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Originally Posted by Ria P
I'm just wondering if it would be a good idea to house your hamster in a temporary cage like a bin cage with washable and disposable furnishings. You could move him to a different room and use a pesticide spray on your furniture and the empty enclosure. As you pointed out, they are not mites that live on your hamster so he wouldn't be the source. I'd still clean the big enclosure as well and bake the wooden items but not set it up until the bugs have gone otherwise you'd have to repeat the whole laborious process including unsettling your hamster.
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Yeah, I'm thinking of just setting her up in a bin cage for a few days, just giving her a couple of things whilst I bake and clean her houses/wheel etc. Have to get creative, maybe make a house out of cardboard just for a day or two to have time to clean her actual cage.