I've recently brought home two baby girls who appeared quite calm when being handled a few times in the pet store; however, after giving them around 3/4 days to adjust to their new home, chatting softly, allowing them to smell my hand in the cage, hand feeding and trying to pet them in the cage, one is much more confident than the other.
Both remain skittish, but while Darcy is more adventurous in nature already and likes to explore & will sit still to be petted on my knee, Una absolutely panics when you go to touch her or pick her up. She has jumped back into the cage from my knee and tonight when I brought her out, she tried running off. When I caught her, I was scared I may have traumatised or hurt her by quickly grabbing and lifting her as she struggled so much!
Can anyone help? I'm becoming much more nervous around them as Una is so jumpy and seems so unhappy
Both remain skittish, but while Darcy is more adventurous in nature already and likes to explore & will sit still to be petted on my knee, Una absolutely panics when you go to touch her or pick her up. She has jumped back into the cage from my knee and tonight when I brought her out, she tried running off. When I caught her, I was scared I may have traumatised or hurt her by quickly grabbing and lifting her as she struggled so much!
Can anyone help? I'm becoming much more nervous around them as Una is so jumpy and seems so unhappy