Can i use baking soda to keep my hamsters cages from smelling?

Question

my hamsters are really young and really old and there cages consintly smell. their cages are cleaned every week or so and the cages stink up again! my said i should put baking soda on the bottom, but i'm not sure. should i do that?

Answer 1

Never EVER use baking soda in a hamsters cage. It will kill them over night if they ingest it. Very sad to have learnt this the hard way. :-(