Dax
01-28-2015, 01:56 PM
Hey guys!
Hammy has always been good at playtimes. He has come out, played in his playpen quite happily for hours when he had access to his pen and his cage at the same time.
Since moving house, i cannot give him the same semi unsupervised playtime he had before. Now we live in a house with dogs and i have to contain him to a smaller room. :(
Sooo, we have had some teething problems and at the advice of afew people on here i have been getting up during the evening time to play.
The problem with this is, he comes out, wonders around his playpen, pouches any food/treats then spends the next 50 mins of his house playtime trying his hardest to get out of his pen.
When he's in the playpen he has pulled the pen apart and escaped once, then the next day he was chewing and scatching at the taped parts of the playpen causing him to have parcel tape stuck to his little hands. :roll:
Now he needs constant supervision, even to the point where you cant even sit on the bed and let him play. Im just moving him away from the sides of the playpen constantly until i have to put him back in his cage because i feel so bad about how much he hates being out. :/
I dont know what to do, and i feel so guilty that he doesnt have the same playtimes he used to have.
Advice?
TL;DR: Hammy's playtime has turned into "try and get out of the playpen any posible way I can" time. He just doesnt seem to care about any of his toys. He just wants back in his cage as soon as he has pouched any food/treats. Even when given the chance to depouch, he still doesnt want to be in his pen. Why? How do i make this better?
x
Hammy has always been good at playtimes. He has come out, played in his playpen quite happily for hours when he had access to his pen and his cage at the same time.
Since moving house, i cannot give him the same semi unsupervised playtime he had before. Now we live in a house with dogs and i have to contain him to a smaller room. :(
Sooo, we have had some teething problems and at the advice of afew people on here i have been getting up during the evening time to play.
The problem with this is, he comes out, wonders around his playpen, pouches any food/treats then spends the next 50 mins of his house playtime trying his hardest to get out of his pen.
When he's in the playpen he has pulled the pen apart and escaped once, then the next day he was chewing and scatching at the taped parts of the playpen causing him to have parcel tape stuck to his little hands. :roll:
Now he needs constant supervision, even to the point where you cant even sit on the bed and let him play. Im just moving him away from the sides of the playpen constantly until i have to put him back in his cage because i feel so bad about how much he hates being out. :/
I dont know what to do, and i feel so guilty that he doesnt have the same playtimes he used to have.
Advice?
TL;DR: Hammy's playtime has turned into "try and get out of the playpen any posible way I can" time. He just doesnt seem to care about any of his toys. He just wants back in his cage as soon as he has pouched any food/treats. Even when given the chance to depouch, he still doesnt want to be in his pen. Why? How do i make this better?
x