|
Navigation
|
Front Page |
Forum |
Gallery |
Wiki |
|
07-23-2017, 03:15 PM
|
#1
|
Newborn Pup
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 9
|
How often do you clean the hideout?
Hi folks
Hope I'm not posting too many threads, but I'm sure you all have many insights on this! I'm ultimately getting wee Harry a new hideout as I feel the one he has is a bit wee for him (certainly once he grows up) but how often do you clean out a hamster's hideout? I ask as Harry tends to poo and pee in his a lot so I feel the need to clean it almost every day (he has a potty so I'm hoping he'll learn to pee in that). I don't know if cleaning too often may irritate or stress him (I know how I felt if my personal space was encroached upon when I was wee )! What do you think? Many thanks in advance!
|
|
|
07-23-2017, 03:23 PM
|
#2
|
The Hamtologist
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Southern United States
Posts: 2,855
|
Re: How often do you clean the hideout?
You don't really want to clean the nest. Remove a bit of the pee soaked bits to avoid ammonia burns, and fungal issues, but don't remove feces or anything like that. Hamsters are very particular about their nests, and they don't need to be cleaned all that often, if ever. I never clean the nests as after several weeks, my hams generally change the location of their nests anyways so it never really gets dirty enough for concern. Personally, I'd remove the pee occasionally, but leave the rest Best wishes
|
|
|
07-23-2017, 03:40 PM
|
#3
|
Newborn Pup
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 9
|
Re: How often do you clean the hideout?
Thank you I had wondered how he might react, I'll just do spot checks for pee in that case from now on. When you do a full clean of the full cage/home itself do you still tend to leave the hideout as your hammy has left it (e.g bedding, poo etc) or would you clean some/all of that out then?
|
|
|
07-23-2017, 04:05 PM
|
#4
|
The Hamtologist
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Southern United States
Posts: 2,855
|
Re: How often do you clean the hideout?
I generally clean the abandoned hideout area with a normal cage cleaning
|
|
|
07-24-2017, 12:51 PM
|
#5
|
PM Fluffy for custom title
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Hertfordshire - UK
Posts: 3,190
|
Re: How often do you clean the hideout?
If his house/nest is wooden, you could paint it with Plastikote water based enamel. This would protect the wood from the pee.
|
|
|
07-24-2017, 01:35 PM
|
#6
|
Newborn Pup
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 9
|
Re: How often do you clean the hideout?
Ahh thank you, his hideout is plastic but I'm really not happy with it long term as I'm so sure he'll grow out of it quickly!
|
|
|
07-24-2017, 03:59 PM
|
#7
|
PM Fluffy for custom title
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Hertfordshire - UK
Posts: 3,190
|
Re: How often do you clean the hideout?
A wooden hideout is better than a plastic one. Plastic ones seem to get hot and condensation inside from the hamster breathing.
So if you get a new hideout you may want to look for a wooden one.
|
|
|
07-25-2017, 07:02 AM
|
#8
|
Fluffy Hamsters
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 4,231
|
Re: How often do you clean the hideout?
I usually clean out half a cage at a time and do their wheels and houses etc at a different time to the cage cleans to minimise stress.
__________________
|
|
|
|
Tags
|
wee, clean, hideout, harry, feel, pee, hoping, learn, potty, day, hell, mad, advance, encroached, space, irritate, stress, felt, personal, cleaning, insights, ultimately, folks, hope, threads |
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
|
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 04:18 AM.
|
|
|
|