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it somtimes helps their digestive track or they need food
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoHamsters can't get all of the nutrients the first time they enter a hamster's digestive system, so by eating their feces, they can get the nutrients they missed the first time.
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∙ 15y agoHamsters including other rodents need to gnaw on things because their teeth never stop growing. Usually this happens if your not supplying hamsters with something to gnaw on.
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∙ 13y agoTry tissue based hamster bedding, try to avoid cotton wool types as this can cause problems and injure the hamster.
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∙ 14y agoRecycled paper.
Hamster bedding can be made of many different shreds of different things, but the most common is aspen shreds.
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What should you do with the hamster when changing the bedding?
You should put your hamster in a safe place, or have someone else hold it for you. If you have a hamster ball, let your hamster exercise in that while cleaning out it's bedding.
What tipe of bedding should you use for a baby bird?
Use shredded toilet paper. i am not sure about hamster bedding. also if you can, find dry leaves and use these
Hamster bedding looks brown?
If your hamster bedding looks brown it needs to be changed. Urine turns the bedding brown. It should be changed weekly.
What bedding should you get for your dwarf hamster?
Carefresh
Do you leave the dirt in a hamster cage?
You should use bedding in your hamster cage and you should change it and clean the cage every few days. PetProductsByRoyal.com has some nice hamster cages.
Could you use sand for hamster-bedding?
NO. you can use Chinchilla sand for your hamster to bathe in though
Can you use kleenex facial tissue for hamsters bedding?
It would probably be best to not use tissues for the bedding. You should put some tissue for your hamster to use to make a nest, but not really as a bedding. It is not absorbent enough if there is too few and the hamster may have trouble walking around in the cage if there is too much.
Can you have newpaper for bedding for your hamster?
yes but you should use pine shavings orcedar to soak the pee up.
Is shredded newspaper O.K. for a Russian Dwarf Hamster?
Shredded newspaper is fine to use for bedding for any hamster, but if you think you hamster is slightly uncomfortable you can always add some real hamster bedding, it will save you money. :)
What bedding can your hamster have?
Hamsters can have only wood shaving bedding. This is because with paper bedding, they will eat it, store it in their cheeks and get an infection. While most wood shaving beddings are okay, you want to stay away from cedar bedding. Cedar bedding irritates the hamster's skin and causes hair loss. Aspen bedding is definitely safe for the hamster to use.
Can you put some hamster bedding for a turtle habitat?
Usually the bag of bedding says that the bedding could be used for several types of small animals. Yes, I think you could use "hamster" bedding for a turtle habitat. I know that Carefresh bedding says that it could be used for turtles.
Where does a golden hamster like to nest?
a golden hamster nests in its bedding and its bedding is like hay
