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Let Your Hamster Adjust before Taming

Started by Mika , Feb 10 2013 01:41 PM

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#16 CrepeyBooguettes

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Posted 13 January 2014 - 04:42 AM

This is one of the best topics for pre-taming :)  Love it! Thanks, Mika! :D





#17 Dottie2000

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Posted 21 January 2014 - 11:28 AM

Great post! Dot was really skittish and wouldn't even let me stick my hand in the cage! But now she lets me stroke her back, I just need to work on handling her.


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Posted 23 January 2014 - 08:58 AM

This especially helps me since I just got a new hamster. This is an amazing post. Thanks so much Mika! :)

#19 Laurie1990

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Posted 03 April 2014 - 07:37 PM

Brilliant advice, my Syrian is now 5 months old, he has been very calm and gentle during the taming process, but in the last couple of weeks he has been very skittish and unpredictable, he hates being cupped and will try to jump.. I can't think of anything I've done to upset him, but who knows? Gonna take it back to the bath tub method I think!

#20 TakingLittleSteps

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Posted 05 April 2014 - 12:49 AM

Great topic! When my sister got Missy it took everything I had to make her leave the hammy alone for three days. Missy is very cuddable now.

#21 maymo30

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Posted 24 April 2014 - 08:15 AM

Thanks for the info! I adopted a winter white, about four months old, yesterday and i want to hold her soooo bad.  Now that I know the good it will do to let her ajust, it makes me feel much more comfertable.  :yes:


#22 ~Blessing~

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Posted 26 April 2014 - 10:19 AM

Just a helpful tip, if your hamster bites and your trying to tame it, you should wear a glove. :)


#23 Mister Hamster

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Posted 29 April 2014 - 10:34 AM

Wow this helped a lot! If they are in a pair wherever you got them should you get both? Or just get one and leave the other?

#24 Justlivinglife

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Posted 29 April 2014 - 09:15 PM

This info is really useful. And I learned something new too!. Thanks for sharing it. I always worried when in the past getting new hammies. :D


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Posted 07 May 2014 - 01:22 AM

Great post!

#26 JasperTheSyrianHam

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Posted 01 June 2014 - 11:35 PM

My Hamster is confident enough for me to pick him up and he is only 7 weeks and 2 days old from the date i brought him home from the pets at home store. They said he is roughly 7-10 weeks old when i got him so yeah.


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Posted 01 June 2014 - 11:59 PM

Very helpful post for 'newbies'  :goodvibes:


#28 Meg&theHammy

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Posted 04 June 2014 - 02:16 AM

ya i learned my mistake i took her out the day she came home and now shes still scared of me XD OOOOPPPPS


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Posted 08 June 2014 - 05:52 PM

Great post! My hamster is definitely the outgoing one :thumbsup:


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Posted 08 June 2014 - 11:12 PM

Great advice mika!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D


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