[Pebbles82]

I don’t know :/). It’s usually 10 days to two weeks for a settling in period and after that they seem to be out and about a lot more. One thing that helps is getting them into a feeding routine. Eg putting food (and a daily piece of fresh veg) out around 6 or 7pm - with a bit of cage noise as you do it. They get to know it’s feeding time and come out for it (their raison d’etre is the bit of fresh veg. They look forward to it. You can chat a bit wheh he’s out getting his food. Suggest putting the bit of veg at the other end of the cage! Away from the house - I put it in a separate little dish. They know where to go for it after the first couple of times. That’ll tempt him out to use the cage more. But he’s probably still a bit shy and setting up home!

I would think he’s coming out at night to use his wheel? If he’s a bit reclusive after another week then you could coax him out into a tube snd get him out for a taming session. Eg do this around the time you put the food out - so he’s awake. He’ll get used to waking around 6 or 7 for the food. Easiest way is put a tube in front of the house door with a smelly bit of food at the far end (eg cheese or cucumber) - he should smell it snd walk into the tube. Then you can lift the tube out (put your hands over both ends) and either put it down in something next to the cage (eg a large box) or you can put one end into a hamster ball so he walks into that and pop the lid on. Not to use as a ball but as a way of carrying them from a to b without them Escaping. So you can take him somewhere for a taming session. I say that because it can make you jump and drop the tube of they push at your hand! They can push quite hard!

Once he’s got used to a routine of coming out every 2 or 3 days and is hand tame he’ll be less reclusive and more confident.

Right now he’s probably enjoying doing hamster things. Getting his house in order - building up a hoard etc.