I think I have that impression too and they seem quite sensitive to their environment.Glad to hear Leo has forgiven youI haven't had a Chinese hamster, but I get the impression they can be more emotional somehow.
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I think I have that impression too and they seem quite sensitive to their environment.Glad to hear Leo has forgiven youI haven't had a Chinese hamster, but I get the impression they can be more emotional somehow.
I have tried putting food on the wheel and he takes the food but doesn't run at all. I don't think he likes cheese but he loves pumpkin seeds so I suppose I could try those.Maybe try putting a bit of cheese in the wheel?
He did have the enclosed plastic Trixie wheel before so I wondering if it could be because the Niteangel wheel is open. He didn't run again last night so I've given him the Trixie wheel back.I would give him his old wheel back, it may be that he prefers that wheel or it may just be that he’s still adjusting to the change.
It will take him a while to get used to the change so having his familiar wheel to run in might help him adjust.
Is his Trixie wheel an enclosed wheel? They do seem to like having an enclosed wheel although I have had Chineseys happy enough in an open wheel before.
They are sensitive little things & Leo maybe particularly sensitive maybe so it could take quite a while for him to become more active again as he gets used to things.
I do have one somewhere. I suppose I could set that up and see if he's perhaps more active than I thought late at night.Maybe he is suspicious of the pedometer!. That sounds like an idea to give him his old wheel back, or you could just give it a bit more time. Do you have a nightcam to see what he gets up to at night? Maybe the pedometer isn't working? How long has he been in the Plaza now?
The new setup is very similar to the old one with all of his old things, plus some new.It could also be that he liked his old cage and felt confident in there or maybe he doesn't like changes. Is his new set up similar to his old one with all his things in the new cage?
I'd give him his old wheel back and use the new one for out of cage time. Maybe he prefers an enclosed wheel.
When i moved Bernard from the Kerry to his xl grosvenor i hardly saw him for ages and he didn't seem to use much of the new cage. He used his wheel and had the same one but i started to wonder whether he preferred the smaller cage he had been perfectly happy in. After a good month his cage started to look lived in and i was reassured that he did like and use the extra space.
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