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GhostBella · 07-24-2021, 12:03 PM

WAY TO SOON TO TRY AND HANDLE HER! You should always leave them at least 1 week to settle to her new surroundings before putting ur hands in to touch her. Putting ur hands up to the cage after 48hrs to let her sniff is fine but you must let it be on her terms, let her approach in her own time. By going in to soon you can easily make her fearful of hands and will make taming harder. Up until 7days every time shes out in her cage constantly talk to her, repeating her name, make soft clicking sounds towards her and only start directly approaching her cage when shes up when she stops freezing or running back to her bed. She needs to settle and desensitise to all the new sounds and movements that are going on around her.

07-24-2021, 12:03 PM
GhostBella Newborn Pup Join Date: Jul 2021 Posts: 44	Re: My teddy bear hammy squaked and runs away from me WAY TO SOON TO TRY AND HANDLE HER! You should always leave them at least 1 week to settle to her new surroundings before putting ur hands in to touch her. Putting ur hands up to the cage after 48hrs to let her sniff is fine but you must let it be on her terms, let her approach in her own time. By going in to soon you can easily make her fearful of hands and will make taming harder. Up until 7days every time shes out in her cage constantly talk to her, repeating her name, make soft clicking sounds towards her and only start directly approaching her cage when shes up when she stops freezing or running back to her bed. She needs to settle and desensitise to all the new sounds and movements that are going on around her.