Tafit Pet Sleek Little Sandbath (SLS)
Tafit Pet recently gifted me this sleek little sandbath (I’ve now dubbed the “SLS”) to give a try. I have to admit, at first, I didn’t really get it. It just looked like a little, plastic, container, and while I know those work well as sandbaths, I didn’t know what special features it contained that a simple Pyrex dish couldn’t do.
And see- this is why giving this a try is helpful!
I recently gave Lester the robo a little bin-cage upgrade. He has been in a christmas tree bin, the bin he came in, since I got him a few months ago. I upgraded his enclosure a bit since he arrived with some nice, cozy cardboard boxes, a Niteangel corner shelf & corner sandbath. And then I just left him alone to get comfortable.
Fast forward a month or two and I decided it was time to upgrade his situation to more permanent items (like the used, Nitenagel, wooden, multichamber hide I recently scored from Mercari), plus some Niteangel & Tafit Pet peep sheds. I thought I was done with the upgrades and then I found myself looking at the little sandbath from Tafit Pet thinking, “… hmm, where can I add this in too?”
I decided that little Lester was missing a coconut fiber digging area, so I filled the little sandbath with coconut fiber, some dried flowers and seeds, and placed it on top of one of the peep sheds.
The sleek, little Tafit Pet Sandbox at work in Lester’s Christmas tree bin (well, in this case, it’s a coconut fiber digging box)
A zoomed-out view of Lester’s Christmas Tree Bin
Here’s why I love it:
it’s super lightweight. Like lighter than you could even imagine. I like light things when it comes to hamsters because you don’t have to worry about them falling and injuring your hamster. It’s one of the main reasons I’ve been moving away from Pyrex in my enclosures and switching to acyrlic sandbaths instead.
It’s accessible! has a cute little step to get in! Getting in and out of sandbaths can be an issue, particularly for tiny guys like robos. The little ridges around the edge also seem to help Lester effortlessly climb in and out of this little digging area all night long (as I can see from my Wyze cam footage!)
It’s spill-proof - it has a little lip around the edge to keep all the sand (or in my case, coconut fiber) in the dish.
it’s easy to clean! The interior part is removable so you can lift it out for easy cleaning! Voila!
It’s amazing what a few items can do to improve a lackluster bin-cage set up!
Including a full list of everything in his current set up below for your reference.
What kind of sand-bath do you use?
Items in Lester’s Bin:
Christmas Tree Bin (NOW available, but only through Christmas!): https://www.homedepot.com/pep/Sterilite-Clear-Base-with-Red-Lid-Tree-Box-19876620/318528650
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