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Why is my hamster going to the toilet in his house2007-11-24 22:19:59

My hamster is going to the toilet in his house and it is not very nice. I have to clean it everyday, which i don't mind but he has a large cage, but he insists on doing his business in the little sleeping house. Is there anything i can do to make him go outside?

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My Hamster more or less does the same thing. He has a massive 3 storey cage and he insists on weeing just outside his little bedroom. He has done since the day I got him 15 months ago!!

Part of it is probably laziness, but hamsters like to mark their territory and what better way than to wee there? Hamsters adore their sleeping quarters and mine seldom likes to leave it, even at night time when he should be racing around full of energy! So this is the spot they will like to mark as their own the most.

Alot of people have advised you to use a hamster litter tray, but this really did not work for me, he thought it was a toy and tried to eat the litter! You can only do what you are already doing, and thats giving it a bit of a clean each day. All hamsters have strange habits, and some we just have to accept.

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The trouble is that we see a cute little hamster house and buy it for our pet, but the hamster thinks ' oh, what a good place to go to the loo'. I know because the children have had several hamsters.

You can get some hamster litter (seriously) from the pet shop. It is supposed to be scented in some way that attracts the hamster to do its business on it. I did this with the last hamster and it worked.