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Bertiebobbins · 02-01-2016, 01:23 AM

Hi, you've not had your hamster long and it does sound like he isn't that tame yet actually, he's obviously not afraid of you but maybe not that confident with you yet. That will come in time.

Is he excited because he wants to come out and play? Do you let him out to play? There is no requirement for a hamster to walk into your hand, even a tame hamster may prefer not to. One of mine will march right out of the cage onto my hand any any given moment, the other prefers to climb into something like a large bowl to come out of his cage, and he is the tamer/cuddlier of the two of them.

I do recall when I was taming the cuddly one, he went through a stage of trying to avoid my hands because he wanted to get down an explore rather than be "caught" in my hands.

Also, mine don't always take treats from my hands, so don't worry about that.

02-01-2016, 01:23 AM
Bertiebobbins Hamster Overlord Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Sussex, UK Posts: 744	Re: Why is my hamster acting like this? Hi, you've not had your hamster long and it does sound like he isn't that tame yet actually, he's obviously not afraid of you but maybe not that confident with you yet. That will come in time. Is he excited because he wants to come out and play? Do you let him out to play? There is no requirement for a hamster to walk into your hand, even a tame hamster may prefer not to. One of mine will march right out of the cage onto my hand any any given moment, the other prefers to climb into something like a large bowl to come out of his cage, and he is the tamer/cuddlier of the two of them. I do recall when I was taming the cuddly one, he went through a stage of trying to avoid my hands because he wanted to get down an explore rather than be "caught" in my hands. Also, mine don't always take treats from my hands, so don't worry about that.