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04-11-2017, 01:29 PM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: UK
Posts: 5
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Does your hamster do this?
My hamster (called Hazel) seems to push some of her bedding out of her cage through the bars. She seems to do this overnight and when I wake up in the morning, some of her bedding is on the floor next to her cage.
Just wondering if this was normal for new hamsters settling into their new home as I only got her recently.
Thanks.
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04-11-2017, 02:19 PM
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The Hamtologist
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Southern United States
Posts: 2,855
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Re: Does your hamster do this?
This is completely normal behavior, even for hamsters who are fully settled! Hamsters are natural burrowers and unfortunately barred cages don't leave room for copious amounts of bedding, nor do they hold it in very well. When a hamster digs about, it's not unusual for bits of bedding to fall out. If you want to stop this from happening, placing a strip of cardboard around the base of the cage can help
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04-11-2017, 03:02 PM
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#3
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: UK
Posts: 3
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Re: Does your hamster do this?
Don't worry trust me! my two hamsters do this constantly they could do it while running, on there wheel etc.
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04-11-2017, 09:52 PM
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Hamster Warrior
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Posts: 15,575
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Re: Does your hamster do this?
Perfectly normal! Harvey's over a year old and he still does it. He loves to dig and then crawl under.
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04-11-2017, 11:11 PM
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Dwarf whisperer
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Wales UK
Posts: 24,789
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Re: Does your hamster do this?
As the others said totally normal & not just when they're new, they do like to rearrange things move mountains of substrate & make a mess for us to clear up
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04-12-2017, 12:18 AM
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La loca de los hamsters
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: A Coruña, Spain
Posts: 1,693
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Re: Does your hamster do this?
Yep, mine also does it.Now he lives in a tank and that's not a problem, but when he was in a barred cage I had to clean his messes almost every mornings
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04-12-2017, 06:56 AM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: London, UK
Posts: 241
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Re: Does your hamster do this?
Entirely normal - it's a byproduct of the natural burrowing behaviour, rather than an aim in itself!
You can reduce the level of bedding that gets thrown out of the cage by Drago's suggestion, but changing the bedding to Fitch (which doesn't readily get knocked through the bars) can also help.
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04-12-2017, 04:54 PM
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The Hamographer
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Peterborough UK
Posts: 2,046
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Re: Does your hamster do this?
Fret ye not..! It is totally normal as everyone else has said .
Pip digs that much at times she almost buries her house....
I call it Hamster Mining.....
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