As Cheeko Chops has been with us since Sunday I thought that I should try and handle her. I started off yesterday by just holding my hand in one part of her cage so that she could get used to my smell. I also gave her a little treat which she tried to take from my hand.
Today I put my hand back in her cage to let her know I was there and took one of the ends off of the tubes and let her walk onto my hand. Cheeko Chops decided to jump off of my hand and she was running around the living room. I did however manage to get her into a little corner and pick her up with one of Kaden’s vests (this was to stop her from biting me as I think she was scared!)
I put Cheeko chops back into her cage, then opened it all up so that she was left in the bottom part of it. I then put my hand in for her to smell me again. This time I managed to get her moving over my hands several times but she kept trying to jump back into her cage. I let her go and then tidied up her home and changed her water and food! She did at one point try and nibble my thumb but I think it’s because I kept my hand still too long!
