Mushrooms!!

[Animal_Aspin]

Mushrooms are growing in my hamsters cage! The bedding at the bottom was wet.
So tell me please if I can use a few inches of sand at the bottom before the actual bedding so that the water gets absorbed.
A little urgent

[lovehamsters01]

I never heard of this before. what type of bedding are you using? no bedding should be able to grow mushrooms if it gets wet, and the bedding shouldn't be getting wet in the first place.
please use a proper bedding made for hamsters and make sure that you clean your hamster's bedding way before it would have a chance to grow anything, let alone mushrooms.
using sand wont help the problem, sand doesnt absorb and if you're not careful you will be getting maggots in your hamster cage (if there aren't one already) which can be deadly to your hamster

[Stanza]

Hi, where is all the water coming from? Do you have a sand tray for your hamster to use as a toilet? Is the water coming from a leaking bottle or water bowl. I would remove the wet bedding and any mushrooms straight away and replace with fresh dry bedding, but you need to work out where all the moisture is coming from?