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Pebbles82 · 05-04-2016, 11:10 PM

Yes it's fine - he'll be very stressed if you take away his mound of substrate and his house - if he was too hot he would come out and sit somewhere cool. Try not to worry and let him work things out for himself. It used to make me laugh when Charlie blocked his door up because he had to unblock it again to get in and out. He once started building a hoard inside the doorway then used to squeeze himself over the top of it through the tiniest gap at the top of the house door lol.

I think it's a good sign - it shows he likes the house - there is lots of room inside that long house and it has a door and window and air will naturally filter through those - it isn't like it is sealed up with clingfilm or something non breathable.

When Charlie got too hot in warm weather he used to come out of his house and sit in his little ceramic hide. If you are concerned you could put a ceramic mug on its side under the other shelf (ie somewhere it can't be fallen on from a height as ceramic is hard) then he has a cool place to go if he wants to. They are very good at sorting themselves out, and if something wasn't right he'd be chewing at the bars to get out.

05-04-2016, 11:10 PM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: House Yes it's fine - he'll be very stressed if you take away his mound of substrate and his house - if he was too hot he would come out and sit somewhere cool. Try not to worry and let him work things out for himself. It used to make me laugh when Charlie blocked his door up because he had to unblock it again to get in and out. He once started building a hoard inside the doorway then used to squeeze himself over the top of it through the tiniest gap at the top of the house door lol. I think it's a good sign - it shows he likes the house - there is lots of room inside that long house and it has a door and window and air will naturally filter through those - it isn't like it is sealed up with clingfilm or something non breathable. When Charlie got too hot in warm weather he used to come out of his house and sit in his little ceramic hide. If you are concerned you could put a ceramic mug on its side under the other shelf (ie somewhere it can't be fallen on from a height as ceramic is hard) then he has a cool place to go if he wants to. They are very good at sorting themselves out, and if something wasn't right he'd be chewing at the bars to get out.