Hi,
Recently for the past few weeks, Snowpea has had a bit of a poopy bottom going on. I don't see actual diarrhea in her bin, though.
A week ago I gave her a full bedding clean so i could look at her nest bedding, and I didn't see anything wrong there either. The day after the clean, her booty (what i call her potty area under her tail) was all clean again. Though she's starting to let it get poopy again-- She left really small poopy marks on my bed last night
As for behavior, she seems to be the same as always! The one difference I noticed is that she's been chewing/gnawing on my bed/trying to pull my sheets or something. I think though that she thinks my bed is also a nest, and she's trying to make it more nest-y or something? (She's a very smart little girl, so I wouldn't put it past her to be like "Mumma, ur bed is incorrect! I fix!"
) I've been pointing to her nest, going "Snowpea nest." while she's out, and then pointing to my bed and going "Mumma nest."
Given her behavior hasn't changed and there's not much else of any concern, would this just be a dietary thing? Should I stop giving her treats for a lil while and see if it clears up?
100% willing to take her to the vet if needed-- I have a great one that's helped in the past with other hams.
Her diet consists of Higgins Vita Garden Hamster & Gerbil Food, Sunseed Critter Cubes, the occasional love duck, a gerber puff or two, and some freeze dried chicken treats! (She hasn't gotten any recently because I ran out
)
I do plan on switching the cubes part of her diet to the Mazuri one I see people talk about a lot-- My local petsmart just started carrying it :0
Snowpea is approximately 22 months-- Her birthday is sometime in April (around the 15th lol), and she's still sprinting like a marathon runner in her wheel. She has started sleeping a little bit more, but the moment the lights are out she's up and running.