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Hi all. For whatever reason this seems to be Mindy’s burrow entrance back corner. My concern is she has to squeeze herself into it and if her pouches are full I’m worried she will hurt herself. I’ve moved cardboard and sandbath out a bit to see if that helps but think maybe should move platform over? Maybe I’m just being an overly worried hamster Mum🤷‍♀️

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I can’t actually see a burrow entrance but I shouldn’t worry 😊. They just sort themselves out. I wondered what size tank she has though - maybe it’s a bit on the small side? Is she a Syrian?
 
They are funny little creatures 😄 I agree though, it is a bit tight and it is a long drop down to the bedding. It can be tricky dealing with gaps. I bought a platform once and decided not to use it as I couldn't avoid a gap between the bars and the edge because of the length of the screws. It was just big enough for a hamster to get his or her head stuck in the gap 🙁
 
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Do you mean Mandy squeezes through the hold in the side of the cardboard over the nice blue sand bath? Hmm, I think it could be a bit hazardous. They do love their side entrances. I think in the wild they like to have more than one entrance/exit in case a snake or other predator gets into the burrow 😯
 
I can’t actually see a burrow entrance but I shouldn’t worry 😊. They just sort themselves out. I wondered what size tank she has though - maybe it’s a bit on the small side? Is she a Syrian?
She covers it after she goes in but this is her coming and going bit even though she has a multichamber hide right in front with suitable sized entrances. Her enclosure is a bucastate 3.0.
 
Do you mean Mandy squeezes through the hold in the side of the cardboard over the nice blue sand bath? Hmm, I think it could be a bit hazardous. They do love their side entrances. I think in the wild they like to have more than one entrance/exit in case a snake or other predator gets into the burrow 😯
She doesn’t go over the cardboard but under the bendable bridge bit then to side of bath. Then kind of shimmies down. 🤦‍♀️
 
She covers it after she goes in but this is her coming and going bit even though she has a multichamber hide right in front with suitable sized entrances. Her enclosure is a bucastate 3.0.
Ah I can see that now :-) It's the end of her Bucatstate - I thought it was a small tank! She has clearly picked the most remote corner - probably a security thing. Would it be possible to swap the sand bath out for a slightly smaller one so she has more room at the side of it? Or yes you could maybe move the sand bath somewhere else. What does the rest of her set up look like? Would that be difficult to achieve fitting it in somewhere else?

There's also this thread if you want to add your enclosure set up there :-)

 
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