By EasyHow

How to wean a hamster bite

Many novice fans of hamsters, acquiring the animal, faced with an unpleasant surprise: it turns out that their pet could bite! And this is not surprising: after all these funny animals came from wild animals. Bite their natural reaction to fear. To train your hamster to the hands and not expect him to trouble, required, first, patience and time, and secondly, the observance of certain rules in communicating with the animal.

You will need

- a treat for hamsters

Instruction

Brought into a new house hamsters need at least a week to get comfortable. Better at this time its no bother at all. Take your time the first time to change the animal litter - it is for your peace of mind you need to mark your territory. Try not to raise your voice and not to make any sudden movements near the cell. If you are in this period try to pet the hamster, most likely, bite you can not avoid.

In order to accustom the animal to the owner, put into the cage a favorite treat of your pet. The hand is not clean, while not making her sudden movements-especially when the hamster will dare to sniff around. Let him make sure that the hand is not dangerous, remember the way she smelled. Even if the animal still gets scared and bites you, not odergivala hand sharply is more frightened him.

If the previous stage of domestication was fine, a couple of days to offer the animal a treat on hand. Do not stretch the food, holding it between her fingers, it would be correct to put a treat on the open relaxed palm. As soon as he learns to fearlessly eat with the hands, you can gently try to pet him on the back with one finger (without touching the head).

Once the hamster is accustomed to the hand, will calmly allow themselves to be stroked - you can try to plant it on your palm and carefully removed from the cell. Carefully match the power, communicating with the hamster, do not squeeze and not tiskita it - because these creatures are very fragile and vulnerable. Try to explain this to your children before you allow them to touch the hamster.

There are a number of actions that are unacceptable in relation to hamsters, so as not to scare and not to injure them. In any case, do not Pat the animal on the head - small rodents perceive touch to the head painful. No need to take the hamster in hands from the back - he definitely needs to see your hand before she touch him. Physical punishment to these animals should also not apply to: the educational effect of them will not be a stress for your pet will be considerable.

Note

Don't Wake a hamster during sleep, even if he is already quite tame. These animals are short-sighted, so awake they may seem that they want to attack. The bite in this case is inevitable.

To avoid bites, keep the hands that you touch the animal, did not smell of food.

Useful advice

The less you take the hamster in his hands, against his will, the longer he will live. The nervous system of these animals is very sensitive to stress.

Hamster can eventually remember your name and respond to it. Stop the animal by name when you give him food - so he quickly gets used to it.