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When I clean my hamsters cage2007-11-24 22:18:19

She has a lot of hoarded food. Should I put her hoarded food back in the cage (in her favorite hoarding spot) or should I let her start from scratch with a new stash of food??

Answers:

Some people will put a little bit of the original food back, as hamsters can get incredibly grumpy when they get put back into a scrubbed, clean cage LOL!

But I prefer not too. I would rather his food was fresh ,rather than a week old. He used to be grumpy when he went back to a clean cage, but he is 15 months old now and is used to this being done weekly so he is fine about it.

To keep your hamster busy when she has returned to a clean cage, chuck some treats around the cage , and some shredded toilet paper scattered around. It will keep your little girl busy racing around collecting food and creating a nest, so the experiance will be more fun to her when you have cleaned her cage out.

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start from scratch otherwise it will rot

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let her have the food..she's just a lil hoarder! lol

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no just clean it she/he will put the food back there again my hamster did that all the timejust dont do that while he is in the also put toilet paper in ther so he can hide it(at leaste thay think)

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Avoid hamster psychological problems, lol, I would put it back in her favorite hoarding spot. Just because it's probably a comfort thing. If it's wet or yucky, throw it out though.

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Let her start from scratch. She will always hoard her food, that's just what they do, but she should always have fresh food.

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Uhhh. I say let her start over again...b/c maybe, just maybe...it could of reminents(sp?) of urine on it or with it and it could make the cage smell sooner for the old urine you will transfer from the old cage to the new...i dunno. I havent had a hampster in years and mine never did that lol.

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put just a little in the spot so she can find it and so she knows that its ok and she isnt doing wrong. animals get confused when things arent where they are. but remember to switch up the cage once in a while but leave the "potty spot" (where the hampster goes to the bathroom most) and the spot where they hord the food the same! it teaches them better habbits for easier cleaning for you!

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I vote for throwing out old hamster food. The hamster has all day to hoard more food.