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Ria P · 01-28-2020, 01:16 PM

Hello and welcome to HC!

What kind of hamster do you have? Does she have a house or hide big enough to sleep in and enough substrate to burrow down? A hamster needs that to feel safe and comfortable. They don't like to feel exposed. You've only had her for three days so it's perfectly normal that she's scared and nervous. She needs to settle in and the sooner you give her a proper home the better so she can make her home with a nest and hoard. She may not eat all the food and hoard some of it, that's what hamsters do. I'd talk to her gently for now so she gets to know your voice and carry some tissue on your body for a few hours then tear it into strips and put it in her cage so she gets to know your scent. I can't comment on the noise she makes because i haven't come across it before. What kind of substrate do you use?

01-28-2020, 01:16 PM
Ria P House of Hamsters Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,103	Re: Odd sound Hello and welcome to HC! What kind of hamster do you have? Does she have a house or hide big enough to sleep in and enough substrate to burrow down? A hamster needs that to feel safe and comfortable. They don't like to feel exposed. You've only had her for three days so it's perfectly normal that she's scared and nervous. She needs to settle in and the sooner you give her a proper home the better so she can make her home with a nest and hoard. She may not eat all the food and hoard some of it, that's what hamsters do. I'd talk to her gently for now so she gets to know your voice and carry some tissue on your body for a few hours then tear it into strips and put it in her cage so she gets to know your scent. I can't comment on the noise she makes because i haven't come across it before. What kind of substrate do you use?