Hammy likes grooming

Hammy pees and poos a lot. He is growing fatter too.

So I decided to leave the bowl of hamster mix dried food only twice a day in the cage. For the rest of the day, he has unlimited supply of water and a bowl of green leafy.

Books said hamsters are noctunal mini mammals. Mine sleeps a lot during the evening too. There was a night when I woke up at 2am+. I was curious and switched on the light to take a peep at Hammy. He was sleeping but the light has woken him up. The rest of the hours was terrible as he was wide awake and he was busy digging and scratching his cage. So a lesson learnt: not to wake a hamster up during the night.

Does he sleep a lot during the day? Today I am at home and can monitor Hammy closely. He takes short naps. He eats the vegetables left in his bowl. He spends a lot of time grooming himself. He washes his paws and other parts of his body. He digs into his bed linen. He pulls the paper on the tray of his cage. He carries the shreds of paper into his home and even his sand toilet. He helps to shred the paper. He is busy doing all sorts of hammie things.

The cat litter bought seems ok in absorbing the strong odour of his urine. To say that I smell nothing is a lie. It is just that the smell is not that strong and unbearable. Maybe we can afford to change and clean the cage once in 2 weeks.