qekkon
03-04-2017, 02:55 PM
Hello!
I'm qekkon, and I got my first Syrian hamster two days ago.
(I used to have lots of hamsters when younger.)
He is Cesare, and I took him from a petshop here in Italy; the guy from the staff told me he was about 2 months old, and perfectly fine. (he had a visit from a vet every week from what he said.)
Before getting him I informed myself about the kind of cage, bedding, food, and basic stuff. (Used to watch alot of ErinAnimals ahah)
Although, I probably should have known I had to get a bigger wheel. (Which is something I will do once I expand his cage :) )
But, I know it's probably normal because he needs to adapt to his new home and stuff.. but what concern me is the fact that he is already used to having people around him. (He was one of those that are exposed outside.) And he didn't try to run away at first when the staff guy got him in his hand, and he was pretty at ease when I hold him first. (I wanted to make sure if he was comfortable enough with me before getting him.) Although, since I put him in his new cage, he gets out only when I go to sleep and there's absolute silence. Or when I'm not looking. (Like, if I'm on my PC typing, he gets out of his burrow to drink or get some food, if I stop what I'm doing to look at him, even at distance, he runs back in his burrow.)
Yesterday for exemple, he got out when I was doing my stuffs, and he stopped to watch me from the cage in a meerkat position. Today, when he got out of his burrow, I slowly approached him with some treaths, which he gladly accepted and even used my hand to support his, and he looked content. Then my parents kind of made some noises, and he got back on the meerkat position, (Not hissing nor doing anything, just blankly standing in two feet.) right after my mother's partner tried to approach him, he ran inside his burrow once again. Am I scaring him or something? :-k
Even after that, he got out of his burrow, and started to dig furiously in the corner and then biting furiously on the bars of the cage, I approached him slowly, he saw me and stopped for a bit, and then bit the bars again furiously, I then opened the door of the cage to see if he wanted to get out, but he just ran back in his burrow-
Also about the biting part, I'm really quite worried about his teeths, he keeps biting the bars of his cage whenever he's out, and I know it's a sign of the cage being too small, but it's mostly just for now, as I want to make it bigger. Any advice for that?
I'm qekkon, and I got my first Syrian hamster two days ago.
(I used to have lots of hamsters when younger.)
He is Cesare, and I took him from a petshop here in Italy; the guy from the staff told me he was about 2 months old, and perfectly fine. (he had a visit from a vet every week from what he said.)
Before getting him I informed myself about the kind of cage, bedding, food, and basic stuff. (Used to watch alot of ErinAnimals ahah)
Although, I probably should have known I had to get a bigger wheel. (Which is something I will do once I expand his cage :) )
But, I know it's probably normal because he needs to adapt to his new home and stuff.. but what concern me is the fact that he is already used to having people around him. (He was one of those that are exposed outside.) And he didn't try to run away at first when the staff guy got him in his hand, and he was pretty at ease when I hold him first. (I wanted to make sure if he was comfortable enough with me before getting him.) Although, since I put him in his new cage, he gets out only when I go to sleep and there's absolute silence. Or when I'm not looking. (Like, if I'm on my PC typing, he gets out of his burrow to drink or get some food, if I stop what I'm doing to look at him, even at distance, he runs back in his burrow.)
Yesterday for exemple, he got out when I was doing my stuffs, and he stopped to watch me from the cage in a meerkat position. Today, when he got out of his burrow, I slowly approached him with some treaths, which he gladly accepted and even used my hand to support his, and he looked content. Then my parents kind of made some noises, and he got back on the meerkat position, (Not hissing nor doing anything, just blankly standing in two feet.) right after my mother's partner tried to approach him, he ran inside his burrow once again. Am I scaring him or something? :-k
Even after that, he got out of his burrow, and started to dig furiously in the corner and then biting furiously on the bars of the cage, I approached him slowly, he saw me and stopped for a bit, and then bit the bars again furiously, I then opened the door of the cage to see if he wanted to get out, but he just ran back in his burrow-
Also about the biting part, I'm really quite worried about his teeths, he keeps biting the bars of his cage whenever he's out, and I know it's a sign of the cage being too small, but it's mostly just for now, as I want to make it bigger. Any advice for that?