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Ria P · 01-04-2021, 09:48 AM

Is he a Syrian hamster or a dwarf?

I find that Syrians tend to sleep in their houses but the house needs to be big enough like a shoebox house for example and a dwarf tends to sleep burried deep into the substrate.

Either way they need a deep layer of paperbased substrate like Kaytee clean and cozy to keep comfortable and warm.

Woodchips are fine in a playarea or for a baselayer but is no good for building a nest.

They like the additional toilet paper strips for nestbuilding material.

01-04-2021, 09:48 AM
Ria P House of Hamsters Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,103	Re: My hamster won't use his hideout, is this a bad thing? Is he a Syrian hamster or a dwarf? I find that Syrians tend to sleep in their houses but the house needs to be big enough like a shoebox house for example and a dwarf tends to sleep burried deep into the substrate. Either way they need a deep layer of paperbased substrate like Kaytee clean and cozy to keep comfortable and warm. Woodchips are fine in a playarea or for a baselayer but is no good for building a nest. They like the additional toilet paper strips for nestbuilding material.