Taming

[Geewhiz]

So far (about five days since I've first started handling Goose and Zero) Goose is tame- an absolute sweetheart. She sits on my hand, lets me stroke her, quite happily walks from hand to hand, all that jazz. She was very easy to tame, however her sister only wants anything to do with me if there's food involved. Zero won't even walk over my stationary hand. She hasn't bitten me, other than two incidents of gentle nibbling, which I'm assuming was to determine if my hand was food.

Is Zero an untameable hamster? If not how should I go about taming her, if she isn't keen on the method that worked with her sister?

[Elliiy]

im sure zero isn't untamable but probably will just take more time and patience to tame, my previous hamster took a little over a month to tame. and as for different ways to go about it you could try the tissue trick (which is leaving tissue in your shirt or sleeve for a while so it gets your sent then ripping it up and putting it in their cage besides that idk different ways to tame different hammies, what kind are yours?

[cypher]

5 days is no time at all really, especially with robos which can take longer than other species to become confident & hand tamed.
It may be that Goose is the more dominant one & braver than Zero so she would take longer to gain confidence.
All hams have different characters & tame at their own speed anyway.
A little exploratory nibble is a start lol! There is a real difference between a nibble & bite so that's a sign of interest rather than fear.
Just go slow & steady with them & you should make progress.

[freyashamsters]

It definitely will take some time to tame Zero I think, Robos are such nervous little hams and most do take quite a while to tame

I think I have a situation quite like yours - one of my Robos, Lily, is happy to take treats off of my hand (not confident enough to sit on my hand yet lol!) however Daisy is still inconsistent but does take treats from my fingers