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06-02-2022, 05:40 AM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Apr 2022
Location: UK
Posts: 34
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Toilet training
Snowy has picked as his toilet one of the rooms of his multi-chamber house that has a wood floor (the house has some rooms with a floor and some without). Initially I was just putting bedding in there to absorb the wee, but recently he's been moving all the bedding out and just weeing on the wood. The room is small and rectangular with entrances on three sides, which means I can't put a corner litter tray in there, but on Tuesday I found a small shallow tupperware tray that fits and filled it with sand. It partly covers the entrances but there's still room for him to get through. It's not ideal but it's all I can fit in there.
I checked yesterday to make sure he hasn't been gnawing the plastic (which he hasn't), but it was partly tipped up and he's put bedding in it. I couldn't tell if he's been using it for wees (didn't want to disturb it too much). I fear it's been getting in his way and annoying him.
Ideally I'd rather he uses a different room of his house, one without a floor so I can sink the litter tray down below the level of the entrances so it doesn't obstruct anything. But I'm worried he'd just go back to weeing on the wood floor of the other room... How can I best go about this?
(Sorry for the long post!)
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06-02-2022, 06:15 AM
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#2
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Whimzee dealer
Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: World
Posts: 1,912
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Re: Toilet training
Have you coated the wood? You can buy plastikote for £5 on Amazon. It seals wood and is safe for hamsters.
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06-02-2022, 07:22 AM
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#3
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Apr 2022
Location: UK
Posts: 34
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Re: Toilet training
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Originally Posted by cloudy
Have you coated the wood? You can buy plastikote for £5 on Amazon. It seals wood and is safe for hamsters.
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No - I imagine it would be too late to do this now, as it would just seal in the urine that's already soaked into the wood?
I had heard of Plastikote but was unsure about using it as he gnaws his house a lot, and I didn't want him ingesting plastic!
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06-02-2022, 07:57 AM
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#4
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Whimzee dealer
Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: World
Posts: 1,912
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Re: Toilet training
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Originally Posted by Snowy_Syrian
No - I imagine it would be too late to do this now, as it would just seal in the urine that's already soaked into the wood?
I had heard of Plastikote but was unsure about using it as he gnaws his house a lot, and I didn't want him ingesting plastic!
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I can see your point. It is a difficult one for you. Could you sand off the urine soaked bits and then paint it with plastikote?
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06-02-2022, 08:59 AM
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#5
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Apr 2022
Location: UK
Posts: 34
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Re: Toilet training
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Originally Posted by cloudy
I can see your point. It is a difficult one for you. Could you sand off the urine soaked bits and then paint it with plastikote?
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Might be fiddly as it's such a small room. Ultimately I fear it may come down to buying him a new house, but ideally I'd like to litter train him first to avoid a repeat performance!
With Plastikote, would you use it all over or just on the floor areas? I'd like for him to still be able to gnaw on the sides and room dividers, as it's good for enrichment and for his teeth.
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06-02-2022, 09:08 AM
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Whimzee dealer
Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: World
Posts: 1,912
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Re: Toilet training
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Originally Posted by Snowy_Syrian
Might be fiddly as it's such a small room. Ultimately I fear it may come down to buying him a new house, but ideally I'd like to litter train him first to avoid a repeat performance!
With Plastikote, would you use it all over or just on the floor areas? I'd like for him to still be able to gnaw on the sides and room dividers, as it's good for enrichment and for his teeth.
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I personally coated all my wooden things with it. I understand it is tricky if the hamster chews. Have you got other chews in the cage such as whimzees?
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06-02-2022, 12:29 PM
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#7
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Whimzee dealer
Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: World
Posts: 1,912
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Re: Toilet training
Just to let you know you can also buy chamber hides from this site:
Hamsters | Happy Henry’s Homes
They sell stilts in various sizes too.
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06-02-2022, 01:15 PM
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#9
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Whimzee dealer
Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: World
Posts: 1,912
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Re: Toilet training
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Originally Posted by Snowy_Syrian
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I have seen a lot of people have that chamber hide. I got one from the site I linked above. I really like the things on that website.
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06-03-2022, 03:15 AM
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Cosmic Hamsters
Join Date: May 2019
Posts: 2,593
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Re: Toilet training
On the trixie house you can actually knock the bottom off and pull any nails out if you have a hammer. Just do it gently, keep tapping each side and eventually it will pop out and the hide will stay intact. I did it on two of mine.
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