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someone@lemmy.today 2 weeks agoYou’re missing the point… if you have a bunch of soft small cedar chips, they are going to shift while sleeping and some part of your hamster body is going to be on hard man-made material on the floor of a cage that is a lot harder than dirt and grass and leaves.
Pirat@lemmy.org 2 weeks ago
As someone who raised hamsters, I can tell you that the hamster does not go through the cedar shaving unless the hamster wants to. Of course, I always made sure they had a couple inch layer of shavings. Sometimes, the hamster would push them aside because they liked the cool metal floor but that was their choice. On the other hand, they are also free to pile the shavings up even deeper and just cover themselves. You act like they have no choice in the matter.
someone@lemmy.today 1 week ago
It’s hard to know if you are right or just biased. I am not an expert on this topic but feel bad for animals who live in small cages or tanks alone and feel like if it must be done, it would be nice if they were comfortable. Has a hamster ever been observed doing this in nature or only in captivity?