Taming tips please!
Hello everyone,
I've had my Syrian hamster Pip for 11 days and he was 10-11 weeks old when I got him. I let him settle in for the first week after trying to interact with him too soon, and have been speaking to him so he gets used to my voice. This week I have started getting him into his ball and he seems to enjoy exploring in it (he also escaped this week and went all over the house, but we got him back in his cage - at 5am!!). I have been putting my hands in the cage but since I have never had a hamster before, I am taking the taming process really slowly and have been trying to pick him up but haven't been able to as he's a bit jumpy.
Is it okay to be taking it slowly - in time I will be picking him up and playing with him but I just want to do it at a steady pace so he and I don't become nervous.
A friend has said that I need to be handling him twice a day, otherwise he will get too old and it will be too hard to tame him - eek!
Thanks for your help 🐹☺️
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