Bedding for Hamsters and Dwarf Hamsters
Meet the Cotton & Cotton (formerly Joris No Smell Cotton N Cotton, Cotton N Comfort) bedding, the queen of soft and diggable substrates. Made from 100% natural cotton (cotton seed fibers), it offers numerous benefits that will make your pets purr with joy
Read moreThe Cotton & Hemp mix is a beautiful mix of wonderfully soft cotton enriched with high-quality hemp. The hemp has a lighter color than normal because we only use the soft inside of the hemp stalk instead of the entire stalk. Thanks to the combination of t
Read moreCotton N Fibre (formerly Joris No Smell Cotton & Fibre) is the ultimate power mix of soft cotton and sturdy wood fibre. It is like a dynamic duo that has been specially composed for the adventurous tunnel builders among the small rodents, such as Mice, Dw
Read moreDiscover the luxury of Cotton N Flax! Cotton N Flax is a mix bedding, consisting of two types of bedding: cotton and flax. This combination provides a soft, natural and comfortable bedding that is suitable for various types of pets, including small and la
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Discover ultimate comfort for your furry friends with The Natural Pet Brand Linseed & Flax bedding, specially designed for rodents and rabbits! Made from the natural fibers of the linseed plant, this bedding provides a luxuriously soft and dust-free envir
Read moreMade from the natural fibres of the linseed plant, this bedding provides a luxuriously soft and dust-free environment for your beloved pets.
Read moreCoconut & Coconut 25 Liter as a natural ground cover gives a very natural look to the rodent enclosure. In addition to the look, it is dust-free and absorbs moisture quickly and easily. It does not mold and is therefore also very suitable for outdoor use.
Read moreHempflax Mini Hemp Hemp Ground Cover 3 kg is the heavenly choice for your animals! Mini-Hemp ground cover is like a fluffy cloud of fine wood core made of hemp fiber. It has a natural sponge effect so that moisture and odors are better absorbed. Urinary a
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Discover Plospan Wood Fiber Ground Cover - the ideal choice for your rodents! It offers numerous benefits, including an affordable price and an abundance of ground cover. Small rodents love to dig into wood fibre, and with a lush 20cm layer they can reall
Read morePlospan Kingsize Wood Shavings are especially recommended as an ideal bedding for your small rodents with sensitive airways. It is the most dust-free ground litter in the Plospan series, which prevents respiratory irritation as much as possible. The Kings
Read moreChipsi Carefresh Original, previously known as Carefresh Natural, is a high-quality natural ground cover in a beautiful light brown shade. Made from organically grown cellulose fibers, this luxurious bedding provides regal comfort for your furry companion
Read moreChipsi Carefresh Pure White (formerly Carefresh Ultra) is a natural ground cover in a radiant white color. Carefresh Pure White is made from natural cellulose fibers from organic cultivation. This ground cover has 2.5 times greater absorption than usual g
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Chipsi Carefresh Confetti is a colorful and trendy ground cover made from cellulose fibers from organic cultivation. Carefresh absorbs 2.5 times more than usual ground cover. Carefresh is dust-free and therefore healthy for the respiratory tract. With thi
Read moreCarefresh Forest Green is a colorful and trendy ground cover in a green color. Carefresh Forest Green is made from cellulose fibers. The fibers in Carefresh are from organic cultivation and absorb 2.5 times more than usual soil cover. In addition, Carefre
Read moreDiscover the comfort of our cozy, soft shredded paper cover, which is food safe and nestable. Our award-winning Über products are high quality, natural and environmentally friendly. With 14-day odor control they distinguish themselves from the competition
Read moreDiscover the comfort of our cozy, soft shredded paper cover, which is food safe and nestable. Our award-winning Über products are high quality, natural and environmentally friendly. With 14-day odor control they distinguish themselves from the competition
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Discover the comfort of our cozy, soft shredded paper cover, which is food safe and nestable. Our award-winning Über products are high quality, natural and environmentally friendly. With 14-day odor control they distinguish themselves from the competition
Read moreDiscover the comfort of this cozy, soft floor covering made from shredded paper. The award-winning Über products offer high quality, naturalness and environmental friendliness. With an odor control of 14 days on average, they distinguish themselves from t
Read moreDiscover the comfort of this cozy, soft floor covering made from shredded paper. The award-winning Über products offer high quality, naturalness and environmental friendliness. With an odor control of 14 days on average, they distinguish themselves from t
Read moreThe Safebed Paper Flakes are paper flakes made from very fine and very softly shredded pieces of high-quality colored paper. This bedding can be used as ground cover, excavator bucket filling or as nesting material. It is wonderfully soft and absorbs mois
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The Safebed Paper Flakes are paper flakes made from very fine and very soft shredded pieces of high quality colored paper. This bedding can be used as ground cover, bucket filling or as nesting material. It is wonderfully soft and absorbs moisture and odo
Read moreChipsi Wood Fiber Super Granulate is the ideal bedding for rodents that are sensitive to allergies. The Chipsi Super ground cover is dust and bacteria-free and is super absorbent. In addition, this ground cover has improved moisture absorption and effecti
Read moreThe Tiny Friends Farm Eco Bedding is virtually dust-free, gentle on little paws and very absorbent - it helps little rodents stay fresh, dry and comfortable. A bedding for small pets that takes the environment into account throughout the entire production
Read moreThe Natural Pet Brand Card N Card Mix (formerly Joris No Smell Card N Card Mix) is a mix of cardboard and egg cartons. This ground cover combines all the advantages of the "Cardboard & Cardboard Brown" and the "Egg & Cardboard" with the biggest advantage:
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Hamster Bedding: The Best Choice for a Natural Habitat
A good substrate is essential for the well-being of your hamster. Hamsters and dwarf hamsters are natural diggers and like to create tunnels in their habitat. A deep layer of substrate makes this possible and helps your hamster to display natural behaviour. At DRD Rodent Shop® you will find the largest selection of substrates in Europe, including cotton, paper, wood fibres, flax, hemp, spelt litter and barley litter.
Which substrate is suitable for hamsters?
The right bedding should not only be absorbent and dust-free, but also sturdy enough to dig tunnels in. Popular choices include:
- Paper and Cotton Litter: Soft, dust-free and comfortable for sensitive paws.
- Wood fibre and flax: Natural and absorbent options with a fine structure.
- Spelt and Barley Bedding: Lightweight bedding that mixes well with other types.
- Mixes: Special combinations of different materials for optimum strength and digging pleasure.
Hamsterscaping & Bioactive Ground Covering
Hamsterscaping is the trend to create a natural and playful living environment. Different ground covers are combined to create height differences, tunnels and soft landing spots. For a bioactive design you can use ground covers such as humus and coconut fibre , in which real plants grow and small cleaning animals keep the ecosystem in balance.
How Much Bedding Does a Hamster Need?
We recommend a minimum layer of 20cm for dwarf hamsters and 30cm for Syrian hamsters (Golden hamsters). This allows them to dig tunnels and feel safe in their enclosure.
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Ground Covering & Hamsterscaping
Hamsterscaping allows the animals to show their natural behavior. With Hamsterscaping, the enclosure is set up in an animal-friendly, but very extensive way so that the animals can dig, investigate and just be hamsters! We recommend giving the animals a layer of at least 20 cm. 30 cm would be even more fun for Syrian Hamsters (Golden Hamsters).
Bioactive ground cover
We distinguish two types of ground cover when it comes to scapen, namely the normal scape and the bioactive scape or a combination of both. The bioactive ground cover makes it possible to plant fresh plants and not only provides a living environment for hamsters, but also for small bioactive animals that maintain the environment in the enclosure. We must immediately say that a bioactive design is really for advanced users because of the challenges and subtle natural balance. The small animals, for example, that live in a bioactive enclosure help to clean up poop and pee and the poop and pee of the animals are fertilizers for the plants. In this way, an enclosure almost never has to be cleaned.
The biggest challenge with a bioactive enclosure is the humidity. If the humidity is too high, the parts of the enclosure can start to mold, so we always recommend painting them with a safe clear varnish .
A good bioactive ground cover is for example the Organic Humus and the Coconut Fiber, these two mixed together provide a beautiful substrate for plants and grass and make it possible to dig natural tunnels.
Combine ground covers!
It can help to combine ground covers with each other. This way the ground cover gets more volume and the animals can dig in it even better. Some ground covers such as Cotton & Wood Fiber and Cotton & Hemp are already pre-mixed, but others such as wood fiber should be mixed with hay for example so that they get more firmness.