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AmityvilleHams · 09-23-2019, 06:42 PM

Definitely remove any you can get to out of her nest(and if for some reason you can't or aren't sure if it's all gone, as stressful as a full cage clean would be it might be necessary to remove and replace the substrate or at least go through it extremely closely to make sure there are not even the tiniest traces of cotton left behind). Fabrics of any kind and any kind of cotton(or even kapok) fiber can cause potentially lethal blockages.

I would highly recommend never using any kind of fabric hides and such in the future for any hamsters for this reason. They may work fine for other pets like rats and guinea pigs depending on how well made the products are, but hamsters can and will chew everything they have access to and are very prone to ingesting what they chew.

09-23-2019, 06:42 PM
AmityvilleHams PM Fluffy for custom title Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 4,545	Re: Fleece cotton - will she be ill? Definitely remove any you can get to out of her nest(and if for some reason you can't or aren't sure if it's all gone, as stressful as a full cage clean would be it might be necessary to remove and replace the substrate or at least go through it extremely closely to make sure there are not even the tiniest traces of cotton left behind). Fabrics of any kind and any kind of cotton(or even kapok) fiber can cause potentially lethal blockages. I would highly recommend never using any kind of fabric hides and such in the future for any hamsters for this reason. They may work fine for other pets like rats and guinea pigs depending on how well made the products are, but hamsters can and will chew everything they have access to and are very prone to ingesting what they chew.