[Stardust79]

My new addition, who was in a small barred cage when I went to get her, she was bought home and put in a plastic ZooZone 2 cage. She was clawing at the sides of the plastic a lot to start with. Dwarf hamsters I have noticed like to do this anyway sometimes, not sure why, but even when used to being in a bigger cage, they do this. But a majority of the time, they are just getting used to new surroundings. I adopted a Syrian in a very tiny cage, moved her to a much bigger cage and she appeared to be afraid of the large space. However, all of my hamsters who have done this, within 2-3 weeks love their new space.