i need help please!!! gulp

[yaravrey]

Okay so, im getting a syrian hamster w a cage 100x50x50. For substrate im using hemp shavings, verse laga hay and paper ( all are safe for what ive researched but let me know if anything).
Since the hemp shaving arent strong enough to hold the tunnels and borrows, i mixed it with the hay and paper, as im doing this, i noticed that i dont have enough substrate, so, i divided it into a tall and superficial substrate cage, im worried i might have done something wrong, i used cardboard to split it since i didnt have anything else on hand rn because it was sudden and im not getting more substrate anytime soon because its all sold out, what can i do?
The cage isnt done btw, tomorrow i get the rest i need to start it and upgrade it but i need help w substrate to know if i should change something please!!

 

[Maz]

Hello. It's absolutely fine You look to have plenty of substrate at the deeper end and a cardboard divider will be ok - you could actually just slope it and not use a divider at all but the divider will help keep it in place a bit.

I take it the glass dish full of items won't be like that before the hamster moves in? One thing I'd suggest is some kind of large house on the left side with the deeper substrate, so the hamster doesn't feel exposed. A shoebox house is ideal.

 

[yaravrey]

Hello. It's absolutely fine You look to have plenty of substrate at the deeper end and a cardboard divider will be ok - you could actually just slope it and not use a divider at all but the divider will help keep it in place a bit.

I take it the glass dish full of items won't be like that before the hamster moves in? One thing I'd suggest is some kind of large house on the left side with the deeper substrate, so the hamster doesn't feel exposed. A shoebox house is ideal.

Yess the dish wont be there! im still working on it! Ive been adding more paper substrate to see if it lowkey grows the substrate if yk what i mean sorry my English is bad, i might use the cardboard still and i have some houses and multichambers coming!

 

[Maz]

I wouldn't worry too much Once you have a house and other items in your hammy will just love the space and enrichment. It doesn't have to be perfect, and hamsters sometimes rearrange the substrate themselves if they want it deeper in a particular area. It looks fine to me. Some people do have a deeper end and shallower end. If you did have the right hand end with deeper bedding, you would then need a platform for the wheel to stand on so it didn't sink.

 

[yaravrey]

I wouldn't worry too much Once you have a house and other items in your hammy will just love the space and enrichment. It doesn't have to be perfect, and hamsters sometimes rearrange the substrate themselves if they want it deeper in a particular area. It looks fine to me. Some people do have a deeper end and shallower end. If you did have the right hand end with deeper bedding, you would then need a platform for the wheel to stand on so it didn't sink.

Yes! I bought a burrow starter ( a tunnel sort of thing ), 2 multichambers, 2 platforms, 1 tiny platform with stairs, 1 water bottle thing ( i also have 2 more water bowls ), and this wood thing as like a big bridge or to separate things! i will put all heavy stuff on platforms

 

[Maz]

Sounds like you have it worked out

 

[yaravrey]

Sounds like you have it worked out

Im glad so! I was just really worried about the substrate, thank you a lot!

 

[Maz]

Let us see when it's all set up It's great you're getting everything ready before getting the hamster