hey guys so in today's video I have some cage updates for you guys starting with
bumbles cage I am taking out all of her colorful bedding because I want to
give her something more natural and colorful bedding just really isn't
natural I am of course going to be reusing this bedding for some other
things as well as I am going to be recycling it so it's not actually going
to waste I also didn't touch any of her nest area or the white bedding just so
that still has her scent on and she's not going to be too stressed out about
it and I did add more carefresh as well
I also purchased these really nice
acrylic trays and they were pretty expensive so I did only get two of them
but they're perfect for sand baths as well as I did try a new brand of Aspen
and I really actually like this one it's pretty soft and it's kind of thinner so
it's not really sharp or anything on the hamsters paws
as you can see I also did switch bumble and honey's wheel just because
bumble is a lot larger than her mom I thought it would be better to give her
the bigger wheel as honey is very very small so she can do better with the 9
inch as well as honey piece in her wheel and the silent runner is just way easier
to take apart and clean then the wodent wheel is here I'm also just switching
bumbles hideout this is just a IKEA bookshelf holder thing and then I cut
the bottom out so it's just bedding and I really like it
then I'm taking my orchard grass hay and I'm sprinkling this over the top layer
of the cage I would normally add more than this but I only had a very tiny
amount left in my bag I also really like orchard grass hay for hamsters because
it is the softest hay so you don't have to worry about your hamsters eye getting
poked out or anything then I'm just pulling out my big box of herbs because
I like to sprinkle those around at the cage they're really good to help a
hamster encourage to forage and they're great further your hamsters health as well
I also sprinkled her food around her cage as well as I got these flax sprays
along with wheat and oats sprays these are great they can also encourage
foraging as well as they just help your hamster do its natural behaviors
I also have these really tiny terracotta pots that I've filled with wheatgrass
and alfalfa sprouts and eventually when they grow a bit more I am going to be
giving each one to each of the hamsters so that they can just pick at
it and kind of get into it then I moved on to honey's cage and I didn't really
change her setup very much I just have to add in and do a couple of things
I did give her also one of the acrylic trays full of sand
and I did add in the rest of the bedding that I had just because it often on the
one side gets really compacted and pressed and down so I'm always adding
more budding I also added herbs again her new silent runner wheel
as well as flax, wheat and oats sprays
so the last cage I did of course was tater tots there wasn't much that need
to be done besides adding the oat wheat and flax sprays and then sprinkling
herbs all over the place as well as I did add in a hideout in her sand bath
because it makes your hamster feel more comfortable when bathing
and that is all for my updates I also did want to show you the giant mess that
I made and I had to clean up after so yeah guys thank you for watching bye