Nibs isn't herself, unsure what's wrong

[CourtneyLA]

I posted this in healthcare because I'm not too sure if it falls under behaviour...
Background info: recently my hamster has been moved around a bit (home to my parents for ~3 weeks, then back to my home for school) and we introduced a cat to our home.

Nibblet isn't quite acting herself: she's still peeing, pooping, and uses her wheel, except she's quite docile whereas before she was excited and would run around and explore, now she just kind of sits in my hand when I pick her up and doesn't come out much when anyone is awake now.
She's drinking fine, she does seem to eat a little less, but she's still growing normally. I've felt her body and there's no bumps or anything odd, and I've been watching for wet tail (I was scared the stress and new kitten may have brought it, but the cat doesn't even take interest in even her cage lol and there's not symptoms of that).

I just don't know if she's settled in (I got her Oct. 30) and no longer in kind of the "baby" phase or if something's wrong. Sorry this is so long!, I'm quite worried.

[xbuttons94]

Hi
It is good to hear that she is eating and drinking well. If she has moved a bit recently then she could be settling down again and getting used to new smells. We have a cat but we keep her out of the rooms that the hamsters are in and she knows she isn't allowed in. Could you possibly move her to a place where your cat doesn't go?

[herbi7]

Hi, yeah it's good she is eating etc normally. Even if the cat doesn't go near her she may be aware it's there and feel more withdrawn. I'm looking after a neighbours cat at the moment and he followed me into the room where I keep my dwarfs hams and they didn't want to come out afterwards. Although to be fair he immediately climbed on their cages and wanted to murder them whereas you're in a better position with yours! Maybe keep her protected from the cat and see if she comes out of her shell again?

[Thin Lizzy]

Hi and Welcome to the forum!
With the moving about, she may be still adjusting to the different smells and sounds.
Please keep the cat out of the room the hamster is in, she'll have been able to smell the cat and vice versa.
Cats will try and take a swipe through the cage.

[cypher]

Hi CourtneyLA welcome to HC
I agree with the others, just moving the cage around can be very unsettling for them although they will usually settle down again quite quickly but the cat could be a real problem, as the others said keep the cat out of the room & always wash your hands if you've touched the cat, even the smell of a predator can really scare them, even with those precautions she will still be aware of the cat & could take some time to adjust & get back to her normal self so just let her take her time settling down for a while.