Re: Keeping your hamster cool
My Syrian hammies often 'pancake' - lie flat out on something, usually a shelf or a cool tile - when it's warm. I've seen them do it when it's not even really hot, but just they've got themselves a bit too warm in their nest.
With one or a few hammies I used to do the ice packs outside the cage and put water that I'd frozen in 2L fizzy pop bottles in front of a fan. I still use cold veg - either from the fridge or even frozen veg (if my hams don't want it cold then they just wait til it warms up enough). Now I have a room full I have an air con unit for them, but can only use it when I'm home due to the exhaust hose. I mostly use it as my elderly, ill and pregnant hamsters find this sort of heat hard going. The young fit ones seem unbothered, and even a longhaired 2 year old Syrian popped out of his beds to monkey bar when I got home before I even turned it on! I think I'm more bothered by the heat than they are, but the hammy room is never in direct sunlight.
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