Tashik
12-18-2020, 05:57 PM
Hey everyone! New to hamster central. I got my Russian cambells dwarf hamster about 2 weeks ago. I’ve noticed over the past week she seems to be itching a lot. I just removed her sand bath because I was worried the sand was too rough for her and was causing her to become itchy. She has also had some behavioural changes recently like sometimes she will nibble on the base of her wheel. I was wondering if her ichyness could be connected to this behaviour. She only chews on her wheel for about 10 seconds like once a day, however it is still worrying me. I have her in a 620 square inch bin cage, and have ordered an ikea detolf so that she can get more room. I try to get her out of the cage 4 times a week now that she’s more compfortable with me. I have 7 inches of bedding in her cage. Whenever she chews on her wheel I put more food in the cage and she stops cause her bowl is empty but I’m giving her the recommended amount of food, and I don’t think she is eating it all, because I went from feeding her a little over 15ml every other day to more than that every day.
If anyone has any ideas of what could be happening can you please let me know. I’m super confused and can’t find any resources online to help me with what going on. I just want her to be happy.
If anyone has any ideas of what could be happening can you please let me know. I’m super confused and can’t find any resources online to help me with what going on. I just want her to be happy.