hey guys, im new here. i was just wondering.. is it ok to give my hamster a bath.. just like to wash her over? or wud it cause any damage and stress her out? thanks

I'm no expert but I would think it would stress them out, possibly scare them to death. Hamsters clean themselves anyway. If their cage is kept clean they shouldn't need a bath.

i would only bath her if she had cling ons, and if you do watch out!
Hamsters can bite really hard.

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ah ok.. her cage is cleaned regularly and shes as tame as anything.. thanks

NEVER bath your hamster! It causes stress and getting them wet can cause hypothermia. They are very clean animals and don't need to be bathed.

Hamsters are quite capable of cleaning themselves. If she is long haired then you may need to brush her occasionaly but you should never bathe them. Even bathing them in warm water can cause hypethermia as Spacemonkey has already said, that's why it is so important to use vertical water bottles incase of spillages.

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if you REALLY need to clean her - chinchilla sand. they roll in it and bath themselves.

chinchilla sand or dust can cause respiritory infections in hamsters and all sorts of problems.

You don't need to bath your hamster, they always clean themselves up just fine

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Ours loves rolling round in her chinchilla dust

one of our hammys, the male one (any advice on how to stop this will be amazing) was adopted, and he was a little biter, and we think he never got cleaned by the previous owners and was left to run about in very wet bedding as he was greasey as well as smelly.

but we think he is weeing in his house - but its never wet and his coat is gettin greasey/smelly again

all we do is let him roll in it in his own time twice then he's back in his cage with fresh water (as always) and what not. this was recommended to us cos of how bad he gets.