Can you use hay as a bedding/foraging material for hamsters ???

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It's not unheard of.
Personally I wouldn't use hay with hamsters, due to them pouching their stuff.
Always the risk of them scratching/damaging the inside of their pouch with any sharp poke-y bits in it.

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He has the forest floor stuff and that has twigs and bits in it too but is recommended for hamsters. I was wondering more about allergies i suppose. I just like to give him different materials to keep his cage more interesting and bought some chamomile hay but then wondered if it was ok.

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Never heard of that one just had a quick google - do you mean this ?

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Sorry no its this stuff, he has it on the bed of his cage for foraging in and the hay i was talking about is just hay This is what he has at the moment but he has had a woody one with twiggy bits and bobs in it.

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I use a mix of the forest floor stuff which has twigs, leaves and extra little bits in and normal woodshavings from p@h. It's made by a brand called Woodlands who sell loads of stuff in there.

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Thats the stuff, she seems to love it

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If you want too, just pop it into the freezer first, in case it has any parasites, and you'll have to change it much more often, as hay molds fast Do you have aspen shavings, or aubiose, or megazorb around you?? Aubios is a horse bedding, made of hemp, I believe, and you get a huge bag of it, and it works really well, and megazorb is also a horse bedding, and it's basically carefresh, but in smaller, softer, fluffier pieces and this also comes in large bags As for aspen, you can usually find a big bag some places, but the others would be cheaper

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Thanks for all that help

Like i said its just as an enrichment material rather than a long term thing, i just bought a small bag of chamomile hay and was about to put it in and suddenly wondered if it would be OK Thanks for the tip on mould will make sure i change it often

Any tips for other materials to help keep things interesting for her ???

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