Meet Lemon...

[jvvilliams]

Hi everyone, first time posting, so I hope this is in the right place! I'd like to introduce Lemon, my 6 & 8 year old boys new Syrian Hamster... but I can't add photos and videos from my phone, so I'll add them when I can figure out what's going on. We've had her just over two weeks, as she was 6 months old when we bought her. We're not sure whether we're making the right sort of progress with trying to hand tame her, so I thought I'd post and ask for some advice. In the shop we were told to let her settle in for a couple of days, then hand in cage and by the end of a week we could start trying to handle her. So far that seems rather optimistic... or we're not brave enough! She's very busy when awake, loves her food, storing it and loves gnawing the bars (We've got a Ferplast Duna Fun large cage for the time being). So far she is very interested in sniffing our hands, had a couple of nips, but is beginning to put her paws on my flat hand to take food. Does that sound about right for two and a bit weeks in?

I had a Syrian when I was their age but I've no recollection whether it was a baby or not; my brother had mostly tamed him before he was given to me for a birthday gift so I recall him being very tame straight away. Taking on an adult hamster seems different and I'm not sure if I'm doing it right having not actually tamed one myself before. Of course my boys are more nervous than me, the 8 year old is very happy with his hand in her cage and beginning to offer her food but not ready to try his hand in her cage flat yet and the 6 year old gets scared anytime he thinks one of us might be bitten! However they both love her and are enjoying being around her very much. One thing I've heard about is lying in a dry bath and letting her run over us? Is that a good idea? Any tips gladly received, thanks!

Joe

 

[Maz]

Hello and welcome I'll post more later but just wanted to say hello. To add photos from your phone, just click on "attach files" at the bottom of the post you're typing in You can then click on each photo and choose "insert" on the second drop down box which will embed them on the page. Or you can leave them as they are and they'll show as thumbnails which can be clicked on to enlarge them.

For videos the best way is just upload them to youtube and set them as "unlisted" if you don't want them viewed publicly. Then just paste the link of the youtube video in your post and after you hit "post reply" the video will be embedded on the page and easy to watch

I have lots of tips and suggestions so will post more later ............but it sounds like things are going well

 

[Socks Mum]

Welcome to the forum! Lemon sounds like a lovely hamster. You are doing the right thing by feeding her to win her trust