Hey fellow hamster parents!
Looking for some advice here... So I brought my newly adopted Syrian hamster baby, Wintergreen, home from the shelter 10 days ago, where her rescued mum gave birth to her. Shes settled in well, but she's got some funny ideas about where to bed down, as per usual for a new Syrian...
Just wondering if I could have some advice as to what might be the best way forward...
I've provided one of the large pets at home straw-roofed round huts for her, and filled it out with plenty of clean&cosy bedding (about 7in deep all told) to burrow into. From experience, this house makes for easy spot cleaning with minimal burrowing disturbance. She, however has decided to go behind it, in the corner, and has not burrowed at all like I guess I thought she should have...!! She's kinda huddled up between the diy tank corner, and this large hut she's meant supposed to be *inside* of. The awkward bit is I'm then going to massively disturb her nest if I clean it out, but being a baby and only just having learned to go potty the other side of the cage in her dedicated potty sand tub, her nest is in need of a tidy out. She seems to be trying to do so, but where it is isn't exactly helping cos she can't get stuff out of a burrow hole.
She's just beginning to trust me to stroke her and begin cupping her, and I don't want to totally freak or upset her by messing with her nest so early on. I feel like a shoebox might be a better option if she likes the idea of a corner, but it's weighing up the disturbance and stress factor... what do you guys think? Any bright ideas/suggestions/advice would be much appreciated!
Thanks
