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SandyT · 02-24-2019, 02:41 PM

Thank you both. I hadn't thought of her chewing the house as a positive but yes, much rather that than the bars. I'm also pretty sure she only chews the bars when I'm in the room. The first night I put her back in, I left her to it and turned the lights off. She appears to have explored everywhere. I had put treats in there and scatter fed. I got up in the night to check on her and she made her little sneeze sound but I think it was annoyance rather than being scared. It could have been because she'd moved loads of Fitch or it was more likely that I'd taken her stashed carrot and didn't think to replace it with dry food. The cage does feel really full now. I think the extra Fitch hasn't worked as she's pretty much piled it all up in 2 places to take it back to the level it was before! I don't think in her cage, she's ever really had a problem with being in the open, so I'm not really keen to add another grass hammock, though I do have one if need be. It does make the cage substantially darker and if I add another one, I'll barely see her. I will have a good look and see how it would be in the middle, for some reason I didn't think about that. As the cage now seems so crowded, I'm not sure if I should just upgrade her now anyway or just monitor her and see. I also am not sure if I should remove some of the extra Fitch.
Out if cage time is improving a little, I think. She doesn't seem quite so annoyed or stressed and I'm trying to just accept that her trying to escape is normal and nothing I'm doing wrong. I put her new wheel together, I'd been hanging off because of the ball bearings. When it came to it, that bit was already done! It's a little stiffer than the one in her cage but if I loosen it to much, it's not going to be supported enough. She can manage it just fine anyway and kept jumping in and out of it. I'm not entirely sure if this is good or not because it's out of cage time, where she has the chance to run freely and she could use the in her cage. I don't think she does use the one in her cage much at all now. I'm sorry that I sound like I'm moaning. I promise I'm not, I'm just inexperienced and trying to do the best I can by my little girl.
Thank you so so much for all of your ongoing help and suggestions.

02-24-2019, 02:41 PM
SandyT Hamster Pup Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Cornwall Posts: 85	Re: Cage seems small Thank you both. I hadn't thought of her chewing the house as a positive but yes, much rather that than the bars. I'm also pretty sure she only chews the bars when I'm in the room. The first night I put her back in, I left her to it and turned the lights off. She appears to have explored everywhere. I had put treats in there and scatter fed. I got up in the night to check on her and she made her little sneeze sound but I think it was annoyance rather than being scared. It could have been because she'd moved loads of Fitch or it was more likely that I'd taken her stashed carrot and didn't think to replace it with dry food. The cage does feel really full now. I think the extra Fitch hasn't worked as she's pretty much piled it all up in 2 places to take it back to the level it was before! I don't think in her cage, she's ever really had a problem with being in the open, so I'm not really keen to add another grass hammock, though I do have one if need be. It does make the cage substantially darker and if I add another one, I'll barely see her. I will have a good look and see how it would be in the middle, for some reason I didn't think about that. As the cage now seems so crowded, I'm not sure if I should just upgrade her now anyway or just monitor her and see. I also am not sure if I should remove some of the extra Fitch. Out if cage time is improving a little, I think. She doesn't seem quite so annoyed or stressed and I'm trying to just accept that her trying to escape is normal and nothing I'm doing wrong. I put her new wheel together, I'd been hanging off because of the ball bearings. When it came to it, that bit was already done! It's a little stiffer than the one in her cage but if I loosen it to much, it's not going to be supported enough. She can manage it just fine anyway and kept jumping in and out of it. I'm not entirely sure if this is good or not because it's out of cage time, where she has the chance to run freely and she could use the in her cage. I don't think she does use the one in her cage much at all now. I'm sorry that I sound like I'm moaning. I promise I'm not, I'm just inexperienced and trying to do the best I can by my little girl. Thank you so so much for all of your ongoing help and suggestions.