He might be blocking his tunnels if he's getting cold wren . If he gets too cold he might try & hibernate which wouldn't be too good if his body fat levels aren't high enough
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He might be blocking his tunnels if he's getting cold wren . If he gets too cold he might try & hibernate which wouldn't be too good if his body fat levels aren't high enough
Ta for this! I have put him loads of bedding in and he has made a new nest today, he doesn't sleep in his bedroom pod which I think would be warmer, or his little house, he prefers to build his nest in the middle of the big open bit of the cage. I am going to take one of the tunnels away as he has blocked it for a third time today! I hope he's not too cold
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He might be blocking his tunnels if he's getting cold wren . If he gets too cold he might try & hibernate which wouldn't be too good if his body fat levels aren't high enough
Ta for this! I have put him loads of bedding in and he has made a new nest today, he doesn't sleep in his bedroom pod which I think would be warmer, or his little house, he prefers to build his nest in the middle of the big open bit of the cage. I am going to take one of the tunnels away as he has blocked it for a third time today! I hope he's not too cold
His cage is now standing on a thick fleece blanket...I never even thought about him being cold...poor little mite! Doh!
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Ta for this! I have put him loads of bedding in and he has made a new nest today, he doesn't sleep in his bedroom pod which I think would be warmer, or his little house, he prefers to build his nest in the middle of the big open bit of the cage. I am going to take one of the tunnels away as he has blocked it for a third time today! I hope he's not too cold
His cage is now standing on a thick fleece blanket...I never even thought about him being cold...poor little mite! Doh!
I only thought it because I had hamsters when I was younger, one started to get a bit cold & was a bit touch & go for a time! Fingers crossed the extra bedding works
I've had a guinea pig for years and he never had a water bowl. At the very beginning, as soon as it was in its cage, he would push it upside down and splash it all around, so he couldn't drink anyway and his cage was all wet, so we decided to take it away and rather simply pass vegetables under water before giving them to him and that was it. It lived apparently happily for like 10 years. So don't be afraid if your hamster doesn't drink much.
nice I am considering having a hamster (the ideal would be a cat but) but I live in a studio flat (2nd floor so a cat couldn't go out in a garden) and i'm a bit afraid of...hm, the bad smell. Any advice or personnal experienc report welcome.
nice I am considering having a hamster (the ideal would be a cat but) but I live in a studio flat (2nd floor so a cat couldn't go out in a garden) and i'm a bit afraid of...hm, the bad smell. Any advice or personnal experienc report welcome.
Scoopy is definitely the least smelly pet I've owned! Very easy to look after, doesn't bite unless he feels trapped and he's very cute! He is friendly and comes running to the side of the cage if he hears us approach. Much easier to look after than the guinea pigs who need cleaning out a lot and eat me out of house and home...
Scoopy doesn't seem to eat much, I feed him every day but find he stores most of his food around the cage. He only needs a tiny water bottle as doesn't drink lots. He likes to run around in the playpen (I have two cats so don't dare get him out in the open unless they're shut away upstairs - plus he legged it once and it took an hour to find/catch him!)
He has an exercise ball which is ok except he can get stuck between furniture and bangs into things - I worry that he'll get concussed, or that the lid will come off and he'll escape, so I tend to stick him in the playpen with his toys and tubes etc and he has a bit of exercise and a climb. It has a zip-up lid so he is safe in there while I clean his cage out, and it's big enough for my daughter to get in with him.
The only 'down-side' is his size and how fragile he seems compared to the other pets - when he's out of the cage I worry the whole time that he'll get hurt - my daughter is as much of a klutz as I am but we are both VERY careful with him! The cats and guineas are a bit more robust, I think.
I would definitely recommend getting a hamster, it's an ideal pet to keep in a flat, not noisy (well, not enough to disturb your neighbours), not smelly at all as long as they are kept clean and don't need loads of space or equipment
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