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Old 04-16-2012, 10:37 AM   #1
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Default How do I make Peanut like me? (or atleast not HATE me)

I hold her, she squeaks, I leave my hand in her cage she runs past it or maybe on it for 1 second then runs, I put her in a empty bathtub she run right under my foot, or on my leg then falls. UGH! I guess im not patient enough! I cant even seem to touch her anymore! How do I get her to like me?
(by the way shes a dwarf)
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Old 04-16-2012, 10:39 AM   #2
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How long have you had her for? Is she a rescue ham?
She just sounds nervous and probably just needs abit more time,patience and gentle handling from you x
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Old 04-16-2012, 10:39 AM   #3
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is she a roborovski dwarf, i have one of them, at first he was really fast, but he loves my company now
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Old 04-16-2012, 10:41 AM   #4
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Since December and she started to trust me but then seemed to go backwards. I just dont want to hurt her though because every time I get her on my hand and pick her up she jumps off and falls on her back. (I think shes fallen more then most hamsters should)
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Old 04-16-2012, 10:42 AM   #5
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is she a roborovski dwarf, i have one of them, at first he was really fast, but he loves my company now
Yes shes a Robo.
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Old 04-16-2012, 10:43 AM   #6
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my took about 4 months to be calm around me, they're fast aren't they
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Old 04-16-2012, 10:43 AM   #7
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Maybe when you handle her get some cushions so if she does fall off your hands,she will land on a softer surface.
Sme hams are just more nervous than others,one of my syrians who be had for nearly 18months is still jumpy and skittish sometimes bless him.xx
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Old 04-16-2012, 10:49 AM   #8
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Robos can take an enormous amount of time to tame and many never get there, they are the least social with humans of all hams and are much better for watching and enjoying from a distance. Out of all of my robos only one lets me "cuddle" it and even that is in robo standards, meaning she will sit on my hand and let me stroke her but she won't hang around, she wants to run and explore like most robos do.
The only way I managed to get my robos tame was from handling them from 2 weeks old, they have become used to human contact and don't care about me touching them. I tame mine by feeding them from my hand, the ones who weren't handled from 2 weeks old were a little freaked out by this at first and took around 3 months to come around and actually eat out of my hand. They never liked to be handled though, just fed.

However I do have one robo who is similar to yours, Trevor was a rescue and he squeaks when held and is petrified of me being anywhere near his cage. I've had him since last August and have been trying to tame him since...

Unfortunately with robos you either have to spend weeks and week taming them or accept that they just want to do their own thing and leave them to it (as most owners do). Trevor has a mass of toys to keep him entertained and gets his ball time so he is happy enough. You need to remember though that if your ham really, really doesn't want to be handled you need to accept it and find alternative ways of enjoying her

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Maybe when you handle her get some cushions so if she does fall off your hands,she will land on a softer surface.
Just wanted to add, handle her over a cage not the floor as if you drop her/she jumps she will be gone in a flash and believe me you do not want to have to chase a tiny, super fast robo around the house -.-
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Old 04-16-2012, 11:00 AM   #9
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Extremely fast. Hopefully one day she will be tame. (alls I really want is for her to let me pet her.) Ill keep trying to work with her.
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Old 04-16-2012, 11:55 AM   #10
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All I can say is good luck. Robos are not really petting pets
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