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MiloAsher · 09-16-2019, 01:27 AM

First off, I'm not entirely sure this is a behavioral thing but I don't know what other category this would go under.
Basically, I have never been a hamster owner up until recently. I'm more of a rat person. You see, my pet rat, Noodle, passed away recently so my friends decided to get me a hamster to help me go through her death.
Noodle, and every other rat of mine in the past, would always love to cuddle. I read online and it said hamsters enjoy cuddling too.
And I know not every hamster is the same, but mine just wants to run from me all the time. She never settles down. Never wants to cuddle. I've had her for about a month now.
Any time I take her out for her to play she wants to find a way to escape.
Any time I put her in her hamster ball she tries to chew her way out.
All she does is sleep and try to escape

Is it something I'm doing? Does she just need time to get used to me? Or is it just what hamsters do?

09-16-2019, 01:27 AM
MiloAsher Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 2	I feel like my hamster doesn't like me First off, I'm not entirely sure this is a behavioral thing but I don't know what other category this would go under. Basically, I have never been a hamster owner up until recently. I'm more of a rat person. You see, my pet rat, Noodle, passed away recently so my friends decided to get me a hamster to help me go through her death. Noodle, and every other rat of mine in the past, would always love to cuddle. I read online and it said hamsters enjoy cuddling too. And I know not every hamster is the same, but mine just wants to run from me all the time. She never settles down. Never wants to cuddle. I've had her for about a month now. Any time I take her out for her to play she wants to find a way to escape. Any time I put her in her hamster ball she tries to chew her way out. All she does is sleep and try to escape Is it something I'm doing? Does she just need time to get used to me? Or is it just what hamsters do?