Many beginning fans of hamsters, having bought a small animal, face an unpleasant surprise: it appears, their pet can painfully bite! And in it there is nothing surprising: these amusing small animals occurred from wild animals. A sting - their natural reaction to a fright. To tame a hamster to hands and not to expect from him troubles, the patience and time, and secondly - observance of some rules in communication with a small animal is required, first.
It is required to you
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Instruction
1. It is necessary for the hamster brought to the new house not less than a week to accustom. Better at this time not to disturb him at all. You do not hurry to change at first to a small animal a laying - he for the tranquility needs to mark the territory. Try not to raise the voice and not to do sharp movements near a cage. If you during this period try to stroke a hamster, most likely, to you not to avoid stings.
2. To accustom a small animal to hands, put favourite delicacy of your pet in a cage. Do not take away a hand, at the same time without doing it sharp movements, especially when the hamster ventures it to sniff. Let he will make sure that the hand is not dangerous, will remember its smell. Even if the small animal after all will be frightened and will bite you, do not draw aside a hand sharply - even more he will frighten it.
3. If the previous stage of domestication passed normally, in couple of days offer a small animal delicacy on a hand. Do not stretch food, holding it with fingers, it will be correct to put delicacy on the open relaxed palm. As soon as he learns to eat fearlessly from a hand, can accurately try it to stroke on a back one finger (without touching the head).
4. After the hamster absolutely gets used to a hand, will begin quietly to allow to iron himself - it is possible to try to place him on a palm and to take out carefully from a cage. Carefully proportion force, communicating with a hamster, do not squeeze and do not squeeze him - these creations are very fragile and vulnerable. Try to explain it to children before you allow them to touch a hamster.
5. There is a number of actions which are inadmissible in relation to hamsters not to frighten and to injure them. It is impossible to iron a small animal on the head at all - small rodents take touches to the head painfully. It is not necessary to pick up a hamster from a back - he surely has to see your hand before it concerns it. Physical punishments in relation to these small animals also should not be applied: the educational effect of them will not be, and the stress for your pet will leave considerable.