Hamster travel 🧳
PLEASE HELP.
Hi. So me and my bf own a Chinese dwarf hamster she’s around 10 month old. We live in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 and are planning on driving to Spain ( Empuribrava ) in the next week or so. The drive to Spain will be completed in one go and will take around 13-15 hours. We want to bring our hammy with us but we’re unsure of what to do. Do we bring her in her actual cage because she has so many burrows and so much hoarded food that if we were to take her in a carrier in afraid trying to remove her from the cage would destroy her burrows leaving her very stressed but we’re also worried about leaving her in her cage and transporting her in that as there is many hideouts and toys in her cage which would have to be removed for safety but she has so much food hoarded in these and under these that to remove them we would also be removing her food so we’re very unsure on what to do. We also know our hamster HATES carriers. When we picked her up from the pet store ( she was treated very bad ) she was shaking. We have tried over the months we have had her to get her used to carriers and play pens but unfortunately it’s too stressful for her and she finds it more fun and peaceful to have enrichment just in her cage. So we’re wondering do we just take her in her cage and only remove the absolute necessary things out until we later arrive in Spain and set it back up? Or is a carrier really the best? ❤️
Thankyou so so much in advance everyone. We are also first time hamster owners so we want to be absolutely sure! 😊