Re: Food/=Poop?
My hamster occasionally stores her favorite food in her potty. She usually does this after a cage clean, or after I've removed perishable food from her nest. Most hamsters are particularly territorial about their food stores. Storing food in a potty or toilet corner is a way of scent marking it, and letting others know that they should stay away from it. Though gross, it's normal and not harmful (as far as I know.) I usually dump most of it out when I clean her potty out, and put a little back, or put in a little bit of fresh dry food so that she doesn't get too anxious. Everything else I've tried (moving the peed on food to a different corner, getting rid of it completely, etc.) has failed. I'm curious to know if anyone has successfully eliminated this behavior or if, like in suspect, it really is nothing to worry about.
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