How do I get my hamsters to calm down, when I get them out to hold them and pet them?
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2007-02-22 22:49:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
You need to start holding it a couple times each day. If you can't get it out of the cage with your hands, then get it into a toilet paper roll and then dump it (carefully) into your hand. Begin walking it from hand to hand, one in front of the other. You can also make it an unending "staircase". If you keep it moving you probably won't get bit. Do this over your bed so that if it manages to jump off your hand you can catch it. Once you're comfortable handling your hamster in this fashion, begin to closing your fingers as it's walking from hand to hand so that it's now moving through an unending "tunnel". This is a very important step and will get the hamster accustomed to being held and touched on its back. These sessions only need to last five minutes but you need to do them at least twice a day, preferably more. If you're scared of doing this at first, then wear a pair of thick leather gloves to get it accustomed to the "exercise".
If you have a ball that you want it to roll around on the floor in, work with the hamster before putting it in the ball. You may think that it will be more tired and easier to work with after having some exercise but it will be more excited and actually harder to work with.
If you don't think you're ready for the above method, then there's another method you can try. Sit in an empty bathtub with the drain blocked so there's no escape and let your new friend climb all over you. This is an easy way for your new friend to get used to your scent and presence. Bring the cage into the bathroom before you start trying to get him out. To get it out of the cage use a toilet paper roll and get him to go inside (as described above). As soon as he's in the roll all the way, bring it into the tub and set it on the floor of the tub and wait for him to come out. Do this until he seems more comfortable with you and then begin the methods of hand-walking described above.
I've never liked the recommendations to use treats to tame a hamster. Even if you wash your hands before holding the treat, as soon as you touch the treat with your fingers, they will smell like food again. A hamster that confuses your fingers for food will not bite hard but nibble. Nibbling doesn't break the skin, but I still don't like it.
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2007-02-23 00:56:54 · answer #1 · answered by radiocricket 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Hamster Doesn't Calm Down. Its Common Sense.
2007-02-23 10:07:14 · answer #2 · answered by dO yOu wanna piece Of me :-D[8]? 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Personally I've never figured out why people keep hamsters. They are nervy, aggressive and mostly nocturnal. Try keeping pet rats insted, never mind the bad press rats get, they are intelligent, affectionate, awake during the day and considerably more fun than hamsters, and they rarely bite except by accident. They come in great patterns too.
2007-02-23 11:31:28 · answer #3 · answered by boojumuk 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i usually put them on my hand n cover them with my other hand so they cant move around much and are in complete darkness then after a minute they usually calm back down.
2007-02-23 08:10:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hold them upside down and repetedly flick them...I know it souns cruel but it really ISNT! They will soon behave and never trouble you again... You may need a shouvel and a couple of new hamsters for this...
2007-02-23 08:05:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
hamster ar e smart
2007-02-23 10:03:45 · answer #6 · answered by lovepets 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋