u/Connect_Witness_1766

i’m new to being a hamster parent and today set up a completely new enclosure for jelly. i bought all the basics including a ceramic hide, a multi chamber box, sprays, and things from her old enclosure. for reference her old enclosure could only fit a wheel, food dish, water dish, and a hide. (I couldn’t afford something different and my mom doesn’t take me seriously due to all the misinformation spread about hamster care.) so recently after getting a job and finding an old 70 gallon tank (the old one was roughly 20 gallons) i was able to make something that is hopefully more up to today’s standards.

But I still want advice and tips on how i can make it more ideal and enriched for jelly donut. I will be adding a sand bath but the reptisand won’t be coming until Wednesday so that’s why there is none in there.

My moms boyfriend taped a sticky note to the inside of Jelly donut’s cage a couple months ago. looking back i should have immediately thrown it away, but it was at a high spot and i didn’t think she could reach it by any means. but yesterday we had family over and my younger cousin who was being insanely loud around her made her really stressed out and she started to climb around her cage and she started biting which is unusual.
the next morning I had found the sticky note and paper half eaten. I have no clue how this could affect her and i want to know if she is going to be ok and what steps to take for her.

I would also like to clarify that in no way did i ever have bad intentions, I’m a new hamster owner and i have so much to learn.