clean her bed often - What I like to do during the big cleans, I put their nest to one side and usually all the droppings and other bits fall out and I clean that out, leaving a little bit to keep it how it was, then I put the nest back in. When I clean the nest, I usually remove half of the old nesting material and replace with fresh toilet paper. It's never good to remove everything
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Old 06-08-2016, 02:51 PM   #4
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If her nest hasn't been wee'd in I would leave it as it is for a while. If you mean poops, they aren't actually dirty they are being stored for times of famine so your hammy can eat them ha ha. Their poops are like little hard seeds, and not smelly, and they eat them to digest extra vitamins (they have two stomachs).

I think of spot cleaning as getting a handful of wet stinky substrate and removing it and putting a new handful of clean substrate in and mixing it in a bit - ie you don't have to remove every little bit of the wet stinky substrate, just the main bit of it. I'd also recommend using a litter tray - if you put it where your hammy is weeing, then they tend to just start using it, then you just empty it, wash it, refill it, every 5 days or so - and the cage stays much cleaner.

You don't actually need to spot clean every few days - just when it needs it and that will depend on the hamster, their habits and how settled they are.

If she is peeing in her nest then that's a bit different - but I would try not to remove her nest for at least the first two weeks. And then if it is wet, try and leave some of the old nest behind. For now you could put an extra pile of torn up strips of plain white toilet paper out in a pile and your hammy can keep replenishing the nest with new paper - sometimes they even clean the nest out themselves a bit and chuck some smelly stuff out for you to take away.

If you have just got your hamster I would try to leave the cage as it is for the first two weeks, except for spot cleaning the pee corner when it starts to get whiffy. But always try and leave a bit of the whiffy stuff behind so she knows it is stilll her pee corner.

When you say bed, I'm assuming you mean nest or house, is that right? It's not good to use actual fleece beds or fluffy bedding as they can be a bit dangerous.
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Old 06-08-2016, 03:04 PM   #5
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If her nest hasn't been wee'd in I would leave it as it is for a while. If you mean poops, they aren't actually dirty they are being stored for times of famine so your hammy can eat them ha ha. Their poops are like little hard seeds, and not smelly, and they eat them to digest extra vitamins (they have two stomachs).

I think of spot cleaning as getting a handful of wet stinky substrate and removing it and putting a new handful of clean substrate in and mixing it in a bit - ie you don't have to remove every little bit of the wet stinky substrate, just the main bit of it. I'd also recommend using a litter tray - if you put it where your hammy is weeing, then they tend to just start using it, then you just empty it, wash it, refill it, every 5 days or so - and the cage stays much cleaner.

You don't actually need to spot clean every few days - just when it needs it and that will depend on the hamster, their habits and how settled they are.

If she is peeing in her nest then that's a bit different - but I would try not to remove her nest for at least the first two weeks. And then if it is wet, try and leave some of the old nest behind. For now you could put an extra pile of torn up strips of plain white toilet paper out in a pile and your hammy can keep replenishing the nest with new paper - sometimes they even clean the nest out themselves a bit and chuck some smelly stuff out for you to take away.

If you have just got your hamster I would try to leave the cage as it is for the first two weeks, except for spot cleaning the pee corner when it starts to get whiffy. But always try and leave a bit of the whiffy stuff behind so she knows it is stilll her pee corner.

When you say bed, I'm assuming you mean nest or house, is that right? It's not good to use actual fleece beds or fluffy bedding as they can be a bit dangerous.
Yes as in nest sorry, it was a bit wet earlier so i changed it. I only use thick white bedding which isnt fluffy. Thanks for you advice, i think this is gonna help her tame a little more.
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Old 06-08-2016, 03:20 PM   #6
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I thought you meant that Some people put an actual fleecy bed in. Toilet paper is the safest nesting material really - it's thinner than tissues or kitchen paper and dissolves if it's eaten. I'm sure it'll help with her taming - it helps if they don't get too stressed in the first couple of weeks. Sorry to be a pain but when you say thick white bedding, is it paper or some other kind of bedding? Some things that are labelled as safe, aren't.
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Old 06-08-2016, 10:43 PM   #7
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I thought you meant that Some people put an actual fleecy bed in. Toilet paper is the safest nesting material really - it's thinner than tissues or kitchen paper and dissolves if it's eaten. I'm sure it'll help with her taming - it helps if they don't get too stressed in the first couple of weeks. Sorry to be a pain but when you say thick white bedding, is it paper or some other kind of bedding? Some things that are labelled as safe, aren't.
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Old 06-08-2016, 11:47 PM   #8
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That looks ok. I thought that was a substrate rather than nesting material, but it could double up. Toilet paper works out cheaper
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