How to get her used to someone else

[ladyytanja]

First off all I'd like to say sorry for the many questions I've been asking for the last two weeks. My next question is about getting a hamser get used to a second person. As some of you might know me and my boyfriend got our hamster Shady two weeks ago. Since day one I was always able to interact with her. It's been two weeks since we got her and I'm already able to pet her, feed her from my hand and I can even pick her up and play with her. She doesn't seem to mind me at all, but she doesn't like my boyfriend. Whenever he wants to pet her or feed her from his had she starts screaming, and when I put my hand in her cage she calms down and stops screaming. The weird thing is that when I pick her up to play she doesn't seem to mind my boyfriend, she runs around him and even climbs up his arms and legs. But whenever she's in her cage and he wants to interact with her she doesn't like it at all. So, what can we or he do to make her get used to him so she doesn't scream any more? I've tried the tissue trick myself (she absolutely loves her tissues, lol) but is it ok to put a second pile of tissues in her cage with my boyfriends smell, or will it confuse her to have both my and his smell in her cage?

[Penguin]

Don't be sorry to ask questions. There is no such thing as a stupid question, or too many questions. Only dump answers (:
I would make him do the tissue trick as well. It wouldn't do any harm. I wonder if you approach her in different ways? Maybe he is too fast? Maybe he tends to approach her from above or behind whereas you approach her slowly from the front?

I don't pick up my hamsters unless they walk onto my hand themselves (if they arent tame a treat usually helps), as grabbing them from above can scare them very easily, so try to either 'cup' her from the side with 2 hands or to make her walk onto your hand by herself (:

[cypher]

Her cage is her territory so it's natural that she would be more wary of another person when she's in there & more relaxed around your bf when out of the cage.
I agree it's worth trying the tissue trick for a while, give her time to get well used to having his scent in her cage then give it another go, maybe just offering a seed through the bars to begin with then gradually moving on from there.

[xFluffyHamsterx]

As said above they get very territorial in their cages. Do try the tissue trick and you can also try having your boyfriend in a bathtub with Shady. She will get used to him and she won't be territorial so she shouldn't be scared or bite.