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Old 03-27-2018, 08:17 PM   #1
RodentLove
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Default Herman's trust but... there's something else...

Intro:
Herman (my Male Syrian banded cream) has come a long way in just two weeks since I got him. He went from the beginning signs of cage agression (no thanks to the misinformation petsmart gave me) to being a very confident and trusting young hamster.

He knows my voice. (I am food lady). According to my family, Herman stays hidden all day until I come home from work (I also have a voice that carries). He will come out and stand on his back legs with his ears forward and a look that says "I am all day overdue for food!"

The progress with Herman:

He will come up to my hand and sniff it. He will sniff my kids' hands too. He'll go as far as placing his paws on my arm in an attempt to climb it. (I dont trust him enough for that yet.) He's a very curious guy. I've even gone as far as putting my face in the cage (it's a bin cage so there is plenty of room for me to poke my head in from the top) and right up to his face and we touch noses. But that's it. (His whiskers itch my nose so I usually pull back first.) He will even let me gently stroke his back with one finger and take food from my fingers without hesitation but so gentle like the same way a well trained dog takes a treat from a human's hand. (No snapping, and opening the jaws slowly).

My issue:

I have recently given his bin cage a cover and placed his bin cage in a different spot so he's not so high up (I couldn't reach his water without a hassle he was so high up).
He now constantly stands on his back legs sniffing the air in every angle and every corner of his bin. Is this normal? Is he stressed? I didn't change much of anything in his bin. The bedding was only spot cleaned.
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Old 03-27-2018, 10:04 PM   #2
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Default Re: Herman's trust but... there's something else...

He's probably just getting used to the change & should settle soon enough.
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