Thats what the guy in the pet shop said.
He said his wife had served a lady once who had just got a hamster and his wife had advised her not to use that bedding you mentioned...she sold her some of the stuff i got (safe bed?)..anyway, by the time the woman got home to the hamster (that already had some of the other bedding0 the hamster was dead...she took it up to the shop and his wife found that bedding in her mouth, she'd choked on it.....not good.

Awwww, thats awful
I forgot about the choking hazard!

It's a wonder it's still on sale isn't it

Yep...just glad I have all of you and my pet shop man so I don't get stuff like that!
What do you think about the bars on the cage being covered....

One of my hams has a cage pretty much exactly the same as that one Ailsa. He's never had a problem with the coated bars, he's nearly a year old now. He doesn't chew that much but he has removed some of the coating, doesn't seem to have done him any harm

Keep checking as he grows that he doesn't get too fat for the tubes

Thanks BS!!!!! If he's anything like the other males in this house that won't take long!!!!!) *looks round to check no one is reading over her shoulder,snigger snigger!!!!!*

I thought of something else with that cage, does the little house come with it? I would try to find an alternative that is not made of plastic. There are some wood ones available, or woven grass stuff. A small cardboard box with a hole in it would do fine aswell
Just because the plastic ones seem to get really smelly even after just a day They're easy to clean but they do whiff a lot :smt078 The inside gets condensation aswell, so I find find them a bit yucky

Have you decided when to go and get the little hammie yet?

Good news.....
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