Quick Instructions on How to Use Hamster Bath Sand

Hamster owners know that they can not wash hamster with water. Not only hamsters will be afraid, but also washing can easily cause hamster cold and drowning. Cold can easily cause pneumonia. Generally, hamster take hamster sand to bathe, so how to use hamster bath sand?

First of all, the hamster owner should buy a special bathroom for hamster on the market or a container (such as the tortoise cylinder, like a goldfish bowl, but not too small). A washbasin or tidying box is also ok. And then spread the hamster bath sand on the bottom of the container, probably with a 1 cm thickness. And then put the hamster in, generally, it will bathe itself.

Hamsters roll around in sand, using bath sand to remove dirt and micro bacteria from the surface of the hamster. About 15 minutes at a time, take a bath every day 1 ~ 2 times in summer. And every other day in winter, about a week to change hamster bath sand. Generally, the hamster owner can reuse hamster bath sand for 2 or 3 times. Remove the dirt from the sand before reusing it.

However, must pay attention to absolutely cannot develop the bad habit that the hamster in the bathroom to urinate. Because the sand sucks the urine after will harden, will waste a lot of sand, but also will pollute the bathroom odor. If a hamster is found to be peeing in the bath sand, should dispose of the wet and hardened sand immediately.

What if the hamster doesn’t bathe in the sand?

Hamsters take a bath in the hamster bath sand is actually very simple, as long as the efforts in the bath sand a few rolls. Passing through the sand will remove dirt from the hamster’s fur. Not all hamsters are born to bathe themselves in the sand, but hamsters are smart enough that we can teach them how to bathe in the sand with a little time.

Step 1:

Generally, we can use a small spoon to scoop up some sand on the back of the hamster. The hamster will shake the body will shake the sand. A few more times, the smart hamster will realize this is an interesting process, will be happy to roll in the sand. Of course, we can gently press the hamster into the bath sand with the tool. And gently pressed into the sand for a short period of time, the hamster will realize that rolling can be a bath.

Step 2:

Some hamsters who can’t figure out how to bathe on their own. Find a companion who can already bathe and “teach” it to learn how to bathe. As the curiosity of hamsters is strong, find a hamster who can automatically take a bath to the hamster who can’t automatically take a bath to do the demonstration, hamsters can learn to take a bath by themselves through imit+ation and will enjoy it.

Step 3:

For those hamsters who are really stupid. They have to use the “detention” method. Put it in the sandpile, put more sand, let it in activities, let it get used to the environment of bath sand. For the long term, hamsters learn how to use bath sand. If it still can’t learn, you’ve cleaned it up by playing it a few more times.