Ground cover for Hamsters and Dwarf Hamsters

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Ground cover for hamsters and dwarf hamsters should preferably be diggable. The animals are real diggers and like to dig tunnels in their enclosure. A thick layer of excavable ground cover makes this possible! An additional advantage is that the animals can show their natural behavior in this way and become bored less quickly. Digging in ground cover is sometimes a day's work, where one tunnel has just been completed, a new one has to be made, so the animals keep themselves busy!

Ground Cover & Hamsterscaping

Hamsterscaping makes it possible to let the animals exhibit their natural behavior. At Hamsterscaping, the enclosure is furnished in an animal-friendly, but very extensive manner so that the animals can dig, investigate and simply enjoy being a hamster! We recommend giving the animals at least a layer of 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 scaping, 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 provides a living environment not only for hamsters, but also for small bioactive creatures that maintain the environment in the enclosure. We must immediately say that a bioactive device is really for advanced users because of the challenges and subtle natural balance. For example, the small animals that live in a bioactive enclosure help to clean up poop and pee and the poop and pee of the animals are fertilizer for the plants. This way, a stay almost never needs to be changed.

The biggest challenge with a bioactive stay is the humidity. If the humidity is too high, 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, Organic Humus and Coconut Fiber, these two mixed together provide a beautiful substrate for plants and grass and enable natural tunnel digging.

Combine ground cover plants!

It can help to combine ground cover plants. In this way, the ground cover gains more volume and the animals can dig in it even better. Some ground cover plants such as Cotton & Wood Fiber and Cotton & Hemp are already pre-mixed, but others such as wood fiber would best be mixed with hay, for example, to give them more strength.

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