I got a new syrian hamster two and a half days ago, he has a big wire two storey cage with plastic tubes connecting the upstairs and downstrairs, he's spent mostly all of his time in the tube, taking all the bedding from his little house and his food in it and pooing a lot, I mean the tube is full of poo mixed with food and bedding. (I know this is normal) he's still really shy, he spooks easily, and he's not even been on his wheel yet but he's slowly coming around to me when I hand feed him, I haven't touched him yet though, just leaving him to it for a few days. Should I clean his tubes or is it too early? I don't want to stress him out but I read you are supposed to clean his cage every week and spot clean and clean his toilet area every day and his tubes are his toilet area and I'm seriously not joking when I say he poos a lot.
I think that you should probably clean it out. Do it at night when he is not in the tubes so you do not disturb him. My hamster sleeps in an attachment that goes on the tubes and she does the same thing with the food, pooping, and peeing in there. She loves when I clean it out for her, I do it about every 2-3 days. If I do not clean it out and wait an extra day if I am busy or something she takes all of the bedding out of it and moves it to the regular cage area herself. So yes I do think that you should clean it, he will probably appreciate it!
