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Old 10-01-2020, 11:54 AM   #1
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Hi new to the site, we got our son a hamster about two months ago, he cleans the cage regularly and we got bedding that claims to have odor control, but his room reeks of pee, any recommendations on bedding or tricks to deal with urine odors?

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Old 10-02-2020, 05:18 AM   #2
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Hi & welcome to the forum.
Which bedding are you using? I would steer clear of anything that says it has odour control as it may have something harmful in it.
The best substrates are the paper ones like kaytee clean & cosy, they’re safe, absorbent & good for hams to burrow in.
It may be that you are cleaning too much, or the substrate isn’t deep enough, a minimum of 4 inches preferably 6 inches or more.
Hamsters like to scent mark their cage which is their territory so it’s natural behaviour but doesn’t normally smell that much, when new they will often scent mark & pee in lots of areas & if you over clean they will keep doing that & can get a bit smelly.
If you can find the area where he pees the most then you can try putting a litter tray with either substrate or chinchilla sand, not dust or play sand in there so you can just clean that out when needed.
Spot clean pee only every few days but leave the rest of the cage, you could do a partial clean every month or two if needed but never do the whole cage at once & try to leave the nest & food hoard alone as much as possible.
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Old 10-02-2020, 09:29 AM   #3
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Do you spotclean?
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Old 10-02-2020, 02:30 PM   #4
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Hi and welcome to HC!

How big is the hamster's cage?

It's very unusual for a room to reek of pee because deep paper based substrate in an adequately sized cage absorbs odours quite well.

Small cages with a thin layer of woodchips can start to smell very quickly but i'm not trying to say that your son's hamster lives in a small cage.

I find that Kaytee clean and cozy is very effective with odour control.
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Old 10-03-2020, 04:36 AM   #5
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Thanks the cage is probably 20X 17 or so I think, and we are using that Kayte clean and cozy, maybe we just need to use more, he does seem to push it all into the corner and bury himself in it. When he is in my sons room the door is closed to keep the dogs away (they are very interested in him) but we do bring him downstairs during the day, he doesnt stink the whole house up just my sons room Thanks!
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Old 10-03-2020, 06:10 AM   #6
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If he has to push the substrate into a corner to bury himself it does sound as though he doesn’t have enough.
That cage is very small, I’m assuming you mean inches, they really do need something closer to 30x20” or 80x50cm all on one level & high enough for the wheel which needs to be around 8” or 20cm.
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Old 10-03-2020, 06:25 AM   #7
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What species of hamster is he?

I think you could probably resolve the odour problem by getting a bigger cage and by using more substrate.

We can recommend cages if you're interested and there's also a thread on the Forum under Housing called "Let's see your cages".
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