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Old 07-16-2021, 07:54 AM   #1
shane
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Default Replacing the house

I’m going to be replacing my young Syrian’s house with a bigger one and I’m unsure how best to do it.

He’s brave enough to get onto my hand for food but too timid for me take him out of the cage without scaring him. His nest is in his burrows about a foot from the house (which he uses only as a hideout and a toilet because - I realise now - it’s too small for him). So I’m thinking of replacing his house while he’s in his nest. I can do it without disturbing the nest but I’m sure he’ll notice something going on, especially because I want to replace the substrate where the house is at the same time.

I can’t decide whether to get him out of the cage while I do it which will definitely be stressful, or try to do it carefully while he’s asleep which might turn out to be more stressful. Any thoughts please?
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Old 07-16-2021, 11:23 AM   #2
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Personally I always remove Remy when I upgrade his hide (he's now currently in a shoebox but I hate it. I want to invest in a Rodipet chamber but I'm not paying that with on top amazon delivery prices). This is because I actually tend to end up shifting the location of it ever so slightly like literally 20 times until I'm happy with it, and wouldn't want to keep moving the surrounded bedding around him.

As well, this gives the hamster a chance to explore the outside of the hide and 'investigate' it. I know one person that decided to just remove the hide off the top and place one over the top of their hamster and the hamster was so confused and stressed she darted out and was seeking out her old hide. So therefore it's better to just remove the ham and then add them back in so they wander in to it themselves.

However, if I'm not messing with the hide and only changing the location of previous items, adding new things, swapping out or removing them then I just do it when they're in their hide. Avoids disturbing and not stressing them out. Same goes with the wheel, I just take it out to clean or replace it when they're asleep.

This is also honestly a bit of a surprise for them too haha, they come out and they're like "ooo, new stuffs" and checks it all out. Even if it's all the same stuff just changed they seem to really enjoy it like once every month. But some hamsters don't like change at all.
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Old 07-16-2021, 11:34 AM   #3
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I'd exchange the house and substrate while he's in his nest and asleep. Hamsters can get a bit stressed but they recover quickly and usually their natural curiousity takes over. I'd hide a treat inside the house like a new whimzee.

As long as you've got planned out what's going where you can be fairly quick about it.
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Old 07-17-2021, 07:37 AM   #4
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Thank you both. It’s a corner house so I know exactly where it’ll go. I think I’ll try to do it while he’s in his nest because there isn’t enough bedding in that area for him to have burrowed into - something I intend to fix at the same time!

I’ll transfer some of the soiled bedding from his old house, a chew stick that he dragged in there and anything else he’s hoarded away
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