[Quicksilver]

Just wondered any thoughts on this. Our Tali (female Syrian) was adopted in May last year, after being brought back by a family (Pets at Home never knew the reason why). Tali was understandably very nervous and for the first couple of weeks she squealed. Anyway she has come on so much, she allows us to stroke her a lot, sniff our hands, comes to see us when we speak to her (which is always when I'm by her cage) and takes food from us. In her playpen she runs over to us and is very inquisitive.

We have never been able to pick Tali up (she transports to her playpen by happily jumping in a ball). We don't want to push Tali into doing anything she doesn't want to, and she seems happy. I just wondered is this happens to a lot of owners? Tali is our second hamster, our previous hamster Ralph was very happy being picked up.

My concern is if she ever has to go to the vet, how will they examine her if she doesn't like being picked up? Would you pursue trying to handle her? One of the times she went to the vets last year, the vet dropped her twice from quite a height and bit her. Went to a different vet who was fantastic with her, spoke softly to her and allowed her to stroke her. Our experience of hamsters is beginner. We love our little Tali dearly and are happy with the relationship we have we her, yes it would be lovely to be able to pick her up but if we never do it doesn't matter, my main concern if we have to go to the vets again. We've recently relocated so also got to find a suitable vet again..

Long post sorry, but any thoughts would be grateful. Thanks!