1 minute and 40 seconds... I consider that roaming around for a while after disappearing again . It must be a black-hamsters-illness, maybe you, BP and me should found a club of care less hamsters or something
He's as lovely as usual. His fur looks really shinny and nice.
Lol indeed Hamsterita, I was thinking the same after watching the video of Romeo. Poor Jaska, Blacky and Romeo lol afflicted by the shy disease :P
He does look lovely though Julie even if he is shy
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Aww Romeo, so good to see him for that short time, he's got such a shiny beautiful coat. His shyness only makes me adore him more.
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Romeo has recently found a newfound confidence. we have found that he actually likes running around under a blancket. so we put a blancket over us when we take him out and he will keep himself entertained between us and the blancket for as long as we let him. there is however an unforseen drawback to this newfound confidence. He is biting!
he is not being mean or anything. my guess is that nuzzling around under there he can't separate human and couch/blancket. so he will try to get in to what he thinks is a crack in the sofa and when the "human side" doesn't behave like the couch side he takes a bite. this is becoming a habbit, and not something that we want to encourage him to do, but on the other hand the blancket is really getting him out of his shell.
how do we balance it?
Have you thought that he may be afraid? Maybe he's so hyper not because he's confident but because he's trying to scape at all costs. But I don't know... if he's ok try to "punish him" or make "positive reinforcement" depending on how he reacts... if he bites you could put him back in his cage, and if he doesn't do it then you could give him a treat... apart from that I can't think of any more suggestions to be honest.
Actually putting a hamster back in their cage after they bite you would reinforce bad behavior,in a way,since it allows them to escape therefore creating a connection between biting(bad behavior)and being rewarded in a way through not having to be held.
A firm no works just fine in my experience,or simply keeping hands out of reach when possible!
The biting suggest he may still be scared to me too, he should easily be able to sense what's human & what's not, maybe let him just run around under the blanket somewhere safe without actual contact for a while to see if he gains confidence then try again & see if he still bites.
I haven't found putting them back in the cage & waiting a short while before interacting again if they bite to reinforce negative behaviour at all tbh, I think the main thing with biting is to think like a ham & try to figure out why they do it then work with them to try to resolve the problem.
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. It must be a black-hamsters-illness, maybe you, BP and me should found a club of care less hamsters or something 
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