Small, soft plush house shaped like a mushroom. A cosy sleeping spot with a nesting feeling for mice and dwarf hamsters. Read more.
A mushroom as a house: it looks like something straight out of a fairy tale. The plush house Paddenstoel from Duvo+ is made of soft plush and gives your pet a cosy nesting feeling. With its playful shape, it is a great accessory for the enclosure. For your mouse or dwarf hamster, it is above all a warm, sheltered spot to crawl into and sleep.
Small rodents prefer to rest in a place where they feel safe. A soft house with a small opening gives exactly that feeling. Your pet crawls in, curls up and comes back out when it is time to go exploring. Dwarf hamsters are mainly active in the evening and at night, and like to sleep in a nest like this during the day. Mice often crawl in together. The house is also a fun thing to explore.
Give the house a fixed spot in a quiet corner, on a thick layer of bedding. Do not place it in full sun or directly under the water bottle, so it stays dry and pleasant. Put a little nesting material in and around the house; your pet will turn it into a warm bed itself. Combine the mushroom with twigs, cork and dried flowers, and a little woodland appears in the enclosure. Hide a seed around it now and then for a small search.
At 8.5 × 8.5 × 11 cm, this is a very small house. That is why it is only suitable for mice and dwarf hamsters. For them it is just right: cosy, but not too tight. Syrian hamsters and gerbils do not fit inside well. Choose a larger house for them, preferably made of wood.
Complete the mushroom house with a handful of Zooply nesting material and a deep layer of Zooply bedding to dig in. Plush is soft, but not meant to be eaten. Check during the first few days that your pet does not gnaw the fabric or swallow bits. If it does, remove the house and choose a wooden one.
No, it is too small. A Syrian hamster needs a roomier house to sleep in and build a nest. This mushroom house is intended for mice and dwarf hamsters.
Two small mice often fit inside together, because mice like to lie close to each other. Do always add other hiding places. That way a mouse can move away when it wants to be alone for a while.
Watch closely, especially during the first few days. If you see your dwarf hamster gnawing off or swallowing bits of fabric, remove the house. Offer a wooden house instead, which may be gnawed.
Shake the house out and brush bedding and hairs off the plush. Remove old food remains and dirty nesting material. Leave your dwarf hamster's food store in place as much as possible and keep the house dry.
Yes, you can. Together with the plush house Boomstam, you create a little woodland in the enclosure. Add a wooden house too, so your pet also has something to gnaw on.
Behind Knaagplaza is 't Knaagplein in Bodegraven, specialised in rodents and rabbits. For the smallest animals we look for accessories that truly fit. That is why we choose items we consider a good fit ourselves and give honest advice about plush. Combine this house with Zooply, our own brand, for a cosy and natural enclosure.
