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I may put him in it or get another hamster. it just depends on what my aunt lets me do LOLI'm not sure it would make a huge amount of difference in size - do you mean to fit a shoebox house in? A child's shoebox can be a bit smaller If you do upgrade him, then the changeover needs to be done quite carefully so as not to stress him. You kind of do the opposite you'd expect and move everything over uncleaned. All the substrate and toys/wheel etc and try to keep things in the same layout. The idea is it helps them settle really quickly with their own familiar scent and layout - and then avoid cleaning anything for a couple of weeks while he settles. It's fine for that length of times - if it starts to get a bit whiffy you can just spot clean the pee area (ie take out a handful or two of the smelly pee substrate and add a couple more handfuls and just mix them in.
thank you so much for all the tips! y’all are awesome!!If you can fit a nice shoebox type house in his current cage, he might be better staying where he is for now if he's struggling with walking and it would be less upheaval for him.
I can understand you thinking about getting another hamster as well. I find it easier to have two - it helps me cope if one passes away.
I took him to the vet this afternoon!It's a good cage for a hamster! But I'd say it depends on Loki's state of health as to whether now is a good time to upgrade him. If he is not very active or walking much to reach his food and water, he may, sadly, be declining and if that's the case you want to avoid stress and upheaval.
However if you're thinking of getting another hamster as well (as you mentioned), the Prevue cage would be a very good option and better than a bin cage IMO - it has a large front opening door.
(It's basically an Alaska cage for those who know the Alaska cage in the Uk).
But if Loki is still fairly active, and having normal behaviours, but just a bit slowed down, then he might enjoy more space at floor level in his later years. How is he doing now?
He gave him Meloxicam as needed!I am so pleased the vet visit went well. As the vet thinks Loki may have arthritis did the vet give you anything for that?
That is great. I had a guinea pig with arthritis and she was on that daily.He gave him Meloxicam as needed!
I moved over his old substrate today! (I got the cage early this morning!)If you’re going to upgrade him then important not to clean anything - move all the old substrate over. You’ll need more substrate for a bigger cage so I put new in first then all the old substrate spread out on top - so it smells familiar.
That's great newsI moved over his old substrate today! (I got the cage early this morning!)
He LOVES it! He’s been actually more active. He even got on his wheel!