New ham, starting to grow in confidence - I hope!

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Hey everyone & their hams!

I’ve finally managed to change my avatar so that baby Bernie can be seen. Thank for everyone’s advice so far - it’s been great appreciated!

I’ve had him for 11 days now, and he’s in he zooplus Marrakesh tank. He’s really shy and I haven’t had much success with taming yet, although tonight I managed to get him to go in the playpen for a bit - not sure he was very keen though!

He has a good cage setup - I hope. It’s nice and big, with a big wheel ledges, platforms and deep substrate, with plenty of toys. I have only managed to get him to take a piece of carrot from me for the first time tonight. He keeps hiding and seems very scared. I’ve tried the tissue trick and he’s made his bed with the tissue that smells of me.

However, he’s still won’t come to my hand to take anything off it. Even if I put it flat he still won’t walk on.

I’ve not tried the bath yet so do you think that should be next? He’s just so jumpy and I’m frightened of scaring him. He’s making small steps, but I’m woriecthay I’ll miss the opportunity to tame him.

Anyway, this is him if the avatar is too small.