After that he might be ready for some out of cage time. Have you found where he's peeing yet?
Nope I’ve got a funny feeling it’s in a burrow which will make spot cleaning 10X worseIt's very early days and he will be nervous about anything being done in his cage. You only need to spot clean the pee for the first couple of weeks
It is normal for a new hamster to go underground the first couple of weeks and they may behave completely different from their previous home until they settle in.
Agreed. These are great. I like to use it occasionally to see what ours gets up to at night, because he often waits until we turn the lights out to come out (except if we're teasing him out with food for a "play session"). It also helps me gauge how active he is and check up on him while we're on vacation to make sure he's still doing okay at night.
It's really hard at first when you want to just handle them and they're not quite ready Have you got a tube he could walk into? He might have felt a bit insecure in a wheel. They usually walk into a tube, then you can put both hands over each end and lift the tube out, if the playpen is close by. But if it's some distance, I wouldn't carry him in the tube as they can push at your hand and make you jump and there's a risk of dropping it then. So in that case, just have a box next to the cage and put the tube down in the box so he can walk out and carry the box to the playpen If he doesn't just walk into a tube, you could put a smelly treat at the far end (eg cucumber or cheese) and that should tempt him in.
