Well, I heard that you tear pieces of aper and put it into the cage and the hamsters will put it in there mouth and bring it to its nesting area. Will it choke my hamster when she puts small pieces of paper towels in her mouth?
2007-07-20 09:35:00 · 9 answers · asked by jolyssuh 2 in Pets ➔ Rodents
Plus i saw her have some of the peices of paper towels in her mouth. When she took them out they so big and I might be afraid she might choke on it.
2007-07-22 16:41:15 · update #1
oh, you are in for some serious fun! My hams love shredded paper towels, toilet paper, tissue (anything soft and without dye in it really). They'll cram as much of it into their little maws as they can, traipse off to their corner of preference and ta-da! its like watching the magician with the handkerchief up his sleeve. It just keeps coming and coming and coming (still dry too). Trust me (and my many tiny hams) there's nothing dangerous about it. It makes them happy and gives you a good laugh. When my little hams are sick all they get in their cages are paper towels and they spend hours rearranging it 'just so'. Spoil your little one well - they're worth it ;)
2007-07-20 12:32:05 · answer #1 · answered by Tam 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it won't choke them. You can buy bedding from the pet store that is like a torn paper material. Our teddy bear hamster would push all of the bedding to one corner and sleep there.
Be careful with wood shavings. Cedar bedding can cause respiratory illness in hamsters. Also the teddy bear hamsters grow a lot larger than normal hamsters so be sure to not put any small tubes in the cage because they can become stuck as they get older and bigger. And they need chew toys because their teeth will grow into their jaws if they are not kept down by chewing on things.
2007-07-20 09:51:40 · answer #2 · answered by snowe18 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, at worst it would probably eat it. Animals that would choke themselfs in such a way are long dead and have stopped contributing to the gene pool of they species.
Paper alone might not be a good idea since it might get soggy with its saliva, try wood chipings and anything else the little bugger can chew on. It helps if you let him (her?) break it up himself so putting the paper in whole or crumpled would help him since he has to gnaw on something anyways. I'd recomend cardboard or some other hard paper... in my opinion paper towels are to weak and would propably become some sort of ball in his mouth due to the loose fibers. This might be the reason someone told you it could choke, just give em cardboard, a soft piece of wood (at least its size) and a hard piece of wood (if it REALY feels like gnawing).
Good luck with your pet.l
2007-07-20 09:50:30 · answer #3 · answered by Joe P 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No I put paper in my hamster cage so that their feet dont slip through the metal bars and then I used to put in paper towels. They dont choke on their bedding so they wont choke on the paper towels.
2007-07-20 22:01:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our Teddy submit to hamster in ordinary terms bit whilst he became frightened, however the chew wasn't something important. He in simple terms appeared to prefer to get his component for the duration of. No blood became ever drawn from a chew. i think of it became greater of a nibble then something. good success with yours! BTW, did you call it yet??
2016-12-14 14:35:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it won't. And yes, they do take the paper and line their nest. Just don't make it too small, or too large, we alwyas tor it into strips about 1" wide by 4-6" long.
2007-07-20 09:43:48 · answer #6 · answered by randy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. My hamster makes scraps of paper-based products all of the time. It's perfectly natural and fine.
2007-07-20 11:08:47 · answer #7 · answered by Somily K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it won't try to eat the paper towel, but you should try to rip it up in pieces because they like to stuff things in the pouches in their cheeks.
2007-07-20 14:30:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they love toilet paper and etc. Give them whole squares of toilet paper and they will tear them up themselves. That is what they prefer to do.
2007-07-20 09:42:56 · answer #9 · answered by spongebobrogers 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not needed.
2007-07-22 01:53:03 · answer #10 · answered by beachy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋