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AmityvilleHams · 04-24-2020, 12:32 PM

That's not true at all. Any and all soil, mineral free or otherwise(including organic which can contain actual fecal matter among an endless list of issues with ALL soil) is NOT safe period.

Just because a youtuber makes a video on a topic and says something is safe does not mean that something is actually safe. Here on the forum we've had to actually explain to so many people why you should never use soil in hamster cages because of all the extremely serious and very real dangers it presents. It's not just my opinion.

Coconut fiber can, however, be a very safe alternative to soil which doesn't present all the risks of actual soil. It does still have one relatively minor issue of possibly holding onto unwanted moisture, but with a small amount of coconut fiber this risk is much lower(along with cages that have excellent ventilation). There is nothing in the way of additives with a high quality pure coconut fiber - no fecal matter, no fertilizers(organic or synthetic), nothing at all but 100% safe coconut fiber!

I'd like to point out that just because you and others haven't experienced issues with something does not make something automatically safe. There are many dangers for hamsters and other pets even when popular people say something is safe. Anyone can make videos without them necessarily being completely true.

04-24-2020, 12:32 PM
AmityvilleHams PM Fluffy for custom title Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 4,545	Re: New hamster owner in need of some advice That's not true at all. Any and all soil, mineral free or otherwise(including organic which can contain actual fecal matter among an endless list of issues with ALL soil) is NOT safe period. Just because a youtuber makes a video on a topic and says something is safe does not mean that something is actually safe. Here on the forum we've had to actually explain to so many people why you should never use soil in hamster cages because of all the extremely serious and very real dangers it presents. It's not just my opinion. Coconut fiber can, however, be a very safe alternative to soil which doesn't present all the risks of actual soil. It does still have one relatively minor issue of possibly holding onto unwanted moisture, but with a small amount of coconut fiber this risk is much lower(along with cages that have excellent ventilation). There is nothing in the way of additives with a high quality pure coconut fiber - no fecal matter, no fertilizers(organic or synthetic), nothing at all but 100% safe coconut fiber! I'd like to point out that just because you and others haven't experienced issues with something does not make something automatically safe. There are many dangers for hamsters and other pets even when popular people say something is safe. Anyone can make videos without them necessarily being completely true.