[Nugget92]

Hi ☺️ We’ve had our lil Syrian for 2 weeks now and we seem to be making good progress but there’s one or two things I’m a little unsure of...

The first thing is he is nibbling in the plastic of his cage but only on the bits where plastic is sticking up to guide the wire into place. He hasn’t nibbled into the main part of the plastic yet so no holes in the cage but I would like to know if there’s anything I can do to stop it getting to that stage? He has several different chew toys and a big wheel to run on... I think he seems quite happy and does play with the other toys. He does climb the bars and do monkey bars across the top but we think this is just him having fun?

The other question I had is I’m not sure how to go about taming any more. He did take treats off our hands but in the process we have had a few finger bites and I think it’s genuinely just because he thought our fingers were food as he didn’t seem scared. He was quite inquisitive and didn’t screach like he did on his way home from the pet shop. We decided to stop giving treats on our hands because we weren’t sure he could see exactly where the treat was. He is more than happy to let me stroke him in his cage and will climb on my hand with a sock over it and let me move him around the cage but does have a tiny bite of the sock first! Any advice on what to do next? We always wash hands with unscented soap first. I don’t know how long it normally takes and I think we have make progress but not sure if we will be able to stop the biting? Is it just a question of taking it slower or should we keep trying as he doesn’t seem scared?

Thank you in advance ☺️🐹🥰