Spoilt hamster??

[shazzy]

Hello,

This seems a silly question really, but do you think hamsters can have too much attention?

The reason I ask is my Syrian Mo was in a manic mood last night, and she kept going crazy wanting to come out - chewing the clips on her hanging ladder frantically, chewing the bottle spout and making a desperate bid for freedom everytime I opened the cage lid.

I got her out loads, maybe about 5 times for 10 mins over the course of the evening, plus time in her ball and running on the bed/sofa...but she still seemed to want more and was begging to be let out and being rather stroppy if she wasnt/was put back in chattering her teeth and stomping round the cage chewing everything in sight

Do you think I made her a bit spoilt by getting her out whenever she demanded it and giving her too much attention???

As when I went off to bed she seemed to settle and run in her wheel....

My partner thinks I'm fussing too much over her!!

[Katty_Sheldon]

Most of our partners do! My boyfriend makes fun of me that i talk about Sheldon so much... anyway i know what you mean, they just want to get out and if i leave Sheldon for a moment and get out of the room, lights of (or i go to sleep...), he calms down or runs in his wheel. I keep thinking they have such short lives that they should be spoilt!

[souffle]

I bet that Mo was in season last night Shazzy. We find that females in heat are a little crazy and wheel run, acrobat and make enormous efforts to escape and find a handsome hamster husband. Keep a diary and see if it happens about every 4th night.
Yes they should be spoiled and if you enjoy having them out for playtime then go right ahead I'd say

[shazzy]

Mo was in season on Saturday, so she would be due to come into season again today. However, she is normally an absolutely crazy, nutty hamster - the most hyperactive hamster I've known!! So it's just normal nightly behaviour for her really!

She has a fairly decent size cage (a Duna Multy) but just loves coming out - and because I give in to her all the time she just obsesses about coming out all the time! Oh well, I was just worried that I was making her naughty!

My partner loves Mo, but does not share the same frame of mind in terms of the way I treat her. Think he's just jealous cos I pay her much more attention of an evening than him!

I also talk to her like she's a human, which Dan (my partner) finds hilarious....but then I do that with my favourite Horse Peggy at my riding stables and everyone thinks I'm nuts, but Peggy would come to me everytime out of a crowd of people and we have a great relationship.

My old Guinea pig Harrold was also spoilt, but i cherished the relationship we had because I know he loved me and that felt so good!

So...Mo is spoilt, but she deserves it. I feel bad keeping her in a cage when she could be roaming free, so feel I have to make up for it by getting her out and giving her tons of attention!!

Anyway, I'll stop rambling!

[Bunsey]

i know what you mean, mine are like that, too. The more they're let out, the more they want to be let out. People are always commenting on how attention-demanding my hamsters are. If they see a human in the room and they are awake then they assume they are coming out to play... and aside from when i'm going to bed, they are!

I don't think there's anything wrong with spoiling your hams at all