Please advice...

[Jo 17]

please could anybody advise. Can I put some Cat litter substrate ( just a little into the hamster place where He sleeps. I have Mike for just over the month, he was peeing all over and now he settled for his little house. I have tried to move it to another corner and put in this one loo litter and little toilet but NO...still peeing in his house. I am changing his bedding in the house now every other day and he does not mind so far, i provide plenty toilet paper, which he loves and he does not mind making new nest in this same house, but i was wondering could i perhaps put some cat littler on the bottom of the house, or would that be to uncomfortable for my little friend?

[Ria P]

No, cat litter is not suitable for hamsters.

What kind of hamster is he? If he is a Syrian then he needs a big, bottomless house, big enough for a big nest and hoard and a peeing corner. A shoebox would do fine with the bottom cut out and the lid as a lift off roof. The Ferplast guinea pig house is good too and used by my Syrian. A labyrinth house is even better but more expensive. You can put a corner toilet or dish in his peeing corner inside the house filled with substrate.

A dwarf also needs a house big enough for a nest, hoard and peeing corner and most importantly, all hamsters need a house without a base. The tiny plastic houses that come with a cage are no good for sleeping in.

I'd locate the peeing place, put the toilet filled with paper substrate, wood chips or sand there and then put a big house or cardboard box over it. See how that goes.

[Jo 17]

Thank you very much Ria P. I will give it a go...

[Ria P]

Originally Posted by Jo 17

Thank you very much Ria P. I will give it a go...

Forgot to say, put a bit of the peed on substrate in the toilet too because they follow their own scent....hopefully. Good luck