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Old 05-22-2016, 10:38 AM  
Pebbles82
Hamster Antics
 
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Default Re: Hamster has Mites or Fleas???

Is there anything other than substrate in the base of the cage? Someone recently had some scented granules that were causing her hammy to itch? Any kind of scented thing - like scented Carefresh could cause it. Also there are still some old batches of Carefresh around I think, that have baking soda in. They stopped putting it in - the batches that have it say "odour stop formula" or something like that.

I wouldn't switch substrates back and forth as that could be stressful for your hammy. If you switch to aspen I would stick with it for a bit. Hamsters can have an allergy to any kind of wood bedding - I've not heard of an allergy to Carefresh before - but you could try Boxo or Oxbow paper bedding just to rule out allergy.
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