Hello, I'm from Indonesia. I have 2 hamsters, a campbell (3 weeks old) and a winter white (1 month old). I'm really a newbie as their mom. Recently i'm inspired and know much information about the ideal rules to take care hamsters from some hamster expert in instagram & youtube. Because of it, now i know that i make many mistake like my hamster cages is really small and the wheel size is too small, the bedding isn't suitable, etc. But the big mistake that i do maybe is how i treat my hamsters.
Now the case is, even if i know that i wrong.. i can't fix it right away. Because in my country, the biggest cage they sale in the pet shop is not even close with the standard size. Besides that, my city is really really hot like 35-39 degrees (in Celcius). So, i can't use the aquarium type for their cage and my house can't use the AC all the time. I want to make it myself but feeling uncertain about the safeness of the materials. So i think maybe i should buy it from outside my country, but it's pricey and i need to save my money first. I know it's a bit pathetic T.T
Because all of that I feel sad, i can't give a good quality life for them. These days, my campbell hamster named Chloe is like to sleep and i think she is afraid with human (or maybe with me?). She doesn't like it when i touch her and run away after take the food that i give to her
. And the other one named Cookie, he is a sweet guy. Cookie never bites hand, he always come to my palms even though he can't stand still and maybe want to escape. But these days, he likes chewing bar, sometimes like running in full speed so suddenly, and the most make me sad is that he is run away from my open palms. It hurts me a lot. But I know that's because they are not really happy right now and i don't treat them right. I really love them, i want the best for my hamsters but i don't know what to do. I feel really sad and stressed when i see my hamster stress. I actually don't know much what they really feel, their body languange. What's their reaction when they are feeling happy or insecure.
Could you please kindly help me give me your opinions? Is the case of their behavior can be helped at once with just the bigger cage? Or what must i do for them? Is it too late for me to change their perspective to me?
Thank you for reading this message.
Note: i'm so sorry for my bad grammar