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Old 09-09-2021, 07:35 AM  
Ria P
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Wiltshire, UK
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Default Smelly Carefresh?

Maybe my trusted big nose has become unreliable or the natural Carefresh really does smell like old socks when exposed to a dwarf hamster.

Porton Aquatics, where i buy my substrate supplies had run out of 85l bags of Kaytee clean and cozy so i purchased 60l bags of natural Carefresh in a well known pet shop i'd normally avoid.

I have been accusing dwarf Ozzy and neighbour Robo Monty of being little stinkers but now wonder if i owe them an apology.

It's not a whiff of wee but more a stale odour like old, unwashed socks that hangs around their Hamster Heavens. I have replaced handfuls of Carefresh with fresh but a day later its back to square one.

I've been to Porton Aquatics today and stocked up on their new supply of Kaytee and intend to gradually replace the Carefresh but wonder what's going on.

It doesn't affect the Syrian boys which could have something to do with the fact that they pee in their toilets whereas the dwarfs pee wild.

Has anyone else noticed anything like that or is it my imagination?
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