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Pebbles82 · 02-11-2018, 02:25 AM

That is lovely to hear about your robo! And yes it is maybe to do with different personalities in hamsters. Also sometimes to do with previous life experiences, but ultimately, different personalities. We have a robo who is terrified of anything going in the cage and won't come near a hand (or even a teaspoon!) with food on.

He is happy to sit and look at you and come to the front of the glass tank for a chat, but if a hand or anything goes in the cage he runs behind his wheel and hides in the most inaccessible place (flattened vertically between the wheel and it's stand!

I think even shy syrians can be hand tamed however, but it can take time. Once they are happy with being handled, and used to you,and a bit older and more chilled they are likely to eat from your hand although maybe not sit on it. Our current syrian took some time to do this,but will now. However our previous sytrian wouldn't take food from a hand unless you put it down - he learned it may be a trick! ie to be held and he didn't like being held for more than a few seconds,although would go to sleep on my knee or sit between us on the sofa!

So as well as personalities they have their individual preferences as well! Our last Syrian only liked "traditional" fruit like apple or banana and turned his nose up at blueberries and hated strawberries. Newt, our current one will eat anything lol and goes crazy for a bit of strawberry.

02-11-2018, 02:25 AM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: Amazed That is lovely to hear about your robo! And yes it is maybe to do with different personalities in hamsters. Also sometimes to do with previous life experiences, but ultimately, different personalities. We have a robo who is terrified of anything going in the cage and won't come near a hand (or even a teaspoon!) with food on. He is happy to sit and look at you and come to the front of the glass tank for a chat, but if a hand or anything goes in the cage he runs behind his wheel and hides in the most inaccessible place (flattened vertically between the wheel and it's stand! I think even shy syrians can be hand tamed however, but it can take time. Once they are happy with being handled, and used to you,and a bit older and more chilled they are likely to eat from your hand although maybe not sit on it. Our current syrian took some time to do this,but will now. However our previous sytrian wouldn't take food from a hand unless you put it down - he learned it may be a trick! ie to be held and he didn't like being held for more than a few seconds,although would go to sleep on my knee or sit between us on the sofa! So as well as personalities they have their individual preferences as well! Our last Syrian only liked "traditional" fruit like apple or banana and turned his nose up at blueberries and hated strawberries. Newt, our current one will eat anything lol and goes crazy for a bit of strawberry.