Mum cared for the one in School ……. it used to come home at weekends so that Dad could clean out the tank, it had free range of the lounge but preferred to hide underneath the chair in the corner. It would only walk around the room at the edges. Apparently after my dog had visited it would sniff carefully where she had laid, then scurry back to the chair
My own hamster many years later had to be rehomed as it made me anxious
- not one of my better ideas.
They do HAVE to be allowed to be active in a rolly ball thing ……….. and they may nip when first handled. So holding a sunflower or pumpkin seed that has the owner's smell on helps and they need a jam jar at a slight tilt in one corner to wee into. I used to give mine a
boneo to keep his teeth neat and tidy. I trapped the biscuit between the bars of the cage so that he had to work hard to get it!
No chocolate or soft foods because the pouches can get fouled up causing fatal infections. They do love carrots and apples though - put into the cage whole they can keep active trying to gnaw.
