Yeah, that would make sense. I did end up taking the wheel out by the way, it was no problem at all and Sophie doesn't seem to mind.
I am hearing quite a bit of shifting around from the cage. Tonight may be the night. It's the middle of the night here so I'm going to sign off for now.
Thank you so much for talking me through this-- there is a ton of common sense stuff on this forum and from this conversation that I would not have thought of on my own as a stressed new owner haha. I really appreciate it
And as you said, fingers crossed