arikata
09-27-2008, 05:49 AM
A friend of mine has a Syrian which screams when you try to get her (the syrian, not my friend 8) ) out of her cage no matter how gentle you are. I was at her house a few nights ago and I put my hand into her cage and just let her come up and sniff me. She kept a fair distance so I offered her a hamster marble which really intrigued her. She came over, snifferd my hand a little then grabbed the marble and hid.
A short time after she was trying to pull herself out of the perfecto(?) tank when I had the lid off. I was just chatting gently away with her and put my hand out which she crawled onto when she got out of the cage. She was fine when she was just sitting there but as soon as I moved my hand closer to me she paniced and jumped back into her cage. Although she paniced, she didn't squeal which is a step up.
The thing is, I've offered to have the hamster for a week to see if I can tame her (I'm already over run with hamsters but I have a soft heart and love a challenge!) but I just don't know where to start. She is so scared of people it's unbelievable. I know it's nothing that my friend has done intentially, she was very nervous when she got her. However my friend has a habbit of 'grabbing' her as she is so difficult to get hold of which certainly doesn't help. As I say, she does it because she is so difficult to get hold of.
I've gone through the wiki article but more advice would be so very much apprietiated!!
Kat x
A short time after she was trying to pull herself out of the perfecto(?) tank when I had the lid off. I was just chatting gently away with her and put my hand out which she crawled onto when she got out of the cage. She was fine when she was just sitting there but as soon as I moved my hand closer to me she paniced and jumped back into her cage. Although she paniced, she didn't squeal which is a step up.
The thing is, I've offered to have the hamster for a week to see if I can tame her (I'm already over run with hamsters but I have a soft heart and love a challenge!) but I just don't know where to start. She is so scared of people it's unbelievable. I know it's nothing that my friend has done intentially, she was very nervous when she got her. However my friend has a habbit of 'grabbing' her as she is so difficult to get hold of which certainly doesn't help. As I say, she does it because she is so difficult to get hold of.
I've gone through the wiki article but more advice would be so very much apprietiated!!
Kat x