[OnyxRissen]

I have a pretty nice bin cage and my syrian hamster (Gus) has lived in it for about a month now. I've noticed it smells strongly of urine a lot. I spot clean it every day; taking out the wet bedding and replacing it, etc. But it still smells awful. I think I read that hamsters "scent mark" their cage whenever you remove their smell, so your only suppose to clean the cage every week or so, but I don't understand how I'm suppose to keep it clean if urine piles up for days. That sounds even worse! And my hamster has taken to hoarding a bunch of his food and urinating/defecating all over it. I don't want to take away his little stash usually, but if he's making it all gross then I don't know what to do, honestly. Please help me. I'm trying my best to take care of Gus but I'm really clueless about all this.