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Old 03-19-2018, 08:51 PM   #1
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Default Natural theme-type cage

Hello everyone! I've bought a second-hand Terrarium and after three days, I've been seeing Toria dig a lot unlike in the Alaska Cage.

I'd like to ask what are the needs for a natural themed for a Winter White/Campbell's habitat? And what are the beddings needed, are wood shavings good ? Are there beddings that stay stable whenever a hamster digs.

Also I'd like to ask if anyone can help me identify the Terrarium I've bought.
I'm thankful for anyone answering this.

https://imgur.com/a/8338C

EDIT: I'd like to also know what good Terrariums out there to start with, since I want to buy Teo a Terrarium as well.

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Old 03-19-2018, 11:48 PM   #2
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I've found paper based substrates seem to hold tunnels best but I don't know if you have access to any, wood shavings should be ok & hemp works quite well too. Whatever you use needs to be deep, at least 20cm which is easy to to do in a terrarium.
For a natural theme you can use things like cork tunnels or tubes which are great for climbing on as well as hideouts, they look good too.
You could probably make a fairly big sand area in there too.
Add in some sprays of millet & flax & maybe some hamster safe dried flowers & plants for natural enrichment.
No idea which terrarium that is but someone may know.
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Old 03-20-2018, 01:46 AM   #3
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I've found paper based substrates seem to hold tunnels best but I don't know if you have access to any, wood shavings should be ok & hemp works quite well too. Whatever you use needs to be deep, at least 20cm which is easy to to do in a terrarium.
For a natural theme you can use things like cork tunnels or tubes which are great for climbing on as well as hideouts, they look good too.
You could probably make a fairly big sand area in there too.
Add in some sprays of millet & flax & maybe some hamster safe dried flowers & plants for natural enrichment.
No idea which terrarium that is but someone may know.
Thanks so much cypher! I want to ask a question, though you might not know where it can be bought. I want to know if there are Aspen Wood Shavings in Germany/Switzerland? Most of the Wood Shavings I bought is claimed as "softwood species" dried, one of them are said in the back is stated to be from Europe made with Spruce and Pine. I'm aware kiln dried pine shavings are a bit safe but I want to try out Aspen.
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Old 03-20-2018, 01:56 AM   #4
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I have no idea about Switzerland but there are three places mentioned on the German forum where Aspen can be bought in large quantities, not sure about smaller bags.
11.5kg bag here larger bags are here & here.
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I have no idea about Switzerland but there are three places mentioned on the German forum where Aspen can be bought in large quantities, not sure about smaller bags.
11.5kg bag here larger bags are here & here.
Thanks cypher. I want to ask something about Rodipet's Earth, is it good to use for some parts of the terrarium? And is the ceramic rock good to buy as well?

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The Rodipet earth should be safe, my only concern is that it is quite wet & I don't like the idea of having anything damp in the cage in case it encourages mould growth, I'm not sure it has much benefit in terms of enrichment over sand tbh knowing how much they love their sand!
Do you mean the new rodipet rock? I just got one of those & really like it, I haven't used it yet as I'm waiting until doing a cage clean before putting it in one of the cages but it's a lot lighter than I expected which is always good & a nice size too, the surface should be good for helping to keep nails trim.
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