My hamster will not let me hold him! He is a Chineese Dwarf hamster and he is approximately 2 years. He is a male and he is not sick. The person who had him last was a teacher and her students kept on poking him(that's why she gave him away). I think that's the issue but does anyone have any suggestions???
Thx,
Pinktarakitty
Answers:
give it time
treat him very gently
feed him by hand
handle him at least once a day
Just gently pet your hamster every day and hand feed your hamster! And soon he will trust you enough to hold him! But sadly your hamster won't be living for much longer maybe a year or maybe less. I am sorry!
He's probably scared of people and you should of bought a new hamster from the pet store, then you know it doesnt have anything wrong with people and it's surroundings.!.
First, does he bite. If so wear gloves and put treats in your hand every morning for a week till he gets use to your presence. I suggest carrots and lettuce. If he doesn't bite, then no gloves are necessary. Then after the week if you used gloves do a week without gloves, so he can get your scent. If no gloves than attempt to hold him while giving him the treat so he will sit in your hand while nibbling on the goods. Soon he will come to trust you and become more sociable and friendly.
leave him alone ..he had enogh holding squeezing...poking..not being mean but ...leave him alone.because something is bruised or broke.take him to the vet, honey
hello
you need to give your hammy time to get used to you %26 your tender ways.
think as if it were you being poked all of the time %26 than your were in a different place with new people would you feel friendly?
give it time
take like 15 minutes each day %26 just talk to him try giving it a favroite treat he may never warm up to you as a snugely friend but he will soon come to know that you are not going to hurt him
wake him up slowley too hamsters hate to be jolted out of there sleep
carefully take apart his home If he sleeps in a ball of shavings so you do not scaer him they can be wonderful pets
good luck
kathy
Dwarf hamsters are the most .we'll say aggressive hamsters. My daughter has had two teddy bear hamsters, and when the first one passed away (by the way we could never hold the first one without losing fingers) I took her to the pet store to get another one, the clerk suggested steering clear of the dwarf hamsters. They say that the fancy hamsters are the most social, but I ended up adopting a teddy bear hamster that had been hand raised by a family verses a breeder, and she is very sweet.
P.S. The best rodent companion that I have ever owned is a rat, they have great dispositions.
It's sounds like your hamster has passed his early character developmental stages. He has pretty much decided how to act in all situations. A simple quote"YOU CAN'T TEACH AN OLD DOG A NEW TRICK." I suppose you could contact that phychic pet lady. She could help theanimalphychic.com (Just send her a photo and tell her the problem).
if you only pet him 4 3 days then start picking him up and make shur you give him lots of rest other wise he gets relly mad i bet
Well, first you have to regain it's trust. The key, is bribery. Hold out a treat and hopefully the hamster will come to you. Do this 1 time a day. After doing this for about 7-10 days, th hamster should start to comprehend you mean no harm, then hold a treat out and while its eating it, pet it. Keep doing that for a certain amount of time. Then, hopefully the hamster will probably let you pick it up and hold it. I did that to my guinea pigs and now they finally let me hold them.
Give him a treat. Maybe a few days later, hold your hand flat in his cage with a treat on it. He will eventually come over and eat it, but it could take a while. Don't worry! Soon, your hammy will associate your hand with good things and allow you to pick him up. Good luck! :-D
Since he is used to being tortured by little kids, he probably does not trust any humans at this time. Just take it very slowly. What I had to do because my hamster wouldn't let me hold him, was placing a shirt of mine on his cage so he could get to know me better. Now he is very friendly and cuddly. I hope this works. Good Luck!
We don't ever hold our dwarf. We hand feed him treats sometimes and pet him, but he seems to scared to hold. He is a fun pet to just watch!
Snce you have all the supplies for a hamster go trade him at a pet shop say like I wanted female or male the appiste of yours and then they can do test on him then give you a new one I hope this helped it might not work! Sorry
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