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AmityvilleHams · 11-05-2021, 08:52 AM

You really shouldn't ever have to do a full cage clean unless something happens that would require a very thorough clean - think mites and certain illnesses, that sort of thing, not just for a typical healthy hamster.

Spot cleaning and occasional partial cleaning are perfectly adequate without stressing a hamster out as far as a normal healthy hamster goes!

I'd also like to point out that normal healthy hamster poo isn't something you should even worry about cleaning out all the time. Healthy hamster poo is fairly dry and odorless, plus hamsters really should be eating it as is completely natural and healthy since it contains beneficial nutrients. It's also completely normal for hamsters to hoard that as well.

11-05-2021, 08:52 AM
AmityvilleHams PM Fluffy for custom title Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 4,545	Re: How often should you do a full cage clean? You really shouldn't ever have to do a full cage clean unless something happens that would require a very thorough clean - think mites and certain illnesses, that sort of thing, not just for a typical healthy hamster. Spot cleaning and occasional partial cleaning are perfectly adequate without stressing a hamster out as far as a normal healthy hamster goes! I'd also like to point out that normal healthy hamster poo isn't something you should even worry about cleaning out all the time. Healthy hamster poo is fairly dry and odorless, plus hamsters really should be eating it as is completely natural and healthy since it contains beneficial nutrients. It's also completely normal for hamsters to hoard that as well.