I just thought I'd post a bit of an update on my Winter White situation.
Things seem to have improved quite a lot (despite the playpen incident which seemed to set Sparrow back a fair bit - can't blame him for that
)...we've been getting them out in the bath every night and doing everything as planned - and we haven't been nipped/bitten for over a week
(Sparrow was a bit nervous until a few days ago but he seems back to his old self now).
Both hamsters seem very confident and happy to climb all over us - and they don't seem to mind being picked up and moved around. We don't hold them for long periods like our Syrians but neither do we panic and put them straight down.
They are seriously cute and I spend hours watching them run round the cage