How do you bathe a baby hamster?

Can hamsters bathe with water?" I often see this question in the hamster group, and it is generally a novice rat who asks this question. We humans generally take a bath with water, so it is normal for novices to have this mindset. Hamsters are very clean animals, and they especially need a "bath" to wash off dirt from their bodies, but for hamsters, they can't enjoy the same comfortable bubble bath as humans.

Because they are too small to take a bath, they will consume too much physical strength, and because their long hair is not easy to dry after washing, there is a danger of catching a cold, so the average hamster will not use water to bathe. Hamsters usually groom their own hair to keep their bodies clean, so there is no need for us as owners to take them to the bath. There are special hamster bath sand on the market**, which is not expensive, and there are a variety of fragrance types to choose from.

Don't think that this sand is the sand that we can find in construction sites, it can't be the same, this kind of bath sand is specially "tailor-made" for hamsters, hamsters are originally burrowing animals living in the sandy environment, and using sand as a cleaning tool is completely in line with the hamster's habits. The surface of the hamster hair can not only remove the dirt that adheres to the sand, but also the sand will not completely stick to the hamster, as long as the hamster runs away slightly, the sand on the body will automatically roll off, and the special sand can also make the hamster's hair shine a grade, and it can also make the hamster's hair fluffy, and the attached sand fragrance can also make the hamster very useful, like the effect of bath shampoo. So how to let the hamster take a bath in the hamster bath sand, first put the hamster bath sand in a container, do not need to spread too thick, generally spread half a centimeter thick is almost, and then put your cute little hamster into it, the smart ones will know how to roll on the sand, stupid will know that everywhere to play in the sand, this is the time for your master to educate your hamster to take a bath, you can take a small spoon to scoop up some sand and sprinkle it on the back of the hamster, after a few more times, The hamster will also be able to understand that he rolls in the bath, for the kind of hamster who is really stupid, then he has to let him mess around in the "bathhouse", for a long time, in the process of constantly shaving can also play the function of bathing, hehe, but there is a reminder first, that is, the hamster likes to pee in the bath sand, if the owner finds that the wet sand or compacted sand should be disposed of in time.

Let's go back to washing, I personally have never washed hamsters, but I did try it with rat friends, but the process steps are more cumbersome and quite painstaking. At least prepare warm water, not too much water, bath (people use it I don't know if hamsters will be allergic), hair dryers, towels and so on. Anyway, no, I don't recommend washing hamsters.