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06-19-2020, 10:36 PM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Jun 2020
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Planning to have a German Cage Style - Cleaning Issue
Hi, I am new here.
I am planning to have like german cage style where i intend to have it filled with organic soil and let the hamster burrow its on home. Question is ho do i clean the cage without destroying his own burrowed home? I heard that i need to take out some of the soil and mix like 1/3 of new soil monthly but that will destroy the burrow hole if i need to mix around the soil?
My intention is to have the hamster burrow its own home etc... is this making sense?
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06-20-2020, 04:49 AM
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PM Fluffy for custom title
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 4,545
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Re: Planning to have a German Cage Style - Cleaning Issue
Soil of any kind including organic soil is not safe so that idea will need to be changed completely.
A properly sized cage with deep enough substrate would never need to be fully cleaned with the obvious exceptions of things like mold, mites, medical conditions requiring fully disinfected cages as a part of the treatment, etc - things which are the extreme and not exactly relevant to the average healthy hamster. Spot cleaning and the occasional small partial clean(tiny sections of the cage's substrate being removed at a time and replaced essentially) you end up having a clean cage with a very happy and far less stressed hamster!
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06-20-2020, 05:38 AM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 27
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Re: Planning to have a German Cage Style - Cleaning Issue/
I agree, soil can be very dangerous so I would steer clear of it. If you have an adequately sized cage with lots of bedding you certainly will not need to clean the burrows/nest often.
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