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Originally Posted by Serendipity7000
Yes by whipping the cage outside as soon as I saw two or three. Had to do a full cage clean and throw away all food, chews etc that were in the cage. It's not great for the hamster but you can manage to put them back in the same cage the same day. It's time consuming though! They soon get over a full cage clean. I was advised by vet to do a deep clean of the cage itself and use Beaphar.
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Betsy is fine in the Grosvenor and haven't noticed any stress behaviours so i'll leave her in there till her HH is ready.
Do the bugs live mainly in the substrate then?
I'm just wondering because you say the hamster can go back in the cage the same day but their wooden stuff needs freezing for a week.
I haven't done substrate changes in months and some of the cages started to smell a bit like old socks so thought that now is a good time. Have done Clarissa's, Ozzy's and Monty's as well but not found anything that flies or crawls.