Did you happen to try to take them out right after they woke up? Hammies are extremely grumpy when they first wake up and do not like to be disturbed for at least a few mintues. We actually adopted a hamster from the humane society and this is what we were told. They also need to be socialised a little first before they become really friendly. Its not instantaneous.

My hammie Midge was the sweetest little girl ever, I miss her so much (she passed away last Apr.). We kept her in our bathroom and every mornign when I went to get ready she would be at the front of her cage chatting away to me. She would than do what I called her Tarzan routine, she would swing from the top of her cage all the way across.

I never thought hamsters were to smart but boy Midge was brilliant. We had to take her wheel away cause she figured out how to open the top of her cage by locking the wheel on her wood chew climbing to the top of the wheel and than pushing up she could open the door Luckily we foud her the couple of times she did this.

She also loved to cuddle, you could pick her up and she would climb up to your neck and shoulder and just cuddle there. She was just so sweet

I really miss her and am not going to get any more hammies as they do not live very long and it was too hard to lose her. I just felt like we were really getting to know each other.

So I would say that hammies are wonderful little guys, you just have to give them a chance to show you