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Old 02-17-2019, 12:09 AM  
cypher
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Default Re: Sleeping Schedule

You've only had her a few days so she will still be settling & getting into a routine.
The first day you bring them home they can often be very curious about everything & some will be out more exploring & then they may settle into a pattern of getting up a bit later.
If the room she is in is dark & you walk in & suddenly turn the light on then that might just spook her enough for her to run off back to her house so it's probably better to put the light on earlier & leave it on. Running off like that could also be a sign that she's not feeling really safe in her cage so make sure there isn't too much open space, some good hideout places as well as her house (bendy bridges, tubes, things like cork tunnels) & lots of deep substrate too, about 15-20cm at least, preferably more if the cage allows so she can dig down & burrow if she wants to.
I would just give her time to settle into a routine, if she starts to get up really late you can try waking her a little earlier by feeding at that time or offering a treat or two but I wouldn't do that just yet, if she's in her house you can still just spend time talking quietly to her so she gets more comfortable with you being around.
14 hours is totally normal for a ham to be asleep!
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