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Originally Posted by Silver
It is a in built mechanism. They are pray animals which means in the wild there are lot's of other creatures that would kill & eat a hamster, so if they see something over there head or out the corner of there eye they are not sure about they freeze.
This instinct would hopefully make them seen less if they keep still until they think the danger has passed.
Talking to them helps bring them out of it but the best thing I have found to bring them back is food! put a bit of food in front of there nose so they can smell it & they come round to eat it!
Silver xxx
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Thanks for the replies, everyone. Silver, your explanation about prey animals makes a lot of sense, especially as we were outside at the time. Rosie may have felt threatened by something, so she froze. It was so weird to see. Anyway, I'm glad that a gentle talk was the way to go. I'll remember the food tip if it should ever happen again, too.
- posie
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