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Old 01-09-2021, 01:58 AM   #11
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What I tend to do when I'm not sure if my hamster is coming out and such is place a treat he likes somewhere in the cage. It is usually gone within a few hours. If I am really worried, rather than lifting their house, I tend to keep scratching the bedding around the hide (or sometimes the top of the hide, very gently) as well as continuously talking, until they stick their head out. If this doesn't work, repeat it in a bit. Lifting their house up to reveal them should be the absolute last resort as it may make them feel unsafe in that hide!
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Old 01-09-2021, 02:01 AM   #12
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What I tend to do when I'm not sure if my hamster is coming out and such is place a treat he likes somewhere in the cage. It is usually gone within a few hours. If I am really worried, rather than lifting their house, I tend to keep scratching the bedding around the hide (or sometimes the top of the hide, very gently) as well as continuously talking, until they stick their head out. If this doesn't work, repeat it in a bit. Lifting their house up to reveal them should be the absolute last resort as it may make them feel unsafe in that hide!
Thank you very much for the explanation. I will not lift her house, until it is a medical emergency. Since she is the first pet I have sole responsibility for, I feel a bit anxious and also I am still learning. I want her to feel safe in her house
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Old 01-09-2021, 02:16 AM   #13
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That applies to every living being, human or animal.
Anybody can die quickly of a stroke or heart attack but going through life worrying about this could cause quite a bit of unnecessary anxiety.

Your hamster is still very young at only 10 weeks so will be more easily scared than an adult hamster and you wouldn't have had her for long so chances are that she is still settling in and trying to establish habits and routines.

They tend to come out more as they become older and more confident. Just because a hamster doesn't come out to play when you think she ought to doesn't mean that she is grumpy either.
Ask yourself this question. Are you always in the mood to play, entertain or keep company when someone else thinks you ought to be?
I know that i'm not and i would definitely be very grumpy if someone tried to wake me up by lifting my warm duvet to check that i'm alive and well.

Now, i'm an old lady with a dodgy ticker so the chances of me making a quick exit are far greater than your youngster of a hamster.

Try not to worry too much and enjoy your hamster but please do share your worries here because it does help to talk about it.
Thank you very much for your kind response. I see now that she needs her safe space, where she can hide from humans, when she doesn´t feel like interacting I will not disturb her next time, until it is a medical emergency.

I am still learning about hamster behavior, since she is my first pet. I really want to make her life the best she can have. Next week I want to build her 200x55x100cm big enclosure and I am trying to be awake in the mornings, so she can have at least an hour of freeroaming time. Of course I take her out only when she is showing me that she wants to go out, which was until now every morning Same care of course goes for food, etc. ... But it is true that it makes me anxious sometimes if I am doing the right things and if she is feeling ok.

I hope you will have a great weekend
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