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Pebbles82 · 03-29-2019, 05:23 PM

A cage move is a very big thing for a hamster, and stressful - a big change of environment and habits - so a two week trial isn't really appropriate. In two weeks she'll have had chance to scent mark and adjust so moving her again would be even more stressful.

Hope you moved her old bedding across as well as that will help her settle. Apologies if you already know this, but first couple of days best to leave her alone a bit and not do anything in the cage. And for the next couple of weeks don't move, or clean anything or remove anything, so she gets chance to settle and get over the change. It is a big change from a barred cage to a tank style. If you know where she is peeing and it gets whiffy just spot clean the pee but otherwise best to leave well alone for a couple of weeks so she can adjust.

03-29-2019, 05:23 PM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: Bin cage size? A cage move is a very big thing for a hamster, and stressful - a big change of environment and habits - so a two week trial isn't really appropriate. In two weeks she'll have had chance to scent mark and adjust so moving her again would be even more stressful. Hope you moved her old bedding across as well as that will help her settle. Apologies if you already know this, but first couple of days best to leave her alone a bit and not do anything in the cage. And for the next couple of weeks don't move, or clean anything or remove anything, so she gets chance to settle and get over the change. It is a big change from a barred cage to a tank style. If you know where she is peeing and it gets whiffy just spot clean the pee but otherwise best to leave well alone for a couple of weeks so she can adjust.