Barry
03-02-2009, 10:55 AM
Having bought my syrian from pet@home 4 weeks ago and having been told he was 6 weeks old when bought i am wondering if he can be tamed.
When he was brought home we gave hime about 5 days to settle in and all appeared to be going to plan and at first he would take little bits of food from us and nibble at it, :D I was getting used to putting my hand in hs cage with a clenched fist which he would sniff and then walk away, then one day i thought i would lay my hand down and he bit the end of my finger which drew blood and dented my pride and was i believe my fault as i had already been feeding him bits of his food so he probably just reacted to the smell. :oops:
He does not appear to be a nasty hamster just more timid i would say as he seems to want to hide where ever he can and if he feels you touch him he tends to jump rather than turn to bite you although this in itself make me a bit edgy. When we manage to get him into his playpen he just goes to a corner and tends to freeze so when we want to get him back in his cage this is tricky as one of us not sure which becomes more frightened than the other. He also tends to stretch and yawn quite a lot and when i see his teeth well thats me bottled it but i am not sure if he is tired or if he is just letting me know what i will get if i go near him. The last couple of nights i gave him a bit of carrott which he seems to enjoy as he stopped taking his normal food off us which cheered me up a bit, but then i noticed when he got back in his cake he appeared to poo quite a lot and appeared whilst doing this he would put his head between his legs and throw it around his cage having not noticed this in the previous 4 weeks i found this quite odd! is this normal.
The burning question is :?: will i be able to tame him as doing the bath method frightens me a bit as he may panic and is his stretching and yawning telling me to stay away or is he tired.
Any input appreciated.
When he was brought home we gave hime about 5 days to settle in and all appeared to be going to plan and at first he would take little bits of food from us and nibble at it, :D I was getting used to putting my hand in hs cage with a clenched fist which he would sniff and then walk away, then one day i thought i would lay my hand down and he bit the end of my finger which drew blood and dented my pride and was i believe my fault as i had already been feeding him bits of his food so he probably just reacted to the smell. :oops:
He does not appear to be a nasty hamster just more timid i would say as he seems to want to hide where ever he can and if he feels you touch him he tends to jump rather than turn to bite you although this in itself make me a bit edgy. When we manage to get him into his playpen he just goes to a corner and tends to freeze so when we want to get him back in his cage this is tricky as one of us not sure which becomes more frightened than the other. He also tends to stretch and yawn quite a lot and when i see his teeth well thats me bottled it but i am not sure if he is tired or if he is just letting me know what i will get if i go near him. The last couple of nights i gave him a bit of carrott which he seems to enjoy as he stopped taking his normal food off us which cheered me up a bit, but then i noticed when he got back in his cake he appeared to poo quite a lot and appeared whilst doing this he would put his head between his legs and throw it around his cage having not noticed this in the previous 4 weeks i found this quite odd! is this normal.
The burning question is :?: will i be able to tame him as doing the bath method frightens me a bit as he may panic and is his stretching and yawning telling me to stay away or is he tired.
Any input appreciated.