My daughter's hamster throws his fluff out of his cage piece by piece. Sometimes overnight it might be a pile

Question

Why do you think he does this? He also moves it ( fluff) to different levels and to his wheel. Really wondering why he would throw the stuff out...this is gross, but sometimes he throws some of his poopy pellets out, too...what is up with that?

Answer 1

my large dog I had did that when he was temporarily in an enclosed area....I thought he'd love the padding, etc...some animals or rodents, just like people just have different personalities...they'd rather lay on flat surfaces to be comfy!  That's all!  Sounds like a lot of work for the little guy! Maybe only put a little in there- in the corner

Answer 2

hamsters like to move bedding around.  i think they mainly do it to help make a nest for them to sleep in.  they also like to stash their food in different parts of the cage at times.

Answer 3

they just like to ajust the surounding, all animals do it(just a heads up:fluff can be leathal to hamsters, gerbils,guinea pigs,ect, try ripped up pieces of toilet paper, it is just as good and safer)

Answer 4

Moving the bedding to different corners of the cage is very normal. Some hamsters also love to put their bedding on the exercise wheel which I think your hamster also seems to be doing.

Hamsters love to dig into their bedding and if you have a wire cage, chances are that you would often see pieces of the bedding along with his p**p flying out of the cage due to the force with which the hamster vigorously burrows into the bedding.

While burrowing into the bedding is normal, if it irritates you to see p**p or bedding flying out of the cage, you can wrap a cardboard or sheet outside the lower part of the cage like a shield to prevent his bedding from coming out. Most cages nowadays like the Habitrail come with a shield included in the cage to prevent this.

Answer 5

its the summer so its really hot so hes moving it so he can get cool

Answer 6

He is just making his cage home mine does that too i just swept it away everyday!

Answer 7

mine do that too, its completely normal.  put somethign under their cage that you can pick up and hold over the trash can.

Answer 8

hes just making his home the way he likes it mine do that too its just their nature

Answer 9

He maybe wants to feel comfortable in his environment. Or maybe he didn't like the way you made his cage and wanted it to feel more homely to him. And the poo? maybe he doesnt want it in the cage! they tend to be clean!

Answer 10

what ever hamster xpert said

Answer 11

its ok the hamster is making him self at home, sometimes they may get hot and want to thow some out my hamster does it dont worry, good luck!!

Answer 12

well, hes doing some house cleaning i guess.... lol.  hamsters are like people, they have their way of doing things and thats that... oh PS  hamster fluff is bad, it can get wrapped around his feet, teeth throat etc... please dont  give him this anymore!! just give him some CAREFRESH to make a li nest with, or just do his whole cage in carefresh=]