He's settling in nicely which is what I was hoping and he's very easy going with handling too. It was a couple of months before May was at the stage where she'd really be happy about me picking her up out of her cage.
It seems to make a real difference to taming if a hamster has been handled well in their early life. Whilst I don't know a great deal about May's background, I wouldn't have said she was handled much before she came to live with me. With the best will in the world, I still think that there are limitations on what a pet shop can do and if a breeder is not interested in handling the young then there will be some very nervous pets in the market.
Lord James was out and about in his tank today when I came home from the doctor so I offered him one of May's favourite seeds. He took it out of my fingers with his paws, looked at it and then started nibbling away. It was so cute.
