October Baby, Angelica

[Thin Lizzy]

Aww Angelica likes her privacy .

[Cinnamon Bear]

Last night I got my fingers holding a pumpkin seed real close to her food bowl, almost touching the food bowl but she wouldn't take the treat but didn't flee from me either (She was in the food bowl)
A little progress

[Cinnamon Bear]

I've had Angel for almost 3 months and she has yet to take a treat from my hands. Angel is a rescue from an unwanted litter, she was so traumatized when I first got her. It seems that children had been chasing them around and dropping them on the floor. Just guessing?

So this family surrendered the litter to a rescue called Small Pets Big Hearts. She was only 6-7 week old when I adopted her. So now my experiences in taming have been few and far between. I usually leave the lid off her tank so I have easy access to her tank if I want to try to feed her a treat.

This is how far I've gotten so far...
She has come up to my hand to smell my finger and then ran away w/o taking the treat in my fingers.

Then last night she let me talk to her and she seemed to enjoy it. I got to see how she has grown and her fur has darkened at the roots on her back. I hardly get to see her so it's nice to see what she actually looks like during times like last night.

After I talked to her I attempted to give her a treat, but Angel knew what I was up to and whizzed off to her nest. So I'm not rushing anything, will see what happens down the road if I even get to tame her or not? Guess if she likes being talked to, that's what I'll do.

She also runs around her food dish when there are not any seeds in it, only lab blocks. She did this last night when it was feeding time. So since she was begging for seeds I gave her seeds, then she came right back out of her nest to gather up the seeds.

So that is how far I have come with Angels taming thus far

[Hamsterita]

OH I'm so sorry. It must be really hard for you. Take comfort in your other hams!

[Cinnamon Bear]

Would be nice to know her personality & bond with her. Someone has to give her a home so now she has one, she is alot calmer than when I first brought her home. I doubt I'd do this again. But it doesn't bother me anymore. I have Heaven now so she makes up for what is lacking from most of the dwarves.

[Cinnamon Bear]

Angel was a brave as I've ever seen her last night after a cage clean, here she is posing in her fresh house.

[flowerfairy]

Awww what a gorgeous picture of Angel. I really do love roborovskis. I keep thinking that I wont have hamsters when my lot go then I see pics like this and my resolve crumbles!

[Cinnamon Bear]

This pic was a rarity. I think she just really liked her clean cage for some reason?

[BorisPasha]

Aww that's a lovely picture of Angel CB

[Thin Lizzy]

She's so perfect, so pretty.