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Pebbles82 · 10-31-2017, 03:29 AM

If you think it's getting too cold at night meanwhile, you could use a hot water bottle under the cage maybe. It would mean sitting the cage on 2 or 3 books each side with the hot water bottle underneath, so it isn't directly touching the cage. If it's a tank that might not be an option. You can also get heat lamp bulbs quite cheaply, to swap a bulb in a lamp, although you might need to take the shade off the lamp for safety reasons. Again not too close to the cage.

Make sure your hammy has a good depth of substrate to burrow down in and a big pile of torn up strips of plain white toilet paper.

If hammies get too cold they can go into torpor (hibernation) which is quite dangerous. What a pain for you. Fingers crossed they fix the heater quickly.

10-31-2017, 03:29 AM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: How hot is too hot? If you think it's getting too cold at night meanwhile, you could use a hot water bottle under the cage maybe. It would mean sitting the cage on 2 or 3 books each side with the hot water bottle underneath, so it isn't directly touching the cage. If it's a tank that might not be an option. You can also get heat lamp bulbs quite cheaply, to swap a bulb in a lamp, although you might need to take the shade off the lamp for safety reasons. Again not too close to the cage. Make sure your hammy has a good depth of substrate to burrow down in and a big pile of torn up strips of plain white toilet paper. If hammies get too cold they can go into torpor (hibernation) which is quite dangerous. What a pain for you. Fingers crossed they fix the heater quickly.