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Fluffagrams · 01-22-2017, 08:29 AM

I agree with the others, it sounds like he's nibbling as he tests to see what he can eat and what he can't. I've had it with a couple of my hamsters and Matthew's been a bit like it this past week. They usually grow out of it providing that it's dealt with accordingly. If it's just a nibble and he seems okay otherwise then I'd keep handling him so that he doesn't learn to use nibbling as a way of getting his own way.

If I've got a hamster that's going through a nibbly phase, I tend to refrain from giving them any treats directly from my hands and will either put the treat down somewhere in the cage or will sprinkle a couple of seeds through the bars on to a hammock or platform so that the hamster can pick them up from there. That worked very well with one of my girls who went through a nibbly phase and now when I put her back in her cage she sits and waits on the top of her hammock for her seeds to land so she can pick them all up.

01-22-2017, 08:29 AM
Fluffagrams Moderator Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Bath, UK Posts: 3,640	Re: Nervous Owner and Nervous Hamster- Help! I agree with the others, it sounds like he's nibbling as he tests to see what he can eat and what he can't. I've had it with a couple of my hamsters and Matthew's been a bit like it this past week. They usually grow out of it providing that it's dealt with accordingly. If it's just a nibble and he seems okay otherwise then I'd keep handling him so that he doesn't learn to use nibbling as a way of getting his own way. If I've got a hamster that's going through a nibbly phase, I tend to refrain from giving them any treats directly from my hands and will either put the treat down somewhere in the cage or will sprinkle a couple of seeds through the bars on to a hammock or platform so that the hamster can pick them up from there. That worked very well with one of my girls who went through a nibbly phase and now when I put her back in her cage she sits and waits on the top of her hammock for her seeds to land so she can pick them all up.