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Old 11-18-2020, 09:51 AM  
NibblesTheHam
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Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Canada
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Default Re: Hamster goes crazy when being handled

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Originally Posted by Ria P View Post
Yes, i'd say its perfectly normal.
My impatient Syrian Rodney sees my hands as a springboard to get onto the floor to run around, sniff and play with various toys.

Arms they can run up and down, climb on our shoulders and down our backs but hands are like a small surface to get off from and sometimes to a hamster they smell offensively of handcream or scented soap.

There are exceptions of course like my nosy dwarf Edwina who will sit on my hand when she wants to get a good view of the room especially when there is a new arrival of a foster ham.
Ok, thanks, I was worried that I had a hamster that just hated human interaction, which would mean I was making him do something he hated by putting him in his playpen.
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