Hamster Nesting Material

Your hamster will spend most of the daylight hours sleeping in his nest, so they want to make it as comfortable as possible. Although ordinary bedding material is fine, you may want to add some softer material for use in the nest. Shredded tissue paper or paper towel will do nicely. Just make sure they are white and unscented. DON’T USE COTTON AS NESTING MATERIAL! It can form strands that can wrap around the hamster’s limbs and actually cut off the blood supply. Don’t worry about making the nest for your hamster; she’ll take care of that herself!

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By: sakura1996 on 04-05-2009 12:56

ya you do if the husband is with her seprate him and her because when he sees her giving birth he will eat the babies and if you do not have a boy good you give her salad and carrots and lots of water and alot of hay dont touch the babies until they are grown or she will eat them :grin

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By: midnight on 08-03-2009 21:13

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By: LGLG on 29-01-2009 20:26

We got a teddy bear hamster a week ago. The Crittertrail cage has a cozy area for sleeping and a tube leads to an enclosed wheel (like a ball). The hamster uses the wheel for its bed. It brings bedding material and food up there and poops and pees there too. It sleeps on top of the pile of bedding, food, poop and pee. When it runs on the wheel, all the gunk falls down on top of it! This is unsanitary and I don't want my kids to hold it now! I have cleaned out the wheel 3 days in a row and it keeps doing this. It doesn't use the "bed". Does this sound normal? Is it sick? Pregnant? Just gross?

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By: Adam on 18-01-2008 10:36

Hi Karina,

I wouldn't change her cage around too much as she might get a little stressed out. Keep things the way she likes them, make sure she has plenty of food and water, and you'll be giving her the best opportunity to have a successful birth. Good luck!

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By: karina on 17-01-2008 19:11

my hamster is going to lay her babys soon andim wondering if i need to put anything speacal in her cage???

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