Cleaning

[Griel]

P/s: Just adding that she does not seem too concerned when I clean out a hide or toy, even though I do this every few days (there's a LOT of poop somehow). She just returns to it like usual or sometimes moves to another hide. I scatter some nesting tissue, a few pieces of fresh food, and a treat inside the hide after cleaning, so maybe she likes it, even. And I don't see her peeing on any of her food, so that's fine.

Yeah, so I was wondering that as long as there is no odor, how long I could leave her cage uncleaned to the extent that it would become unhygienic and unhealthy.

I think a month is my maximum level of tolerance and my human heart panics and forces myself to go ahead and clean half of it. Hoping for some guidance on this - not sure if my human instincts are right or wrong.

It's very interesting and useful to know that some hamsters have a stronger odor than others, I think it makes sense as it varies with humans too.

[emma_teddy]

a month is about the recommended time to clean their cage. this does depend on how stinky they are/how big your cage is.

as long as you're only removing about half the bedding that should be fine. do try and keep the set up the same or as similar as you can as to not stress your hamster out.