Over the last month I have read countless tales of happy hamsters, mischievous hamsters, adorable hamsters and escapee hamsters. By far the most disturbing and heart-breaking stories are the ones involving natural cotton bedding.
Over the last month I have encountered no less than SIX, yes six hamster deaths caused by either suffocation or entanglement. The owners were all new to hamster life and I feel so heartbroken for every one of them as every one of them states that it is safe bedding. I find it hard to comprehend that so many complaints have been made about cotton bedding and yet the companies are still able to make and sell it.
Hamsters can easily become entangled in this bedding, one story I read told of waking in the morning to sadly find their hamster passed on and his leg was so entangled in this cotton his blood circulation had stopped in the leg. another sad tale advised against this bedding as her hamster had packed his pouches with it and because it was so fine the hamster couldn’t remove it and panicked. Unfortunately, the fibres then got stuck in its throat and the owner tried frantically to remove it but it was so fine she couldn’t get enough out to save her hamster from suffocating. I am currently holding back a mixture of tears for these poor hamsters and their owners and anger at the fact this bedding is still sold as safe bedding.
Please, do not buy this bedding, or any cotton bedding, if you are unsure about the wood-based bedding, the cheapest and easiest bedding is unscented toilet roll, they love tearing it up and arranging it to suit themselves. If you don’t like that idea, Carefresh is a great bedding to use too.
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