Meet Whisper

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Originally Posted by cypher

Little Whisp had her first session in the play box in a while again yesterday, I think the play pen was a bit too much too soon & scared her a bit then with her getting nervy every time I cleaned her nest out I left it & have just been interacting with her in the cage but now she so much braver again I thought I'd give it another go & she seemed to enjoy exploring after a little initial nervousness, the only problem is as soon as I put my hands in to her she jumps on & races up my arm reaching my shoulder before I can so much as blink, cheeky little tyke!
I think I may have to put the empty play pen next to the bin & sit in it just in case I lose her

I'm so glad she enjoyed it.

May was nervous to start with too but once she got used to it, she loved it. Now I find that she's usually waiting for play time.

[cypher]

I think I was probably more nervous than she was yesterday when she started running up my arm lol! She came out early this afternoon & was in confident mode so we gave it another go & she did seem more relaxed about it, she didn't run up my arm at every opportunity this time but of course she had to give it a go & spent quite a bit of time running around on my back & shoulders where I couldn't see her so I was glad I'd thought to sit in the play pen
When she did come back onto my arm she was happy enough with me picking her up & carrying her back to the cage in my hand rather than her mug so we're definitely making progress
when I put her back in the cage she seemed really excited & kept running back to the door for more & was again really comfortable sitting in my hand with me stroking her, she still needs a little bit of food there but that's fine for now.

[velma]

That's fantastic news cypher. Exactly what you need right now. Good girl Whisper, you know what to do! Instant cheer wrapped up in fur

[cypher]

Originally Posted by velma

Instant cheer wrapped up in fur

The perfect description Velma, that's exactly what she is

[Thin Lizzy]

She's becoming very adventurous and what a comfort she is to you, she's making sure you don't get too sad and she knows how to cheer you up. Such a clever girl.

[cypher]

The barricades are now up in earnest!
I've never known a ham get quite so defensive with me interfering with the nest as little Whisper, it's a shame it does seem to keep setting us back a few steps although totally understandable, when she arrived she had nothing to lose but now she has lots to protect & she's doing her best to keep it that way lol!

As she's been here quite a while now the other day I thought it was about time I actually took her house out to have a look underneath & see what she's been up to, it turned out I didn't really need to, she only seems to pee on top & there was nothing nasty in her food hoard, a bit hard to tell though as she digs & burrows so much it all gets mixed in with the substrate rather than being a nice neat pile that's easy to replace so she wasn't well pleased with me at all & not really talking to me much for a day or two then I made another big mistake, she's moved into the house nearest her wheel after I messed with the other one which makes it harder to check on the sly while she's running & when I tried she promptly jumped in & peed on every thing, a lot! Chinese hams are so good at peeing to order lol!
Now the defences are up (a good couple of hours work!) she seems a bit happier again, I'm going to have to be a bit more careful with my spot cleaning & hopefully we'll keep it that way, live & learn!
Happily she was very interactive & speaking to me again this morning up for such a long time showing off her best begging behaviour she ended up bit by bit taking a whole days food from my hand that I had intended scattering after she'd gone back to bed!

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At least she didn't stay cross with you for too long.

May is pretty defensive over her cage being kept the way it is too so I can sympathise entirely with you there. Hamsters eh?

[msdemi]

Really liking your set up and whisper is very cute

[Coco61]

LOVE that new photo cypher. You can tell it reminds me of Mocho's behaviour at times!

[Pebbles82]

Reminds me of Charlie too "don't mess with my stuff" lol. Glad she has forgiven you.