Hi guys!
Thank you to those wonderful people who helped me and gave brilliant advice on my first post when it came to my rescue hamster, Bagel. He and I have been doing amazing. He’s thriving, getting more friendly each day, has new toys and boredom breakers, and I’m getting to know his favourite fruits and veggies (don’t worry I checked which are safe, which aren’t and how frequent)
My only question is, is I normally clean him as required but tonight I’ve done an even extra thorough clean of his cage while he’s been in his ball and his nest has been quite small every time, just bedding mostly. It’s hidden inside a wooden house that he loves because it has 4 walls and a bridge above. It’s safe for him.
However, when cleaning him tonight, I’ve noticed his nest is now HUGE and it’s mainly because underneath there is so. much. food. I’m talking about the dry hamster food that has biscuit looking things, peanuts etc. That’s of course not his only diet but I put a dish of “hamster food” for him and it seems like there’s a mountain underneath his nest!
My question is, do I keep topping up his bowl only fo him to keep adding to his “nest” or do I let him eat that and no top ups? It’s just so much that’s he’s stored and I’m not sure if I’m over feeding or if I need to keep adding food to his bowl only for him to keep storing it? There was no fresh food in his nest, just dry food. I just didn’t expect that much.
I’m not very familiar with hamster behavior so any advice or answers would be much appreciated
