taming a 4 month old syrian

[poeyswifey]

Please may i have some help?
Mercedes is 4 month old now but when she fell pregnant she wasnt fully tame. I try hold her now but she just jumps with any touch and shakes bad.
Is there any way i could tame her a bit faster.

thank you

Cerys x x

[mrnibblesmommy]

well, what i did with taffy when i got her (7 weeks old) she was VERY untamed...i had an extra ten gallon aquarium so i would set it on its side on the kitchen table with her in front of me...she had a food bowl, wheel, house..toys..chews...but felt safe with the glass walls around her...she slowly began letting me offer treats to her...thenwalking onto my hand, and then eventually picking her up..it only took about six days of doing that for about an hour a night and she was tamed...and now loves lovings, hehe :) good luck!!

[mrnibblesmommy]

when i trained mr nibbles (six weeks old when i got him) i set up his travel case beside my laptop at the ktichen table...and put his cuddle cup in the carrier...he'd run to his carrier, sleep, come out..take treats walk over to me..explore the table, then run back to his case to sleep...it only took a night or two of that and he was the calmest hamster i've ever had. he still lives like that :) he spends more time outside of a cage then inside of one, lol...:) mom, dad and my brother all love him as much as i do :) someones always got a hammie in their hands at my house now lol :)

[poeyswifey]

Mercedes lets me pic her up sort of. She tries run of a little bit. When i hold her she backs of slowly and nearly falls of my hand when i touch her she jumps abit but is always shaking. She takes treats from the cage bars out of my fingers, but not out the cage (but really non of them do and mckenzies the tamest hamster i know lol)

[Womblehands]

My hammy Poppet took three mnths to tame, she would physically vibrate on the settee with nerves..you need to constantly be taming them cos if you miss one day they seem to forget and become nervous again...i know how you feel. its frustrating and makes you feel like you are doing something wrong..females i find sooooo much harder to tame than males

[fluffymunchkins]

you probably want to go back to step one as if she was a new baby hamster.
I got Porridge at 4 months old and even though he was used to handling, i was a completely new person so i acted as if he never had been handled :)
I agree completely with womblehands, even though the time she wasn't handled when pregnant isn't massive it can still can set you back.

[poeyswifey]

Aw thank you she still shaking on my hand and aint as jumpy but always shaking

[poeyswifey]

Had her out just and she is shaking still not jumping much but she tried bite me 3 times :/