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05-21-2020, 06:19 PM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Apr 2020
Location: Canada
Posts: 15
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Question about cleaning Ikea Detolf
Hello, once IKEA opens up again I am upgrading my syrian hamster to an IKEA detolf for some extra enrichment, I wanted some opinions on how often to clean the detolf. I have had different answers from different websites, if anyone has a detolf, how often do you deep clean?
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05-22-2020, 02:22 AM
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Dwarf whisperer
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Wales UK
Posts: 24,789
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Re: Question about cleaning Ikea Detolf
It depends on your ham tbh, some need cleaning more often than others, I'm a firm believer in only cleaning what needs doing when it needs doing rather than having a set schedule.
I never do a full cage clean myself, not all at once, parts of the cage once every few months maybe with just spot cleaning & cleaning up any areas like around the wheel that tend to need doing a bit more often in between.
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05-22-2020, 02:49 PM
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#3
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Apr 2020
Location: Canada
Posts: 15
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Re: Question about cleaning Ikea Detolf
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Originally Posted by cypher
It depends on your ham tbh, some need cleaning more often than others, I'm a firm believer in only cleaning what needs doing when it needs doing rather than having a set schedule.
I never do a full cage clean myself, not all at once, parts of the cage once every few months maybe with just spot cleaning & cleaning up any areas like around the wheel that tend to need doing a bit more often in between.
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Thank you!
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05-24-2020, 10:24 AM
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Senior Hamster
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Scotland
Posts: 501
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Re: Question about cleaning Ikea Detolf
I have an Ikea Detolf for my dwarf, and usually clean about half the cage every other month. Because it's so big and you can get a lot of substrate in it, that's all it seems to need.
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05-27-2020, 04:57 AM
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#5
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Scotland
Posts: 48
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Re: Question about cleaning Ikea Detolf
Hi there! I have used a detolf for all my hamsters so far and as others have said, there isn't a simple answer. I found that with paper bedding I needed to clean more often (once a month). These days I use aubiose and I mostly do spot cleaning. Cocoa tends to pee in the same corner so I can clean that corner more often while leaving the rest of the substrate alone a lot of the time! With her specifically, I don't really need to do very deep cleans. With my first hamster, I would do a deeper clean more often. Younger hamsters also tend to be a bit messier in my experience!
Spot clean and when things are seeming to get too messy, you can do a bigger clean! that's my experience anyways
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05-27-2020, 05:44 AM
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House of Hamsters
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Wiltshire, UK
Posts: 7,103
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Re: Question about cleaning Ikea Detolf
I got my Robo last August and did a full clean after 3.5 months because i thought i ought to. I was wrong and quickly realized that a tiny Robo's pee evaporates and poo is nothing to worry about. Now i only clean part of the tank and use my (big) nose as a guide. No unnecessary cleaning in this household.
Same applies to my dwarfs' enclosures and my Syrian pees in a toilet filled with sand which i clean as and when needed. His cages gets miffy every 6-8 weeks so i clean it but save as much as possible of the nest and hoard to avoid a major hamster strop.
Only one i cleaned fairly frequently was my late dwarf's cage who was a diabetic who peed excessively.
Like cypher says, it does depend on the hamster.
Go by the as little as possible guide and you'll find put what works for your hamster.
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05-29-2020, 02:01 PM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Apr 2020
Location: Canada
Posts: 15
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Re: Question about cleaning Ikea Detolf
Thank you for everyone's answers! The detolf is coming in a few days, so reading your replies has been very helpful!
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