New cage = weirdness! - Page 2

Thin Lizzy · 03-07-2015, 10:37 PM

Hayley you're making progress by making these little changes. Hopefully Miss Juliet will settle down and adjust.

hayleyk · 03-08-2015, 03:34 AM

I hope so, otherwise I will pop her back into her old cage but it would be a shame as she has so much room in the Detolf. Still, the hammy wants what the hammy wants

she's spun her flower pot round and made a bed in it over night so she's obviously still adjusting if she's changing her living space.

cypher · 03-08-2015, 03:42 AM

Sounds like she's starting to make herself at home then!
I do hope she settles but like you say, what they want they get

Pebbles82 · 03-08-2015, 09:24 AM

Thinking at it from a hammy point of view, I think maybe they think they have been taken somewhere interesting to play and are waiting to 'go home' then after a while realise they're not going home and panic a bit and then start making temporary accommodation arrangements. Maybe!

hayleyk · 03-08-2015, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Serendipity7000

Thinking at it from a hammy point of view, I think maybe they think they have been taken somewhere interesting to play and are waiting to 'go home' then after a while realise they're not going home and panic a bit and then start making temporary accommodation arrangements. Maybe!

Could well be! I don't know what goes on in those little noggins lol

we have had huge success today with the cover on the Detolf - she's still not coming out when I go in the room but I think that cage is quite well soundproofed! She is however coming when I open the lid and call and she was wanting to come out so we had playtime in the bath where she was all over me like a rash! I think I'm forgiven

it's going to take time but I think she's settling now

Pebbles82 · 03-09-2015, 02:11 AM

Glad to hear that! I know I was really upset when Charlie rejected me! And so pleased when he started to trust me again. But it was ages before he trusted being out of the cage and always wanted to get back to it again asap - as if he thought his home might be taken away if he left it. That got easier when I followed a tip on here to do spot cleaning while he was still in the cage so he could see what was going on.

hayleyk · 03-09-2015, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Serendipity7000

Glad to hear that! I know I was really upset when Charlie rejected me! And so pleased when he started to trust me again. But it was ages before he trusted being out of the cage and always wanted to get back to it again asap - as if he thought his home might be taken away if he left it. That got easier when I followed a tip on here to do spot cleaning while he was still in the cage so he could see what was going on.

I think that is what I will be doing for a few weeks as I can't bear upsetting her again

She's stopped peeing in her bed so she smells better at least lol!

racinghamster · 03-09-2015, 06:32 AM

hayleyk, what size of barred cage was she in previously and for how long? Adjusting to a different style of living accommodation can unsettle them, but given that she now has a bigger floor space, it would be a shame to revert her back again if she`s slowly adjusting. I use a Gabber Rex tank and Perspex caging all the time as I prefer them to barred cages purely for bar chewing and climbing issues. Whenever I`ve moved a hamster into another cage, I`ve always just taken all the shavings, bedding, accessories and placed them exactly in the same positions they were in the old cage, or as near to it as possible, so the layout itself seems the same to the hamster. This helps with the adjustment.

Don`t worry too much though, I`m sure things will settle soon and at the end of the day, if she`s not happy, you can always switch back again, but give it time. x

hayleyk · 03-09-2015, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by racinghamster

hayleyk, what size of barred cage was she in previously and for how long? Adjusting to a different style of living accommodation can unsettle them, but given that she now has a bigger floor space, it would be a shame to revert her back again if she`s slowly adjusting. I use a Gabber Rex tank and Perspex caging all the time as I prefer them to barred cages purely for bar chewing and climbing issues. Whenever I`ve moved a hamster into another cage, I`ve always just taken all the shavings, bedding, accessories and placed them exactly in the same positions they were in the old cage, or as near to it as possible, so the layout itself seems the same to the hamster. This helps with the adjustment.

Don`t worry too much though, I`m sure things will settle soon and at the end of the day, if she`s not happy, you can always switch back again, but give it time. x

At the rescue she was in a very small glass fish tank type affair and then at mine she was initially in a bin cage with mesh so she could see out but it wasn't totally open by a long chalk like the Detolf. I think whoever said about her being worried by all the open space was right as she does seem happier with the back and top covered. If that's what suits here then I'm good with that, whatever makes her happy

racinghamster · 03-09-2015, 09:43 AM

Too true. It`s possible that she`s just been overwhelmed by all the space!!! x