I have a male syrian hamster that doesn't have any bedding at all right now, and I have lots of rocks outside of my house and I was wondering if I could use rocks for hamster bedding. Help!
errrrrrm. can you? bedding material is supposed to be comfortable, warm and easy to shape into a nest. rocks are not bedding, just like you would't want a bed made out of rocks
No... Bedding is supposed to be comfortable, and what if they were somehow able to get onto something higher up in the cage and then they fell? If there were rocks as bedding, the hamster would get hurt. You need to get soft, nest-able bedding for him, and if you can’t afford it then you shouldn’t have gotten a pet. As the owner, you have specific responsibilities that cannot be shirked off.
Nope, bedding is meant to be comfertable in which they can sleep in, if you can't afford any bedding just put aload of toilet paper and plain white printer paper into the bottom of the cage, you can add a few rocks for gnawing toys but if you use them as bedding it could hurt you hammies feet.
If you are desperate then given him socks, newspaper, or toilet paper but not rocks
