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I'm new to the forum and looking for some advice please. Sorry for the long post, just trying to give as much detail for background. I got my male syrian hamster six weeks ago from a pet shop. At first he was quite timid, so I left him to settle in and just talked through the cage. After a while he started to become curious and more confident, he would take treats and let me stroke him. In the third week he seemed happy, so I let him out with some toys for a free roam. A few days later he started to chew and bite the cage bars. I gave more chew toys, all different types, and it was a little better. Then he started to chew and bite again, with more intensity. I wasn't sure if he was using his wheel, so we upgraded to a much bigger wheel, which he did use. All was fine until about a week later, now he chews and bites the cage every day and as soon as I come near the door, he is climbing it. He comes out almost everyday, but he is not tame. He is in a savic sky metro and sleeps in his tunnel. He has about 6 inches of bedding, three houses (one hammock), chew tunnel, and more chews than I can count. He will chew on the toys, but gets bored and heads for the bars. I give him carrots and hard chews as well. He is wearing away his fur on his nose. Any ideas or suggestions please?
I'm new to the forum and looking for some advice please. Sorry for the long post, just trying to give as much detail for background. I got my male syrian hamster six weeks ago from a pet shop. At first he was quite timid, so I left him to settle in and just talked through the cage. After a while he started to become curious and more confident, he would take treats and let me stroke him. In the third week he seemed happy, so I let him out with some toys for a free roam. A few days later he started to chew and bite the cage bars. I gave more chew toys, all different types, and it was a little better. Then he started to chew and bite again, with more intensity. I wasn't sure if he was using his wheel, so we upgraded to a much bigger wheel, which he did use. All was fine until about a week later, now he chews and bites the cage every day and as soon as I come near the door, he is climbing it. He comes out almost everyday, but he is not tame. He is in a savic sky metro and sleeps in his tunnel. He has about 6 inches of bedding, three houses (one hammock), chew tunnel, and more chews than I can count. He will chew on the toys, but gets bored and heads for the bars. I give him carrots and hard chews as well. He is wearing away his fur on his nose. Any ideas or suggestions please?