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09-03-2019, 06:07 PM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Sep 2019
Posts: 9
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Bedding type concerns over if it’s safe?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Simply-Soft...gateway&sr=8-1
Is this bedding safe for hamsters, I have 4 bags of it? I’ve attached a link to it (tried to add pic but failed)
Last edited by Katiehat; 09-03-2019 at 06:09 PM.
Reason: Added more detail
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09-03-2019, 08:19 PM
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Cosmic Hamsters
Join Date: May 2019
Posts: 2,593
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Re: Bedding type concerns over if it’s safe?
Hi, I believe this is the Kapok bedding. If it is, I don't think it is safe as it is not fully dissoluble. This means that if your hamster ingests it, it could possibly get twisted round it's inside. In my opinion not worth the risk with a hamsters life.
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09-03-2019, 11:40 PM
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House of Hamsters
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Wiltshire, UK
Posts: 7,103
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Re: Bedding type concerns over if it’s safe?
Agree with Luna and not something i would use.
Plain white unscented toilet paper torn into strips is what hamsters like in their nest. That and plenty of substrate.
I use the Kaytee clean & cozy for my Syrian and Robo and they both like it. It expands x 3 times so a packet goes a lot further than it looks.
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09-04-2019, 08:41 AM
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ST's Hamstery
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Mid Ohio USA
Posts: 2,574
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Re: Bedding type concerns over if it’s safe?
In a Overseas Hamster Group I am a member of on Facebook they have started a Petition to force Wilkos to stop the sales of this bedding as being it has killed over 3,000 Hamsters by choking. The Hamsters pouch this stuff and it sticks to the moist pouch and builds up by expansion until it blocks their airways. The owner of the group had this horrible experience and has set out to get it removed in GB. To read her story on how she sat at the vets watching her buddy slowly die was a hard one to read but she is not the only Hamster owner to have to do that.
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09-04-2019, 08:47 AM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Sep 2019
Posts: 9
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Re: Bedding type concerns over if it’s safe?
Thank you for all the advice I think Im going to remove it from my hamster cage not going to use it ever again I feel really bad about using it now and I’m going to switch to using paper bedding instead
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09-04-2019, 08:56 AM
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ST's Hamstery
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Mid Ohio USA
Posts: 2,574
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Re: Bedding type concerns over if it’s safe?
Don't feel bad as you were not aware. I'm glad you asked about it and are doing a change.
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