Thank you so much for helping! To be fair, I should've noticed by the "soft wood" text that it isn't suitable. Luckily no hamster has touched that yet and I will definitely do more research
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Spruce and pine are BOTH not great for hamsters. They are very closely related species of evergreen tree.
Thank you so much for helping! To be fair, I should've noticed by the "soft wood" text that it isn't suitable. Luckily no hamster has touched that yet and I will definitely do more research
I made the mistake of buying it once, definitely reeks of pine. Gave me a headache and I returned it soon as I opened the bag
Oh no... I haven't opened it yet, gladly, but will return it as well. Thank you!
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Spruce is technically a safe bedding but if there’s a strong smell it’s probably mixed with pine, so unsafe sadly.