Blossom 🌸

She's a very busy lady :-) I've also had that where you find a big hole down to the cage base with all the substrate gone. It sounds like she might have been cleaning out her own nest and dragged new substrate in there. I just used to add more substrate to fill the hole and remove anything chucked out (like old bedding). Unusual to chuck her hoard out though!
 
Possibly 🤔 It probably explains that enormous pile of substrate she created a few weeks back...most likely the result of excavating the bedding out if her hide! I haven't filled the space...she seems to prefer it without...not sure whether to fill it of not 🤔 I do remember that when she first cleared out the space under her platform that I did fill it and she immediately cleared it out again!
 
Haha she sounds like quite the house keeper. Good looking and a hard worker quite a catch for any discerning male hamster!

Kulfi has also dug out a large pile of bedding which I have thrown away. I put some white paper based soft bedding for his to help himself to.
 
Tulsi said:
Haha she sounds like quite the house keeper. Good looking and a hard worker quite a catch for any discerning male hamster!

Kulfi has also dug out a large pile of bedding which I have thrown away. I put some white paper based soft bedding for his to help himself to.
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That's a good point Tulsi. I might do the same 👍
 
The temperatures are dipping down, so when I cleaned out Blossom today, I lagged her cage all the way round with wool insulation (borrowed (ahem!😏) from my organic box delivery!) to keep her cosy and toasty throughout the winter months ❄️ I have a thermometer next to her cage too so I can keep an eye on room temperature 👍No pictures of miss B herself, as she was just too speedy running round her cage hoovering up her treats and reorganising things where I had cleaned up!
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Lovelyness said:
The temperatures are dipping down, so when I cleaned out Blossom today, I lagged her cage all the way round with wool insulation (borrowed (ahem!😏) from my organic box delivery!) to keep her cosy and toasty throughout the winter months ❄️ I have a thermometer next to her cage too so I can keep an eye on room temperature 👍No pictures of miss B herself, as she was just too speedy running round her cage hoovering up her treats and reorganising things where I had cleaned up!
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That's a good insulation job we have the heating on now morning and evening the high n low thermometer to check how cold it gets in the middle of the night still averaging around 16 degrees I've noticed Pete gets up a little later anything from 8 a.m instead of 6.30am when I usually go into the room
 
Yes, I have the heating on morning and evening too. It’s the middle of the night which I’m more concerned about, and also the daytime when I’m out at wotk.
 
So, Blossom has managed to disappear her toilet roll treat holder from her platform 🤔 What does she do with these things??!!?? Where the heck is it !!??! So many questions lol 😝 I just found a hook lurking in the bedding at the bottom of her cage she had secreted some time ago! She has been squeaking at me quite a bit today…it’s probably because she can’t get in her bed because there’s a toilet roll in there 🙄😂 She actually needs a big bedding change but we’re out of Kaytee. I’ve put in an order which will hopefully be here in a few days 👍
 
It's become part of Blossom's nest decor. A handy piece of cardboard in case she fancies a daytime chew without needing to get up in the middle of the day! 🌸
 
Blossom’s delivery of Kaytee arrived, so she has had a big substrate change. No squeaking in complaint…yet…but she has been quietly digging away, clearly rearranging everything! I didn’t put too much bedding in as she shows a definite preference for half her cage being completely bare! I did put some bedding in those locations, but am expecting her to turf it out!
 
Oh, and I found her toilet roll treat holder, her banana leaf ball, her loofah flower and a few other assorted items which had been secreted, mainly under one of her platforms!
 
With the recommended care standards for hamsters these days, I did think that if someone were to visit to monitor standards, they would think I were being mean by not giving Blossom deep bedding throughout her cage 😏 I did…she just doesn’t want it lol 😝
 
When one of mine used to do that, I just added more bedding to the bare part when it appeared. Some of that would get taken at some point and I’d just keep adding more. Did you try that? Just wondering how she reacted.
 
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