Hi
We fetched a new Syrian hamster from the pet shop yesterday, he is 8 weeks old. He was from a local family run shop with a good reputation. We have left him in his cage for over 24 hours, but whenever anyone goes near he starts squeaking, presumably because he is stressed. This evening I put his cage base in a deeper box and tried to pick him up in a tube, but he was squeaking so loudly and ran frantically over my lap, so I put him back. He is eating and drinking, climbing up the bars and up to all the floors of his cage OK and slept most of today. I am just worried about him, he seems stressed near people and I am not sure if we should persevere with trying to handle him or if we should leave him alone for a few more days. What does anyone think? Thanks for any advice.
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Stressed new hamster
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danceswithfools · 04/11/2011 21:53
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