I am getting a hamster in 2 months (im 11 and im saving up allowance) i want one that doesn't bite a lot. I personally want a teddybear hamster but i have no idea! my friend has a teddy bear hamster and i havent heard of him biting at all unless if he was sleeping and he just kinda ticlles you with his bites anyway. But i heard that their bites can be painful. I heard that dwarf hammies bite a lot but it doesnt hurt. So in your opinion what should I get?..oh and when i get one im gonna try to see if i can hold it at the store to test to see if i want it!
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i've had my teddybear hamster for like.4 years and he's never bit anyone once. Teddybear hamsters are the way to go. He's really loveable and floofy.but because he's so fluffy, be prepared to trim the hair off his butt. lol
Keep away from the Dwarfs.they bite and chew more than the others..our teddy and regular short haired hamsters were cute and loveable. We had a dwarf and he bit me the first time I held him.I would never cleaned his cage.my son had to using thick leather work gloves to transfer him out for the cleaning.
teddy bear hamsters r the best i think,dwarf hamsters can be mean.
Dwarfs bite more than teddy bears. When you get one try to get a young one that has been handled. Usually the ones at Petsmart are older, and sometimes they bite. The best thing to do is build up trust by petting it and giving it treats the first week, and not trying to hold it. Once it gets used to you then pick it up with both hands and don't let it get away. Soon it will get used to you. Bites can really hurt, so if it freezes up on you and looks like it's grinning with both it's front paws up, it is thinking about biting. So put it down and try again, or wear gloves for the first few weeks.
Ok i had a teddy hamster and her name was pepper! She was adorable BUT when i got her SHE WAS NOT USED TO PEOPLE SHE JUST GOT SHIPPED TO THE STORE so i was the ONLY person who could get close to or hold her because she would get very scared of other people. Now i have had 2 other hamsters and oreo (our first hammie) she was very nice! she was even obidient she would come to us when we called her name when she escaped from her ball(we had to tape the ball lol) but Pepper she was very nice to me but no one else so i dont really know what to say. If you can i would suggest not to get one JUST shipped to the store. ( toooooo wild) and Pepper always hoarded her food so she didnt eat much so she was veryyyyy skinny even though i gave her TONSSSSSSSSSSSSS of food. lol but my sisters hamster Vanilla she was FATTTT lol she would eat and eat !!
Any hamster you get will need an adjustment time. I've had better luck with dwarves than syrians, but regardless, they've all required hand training time to get them to be as tame as possible.
New hamsters have been taken from their homes, shoved in boxes, driven down the road, jostled all around, then shoved into a new home with none of thier familiar scents, foods, toys, or anything, which would make any human unhappy, let alone an animal.
To hand train your hamster, you want to first leave her alone. Stop touching her, stop putting your hand in the cage, stop bothering it.
Once she's calmed down some, just set your hand on the top of your cage or aquarium. If it's got a plastic top, then you'll want to do this near the sides instead. Leave your hand there for several minutes, and repeat these several times a day. Do this for at least 2 full days.
This lets her get used to the site of your hand, as well as your scent. If she sees the hand on top of the cage, she will soon come to realize it's not coming closer, it's not poking her, and it's not trying to hurt her.
Once you've done that for 2 days, you can move on to putting your hand in the cage. Make sure your hands are clean, but just use water, no soap (because of the scent, it will mask your own scent), and open the cage. Stick 1 hand in, balled into a fist, with your fingers resting on the floor of the cage. Don't approach her, don't pick her up, just put your hand in and leave it there. Again, do this for several minutes at a time, several times a day.
The next step happens once the hamster is comfortable enough with your hand that she'll approach it on her own, or paw at it, or climb it, etc. Once she's confidently approaching your hand, you can move onto step 3.
This is pretty much the same as 2, except you want to turn your hand over, so the back is on the floor, and open your hand into a loose cup shape. Again, repeat this for a few times a day, several minutes each time.
Overall, I have hand trained over 20 hamsters, both Syrian and Dwarves, and using that method, I've never been bitten while training them.
Dwarves are no more anti-social than syrians, either. In fact, dwarves (when trained!) are very loveable little creatures. If you have a syrian, 1 hamster is enough. If you purchased a dwarf, though, you'll want to buy her a companion (same sex!) very soon. Dwarves are social, where as syrians (golden or teddy bear, black bear, panda bear, etc- all are syrian) are solitary, and prefer to live on their own. Dwarves in their natural habitat will live in colonies of up to 20 other hamsters.
The best kind of pet for me are Gerbils. they are like hamsters, but, even better! they don麓t bite, they have more activity in the day than hamsters. they are friendly.
go to petco or petsmart and ask for these, look at them and you麓ll see the difference, of this cute pet.
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The following hamsters are known to be more calmer and less likely to bite are Black Bear, Panda, Torties hamsters. Dwarf and Siberian hamsters are well known bitters. Most pet stores will allow you to hold the hamsters of your choosing. Take your time and find one you feel comfortable handling.
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