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Ria P · 05-26-2022, 07:48 AM

Hello and welcome to HC!

Paperbased substrate like Kaytee clean and cozy is pretty good so could be the Aspen. Some hamsters are intolerant to certain types of sand as well.

It may not be an allergy though.
New hamsters can be quite vocal and many hamsters stay vocal throughout their lives.

My Syrian Rodney makes a sound i call chirping which is a mixture between a squeak and a sneeze. He does that when he's annoyed with me or he wants to complain about something.
At first i was alarmed because i thought it was a sneeze but was able to tell by his body language that he was trying to tell me something.

One of my foster hamsters who was adopted started sneezing in his new home. He was on Kaytee and Aspen. He never sneezed here and was on Kaytee but as it turned out, he was allergic to Aspen. Once his new family changed his entire habitat to Kaytee clean and cozy, he was fine and stopped sneezing.

It's not unusual for hamsters to change their sleeping place temporarily when something has unsettled them.

I'd leave him to settle in for a couple of weeks but observe him closely in case there is a health issue. If the sounds get worse or increase in frequency, his breathing changes or he starts coughing or his eyes are affected indicating a respiratory problem then i'd definitely get him checked by a vet.

05-26-2022, 07:48 AM
Ria P House of Hamsters Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,103	Re: New Hamster Huffing? Hello and welcome to HC! Paperbased substrate like Kaytee clean and cozy is pretty good so could be the Aspen. Some hamsters are intolerant to certain types of sand as well. It may not be an allergy though. New hamsters can be quite vocal and many hamsters stay vocal throughout their lives. My Syrian Rodney makes a sound i call chirping which is a mixture between a squeak and a sneeze. He does that when he's annoyed with me or he wants to complain about something. At first i was alarmed because i thought it was a sneeze but was able to tell by his body language that he was trying to tell me something. One of my foster hamsters who was adopted started sneezing in his new home. He was on Kaytee and Aspen. He never sneezed here and was on Kaytee but as it turned out, he was allergic to Aspen. Once his new family changed his entire habitat to Kaytee clean and cozy, he was fine and stopped sneezing. It's not unusual for hamsters to change their sleeping place temporarily when something has unsettled them. I'd leave him to settle in for a couple of weeks but observe him closely in case there is a health issue. If the sounds get worse or increase in frequency, his breathing changes or he starts coughing or his eyes are affected indicating a respiratory problem then i'd definitely get him checked by a vet.