Me and my hamster(Rodney) now have that pet-owner bond,and ive been trying to train him his name but so far no luck.
Any tips on how to teach them,and what other stuff can i teach him to do?
2006-12-12 07:50:42 · 13 answers · asked by stargate71287 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Well, as far as I know, hamsters are pretty hard to train...here is a website you can look at, I'm not sure if it will be any help to you but it looks like it's an answer to your question...
http://www.ehow.com/how_6040_train-hamster.html
2006-12-12 07:56:34 · answer #1 · answered by Chriss 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We had a lot of hamsters when I was a kid. You can train them a little like training a dog. Find out what Rodney's favorite snack is and get it ready. They will train better with finger movements along with your voice. Use inflection. Get him to do simple things. It will take time. The reason we had so many hamsters is because we could not seem to train them to stop walking off the balcony on the second floor. Oh well.
2006-12-12 08:00:25 · answer #2 · answered by joshatgrace 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What exactly do you expect a hamster to be able to do? If you have got him a wheel then you can try training him to go round in that. Hamsters find tubes exciting and you can get some cool tubular habitats and things but other than that they gnaw and sleep most of the time. They like having things to nibble on.
I really don't know what hidden talents you think a hamster might have. If you wanted a pet that did tricks then you should have bought a puppy.
2006-12-15 02:27:50 · answer #3 · answered by Bagpuss 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of course you can. You can train him to do tricks, jumping over stuff etc, beg on his hind legs. Its easiest to do this with treats and he will soon learn. A hamsters most sensitive sense his his smell, so to do stuff with food will be the quickest and easiest way to get his attention. Good luck and have fun with Rodney!
2006-12-12 09:22:46 · answer #4 · answered by jo jo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a book by a famous film star about tricks with hamsters. I don't think the hamsters was too keen though
2006-12-12 07:57:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeh i think you can send him to the shops with a purse full of change and he will return with your newspaper. He will make you breakfast and then do the cooking, cleaning and will valet the car for you..
Its a hamster for Gods sake
2006-12-12 08:03:00 · answer #6 · answered by Rick G 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ha.. Yes, if you are very patient. I taught mine to do monkey bars from one side to another, takes a long time though.
2006-12-12 09:42:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had one once he was 5 star at maths
2006-12-13 06:01:15 · answer #8 · answered by JETT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my son is on his second set of hamsters. they just pick up things on their own. juke swinging from bar to bar atc.
2006-12-12 07:58:37 · answer #9 · answered by happyday to you 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hamsters are dumb, take after their owners
2006-12-12 07:58:51 · answer #10 · answered by nick n 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋