over the past week, fred has been getting fond of her ball. all i do is pop the cage off, put the ball at the edge and he climbs in.

from my understanding they get 10-15 minutes and back in the cage. right, so i do that. but then fred goes mental and starts chewing on the bars (this is only the time she chews the bars). so i end up having to take her back out and i handle by hand for a bit but she is not too keen to sit still!

so is it ok to put her back in the ball, and if so, how long in a day is safe?

and, anyway to get her to stay still in my hands? if i let her crawl she goes off pretty quickly, and i reckon she would probably try to escape.

i give mine about 20...it leaves them too tired other wise...but waffles is like that...can never get enough!!! have you thought about getting a playpen? but not the one from p@H...they can escape! lol...

__________________

does fred love you again now? bless you!! is it a he or a she?

__________________

I'm jealous! My hamsters are sooooo lazy and hate the balls!

I think its a bit rubbish that they only are allowed in there for 20 mins! I mean in the wild they would run much more than that at a time. Hamsters are explorers, and thats prob why she wants to come out all the time.

Mine don't go in them anyway. I have a playpen but my syrian is a cheeky bugger and climbs out! They are only useful for dwarves.

Char
xxx

__________________

yeh foxxy, hamster seems to have forgotten about before.

if i had her out in my hands and let her just run whever, is it likely she would try to escape and not come back?

They overheat inside their balls, that's why it needs to be restricted. It does suck but that's life

__________________