My new hamster is demanding. Help!
Hello Everyone.
I currently own a Female tortoise shell Syrian Hamster. She is my first Syrian hamster after previously owning Russian Dwarves.
I've had her for about 7 weeks now and i haven't had a full nights sleep since. She is in a custom built IKEA cage and i made the bad mistake off putting it in my bedroom as we had no room anywhere else. She has multiple boredom breakers, a 26/8 cm wheel, about 6 inches of bedding (my dad made custom platforms before i had chance to put the bedding in) Cork substrate and plenty of Sprays and a sand pit, and yet she ignores all of these and just focuses on chewing the platform legs or dragging her big wheel about.
Is there anyway i can get her to stop dragging her wheel about? it weighs about 2KG yet she is able to pick it up and bang it against the wall. Can i super glue it to the platform? or stick anything on the bottom.
In terms of the platform legs, i got an old platform with identical legs and cut them off and gave them to her as a regular chew toy but i'm worried it will entice her to chew the other platform legs.
It's getting to the point where i'm putting her in an old cage (a small one from Pets at home) and leaving her in the bathroom during the night just so i can get sleep and putting her back in the big cage in the morning, But i know this stresses her out and that makes me feel really anxious and on edge. It's not every night, just the nights where she is being unbearable.
I've tried play pen time and bonding in order to tire her out but it doesn't seem to affect her.
Any advice.
Last edited by Fullcheeksandfullhearts; 02-19-2024 at 03:15 PM.
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