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Old 11-08-2019, 04:57 PM   #1
Elliex2
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Hi I’m new to this! I have 2 hamsters kept separately, 1 year old Gus and 3 month old(?) Minnie. Gus is a very relaxed friendly hamster but Minnie is the complete opposite... Minnie was very calm when we got her let you stroke her and was picked up a couple times she has done a complete 180 and is terrified of everything can’t even walk past the cage with out her jumping. Gus never did this and when I say jumping she is bolting around the cage and actually flipping over. I don’t know what to so because I feel it may be stressing Gus out and that’s the last thing I want. Feel like she’s gunna have heart failure or something. Need some advice on what to do.
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Old 11-09-2019, 04:28 AM   #2
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Hi and welcome!

What kind of hamster is Minnie?
I have a dwarf who was crazy when i got him, throwing himself about at the slightest touch, biting, attacking etc but he's much calmer now that it has finally sunk in that he is safe and loved.

Often hamsters will settle down in time given that they have the habitat they want and need.

You say that Minnie is bolting and flipping over.

Does she have enough places to hide and take cover? This is very important for hamsters because they are shy by nature and don't like to feel exposed.

A hamster needs a bottomless house sitting on top of the substrate, tunnels and tubes to run through, hides like a coconut hut, bendy bridge etc, maybe a platform to sit under and substrate deep enough to burrow if they want to.

Is her cage in a quiet location away from cats and dogs?
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Old 11-09-2019, 04:40 AM   #3
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Hi and welcome!

What kind of hamster is Minnie?
I have a dwarf who was crazy when i got him, throwing himself about at the slightest touch, biting, attacking etc but he's much calmer now that it has finally sunk in that he is safe and loved.

Often hamsters will settle down in time given that they have the habitat they want and need.

You say that Minnie is bolting and flipping over.

Does she have enough places to hide and take cover? This is very important for hamsters because they are shy by nature and don't like to feel exposed.

A hamster needs a bottomless house sitting on top of the substrate, tunnels and tubes to run through, hides like a coconut hut, bendy bridge etc, maybe a platform to sit under and substrate deep enough to burrow if they want to.

Is her cage in a quiet location away from cats and dogs?
She is a Syrian

She has plenty of space in a quite house, I’ll put some more things in her cage that she can use to hide. I will also give her time I’m just nervous that she will stay like this forever that’s all
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Old 11-09-2019, 05:00 AM   #4
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She is a Syrian

She has plenty of space in a quite house, I’ll put some more things in her cage that she can use to hide. I will also give her time I’m just nervous that she will stay like this forever that’s all
Yes, i understand why you are worried. We want our hamsters to be happy and relaxed. How long have you had her?

Are Gus's and Minnie's cages very close together? I'm just wondering if she could smell Gus who i take it is a male hamster, when she's in heat and then becomes agitated? This is a bit of a wild guess because i've never had a female hamster.

I've heard that male Syrians are often calmer than females.
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Old 11-09-2019, 05:10 AM   #5
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Yes, i understand why you are worried. We want our hamsters to be happy and relaxed. How long have you had her?

Are Gus's and Minnie's cages very close together? I'm just wondering if she could smell Gus who i take it is a male hamster, when she's in heat and then becomes agitated? This is a bit of a wild guess because i've never had a female hamster.

I've heard that male Syrians are often calmer than females.
Not had her for that long but they aren’t near each other. Think I’m just going to leave her be for a while then very slowly introduce myself
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Old 11-09-2019, 06:45 AM   #6
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Not had her for that long but they aren’t near each other. Think I’m just going to leave her be for a while then very slowly introduce myself
That's what i did with my dwarf. I just talked to him gently for a while without trying to interact with him. Then offered a treat through his window and dropped it in his cage when he run off and eventually he started to come to the window looking for the mealworm. He takes it from my fingers now but i can't pick him up or handle him.

Sometimes Hamsters need us to be very patient and Minnie is still very young.
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Old 11-09-2019, 08:43 AM   #7
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I've found male and female syrians are totally different natured. My male syrians I had when I was young were so placid, so when I adopted Luna, my first female syrian it had never even entered my head that there could be a difference between male and female. I was worried about her at first, but then just realised it was just because she was female and she was way more energetic and into everything, way more so than the boys I had ever where. For example my males were happy to just sit and chill on my bed, whereas Luna would do anything possible to become a lemming and try to jump off the bed into thin air, given the chance. Like you said, maybe just work with her a bit more slowly and she may come around and become tamer. Goodluck
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Old 11-09-2019, 11:51 AM   #8
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I've found male and female syrians are totally different natured. My male syrians I had when I was young were so placid, so when I adopted Luna, my first female syrian it had never even entered my head that there could be a difference between male and female. I was worried about her at first, but then just realised it was just because she was female and she was way more energetic and into everything, way more so than the boys I had ever where. For example my males were happy to just sit and chill on my bed, whereas Luna would do anything possible to become a lemming and try to jump off the bed into thin air, given the chance. Like you said, maybe just work with her a bit more slowly and she may come around and become tamer. Goodluck
Thank you and yeh never thought there would be a difference in gender either.
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