GRRRRR! He hates me!!!!

[Addie]

I have had him for uhhh, probably 6 months now...He used to be nice until his mate died. He used to let me hold him all the time. He just recently got moved into a new cage... maybe that's why.

[Jessika]

I have had him for uhhh, probably 6 months now...He used to be nice until his mate died. He used to let me hold him all the time. He just recently got moved into a new cage... maybe that's why.

That could be exactly why -- a change of environment. How long ago did you move and/or change cages?? Every time after a "major" change like that you need to give him time to adjust. That's like you packing up all of your belongings and moving to a new house!! It's a little stressful on him.

PS: Please tell me you didn't have two adult hampsters together in the same cage...

[CathyBogart]

PS: Please tell me you didn't have two adult hampsters together in the same cage...

Now that depends entirely on the species. Syrian hamsters shouldn't be kept together, but my guess is that Addie knows this and her hamster is one of the species of dwarf hamsters who are quite happy in groups.

Unfortunately, it's difficult to intorduce an adult to a new cagemate, so your hamster is probably going to be single for the rest of its life.

I agree that its world has been turned topsy turvy by two major changes recently and he's probably FREAKED OUT! Give him some time, bribe him with (Healthy!) food, and maybe use a cup to scoop him out for awhile. When I worked in a pet store I found that to be one of the more effective ways of handling jumpy or stressed hamsters.

[Addie]

actually, yeah, he was in a cage with another adult hamster, i mean, they grew up together...but his cage was changed because the other one was too small, and i did this, maybe a month or two ago, well, a bit before snickers died, but Donovan was a female, and t.o. is a female i think, but i don't know because i can't hold him, so he could be a female...They never fought...but my dad hasn't turned the heat up in my room so i put sheets over his cage so he can sleep without being disturbed by the cold air, and i try to pull the sheets out from the bars and he get sooooo mad ad darts around the cage...hmmmm, maybe he's just mental...I am NEVER getting a dwarf hamster again!

[areias]

I am NEVER getting a dwarf hamster again!

Hamsters can be strange creatures...when I worked in Petsmart people would come up to me and ask if they can see some of our friendly hamsters. I actually laughed and asked if they were looking at the right species.

I remember one lady looking at hamsters to replace her child's deceased one. She pointed out a very pretty darker looking one...and I told her that it actually went after me earlier that day. She ended up purchasing the hamster. Two days later, it was back in the quarantine room....

[Jessika]

Hamsters can be strange creatures...when I worked in Petsmart people would come up to me and ask if they can see some of our friendly hamsters. I actually laughed and asked if they were looking at the right species.

I remember one lady looking at hamsters to replace her child's deceased one. She pointed out a very pretty darker looking one...and I told her that it actually went after me earlier that day. She ended up purchasing the hamster. Two days later, it was back in the quarantine room....

Oh yeah I hear you there. When I worked at PetCo I don't think we had ANY friendly hampsters unless they were ones brought in by customers and returned because they were pregnant or whatever, and the babies would be handled by humans from such a young age they were a lot more friendlier than ones that came in on trucks and such.

[.sarah]

Jessica, hamster isn't spelled with a p! hehe

I'm sorry to hear about the meany! I was lucky, my hamster is SOOO nice. She'll let you play with her all day and won't ever bite! So sweet