Re: how to get hamster tame
Hello,
I am sorry to hear that your dwarf hamster is very nippy. Now, I’m not the most experienced hamster owner, I’ve only had one hammy before my current. My previous hammy was a dwarf and I got him at 2 years old already. He was very sacred of people and lived in a tiny, almost empty cage. Of course, I changed that, but what I’m trying to say is that I tried to tame him with my bare hands but he was really sacred of them and eventually stoped because it was stressing him out. I tried gloves and he liked them and was tame in no time. He was very friendly with the gloves and was jumping up and down when ever he saw me. I never was tame with bare hands but he still had a lovely life for the time I had him. So the point of this monologue (: is to say that some hammies never do get used to hands but can still be very loved and friendly hammies.
Now, my hamster might be a different story because he was very old. If your hamster is young or mostly young, you still have a chance.
And some more things you have to keep in mind, like Ria P. said, is cage aggression, if your hamster’s cage is not big enough, (450 square inches at least) your hammy can be aggressive just from that. Also, just like Ria P. said, make sure you are not waking your hammy up, wait until he is already awake before trying to tame. My current hammy goes into a rage if I ever try to wake her up, but is friendly otherwise.
I hope I have been helpful and good luck!
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